As it turns out, Sunday’s double-barreled middle-finger routine from Titans owner Bud Adams wasn’t his first experience with the New York state bird.
Jim Wyatt of the Tennessean explains that, back in 2000, Adams was asked upon receiving his AFC championship ring what he’d do if the team he moved from Texas to Tennessee ever won a Super Bowl ring.
In response, Adams held up a single digit on his right hand and said, “I’ll put it on the middle finger and say to the mayor of Houston to take a look at it.”
Suddenly, we’re rooting for the Titans to win the Super Bowl.
Adams, who was in his late 70s at the time, wasn’t fined for the incident. Maybe the league accepted his explanation that it was simply a youthful indiscretion.
And, coincidentally, the Texans Titans play in Houston on Monday night. We’re assuming that ESPN will train one camera at all times on Adams’ hands.
