Speaking of Football and Union Suits

Having posted recently RC and Stanley Steamer enjoying televised football while wearing their "lucky" union suits, I was reminded of a posting I featured in Union Suit Fan years ago.

It was of the ultimate fan who had stripped down to just his red union suit and raced on to the field, stealing the ball during a televised major pro football game in front of millions of fans at the stadium and watching on tv. From five years ago this week, here is....

Party Marty!

Don't you love a good wager? I do and that's why this blog has featured a number of them. Whether it was Ritchie Cunningham of the TV series “Happy Days,” or Michael of Lakewood, Colorado, football fan, Dave Doyle, or Tom and RC. You've seen their antics here on Union Suit Fan. And, what did they all had in common? The loser of the bet had to strip down to his union suit and run around in public. Well, here's one I found on YouTube that will most likely make you wish you had been there to witness this one:

“So let me set the scene for you...
Atlanta Falcons vs Cincinnati Bengals circa 1981, it’s a nationally televised game. It’s about 20 degrees out and “Party Marty” decides to accept a dare. Some tequila and several bud lights later he strips down to his red long underwear and swoops in for the NFL surprise play of the YEAR!! Astonished, the players and referees look on as Marty slides in for the steal and takes off running in his union suit.

The crowd cues in on what’s happening the stadium erupts with cheers and unadulterated support as Marty hucks it up those stairs. Classic. The more you watch the better it gets too. I’d love to find out who he is! And the cheerleader? She’s stoked. And those butt taps!? Solid gold!

My friends and family have enjoyed this little diddy for years. Now it’s time to share the love! If you know anyone who was at the game or is in this video please tag them or share! If you think Marty, stealing the game's football and running off the field in his underwear, is amazing, share! Let’s get this out there! I’d love to hear some stories! Enjoy! ….ANONYMOUS”

Just Copy and Paste:

https://youtu.be/um_HTAk39o0

 Just for Laughs

I guess you could say he's wearing a "union suit"...it's underwear of one piece anyway.

RC Strips to his Lucky Underwear for a Nebraska Cornhuskers Victory! 

This past Saturday even RC's "lucky" red long johns couldn't help the Big Red football team of Nebraska defeat the powerful Michigan Wolverines. Even with Michigan's head coach suspended for the game. RC, who had by the second quarter was wearing nothing but his union suit and socks, still couldn't get the Cornhuskers over the top. Not only did his favorite team fail, so did his his lucky underwear. 

Watching on TV minutes into the first quarter, RC winced as Nebraska sputtered to deliver on a "red zone" 4th and two, and so turned the ball over to Michigan. Getting the ball back with no score by either team, the Cornhusker's then missed a relatively easy field goal, allowing Michigan to quickly flee down the field twice, to score ten unanswered points themselves! The wind was blown from RC's sails at that point. 

He admitted that he was fully clothed in the first quarter of this game. RC was having lunch with his ten year old and not wearing his lucky red long underwear. After Nebraska failed to score and Michigan went up 10-0, he decided to get in to his union suit!

When the boy asked him, "How come you put on your long underwear, Papa?"  RC admitted to telling him: "Cuz I'm cold!"

After donning that underwear, Nebraska played much better in the second quarter. In fact, they tied Michigan with only one second left in the half with a successful, perhaps lucky, "Hail Mary" pass to the end zone! 

Would RC's lucky underwear hold up for the entire game? Would his players continue to play up to their potential?

In his exuberance, RC  poured himself a glass of beer. 

Why not, Nebraska was on to a probable victory over Michigan!

 

RC's celebration of a Cornhusker win was premature. In the end, the Wolverines defeated the hapless Cornhuskers who had seemed to search for a way to lose this important game between these two historic powerhouses. The players may have just as well been playing in their underwear for all the final score revealed. 

RC who swears by his red union suit, the one-piece variety, is typically lucky for him and those he roots for. But he and his favorite team were both stripped of a win this day. The Wolverines defeated the Cornhuskers 30-27, the final in front of 87,278 fans at Memorial Stadium and at least one fan in a suit of long red underwear watching at home on TV. 

The previous Saturday, as posted last week here in Union Suit Fan, found RC joining Georgia's Stanley Steamer as both football fans watched the game in their lucky red union suits, well suited for a win by the Bulldogs. Their underwear worked well then as Georgia beat Tennessee in overtime. This past Saturday, Georgia had a bye week and Nebraska said goodbye to a possible conference championship. 

Will RC say goodbye to his lucky union suit underwear? Probably not, but time will tell. Would the Cornhuskers have won if he'd worn his lucky red union suit beginning in the first quarter? Possibly, but we'll never know.

Here's to RC and his favorite team, hoping for a brighter tomorrow and a union suit that is truly lucky.

Buttoned Up for Another Football Season!

College Football is in full swing and who better to help us kick off the season in Union Suit Fan than our ole buddies, Stanley Steamer (Georgia Fan) and RC (Nebraska Fan).   

You remember these union suited sport fans from numerous past postings. Last week, the boys again pulled on their lucky red union suits to pull for their favorite teams. 

And a good thing too as the Georgia / Tennessee football game came down to the final moments in overtime on CBS. The Bull Dogs, known to their many fans as "The Dawgs," in the end, overcame the Volunteers! 

And, the Cornhuskers handily beat Houston. The Nebraska game wasn't televised. So RC couldn't watch his team. Instead he joined best buddy, Stan, to cheer the Dawgs to victory!

You can rightfully call these fellas superstitious because they are absolutely convinced that donning red long johns on game days ensure a successful outcome. Some of you wear lucky jerseys or hats or maybe you don't change your socks as long as your team keeps winning. But Stanley and RC are convinced that it's their long red underwear that puts their teams over the top.  And, I can't disagree.

Their union suit attire surely had to be at least partially responsible for their team wins last Saturday. The final scores prove it:

Georgia (3-0)  44  Tennessee (2-1)  41 in Overtime

Nebraska (3-0)   59     Houston (1-2)  7

Nebraska (3-0) plays Michigan (2-1) this Saturday, Yikes! RC better double up on his luck by wearing two red union suits for his Big Red team to win!  And you can bet Steamer will be wearing his red long underwear, the ones with the buttoned escape hatch in the rear, when Georgia (3-0) plays Alabama on September 27th.  

Thanks for the photos, fellas, good luck this season. Keep 'em buttoned....Chris 

Farmers are Union Suit Fans 

My two granddads and my two great granddads and, I suppose, their dads, midwest farmers all, wore union suits while they farmed, six days a week, and wore them to church on Sundays. A couple of them wore their union suits seven days a week, year round.  It's been a farmer thing for a century and a half to wear warm, comfortable one-piece, long underwear.  My dad and uncles, as boys, grew up on farms and, you guessed it, wore union suits. 

From them, I've come to love union suits, happily having worn them as long as I can remember. And, I'm not even a farmer. But, farming runs deep in my blood as does my inclination to wear their style of long johns!

Clem recently sent along a photo and story of a modern day farmer who, like my ancestors and me, chooses to wear union suits. Sometimes, apparently, that is all he wears as he, well, farms....

The caption reads:  

Farmer Brian sometimes works in the field wearing just his union suit or long johns. He was brought up to wear long underwear from November 1st to May 1st. He adjusts his outer wear to fit the actual temperature. That's thinking outside the box.

Over the years, several of you union suit fans have sent me your union suit wearing stories and photos, having grown up on farms, which I have posted in this blog. 

All the best unionsuiters, Chris

And speaking of farmers, be sure to check this blog in a week or two for... 

        The Magical, Mystical, Mischievious Scarecrow!

It might just blow the pants right off you!