FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- Tony Dungy remembers it vividly. He'd waited a lifetime for the opportunity. Finally an NFL head coach heading into the 1996 season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, he'd instilled his beliefs and had his team prepared.
Then the Bucs took the field.
"It was even worse than you could imagine," Dungy said.
Nothing went right. The offense failed. The defense couldn't stop the Green Bay Packers. Everything unraveled in a 34-3 loss in which the Buccaneers didn't score a touchdown.