The Buffalo Bills were in the midst of putting the finishing touches on their win over the Miami Dolphins on Sunday when CBS play-by-play announcer Spero Dedes and color commentator Adam Archuleta got into a discussion about grooming.
Archuleta buttoned up the conversation by saying, “One has to ask themselves, a $30 tie or a $30 mustache.” Dedes then replies, “Can we get you to grow the stache by next week?” And that’s when Archuleta responds, a little too confidently, that he “could probably squeeze out maybe a Dirty Sanchez, not really a full stache.”
Excuse me? Adam Archuleta on his ability to grow a mustache: “I could probably squeeze out maybe a dirty sanchez…” pic.twitter.com/jmnQFaMHdN
— Ty French Press (@SeaTJK) November 17, 2019
That’s…uh…
Well…
Okay…
See here’s the thing. The Dirty Sanchez is not a reference to an actual mustache made out of facial hair. It’s a reference to a very different kind of mustache that we’re not going to explain outright but if you need further information you can always refer to the Urban Dictionary.
So that’s not the best thing to infer during a live national broadcast that reaches millions of people on the same TV network that is known for “60 Minutes” and “NCIS”!
Also, if we take this unfortunate extrapolation even further, it has been posited that the term can also be used in a derogatory fashion to refer to a Mexican person’s mustache.
Also not great!
As you probably figured, this one was noticed by quite a few people…
https://twitter.com/allinkid/status/1196177023468802049
the CBS producer after archuleta said “dirty sanchez” https://t.co/asDJEg0uoj
— Ryan Mura (@RyanMura) November 17, 2019
Absolutely fitting that the final minute of BUF-MIA had a "dirty Sanchez" reference from the CBS crew.
— Scott Kacsmar (@ScottKacsmar) November 17, 2019
Gonna be a very, very awkward training session between Archuleta and the CBS HR staff on Monday. Also, not sure if this will end up helping or hurting the duo in next year’s Awful Announcing’s NFL Announcer Rankings.
About Sean Keeley
Along with writing for Awful Announcing and The Comeback, Sean is the Managing Editor for Comeback Media. Previously, he created the Syracuse blog Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician and wrote 'How To Grow An Orange: The Right Way to Brainwash Your Child Into Rooting for Syracuse.' He has also written non-Syracuse-related things for SB Nation, Curbed, and other outlets. He currently lives in Seattle where he is complaining about bagels. Send tips/comments/complaints to sean@thecomeback.com.