Published on: 25th October, 2009
While the Tampa Bay Buccaneers stood proudly on the sideline of Wembley Stadium Sunday in London, the crowd of 80,000-plus sang "God Save The Queen." Perhaps they should have sang "God Save The Bucs." The Queen doesn't need any help. The Buccaneers need a lot. There wasn't much these international travelers from Tampa could ...Published on: 24th October, 2009
No need to sugar-coat it. No need to pull any punches. It was, plain and simple, a major butt-kicking. It was the Pittsburgh Panthers butt-kicking the life out of South Florida at a Saturday Heinz Field homecoming rout. It was Pitt totally dominating a USF team that did not look ready to play. It ...Published on: 21st October, 2009
The University of South Florida sent out its people last week, drumming up support around Tampa. Drumming is a light description. Make that imploring and begging for folks to come out and support the Bulls in their game against Cincinnati. The good football fans of Tampa kept their part of the ...Published on: 21st October, 2009
A word to wise Buccaneers: Beware the evil hoodie! Beware of the mad scientist of New England. Beware of his quarterback, Tom Brady. Beware of the team that just butt-kicked the Tennessee Titans into the land of 59-0 oblivion. Yes, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, you best be in the "beware" mode when you head for London ...Published on: 20th October, 2009
In the cold early Sunday morning hours, on the comfortable campus of the University of Connecticut, a young football player laid dying. Jasper Howard, a defensive back who had helped his Husky team earn a victory in the school's homecoming game against Louisville hours earlier, lay in the arms of teammate ...Published on: 18th October, 2009
The Buccaneers fooled you, didn't they? Bet you thought this was the game. Bet you thought they'd beat Carolina on a picture-perfect day in Raymond James Stadium. Bet you thought this was their day after that near-perfect first quarter and a 7-0 lead over the Panthers. Bet you still felt pretty good about ...Published on: 16th October, 2009
Thank you, Chicago Bears. Thank you, Lovie Smith. Thank you, thank you, thank you. It sounds too good to be true, but it is. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have traded the underachieving first-round bust, Gaines Adams, to the Chicago Bears for a second-round draft choice. Almost sounds too good to be true, doesn't it? Done ...Published on: 16th October, 2009
Some things in life are inevitable: death, taxes, and South Florida's seniors losing to Cincinnati. The inevitable hit the Bulls again Thursday night before a green-clad packed house at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. Yes, Cincinnati again beat USF, 34-17 this go-round, but it was the manner and circumstances of this Big ...Published on: 15th October, 2009
Perhaps it sounds outrageous to say that there is a "must win" for a team that has won no games. Might even sound silly. But for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a win this Sunday against Carolina is dead-serious business. It is because this Buccaneers team is hemorrhaging. It is bleeding badly. Someone ...Published on: 13th October, 2009
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers organization is sinking in a quagmire of its own making. It is sinking weekly, rumors abound, things are getting, well, the way things get when losing permeates an NFL team. Latest rumor surrounding the premises at One Buccaneer Disgrace, er, Place, is that the goodly Glazier family ...