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Donald Penn is in the house!

Donald Penn has signed a nice 6 year 48 million dollar contract, and Josh Freeman can breathe a sigh of relief. Of course there are people out there now who will claim everything from Penn won to Dominik caved in. As if someone from the Bucs or Penn’s [...]

Big tongue rasberrys to all the negative nancys out there, part one.
Don’t worry Bucstoppers, there will MORE in the years to come.

Still think the Glazers are dirt poor and dont have money to spend on free agency? As opposed to maybe they just want to DEVELOP some great talent and retain it, then AUGMENT that [...]

What I wish people would understand, is that while most Bucs fans are quite knowledgeable when it comes to the game and current events, its downright silly and stupid to think anyone knows whats going on the inside.
Picture your own work situation. Whatever you do, Im sure the general public thinks they know how your work situation works. I work in restaurants, and I laugh at how people THINK they know what restaurants are all about. Pro Football is no different; we get our info from news outlets, but thats only the the BUCS want the News Outlets to know! Not more! Its impossible to assume we know enough about Donald Penn or Barrett Ruud to make up a decision on what the Bucs should do. Thats what those people get paid to do, which is make the tough decisions on [...]

We all know the names; Lovie Smith, Herm Edwards, and Rod Marinelli. Certainly, these are very good people, great assistant coaches with the Bucs, who all went on to get Head Coaching opportunities years before Dungy himself got in the same time frame.

But really, none of these guys set the world of fire. Marinelli unfortunately will be remembered as the only winless coach in a season along with John McKay. Herm Edwards built up a good reputation only to take a job with KC and ruin it. Lovie Smith is close to being ousted in Chicago soon, although he at least made a Super Bowl appearance. [...]

John McKay was a well known Head Coach for the USC Trojans, and won 4 national Championships for USC, before agreeing to go to work for Hugh Culverhouse and the newest expansion team for the NFL, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. [...]

Paint them up. Give them new, more professional uniforms. Restructure their identity. With a new image, your Bucs could be a far better NFL outfit as soon as 1995. Let’s hope some rich, foresighted locals see similar promise, deciding to bag the Tampa Bay franchise that is up for sale. Keeping it here, in an improved Tampa Stadium. It’s got to get better. There are no more Culverhouses to goof it up. Tampa Bay deserves a break. Its NFL franchise deserves a break. You deserve a break. Pro football should be enjoyed, not loathed. Something our community hasn’t done much of since 1982. You deserve the opportunity.
Hubert Mizell; [...]

You remember the talk; “Tampa Bay Buccaneers have never returned a Kick Off for a touchdown in XXXX number of attempts! Then one day, Michael Spurlock put an end to that, and since that day in 2007, two more guys have done it.

Thing is, not that much longer, the phrase wasnt “kickoff” but KICK, as in, of any kind! Tampa Bay was in its 18th year of existence and had never returned a KO or PUNT for a TD in its entire history. The attitude was pretty much the same as it was for the KO at the time; it should have been done by now. [...]

It was 1994, and the new kid on the block, FOX, spent more money than CBS and outbid them for the rights to the NFC football TV rights.

And oh how the broadcast has changed over time. The crew is pretty much still intact, although Jimmy Johnson took a time out and coached Miami for a bit. Also James Brown left to go BACK to CBS and Curt Menefee took over in his place. DE Michael Strahan has added another voice, but look how basic the elements were…. just James Brown and Terry Bradshaw are featured, as the NFL was so used to having a two man show. [...]