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Lingerie + Football (Oh yea, and gorgeous women). How did it take this long? Well, thanks to the Doc, 1010 AM and the girls of the Tampa Breeze, we never have to wonder about it again!

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We were at our friends sports bar over in Largo this weekend for the Bucs vs Dolphins with a bunch of our friends and listeners. The show is three parts:

Pregame Halftime Postgame

We are very creative. Hopefully you guys will enjoy the walk down painful memory lane. The live shows are a lot of fun so if you are local, get out there with us next time and enjoy the Bucs with some great people.

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Tonight we will break down the next opponent and after a victory Sunday, the sky is the limit! Hell, most of the free world thought we would go 0-16. Shows what they know! Now those same heartless bastards think that there is no way we could possibly complete with the juggernaut from South Florida. I mean seriously. They ALMOST beat the Saints. They ALMOST beat the Patriots. They ALMOST beat the Colts. They ALMOST beat the Falcons. They ALMOST beat the Chargers.

Hey, wait a minute. Who did these guys beat? They beat the Jets, twice (To be fair, both wins cam afterthe first three games of the season when Sanchez was still playing well and there was no tape on him) and they beat Buffalo SOUNDLY.

Yup, I can see why we don’t stand a chance.

Tune in at 7:00 PM right here to break this game down. We will talk about the Dolphins and what it will take to stop them (fortunately, there is a lot of film on that) as well as our beloved Bucs and what they need to do in order to continue this winning streak (yea, I know, a stretch to call a 1 game run a streak).

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Oh I know, this win was an aberration. If only Green Bay had not given up 6 sacks and 3 interceptions and allowed us to block a punt and gouge them in return yards, then the better team would have won. Guess what?

THEY DID! All aspects of the game count folks. Does this mean that we are on our way to the playoffs? Nope. It means we are no longer winless and unless you are a bitter clown, that has to make you at least a little bit happy. We will be talking about the win tonight on the show, breaking down the performance and digging into the highs and the lows. Come join us as we talk about a Retro weekend that gave us a name in our Ring of Honor, a glimpse at days gone by and a new feeling for 2009. The feeling of victory!

Get your Skulls and Swords in early and bring a drink! We are live at 7:00 pm!

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We all needed a break. This season has been a struggle to say the least. From the turbulent beginnings to the shaky draft, we thought we had seen the darkest hours early. Then it happened. The worst possible scenario. the young, idealist head coach hit a losing streak. This would be the test of his resolve. Could he get through the adversity and maintain the faith and support of the team? Would the young squad rally around their leader or turn their backs on him when the chips were down? Well, it looks like Raheem’s support crew is losing a lot of numbers. Tales of squabbling and infighting are running rampant and the play on the field is made uglier by increasingly bad game planning, play calling and a complete lack of game time adjustments. Fortunately, to offset this pile of horseshit, the situation is exacerbated by a revolving door at QB (oh yea, and at K).

Well, tonight we will talk about all of it. Our friend Scott Reynolds from the Pewter Reportwill be joining us for a tick to discuss the team so far and his take on the rumors, stories and speculation that is rampant about the team. We may or may not have a player calling in as every time we announce that we end up being wrong, so we will live dangerously (but his name is a delicious cracker used in S’More creation). Since we have been off, the time limit is off as well. I expect to have the Doc in the house and cover the following:

1. News from around the league (including UFL Updates)
2. Reminder about next Thursday’s morning drivetime being hosted by OldSchool on 1010 AM (and http://www.1010sportsonline.com)
3. Injury Updates (and random roster changes)
4. Mid year grades (this is where the drinking will probably start/get heavier)
5. Mid season Skull and Sword
6. What went wrong (or is going wrong) and how do we fix it
7. The Throwback Curse (Hey, if Madden can have one, can’t we?)
8. The Packers (Did you see them play the Minnesota Favre’s?)
9. Predictive MVP’s
10. Tailgate Discussion

All we can promise is honest talk about the team we love folks. Right now it sucks. It is easy to be negative and in some cases, there is no choice. We will look to find positives and point them out but right now, we are prepping for next year. Will Freeman show signs that support his draft status and vindicate the FO? Can we actually play 4 quarters of football (contiguously)? Will we throw up an 0-16 and break OldSchool’s heart in the process? This and much more Thursday night at 7:00 PM Wauchula time!

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Who the hell were we kidding? Did we really think we could play a game against the Patriots? Our offense is a joke. We can’t run. We can’t pass. Now it would seem we cannot punt or kick field goals either. So, add to that a defense that can neither stop the run or the pass and the hopes of a win at ANY POINT in 2009 seems like a farce. The “Plan” seems to be a joke and the team in charge seems to be at a loss. The crowning moment being the call from on high Sunday to signal the beginning of the Josh Freeman era.

OK, so you can hear that shit anywhere. We will review the game tonight on “What the Buc?” and talk about what happened on the field. Not a lot of bright points, but we will review them and look at what we learned in the most recent installment of “Ass Whippings Around the World.” Get your Swords and Skulls in to questions AT whatthebuc DOT net and tune in at 7:00 PM Eastern time to talk Bucs football with people who actually give a shit.

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Well Bucs fans, the times sure are dark. Here in Tampa, when things get dark, folks get cynical. I like cynical. I like sarcasm. (I also like magicians and clowns…does that make me creepy?) Our team is sitting win-less this season (Hey! We won once in the preseason!) and is on the heels of a 10 game, regular season losing skid. We are being flown over to England to play as the home team against the Patriots. (Am I the only one who finds it funny that a team whose mascot is the Minute Man (not that kind Chain) is playing in England? What the hell is wrong with the education system these days?) Nobody in their right mind has us picked to be competitive in this game. You cannot even call this a ‘trap’ game for New England as they had one of those last week and decided to not only beat the hapless Titans but also kick sand in their face and perform unholy acts on their collective significant others…in front of them.

The Patriots are saying all the right things about how the Bucs are dangerous and that this will be a tough contest, but realistically, last week, in the snow, the Patriots dropped 380 yards in the air on that Titans defense. Now, the Titans offense didn’t help matters by committing 5 turnovers, but Brady and crew showed a couple of things:

1. Their offense is back on track
2. They can put up points
3. They are not afraid to run up the score
4. They have no fear of payback/karma

Now weather you think it is in poor taste to run up the score like that against a team that clearly has got nothing going for it or not, you cannot deny that a score like that is just as possible this week. The Bucs offensive line did very little against a Carolina defense that had given up 160 yards per game on the ground on average. Was that the line’s fault, or Greg Olsen? (Yea, I will blame him for almost anything after the game he called last week. in fact, I am not so sure that he was NOT in Dallas during the famous motorcade…yea, you know the one!) the Bucs (Josh Johnson in particular) had a serious problem holding onto the ball last week. If you let the Patriots have the ball 20 more times that your offense has it, things like a 59 - 0 ass whipping will occur.

So, tonight we will talk about the Bucs. We will discuss the state of Buccaneer Nation (I know, that is a stretch. In down years like this, we are a lot more like a territory or an outpost…or Canada). This area and this fanbase always handles bad times so well, it is shocking to see the torches and produce being readied for a march on 1 Buc Place already (see earlier comment about sarcasm). Topics tonight will include:

1. News from around the league
2. Injury updates
3. The Opponent - Yep, they really are very good
4. State of the Team
5. Is there a bright spot?
6. Keys to the Game (Note to the Bucs - You should DO these things)
7. Predictive MVP’s
8. Score Prediction

As always, get your Predictive MVPs and score predictions in earlier to our mail hotline at questions AT whatthebuc DOT net. (Screw you spam clowns!) We will be live at 7:00 ish and yes, we may be drinking.

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Offensively. Defensively. Game management. Special teams. There was not a single aspect of the game that the Buccaneers coaching staff pulled their weight on yesterday. I know many of you have been crying constantly about the coaching and I have defended it at times. I could find no way to defend it yesterday guys and tonight we blow it out! After this loss and facing a trip to London to face a team in the Patriots who will absolutely run the score up, the scene at 1 Buc could be very ugly in about 10 days. We will be live tonight breaking down the game as usual. I will be wearing the Carolina Panther hat per my wager with Big Nick. Topics will include:

News from around the league (it must be beter than the news here)

Injury update (Did anyone pull a Gilloly on Olsen?)

1. Game Review
2. Coaching Implosion
3. What are our choices?
4. Where is the silver lining?
5. Skulls and Skulls (and a Sword?)
6. Various ranting

You guys know to get your votes in early to questions at whatthebuc dot net. We may or may not have Chris Hovan calling in so I am going to self medicate as not to have a stroke before the show. I already had to post my crow eating video on YouTube. Check out the posts at http://www.youtube.com/user/whatthebuc and see you tonight at 7:00 PM!

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Wow. Many people expected we would be right where we are. Winless. Depressed. On the brink of revolt. Then again, those people predict that almost every year as I have stated previously, predicting the worst is a gutless and no-lose proposition. Here we sit in a rebuilding year still looking for more than we expected. Much more than a win is necessary. This team lacks an identity. That was not supposed to be the problem. The new regime was supposed to bring clarity of purpose.

Hard-nosed. Physical. Run first. Throw off of play action. That was the charter. We have not seen that yet.

This week, one of the “rivalry” teams comes into Raymond James stadium. We have a long (relatively) and storied history with Carolina. During our big run, the Panthers who were built in our image, consistently gave us problems. When we were running over other teams in the league, the hatred on the field bubbled up from Sapp and Jenkins to Sauerbrun and Gramatica. Tough games, usually won by Carolina, created a rivalry which was the idea in the NFC South restructure. Build regional rivalries that allow the fans to travel and support their teams. Well done Der Commissar!

Fast forward a little and, at least here, the hatred on the field has subsided. It had been replaced by a healthy respect. The fanbases discovered a great number of similarities and thanks to the Al Gore and the advent of the internet, the fanbases were able to interact mor regularly. This week, we expect a great time with Panther fans and Buc fans getting together to discuss our cumulative shitty seasons.

The Panthers pulled a win out last week against the Redskins which has triggered conjecture about a turnaround for their season and the familiar cries of “Bring on the Bucs” (with various colorful while normally stale and unoriginal variants). I was surprised how much that win bolstered the spirits of our Carolina brethren, but all it did was inspire me more. These games are circled on my calendar every year. This year, after seeing how the Panthers started out, they were circled as WINNABLE. Yea, I know, I pick the Bucs every week. You guys know why and what the rationale behind that attempt at swaying karma is. This week when I pick the Bucs to win it will be because I feel we legitimately should be able to beat this team. It is not a stretch nor a hailmary attempt at pulling in favor from the universe. It does NOT require a perfect game by all aspects of our squad (though that would surely be nice). The Panthers are just not that good this year, in fact, the Panthers are a bad team. They had some outstanding individual players. They have yet to put a solid 4 quarters together and despite having a significant number of talented pieces, cannot get the puzzle put together. Sound familiar? This team is one that we should have hopes of competing with as, once again, they are a mirror of our team. The picture in the mirror is not as pretty this time around.

Tonight we will cover the game with a couple of guests. John White, of Cat Crave Radio, is a long time friend and diehard Panther fan. Though I met him first as a Dolphin fan, I know his Carolina blood is the real deal. He will be on with us via the Studio Line representing his Panthers. Before that segment (we think), will be my favorite Buccaneer, Chris Hovan. His boss (not Raheem or Jim, but Jamie) has confirmed that he will be calling in, so we will do the best we cna to get that lined up. The topics for tonight will include:

1. News from around the league
2. Injury updates
3. Whatever Chris Hovan wants to talk about!
4. The Panthers and why we will have our first victory Sunday
5. Why Carolina feels their season was turned around by a narrow defeat of the equally (to both of us) hapless Redskins

As always, get your questions, comments, pontifications and predictive MVP’s along with your score predictions to questions [AT] whatthebuc [DOT] net (I saw someone else do that to avoid SPAM and so I figured I would give it a shot). See you tonight at 7:00 PM, Wesley Chapel Time!

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