Jon Cooper’s done better as a Lightning head coach than the Tampa Bay Buccaneers all-time
January 12, 2020
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Minus a championship, but still… In seven seasons, one mans feats puts the other local franchise to shame.
In search of Andy Hardy’s “Casablanca” parody-clip with Head Coach Sam Wyche
October 22, 2019
A humorous and memorable intro clip to a football-play review from 25+ years ago…have you seen it? Can you find it?
A lackluster competitiveness and the drive to improve (or lack thereof)
December 30, 2018
Edmonton Oilers fans have errupted over mediocrity ongoing with the club. Yiou don’t see the same for fans of the football team in Tampa Bay.
Attendance in Tampa Bay sports sides with the might of the Lightning
December 27, 2018
The Tampa Bay Lightning are among NHL attendance leaders. Their attendance numbers top the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The Tampa Bay Lightning thrives while the Tampa Bay media look elsewhere in sports
December 9, 2018
Late this summer, before the NFL season was underway, the Tampa Bay Times did the Tampa Bay-media thing and played up the Tampa Bay Buccaneers season ahead. “Most talented offense ever?” discussion before a regular season game had been played seemed like… well, an attempt to raise expectations. I’m not here to judge the Buccaneer […]
A quarterback alone cannot cure what ails the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
October 2, 2018
It’s a shell game at quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this season with Jameis Winston and Ryan Fitzpatrick sharing time at QB. Not that they planned it, not that they intended it that way, and not that the Bucs have found success with either man behind center. Oh, Tampa Bay is .500 after four […]
Reacting to the Tampa Bay Buccaneer uniform ranking
April 6, 2018
Via the Tampa Bay Times: “Bucs uniform ranked 32nd among NFL teams, because there isn’t a 33rd” To be fair to begin and give context, this piece is inspired by a ranking that was done in The Sacremento Bee, so it’s a reaction column inspired by an opinion piece. By way of opinionated reactions to […]
A note on Tampa Bay sports and the playoffs
March 6, 2018
Though it literally does not play out like this: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers make the playoffs on average less than once every four seasons of play. I’ve already pointed out the Bucs annual win percentage is abysmal and this just illustrates the club has only made the playoffs 10 times in 41 years of existence. […]
Of Tampa Bay sports and media focus
January 29, 2018
I’ve been put off since last week while scanning headlines and online coverage of news in the Tampa Bay area and seeing a greater-than-usual focus put on the Gasparilla Pirate Festival than usual, while the marquee mid-season event of the NHL All-Star Weekend was an afterthought (or a complication to Gasparilla festivities). It felt almost […]
And down the stretch they come….! Thoughts on the Tampa Bay Lightning as the NHL season wanes
March 29, 2017
The day when the Jose Gaspar is overseen by Cap’n Jack Sparrow;w
January 24, 2017
The Gasparilla season in Tampa, Florida is forthcoming. That’s weeks (if not a month) of civic events around Tampa tied to the grandiose kick-off celebration event: the invasion flotilla of locals, politicians and civic leaders and the “invasion” of Tampa, with the city being claimed by the pirates to officially start the whole season off. […]
Contention, mediocrity, and the future of Tampa Bay sports
November 6, 2016
The storied franchise of each city in the United States is different. There’s a chance they are all on par, but that’s basically a decree toward the mega-markets – the New York Yankees, Giants, Rangers, Mets, Knicks, Jets; The Chicago Bears, Bulls, Blackhawks, White Sox and Cubs (congratulations, Cubbies, on your World Series championship); the […]
Home Video Lameness and marketing idiocy
August 6, 2004
It was sort of an interesting thing to happen and cool that it happened to me but at the same time, it aggravated me… No, not just that, it infuriated me. Last nigh, a representative from Warner Brothers Home Video emailed the webmaster of Boltsmag.com — namely moi — and tried to recruit me to […]
Four and Twelve seems like a real possibility
August 5, 2004
I haven’t talked about the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for a real long time… I think the last time I put up a post was in January where I gave a general sports roundup. Of course, my sports eye has been on my primary love in Tampa Bay — The Lightning — and that means the […]
Something strange is afoot here…
June 11, 2004
Just when did i get on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Season Ticket waiting list??? I got an email from the team that addressed me as a Season Ticket Waiting list member. I don’t recall ever adding my name to the season ticket waiting list. Hell, I don’t even have the money to get a season […]
Thoughts on Pat Tillman — former NFL player killed in Afghanistan
April 23, 2004
Pat Tillman, former NFL player who gave up the game and turned his back on millions from the Arizona Cardinals to join the Army Rangers after 9-11, was killed while involved in the hunt for Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. I know at the time he joined up and news was everywhere […]
I CAN'T LOOK! I CAN'T LOOK!!!
September 21, 2003
Anyone who knows me knows I love the Buccaneers — or did love the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Maybe they were hapless in yesterday, maybe they were oh-so-close and that’s why I loved them. Right now I can’t bring myself to love them, or even watch them for that matter. On this first day of Autumn […]
Happy Valentines Day Sarah
February 14, 2003
Well it’s been a month since I left a entry into my journal in any way shape or form. I’ve avoided this for one reason or another and in fact my journal came back to haunt me again a few weeks ago so I don’t know for sure if I should continue saying anything in […]