Perkins couldn’t turn Bucs’ franchise around

December 10, 2020 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. Time will not remember him as a great strategist. Or a great motivator. Or a great builder of teams. But Ray Perkins could stare. Man, could he stare. Perkins would fix his eyes on you, as if he were trying to bore a hole through you, and he would funnel his brow […]

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Bucs need to play well in final 4 games

December 9, 2020 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. Four games to go. Four games to decide whether this is season is about the playoffs or the bust. Four games to decide if this team was kind of disappointing or really, really disappointing. Four games to go between the post-season and a punch line. So what do the Tampa Bay Bucs […]

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Rays have questions to answer in off-season

December 8, 2020 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. For a championship team, things ought to feel better than this. More secure. More predictable. It is a position of power, isn’t it, the American League championship. It is the chased spot, the designation that the other teams aspire to being. It is like being the smartest kid in the class, and […]

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How will Bucs’ do down their stretch run?

December 7, 2020 general

Monday, 4 a.m. Here in the stretch run, the Bucs are wobbly but upright. You can see the playoffs from here. But can they? There are four games to play, and all of them are against average (or less) opponents. Surely, that bodes well, doesn’t it? Surely, you can count on the Bucs to make […]

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Gators set to face Alabama for SEC title

December 6, 2020 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. They were sluggish for a while, again, but the Florida Gators are on the brink of having a memorable season. Florida dismissed Tennessee Saturday, 31-19, to wrap up the SEC East title, its first since 2016. It was a victory that left the Gators thinking about the SEC title, a trip to […]

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Gators, Trask should handle Tennessee

December 5, 2020 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. It’s about a trophy. It’s about a memory. Heck, at the University of Florida, it might be about a statue. For the Gators, and for Kyle Trask, all that’s riding on the next three games is immortality. Win or lose, Trask is quite the story. From being another guy named Ned on […]

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Analyzing Bucs at the 3/4 mark

December 4, 2020 general

Friday, 4 a.m. They aren’t as horrible as they have been. They aren’t as good as they were supposed to be. There, in that no-man’s land of being good but not good enough, lie your Tampa Bay Bucs, one of the biggest disappointments of the NFL season. They are not the tortoise, and they are […]

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Choices, choices. Everyone has a choice

December 3, 2020 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. I like pecans over almonds. I like peaches over apples. I like coffee over tea. But that’s just me. I like Betty over Wilma. I like Indian food over Chinese. I like coffee over tea. You might disagree. Content beyond this point is for members only. Already a member? To view the […]

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Ranking the key men in the front offices

December 2, 2020 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. Yeah, but away from the ball, who’s the best? The current skid of the Tampa Bay Bucs notwithstanding, it has been a good year for sports in Tampa Bay. And we should know. At one point or the other, the Bucs, the Lightning and the Rays have been considered the worst team […]

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Looking back at the Bucs’ loss to the Chiefs

December 1, 2020 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. 5 Thoughts If I were Tom Brady, I’d be angry at Bruce Arians for his flaws. If I were Bruce Arians, I’d be miffed at Tom Brady for his mortality. So is it any wonder that the world thinks the two of them are disgruntled toward each other. Blaming someone else is […]

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