Comments on: Attendance Similar To 2011 Preseason

By: patrickbucs

patrickbucs — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 00:57:34 +0000

Lion,

I believe it’s 85 percent of the general non-club seats. Upper sections in the corners were bare.

By: Lion

Lion — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 20:28:20 +0000

Does anyone remember the exact number of tickets needed to be sold in order to avoid a blackout?

By: The Dutcher Journal (Pete Dutcher)

The Dutcher Journal (Pete Dutcher) — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 18:08:38 +0000

First…how weird is it to see Thomas 2.2 saying something encouraging???

Second…I streamed the first half of the game live, then switched to wrestling until 11:30 to watch the game on Channel 10. I recorded it in HD to refer to later, but I actually enjoyed the game and thought it was a good result.

Now, before Eric or anyone else say how crazy I am, here’s why: the second game of the preseason is the perfect game to make all your mistakes. The starter play more in the next game, so by addressing the issues in practice we will see the improvements reflected in our starters next week.

I was excited to see the mistakes made. I know Schiano will not tolerate them. He’s going to have these guys working hard on fixing things.

Third…I think there is a decent chance that the next game will sell the 85%. It’s the Pats. Schiano has been compared to Bill. The Bucs and Pats are going to be practicing together.

Now…I need to find some place to post my concerns after the game

By: Chris@Apple Roof Cleaning

Chris@Apple Roof Cleaning — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 17:48:28 +0000

If we keep playing like we did against the Titans, let’s hope we don’t sell out our home opener against Carolina.
That was embarrassing last night, preseason or not.
Our starting O Line looked anything but dominant against the Titans Defensive Line.

By: Miguel Grande

Miguel Grande — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 15:19:08 +0000

@Danny

It has to be determined 3 days in advance. Since it was on Friday, Tuesday was the cut off. Thursday in the regular season.

Walk ups don’t count towards the black out.

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 15:04:28 +0000

Are they not trying to get Clarke and Free into some kinda rhythm? I didn’t see the debacle, was he even playing?

By: upthegut

upthegut — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 14:51:46 +0000

I was there with another 25K. Thank God more fans didn’t see this performance.
Our lack of depth is obvious, time to make some cuts now. Don’t waste practice time on people who simply can’t ball. Make room for “better castoffs”

By: TheRealVince

TheRealVince — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 13:49:40 +0000

I’ll be @ the home opener, doing my part to get the game televised

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 13:44:31 +0000

This just in.

We ain’t talented.

By: Danny

Danny — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 13:38:16 +0000

If attendance last night was 45,633 and they need to sell 42,500 tickets to avoid a blackout, why was it blacked out?

By: Thomas2.2

Thomas2.2 — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 13:34:20 +0000

Rahdom destroyed all of the enthusiasm surrounding this once great and proud franchise. Give Schiano some time.

We may have to send Dom back to trading cards or Glaxer honey-dos as well. He is like a lingering stinch from the last 3 years.

By: SilenceTheCritics

SilenceTheCritics — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 12:59:06 +0000

This game isnt going to help there cause to sell out. I’m glad its only the pre-season and they get this crappy football out of them before the real games start.