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Why have the football gods blessed Bucs fans tomorrow?

Is it just the national popularity of the mighty Steelers? Or is Jalon Daniels much more popular than any of us have realized?

With the Bucs coming off a nationally-streamed game in which they whipped up on America’s Team, the Cowboys, the Bucs have another game tomorrow that will be broadcast from sea to shining sea, unexpectedly.

From California to the Jersey shore, from the Canadian border to the Mexican border, Bucs fans throughout most of the country will be able to watch their team on a local CBS affiliate. Eyeballing the TV map, it appears two-thirds of the country will get the Steelers-Bucs game.

For those unlucky, it’s off to the watering hole unless you have Sunday Ticket.

Joe always recommends Hooters. It’s made for swilling cold beer, wolfing down wings and watching football.

It’s a critical game for the Bucs. Even if the rotten NFC South tries its best to keep the Bucs in a playoff chase, Joe doesn’t know how the Bucs recover from a 1-5 start.

Steelers-Bucs will get the second stringers of the CBS broadcast crew; Andrew Catalon and former Bucs defensive back Logan Ryan will handle the call. (Streaming and radio broadcast information will be included in “Gameday Tampa Bay” scheduled to publish here at midnight.)

As always, TV coverage maps are courtesy of 506sports.com.

Blue: Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay.
Red: Carolina @ Philadelphia.
Green: New York Jets at New England.