Passion.

This was a different Bucs team on Saturday night. (more…)

Hero.

How bout those Buccaneers!

They just finished this sad regular season with a “W” and an 8-9 record, polishing off a feisty but talent-challenged Panthers team.

Defense ruled the day. There was energy and fire for a change, and some plays made. (more…)

Team Glazer members.

A majority of Bucs fans want Todd Bowles launched from his perch as Tampa Bay head coach. The groundswell has been stunning across local fandom over the past month.

Even calm, measured fans Joe has known for years are chirping for Bowles’ head.

“Fans are smart. Fans know right. Fans know wrong.”

You know who issued that intelligent quote? Buccaneers co-owner Joel Glazer. (more…)

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Your ultimate Bucs pregame show!

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Sage Ira and Joe close the year with spirited analysis.

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Team Glazer members.

It’s gotten too easy to make a case for firing Todd Bowles. (more…)

There was an interesting moment as Joe sat in a small room with heavy metal doors deep in the bowels of the Dolphins’ Hard Rock Stadium this afternoon. (more…)

Forgettable season.

A lot of Bucs fans are willing to give Baker Mayfield a pass for three straight games with a fourth-quarter pick that doomed the Bucs because they believe Mayfield is playing hurt, does Bucky Irving get the same pass? (more…)

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Episode 2 of this week is loaded! Enjoy.

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The Sage of Tampa Bay Sports has plenty to say in Episode 1 of this week. 

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Team Glazer huddles with Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht.

Have the Buccaneers become the worst team in the NFC South after losing to all three division foes over the past three games and after the slimy Saints won their third consecutive game this afternoon? It’s a legitimate argument, maybe even an easy one.

Yes, the arrow is pointing down. (more…)

The current mess is worse than Jon Gruden crapping the bed and finishing 9-7 after starting the 2008 season 9-3.

That got Chucky fired a few weeks after the final whistle. (more…)

Pressures don’t mean squat.

Aside from YaYa Diaby, the Bucs are so awful at an edge rush, they reached back to five years ago to a glorious year to bank on a former star getting a sack or two in the next three games to save the team from choking away a playoff berth. (more…)

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Loaded buffet today with The Sage and Joe.

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The Sage of Tampa Bay Sports and Joe have plenty of perspective to share.

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Sage Ira and Joe sat down Friday to react to Thursday night’s horror show.

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Losing to a crap team at home in back-to-back weeks.

That’s our beloved Buccaneers. (more…)

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The Bucs’ starting left tackle on Sunday was no Charlie Heck. (more…)

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The dark clouds have rolled in. Will the storm pass for Bucs fans? Sage Ira and Joe are all over it. Enjoy!

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BY IRA KAUFMAN

Trudging off the field into the locker room, Mike Evans rubbed his eyes in apparent disbelief regarding what had just transpired.

Buc Nation nodded in agreement.

A team with little to play for besides pride had just beaten Tampa Bay, a club with everything to play for. Prohibitive favorites against New Orleans entering Sunday’s divisional matchup, the Bucs suffered a jarring 24-20 setback.

While the surging Panthers enjoyed a bye week, the Bucs appeared idle for most of a rainy afternoon. What made it even more discouraging was that the 3-10 Saints didn’t play particularly well in pulling off an upset that left Tampa Bay and Carolina tied atop the NFC South at 7-6.

The Bucs and Panthers will meet twice in the final four weeks and there’s no credible reason to think Tampa Bay is capable of registering a sweep. (more…)