Worry about your own team Lovie, instead of the damned weather to do your job for you.

Like Greg Schiano before him, and like Raheem Morris before Schiano, Lovie Smith talked all offseason about how he wanted to use the homefield heat in Florida as an advantage.

What a bunch of bunk that is. (more…)

Baltimore coach John Harbaugh completely and totally outcoached Lovie Smith

Joe has always believed — the genesis of this philosophy coming from Joe’s old high school coach who played for Tom Landry and John Madden — that a good coach always adjusts his offense/defense to best fit the talents of his players.

We all witnessed an example of this from Crows coach John Harbaugh today. (more…)

Joe’s going to blow a freaking gasket if he hears one more reference to this Bucs team under Lovie Smith being like the Buccaneers of 1996 under Father Dungy.

It’s an insult at this point, in addition to being a stupid take. (more…)

“Welcome to the club, Lovie!”

You want to know just how bad Lovie Smith’s defense is?

Consider the following: The Bucs worst four-game stretch defensively, per Greg Auman of the Tampa Bay Times, was the final four games of the 2011 season when Tampa Bay coughed up 165 points. (more…)

This one’s on you, Lovie Smith.

You emphatically told media last week that your current Buccaneers are a better team than the last time they were in town for a home game back in September.

You were so wrong. (more…)

OK friends, enemies, loyal readers and fellow Bucs fans, here Joe is at the Stadium on Dale Mabry Highway as the Bucs host their first 1 p.m. game of the season, today being the Baltimore Crows.

Joe noticed on Twitter yesterday the Crows were already whining about the heat. And it isn’t that hot! (more…)

It sure looks like cornerback Crezdon Butler will start for the Buccaneers.

Who? (Feel free to click here.) Butler would be in line for his first NFL start. (more…)

That alleged built-in home field advantage held by the Buccaneers hasn’t showed up in a long time.

But Gerald McCoy is convinced it will matter today. (more…)

The failing Tampa Bay running game was one of the topics Pro Bowl left guard Logan Mankins addressed on Friday with the Tampa Bay pen and mic club. (more…)

The Buccaneers’ rookie first-round pick didn’t fully participate in a practice all last week, but it seems his groin is good enough to test in live competition this afternoon against Baltimore. (more…)

The Bucs will feel the loss of Mike Evans, says a Super Bowl-winning coach.

Ray Lewis and Ed Reed are long gone from the Baltimore defense, but there’s still plenty of nasty/stingy play on the field.

The Playbook crew on NFL Network last night were happy to blubber about the NFL’s top red zone defense. (more…)

Michael Johnson should be drooling

It’s always bad when your left tackle apologizes four days after a loss.

It’s even worse when he’s an undrafted rookie coming off a steamrolling. (more…)

“The Road Warrior,” WTSP-TV traffic reporter Holley Sinn, has tips on how to get to the Bucs game quicker.

Driving to a Bucs game can be a major pain in the posterior. Just getting late to a tailgate is enough to ruin your day.

Leave it to WTSP-TV, Ch. 10 traffic reporter, “The Road Warrior,” Holley Sinn to help. She knows all the tricks to get you past the congestion and to your tailgate (or the game) quicker. Life is not made to be stuck in traffic. (more…)

What a helluva aafternoon huh?

TCU chokes away a 21-point fourth quarter lead and Baylor wins at the end. Mississippi State tries to give the game away early to Auburn but still wins. Texas dominates Oklahoma, except for special teams and defense and loses.

Not sure how we can top the afternoon games, but here come the Gators. Oh yeah, Penn State is up next in the Brady Hoke Goodbye Tour.

Bang it here for all your thoughts.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers haven’t played a lot of disciplined football this season.

Heck, Louis Murphy was even fined — not just flagged — for saying bad words, per NFL Network. (more…)

There is no more laid back, chill hour of radio than “Hawk Radio,” the nickname for the weekly Dashon Goldson show with Ronnie Lane on the Buccaneers Radio Network.

Hawk and Lane are like a couple of dudes smoking good cigars and sipping cognac. (more…)

Regular readers here know Joe isn’t a huge fan of the stat geeks, but some of their data is relevant and worth noting.

And considering the Bucs have grown their in-house team of football numbers crunchers this season, the spreadsheet data is more deserving of the spotlight. (more…)

A Bucs icon checks in on No. 8

Man, if Mike Glennon is getting average grades for his starts from esteemed football men, Joe can only imagine where Josh McCown’s GPA would be. (more…)