When it’s December and a one-win team is playing a four-win team, there’s not a lot to play for beyond pride, fans, contract incentives and a future deal.

In the case of Sunday’s Bucs-Panthers game, there’s another thing to play for: payback.

For those who thought the Bucs would try to forget about the illegal, vicious hit Panthers sleaze cornerback Dante Wesley leveled on Clifton Smith in October, center Jeff Faine put that to rest on his radio show on 1010 AM this evening.

Faine explained that the Bucs coaching staff made an effort to open the wound that never healed.

“We replayed that hit on Clifton Smith this morning, so it is definitely nice and warm,” Faine said.

Joe finds it comical that Wesley actually told The Herald out of Rock Hill, S.C., that he didn’t think the Bucs would look for him on the field on Sunday because the hit wasn’t intentional.

Wesley shrugged when asked if he was worried about that, hoping his reputation and the communication he has had with Smith will carry the day.

“I don’t think it should be a factor in this game,” he said. “I’m sure when they looked at the tape, they realize it wasn’t anything I tried to do intentionally. There shouldn’t be anything during the game because of that play.”

For those who missed the hit on Smith, here it is below. …Joe’s quite certain the Bucs saw this again and concluded what any objective observer would; it’s a dirty play and very intentional.

Now is the time to head over to a Total Wine & More store or any other smart beer retailer to pick up a case of Caybrew for the long, glorious football weekend. 

How exactly would another case of Icehouse or Coors Light be special?  

It wouldn’t be.

Frankly, taste is why Joe drinks Caybrew, not just to impress the island women he’s so fond of. The official lager beer of the Cayman Islands, Caybrew is most often likened to a much smoother version of Heineken. …As smooth as you might imagine Rachel Watson to be.

Be like Joe; stock up on Caybrew. Don’t skimp on taste!

Click on the beer or ass below to find retailers and smart bar owners near you.

As is often the case when he co-hosts “The Red Zone,” on Sirius NFL Radio Fridays at 1 p.m., (this week with Alex Marvez of FoxSports.com), former Bucs great Derrick Brooks gets peppered with Bucs questions.

Today, Marvez and Brooks were talking about the better cornerbacks in the NFL when Marvez asked Brooks where he would rank Bucs cornerback Aqib Talib.

Brooks didn’t say where he would rank Talib, but Brooks expects Talib to dominate opposing receivers in the near future, provided he does one thing.

“He needs to grow up,” Brooks responded when Marvez asked why most league insiders don’t talk about Talib being an elite player. “He needs to get that maturity off the field. Once he does that, people will take more notice of him on the field.

“He’s already a great cover corner. But he has to put in the work off the field. He just can’t take [his play] for granted.”

Sounds like solid advice from one of the game’s greats. Who is Joe to disagree with Brooks?

For Joe, the Holy Trinity of life is football, women and Caybrew.

If Joe has one of the three on a weekend afternoon or a Thursday night, life is good.

If Joe has two of the three on a weekend afternoon or a Thursday night, life is very good.

If Joe has all three on a weekend afternoon or a Thursday night, life is nirvana.

In an effort to meet two of the three spiritual standards, and as a goodwill effort to help a burgeoning Tampa Bay area enterprise, Joe offers a video from the St. Petersburg Times on the Tampa Bay Breeze, the local franchise of the Lingerie Football League.

The Breeze has their season-opener tonight at the Ice Palace. The only quibble Joe may have with the Breeze is Rachel Watson could have made a strong captain (sigh).

Joe hopes the video helps speed your focus into the weekend.

Scott Reynolds, The Grand Wizard of PewterReport.com, the Internet-only, Bucs fan site best known for its defunct print magazine and message boards, is making bold comments about Doug Williams.

Per Reynolds, unnamed player agents are telling him the legendary quarterback is not cutting it in his current job as Bucs Director of Pro Personnel and is likely to be fired after the 2009 season.

For years, agents I’ve spoken with have raved about Dominik’s scouting acumen as well as his personality. I haven’t heard many positive reviews at all about Williams from agents since he joined the front office in 2004. Williams’ calling card appears to be standing on the table for backup quarterback Josh Johnson on draft day in 2008 and being involved with Dominik in recruiting wide receiver Antonio Bryant to Tampa Bay last year. There have been some whispers from agents that the Bucs will shake up their personnel department and that Williams will get fired to make way for more experienced talent evaluators. That doesn’t seem far-fetched as the days of Tampa Bay’s front office boasting the likes of Rich McKay, Jerry Angelo, Tim Ruskell, John Idzik and Dominik are long gone, unfortunately. Even the front office of Bruce Allen, Kevin Demoff, Ruston Webster, Dennis Hickey and Dominik back in 2005 had more talent for spotting players and experience in dealing with the salary cap and agent negotiations than the current collection of executives. If Williams, who is one of the more storied players in team history, gets fired at the end of the season in a scouting shakeup, which certainly seems like a possibility from the agents I’ve spoken to, don’t think of him as Dominik’s scapegoat. That term means  “one that bears blame for others.” Williams might be portrayed as the fall guy by some in the media following a dismal season, but within the agent community, his potential firing will be justified because he’s regarded as not being great at his craft in NFL circles.

Now no sane observer is going to confuse the Bucs’ scouting and drafting department with the NFL’s best over the past several years. Whether Williams deserves to be terminated, Joe’s not so sure.

What Joe is sure of is that Reynolds should have gotten a comment from Williams for this story.

From Joe’s experience, Williams is one of the most accessible Bucs executives, always milling around the press box and rather eager to chat, and usually a colorful quote, as well.

If Joe were ever to print such strong assertions about Williams or any other executive, from anonymous sources no less, JoeBucsFan.com readers can be sure Joe would go ask the guy for his comment.

That’s Journalism 101. Not to mention Williams deserved that respect.

The play of the Bucs this season has fans eating handfuls of Zantac each Sunday.

But the play of rookie quarterback Josh Freeman has been somewhat a relief for Bucs fans, including Joe.

If Bucs fans think they have seen the best of Freeman, hold up, says Stephen Holder of the St. Petersburg Times. He notes how the Bucs haven’t yet opened up the playbook for Freeman.

The Bucs rookie quarterback is at his best when point deficits appear insurmountable. He makes the requisite throws expected of a franchise quarterback. His No. 1 receiver, Antonio Bryant, this week urged coaches to unleash Freeman and all his potential.

Tempting as that might be, the Bucs are trying to resist rushing Freeman along. They will continue to spoon-feed their first-round pick, to an extent, until his experience level no longer requires it.

This is smart, Joe believes.

Whatever and however Raheem the Dream and offensive coordinator Greg Olson have done with Freeman, it’s working. No need to deviate just to pacify a disgruntled wide receiver who likely won’t be with the Bucs next season.

Trey Wingo, Mark Schlereth and Herm Edwards of BSPN discuss the Bucs-Panthers game. You might be surprised what you hear.

Spoiler: Herm really likes what Raheem the Dream did with the defense after he defrocked defensive coordinator Jim Bates.

The Professor addresses cheering for Philip Rivers and the rest of "whale's vagina" team

The creator, curator and Mr. Everything at the popular RaysIndex.com is not only the premier Tampa Bay Rays blogger/analyst/wiseass fan on the planet, but a hardcore Buccaneers fan.

Joe is honored to have The Professor, Cork Gaines, join him for a weekly feature at JoeBucsFan.com. His column delivers far more punch than any Andy Sonnanstine fastball.

The Professor is here to ask, and answer, the tough questions.

Everybody relax, I’m here. This is The Professor in the Pork Chop Express, and I’m talkin’ to whoever’s listenin’ out there…

FIRST QUARTER (a look back)
Everybody had something to say about Raheem Morris’ decision to fake a punt last week against the Falcons…Was this as bad as everybody says? 

At the time of the fake punt I shook my head. When Morris went for a field goal later in the same area of the field, I had a heart attack in my butt. The fake punt came at the 39 yard line. Later in the fourth quarter, with the ball at the 36 on third down, Morris chose to play for a field goal with a basic running play on 3rd and 7. We only have a real problem with one of those calls. Either you have confidence in your kicker, or you don’t. If Connor Barth can’t make it from 56 yards, then fake the punt. At 1-9, who cares? But if you don’t have confidence then why go for the field goal later? If Morris didn’t think Barth could make from 56 yards, then why did he think he could make it from the 53 (actually it was 51, but Morris played for the field goal a play earlier). 56 yards is a long field goal, but Connor Barth connected from 54 outdoors in Miami. One of those calls was horrible. I am just not sure which one…MAYBE

SECOND QUARTER (looking forward)
The Bucs’ 1-10 record is their worst start to a season since 1985…Why should Bucs fans continue to care about this team?

Interesting side note about that ’85 Bucs squad. They opened the season with a 38-28 loss to the Bears. The only team to score more points against Chicago that season was the Dolphins. Of course, Miami was the only blemish that season against a Bears team that went 18-1 with a defense that many consider the best ever…WAIT. WHAT WAS THE QUESTION?

THIRD QUARTER (outside the pocket)
With only five games remaining, the Bucs face Carolina this Sunday with one last hope for a late season run to get out of last place…What other games should Bucs fans pay attention to this weekend?

The Bucs are still in a three-way tie for the worst record in the NFL. Based on opponents’ strength of schedule (.556), the Bucs would hold the third pick if the season ended today (CLE, .534; StL, .545). Without a clear No. 1 player in the draft, the Bucs may be better off without the top pick. Still, the strength of schedule is too close for comfort. St. Louis has little chance of winning in Chicago, but Cleveland could pull the upset at home against San Diego, which won’t like the 39-degree, game-time temps. Bucs fans should be rooting hard for the Chargers. Besides, San Diego is German for “A Whale’s Vagina.” And who doesn’t like whales?…SAN DIEGO @ CLEVELAND

FOURTH QUARTER (no huddle)
When asked about his decision-making skills Monday, Raheem Morris admitted that his decisions have been “not good”…Did you expect him to say something different?

One of these days, Raheem is going to walk in and start looking at things in the room and saying that he loves them…RAHEEM LOVES LAMP

The Bucs just signed their third punter of the season…Good move?

At 1-10, why not just go into full Madden-mode and go for it on every fourth down?…PROBABLY WON’T BE ASKED TO THROW THE BALL

The Bucs just signed Rudy Carpenter to be the third quarterback…What does this move tell you?

Including the preseason, the Bucs have already had four starting quarterbacks, and Carpenter represents the fifth active QB. Who is coaching this team again?…THOUGHT THEY FIRED GRUDEN?

Steve Spurrier was 0-12 as qurterback of the Bucs…But how cool is this picture?

There is so much to love. The long sleeves. The wristbands. The orange belt. The long hair. The pants and socks that look like they hadn’t seen a washing machine in a few weeks…OH MAMA

We have heard you pick a beverage for each game based on the matchup…What is the drink of choice for week 13 against the Panthers?

The Bucs need all the help they can get. Until they make a drinkable version of “Sex Panther” (made with real bits of panther), I’ll have to go with a little Black Magic...VOODOO BLACK MAGICK

Everything, aside from the team's record, seems to be all smiles for Raheem the Dream and the Bucs since defensive coordinator Jim Bates was defrocked.

There were whispers in recent weeks that maybe Raheem the Dream had lost his team, that his players may have tuned him out.

The tone of the speak on the various players radio shows was getting more bleak if not dark. Joe heard it plain as day.

But Woody Cummings of the Tampa Tribune is of the mind that not only is the notion that Raheem the Dream lost the locker room nonsense, but Raheem the Dream solidified his standing with the team by defrocking defensive coordinator Jim Bates.

Q: At the beginning of the season I asked if you thought that there was a chance that Raheem would be fired and Bill Cowher hired as coach. You said only if Raheem lost the locker room and it appeared that he was clueless as to what was going on. Aren’t those conditions in place?
Lester Patrick, Hiawassee, Ga.

A: I don’t think Raheem has lost the locker room at all. In fact, I think the decision to go back to a one-gap scheme has probably won him some fans that may have been on the fence over the original defensive switch. And don’t underestimate the power Raheem has a hands-on coach. He’ll be even closer to these guys now. As for being clueless, Raheem is definitely learning on the job and his game-day coaching needs some work. How he fares as a coordinator will say a lot about his future. At this point, it’s still too soon to know what Raheem’s future holds.
— Roy Cummings

Just listening to the voice of various players on their radio shows in the last two weeks, you can tell it’s as if a weight has been lifted from their shoulders, specifically the defensive players.

Just watching the Bucs play last week at Atlanta, despite the outcome, any Bucs fan could tell how hard they played.

No, if there is any mutiny, it wasn’t coming from players who were between the lines last Sunday.

Educated NFL fans and real men who have the NFL Network already know Mike Mayock is the premier NFL draft analyst.

So it pleases Joe to read Mayock rave about the play of Bucs rookie quarterback Josh Freeman in his first few starts.

Commenting in a chat on NFL.com, Mayock raved about Freeman.

michael, tampa
What do you think about Josh Freeman? I think he has done great so far. And he hasnt received any kudos for his play.

Mike Mayock, NFL Network
Hey Michael I agree. The reason people aren’t talking about him is that he plays for such a dreadful team. Freeman has a big arm, a tremendous frame and a healthy work ethic, which will bode him well in the future. He is a great centerpiece to build your team around.

Joe understands Freeman will have more ups and downs. He’s still a rookie. Joe just hopes Freeman keeps his head up during the valleys and doesn’t get to giddy with the peaks.

Anyone who has watched the Bucs sparingly this season knows the Bucs have more holes to fill than a standard honeycomb.

With the season in such disarray, it’s not too early to take a peek at next spring’s NFL draft. If the Bucs continue their losing ways, they will pick no worse than third in the first round.

Vacation Man of BSPN.com knows all too well of the Bucs problems. Because of that, he is of the mind the Bucs should trade down, potentially passing on an opportunity to land coveted defensive tackles such as Ndamukong Suh and Gerald McCoy.

If the Bucs have the No. 1 pick and someone else really wants a quarterback, they might be willing to jump up. That’s a scenario the Bucs, a team with a lot of building to do, would have to consider.

If they can get Suh or McCoy a few picks later and add a draft pick in a trade, they almost have to do it. And this just in for University of Florida fans: No, the Bucs won’t be taking Tim Tebow in the first round.

That’s the key. If Suh can still be had by trading down just a couple of positions, Joe is inclined to believe Mark Dominik would be smart in pulling the trigger on just such a trade.

Joe’s good friend, the dean of Tampa Bay sports radio, “The Big Dog,” Steve Duemig of WDAE-AM 620, has not kept his feelings secret that ousted Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis would be a great addition to the Bucs staff.

Well, one can now add Anwar Richardson of the Tampa Tribune to the list of local media members who believe Weis would be a good hire.

Weis, who is responsible for developing Tom Brady as the Patriots former offensive coordinator and seemed to have a knack working with quarterbacks at Notre Dame, might work wonders with Freeman, Richardson suggested.

Q: With the recent firing of Charlie Weis is there any slight chance the bucs would bring him in as the offensive coordinator in 2010?
Lee Jones, Jacksonville, NC

A: I’m sure it’s an option Tampa Bay will look into. Lets be honest, the Bucs didn’t even interview Greg Olson when they were working for an offensive coordinator earlier this year. Charlie Weis worked with Tom Brady and it would be interesting to see what he could do with Josh Freeman. Considering Tampa Bay’s offense is not a juggernaut this year, it’s a move the team should consider.
— Anwar Richardson

Richardson makes an interesting point. Why do — or will — the Bucs covet Greg Olson so much if he wasn’t even interviewed for the job in the first place.

Weeknights at 6 p.m on 620 WDAE-AM, the Buccaneers Radio Network rolls out a different player to interview and chat with fans.

It’s not always the most gripping conversation, but last night co-hosts Dave Moore and Scott Ledger sat down with defensive end Stylez G. White, which always makes for a good time.

White, Antonio Bryant and Jeff Faine are among the best interviews on the Bucs roster.

White talked about the relief of moving back to a one-gap scheme on the D-Line away from Jim Bates’ two-gap defense.

“It was hard, with all due respect to Coach Bates and all, it was hard to figure out what [his defense] was, cause we  re-in and the linebackers were not sure where they fit it …It was tough in there in the transition,” White said. “In the Tampa 2 … you’re in that gap or you’re not in that gap. You can’t BS and say, oh blah, blah, blah. No. You’re in or your gap or you’re not.”

Dave Moore said former Bucs defensive line coach Rod Marinelli once used the famous Jack Nicholson-in-The Shining picture above to explain to his unit how to bust through their single gaps.

White likened his pass rushing methods “when you’re not a big bull rush guy” like he is, to “playing chess,” detailing how he plays a game of getting offensive tackles off balance in order to bust out an effective move.

You can catch the audio here.

Signed off the Cowboys' practice squad, Bucs new No. 3 quarterback Rudy Carpenter talked to Joe about his relationship with Josh Freeman, Jon Kitna and Dallas practically begging him to stay with them.

In Atlanta, the Bucs’ new third-string quarterback, Rudy Carpenter, snatched last week from the Cowboys’ practice squad, stood on the sidelines with his baseball hat on backwards as a little-known commodity to Bucs fans.

After practice yesterday, Joe caught up to Carpenter and learned more about what makes him tick. The undrafted free agent out of Arizona State had some interesting things to share in his first in-depth interview as a Buccaneer.

Joe: Tell fans about your game.

Rudy Carpenter: This is my first year in the league. I’m still trying to figure out a lot about myself and a lot about my game. I’m an average size guy and I don’t have the standout skills, but I get by on my intelligence and accuracy, things like that.  

Joe: How did the Bucs come to sign you off the Cowboys’ practice squad? How did that go down?

Carpenter: Teams were calling me throughout the year, but not the Bucs. It was pretty interesting because that Monday (Nov. 23) I hadn’t heard from the Bucs before and then they called me and said, ‘We’re going to put Byron Leftwich on IR and we want to make you active immediately. Can you get on a plane tonight?’ So it was a pretty fast decision for me after I talked to my agent and considered staying in Dallas. …They signed me for the rest of this season and next season.

Joe: Have you gotten any sense of the Bucs’ plans for you?

Carpenter: Man. I have no idea. I’m trying to find out what the situation is for next year regarding Byron. Nobody seems to know.

Joe: How are you adjusting to the playbook in Tampa?

Carpenter: The plays, the schemes and the concepts are very familiar wherever you go …Offensive football is offensive football. The difference is the verbiage. One team it’s in French, another in Spanish. It’s about learning the verbiage. …It’s been a real crash course [in Tampa]. …I have really a lot of respect for both Josh’s and Byron and [Coach Greg Olson].  They’ve had a lot to adjust to with the change at offensive. I’m sure that was challenging. They’ve done a good job giving me a crash course, how we call things and plays that we run. I’ve been studying like crazy to learn as fast as I can.

Joe: Talk about your experience on the Cowboys’ practice squad.

Carpenter: I was doing really well in Dallas. They really liked me. When I got the phone call from the Bucs that they wanted to take me off the Dallas squad, Dallas even offered to pay me active [roster] money to stay with them. I really liked Dallas, but I really thought it would be good for me to get the NFL experience as a third quarterback. When you’re on a practice squad and you get phone calls from other teams to make you active, you can decline it. But I wanted the experience in Tampa.

Joe: How do you feel you developed in Dallas? What was it like for you there?

Carpenter: When I was in Dallas I had two veteran guys to learn from. Man, it was so valuable. I have a close relationship with [Cowboys No. 2 quarterback] John Kitna, who pretty much just took me under his wing and taught me everything he knew. I still talk to him all the time. He’s always teaching me. …Quarterback is such a hard deal in this league. For nearly every quarterback it’s about finding the right place at the right time in the right system. Dallas was a great system and a great orgainziaton, but there also are a lot of quarterbacks there. I felt more comfortable coming here with Josh Johnson and Josh Freeman and that’s it right now, that it might be a right place for me.

Joe: What’s your impression of Josh Freeman?

Carpenter: I actually knew Josh pretty welll before I got here. We had spent a few weeks last year together at a quarterbacks camp and became friends. Then we went to another QB camp together. … Then he came to Arizona to train for the combine, where I was living, and we hung out there. And we’ve kept in touch since then. As for how he’s playing, Josh had great numbers in Altanta, that’s pretty impressive considering he’s just get started.

It’s Thursday.

It’s JoeBucsFan.com.

It’s the gorgeous Jenny Dell! (of BSPN).

In her weekly video offering, Jenny talks Bucs. (Sigh).

You are welcome.

Former Bucs quarterback Jeff Carlson writes the weekly QB Blast column here at JoeBucsFan.com. Joe is ecstatic to have him firing away. Carlson has TV gigs in the Bay area and trains quarterbacks of all ages via his company, America’s Best Quarterback.

Sunday’s game was great drama!

The entertainment lasted until the final second and that is what I want from my sports. Yeah, I know the Bucs lost, but it was great theater and that hasn’t been happening around here for quite a while — even before the Raheem era.

Unfortunately, after watching the New Orleans Saints and New England Patriots play Monday night, it was abundantly clear that we are nowhere near competing with the best in the league now or in the near future.

This Bucs team does not have “playmakers.”

Do they have good athletes? Sure, there is athleticism running around, but the Saints and Patriots have exciting, game-changing players and even the Patriots found out that their offense isn’t enough to overcome their poor pass defense with the Saints’ non-stop offensive pressure.

So, for the forseeable years ahead, the Bucs will not compete for a division title, because the Saints are way out in front and are young. I don’t know all their contract situations for each of their players, but the Bucs’ best player is a 34-year-old cornerback.

For the Bucs to make progress in playing “catch-up” with the Saints, they need to overhaul their receiving corps and give their franchise QB something to work with.

Joe is firmly of the belief that you don’t fix what’s not broken.

Of course, with the Bucs, there’s very little that isn’t broken. So even the smallest sliver of hope is considered to be functioning properly in Joe’s eyes.

When the Bucs registered 10 tackles for a loss and six sacks last Sunday in Raheem the Dream’s first stint at the Bucs defensive coordinator, it was near cause for Joe to drown himself in more Caybrew.

Defrocked defensive coordinator Jim Bates apparently stayed home, sulking, Christmas shopping or maybe watching NFL Sunday Ticket. Whatever he was doing, his fingers were not on the Bucs defense in Atlanta. Yet the Bucs defense had its best game this season.

So when Joe read that good guy Joe Smith of the St. Petersburg Times, taking a break from his Rays beat to help out with Bucs coverage, wrote that Raheem the Dream said Bates may make the trip to Carolina Saturday, Joe got a cold shiver up his spine.

“We’re not going to make (Bates) full participation in the game, but he’ll be at the game more than likely,” Morris said.

If last week was any hint of what the Bucs defense may be or can be without him, Joe hopes that if Bates has to go to the game, he is sitting in the stands pounding beers and not in the coaches’ box with a headset on.

An overlooked but potentially equally important responsibility a punter often has is holding for place kicks.

If a punter averages 55 yards a punt but bobbles snaps on field goals right and left, the guy will be run out of town in short order.

When Bucs punter Dirk Johnson was hurt on his Garo Yepremian-like fake punt attempt last Sunday and placed on injured reserve this week, the Bucs also lost their holder for place kicks.

Fortunately, the Bucs new punter Sam Paulescu can also hold for place kicks reports good guy “Backwards Hat,” better known as Rick Brown of the Lakeland Ledger.

Look for Paulescu to hold on field-goal attempts for kicker Connor Barth. The two actually have been paired before. When Barth went to New England for a try out, Paulescu was his holder.

“I trust him,” said Barth, although he did not get the job during that work out. “He’s been in the league. He has experience holding. He’ll get the job done.”

Joe believes this may be the first time he has written more than a few sentences about punting: Just kick the ball out of bounds. A return man cannot return a punt when it’s kicked out of bounds.

Football is a speciality game. Joe knows that. There are players who do nothing but kick, players who do nothing but punt.

Then there are players who only run back punts, players who only run back kicks.

On some rosters, there are players who only play in passing situations, otherwise known sack artists or pass rushing specialists.

Do the Bucs now have a kick blocking specialist? That seems to be the case upon reading eye-RAH! Kaufman’s feature in the Tampa Tribune on Corey Lynch.

A native of Fort Myers, Lynch is the worst nightmare for kickers and punters.  Lynch is a big reason why the Bucs special teams is on the cusp of a franchise record.

Signed off Cincinnati’s practice squad in September, the second-year safety joined the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ block party Sunday in Atlanta, snuffing out a third-quarter punt by Michael Koenen to set up a touchdown in an eventual 20-17 loss.

Under the guidance of special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia, the Bucs lead the league with five blocked kicks, deflecting two punts, one FG attempt and two extra-point tries.

“Right after the ball was moved, I got a good jump,” said Lynch, who said he blocked six kicks at Appalachian State, including a deflected FG try in the final seconds at Michigan that sealed a monumental 34-32 upset. “I’ve always had a knack for doing it. That’s something we practiced a lot in college and it helped us in the long run. I ended up blocking a bunch of kicks in college … and one famous one.’

If there is one area the Bucs have actually excelled in this season, it has been special teams.

Here’s a look at Lynch’s “famous” blocked field goal, which will live in college football lore. The radio announcers get just a tad excited.