It pays to visit the Bucs board every once in a while...

[Kontradiction]

The Buccaneers will Beat the Patriots - Official Bulletin Board of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

"The Bucs will beat the Patriots". I LOL'ed a few times at the responses. "Yes, the Bucs will beat the Patriots... to the locker room because they're going to get ran off the field in the first half". Good stuff. The best is when they compare this game to the Raiders/Eagles game. Just thought you guys would enjoy it.

 

[JSn]

From the opening post...

Now you guys might ask, "how in the world will the Buccaneers post any offensive points against these highly esteemed Patriots?"
The answer? Kellen Winslow Junior and Cadillac Williams.
Struggling to neutralize tight ends and elusive runningbacks all season long, the Patriots's biggest nightmares will be Kellen Winslow racking up catches and Cadillac Williams following the running lanes behind our healthy anchor in the front, Jeff Faine....

Uh huh.

 

[PATRIOTSFANINPA]

NE will win this game but if the score is close with something like 24-21 it would not surprise me although I expect a 21 point win

The Bucs had a good shot to beat Carolina last week but found a way to lose despite having played with heart for 3 quarters - Seemed like they gave up on D after coming back to tie the game once Delhomme made a few good passes.

 

[Kontradiction]

NE will win this game but if the score is close with something like 24-21 it would not surprise me although I expect a 21 point win

The Bucs had a good shot to beat Carolina last week but found a way to lose despite having played with heart for 3 quarters - Seemed like they gave up on D after coming back to tie the game once Delhomme made a few good passes.

I'd say the Patriots are considerably better than the Panthers, but that's just me...

 

[PATRIOTSFANINPA]

I'd say the Patriots are considerably better than the Panthers, but that's just me...

Well the Eagles were considerably better than the Raiders last sunday too


Any given sunday,like Berman says "Thats why they play the game"

On another hand I have no idea why St. Louis will show up to play Indy this week - that could be a 59-0 carbon copy,The Rams are only a shade better than a top NCAA team at this point

 

[Rossmci90]

I liked this post.

Time for the Brits to revolt. - Official Bulletin Board of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

The English give us ****ens, and we give them a team that keeps getting the ****ens beat out of it.

They show us the Palace Guard, where the soldiers refuse to move no matter what happens around them, and we show them the defensive line that refuses to move not matter what happens around it.

They let us see Stonehenge, we give them Stonehands?

They give us The Office, a charming little farce about a dysfunctional workplace, and we give them the Bucs' front office, and the word "ditto" comes to mind.

Yeah, this is going to be tough on London. Tough on the Bucs, too. They have enough trouble driving 50 yards for a score. Now they have to go 4,406 miles to try.

Imagine being Morris facing these kinds of odds in this kind of surrounding. How exactly would you address the troops?

Maybe Morris could borrow from Winston Churchill here. "We shall fight them on the beaches, and we shall fight them in the trenches, and we shall fight them on first down and we shall fight them on third.''

At which point, one of his players ought to look at him and say:

"Just asking, but why don't we fight them in Tampa?''

 

[Kontradiction]

Well the Eagles were considerably better than the Raiders last sunday too


Any given sunday,like Berman says "Thats why they play the game"

On another hand I have no idea why St. Louis will show up to play Indy this week - that could be a 59-0 carbon copy

The Bucs are going to shoot ourselves in the foot more than a couple of times (like the Eagles did) in order to win on Sunday and I can't see that happening. Short of a catastrophe, we are going to win.

 

[patriots pam]

Not quite on topic, but still...this thread needs some classic quotes from the Bucs original HC, John McKay!

Probably the most famous:

In response to a question about his team's execution - "I'm all in favour of it."

One I hadn't heard before, but I think it just became my favorite:

Emotion is highly overrated in football. My wife Corky is emotional as hell but can't play football worth a damn.

More gems:

BUCPOWER.COM

1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



Coach Morris should probably take some notes!

 

[PATRIOTSFANINPA]

I really see no problem with fans of a bad team to be thinking they will win this week,Thats cool by me

Better than some fans alienating thier team when they are down - Pats fans would be more likely to jump ship more than most other teams fans if they were to suck in a few years,The more you win,the more spoiled your fans get.

 

[MassPats38]

From the opening post...



Uh huh.

Didn't the Falcons have a decent tight end? His name escapes me. I don't recall him doing much against the Pats.

The Bucs are giving up 28 points a game on the average over 6 games to offensive juggernauts like the Redskins, and scoring 14 points on the average against a fairly weak schedule. I saw the pre-game for the Bucs four weeks ago before the Giants game, and one of their biggest supporters (local media) sounded like he couldn't make a credible argument as to how the Bucs might beat the Giants.

I could see the Titans remembering their 13-3 selves and therefore posing a threat. The Bucs have been bad going back into last season, and do not seem to be improving. Short of filling the Patriots' water bottles with a fine English stout and getting the entire team liquored up during the game, I would be flat out amazed if the Bucs manage to make this game interesting.

 

[PATRIOTSFANINPA]

Didn't the Falcons have a decent tight end? His name escapes me. I don't recall him doing much against the Pats.

The Bucs are giving up 28 points a game on the average over 6 games to offensive juggernauts like the Redskins, and scoring 14 points on the average against a fairly weak schedule. I saw the pre-game for the Bucs four weeks ago before the Giants game, and one of their biggest supporters (local media) sounded like he couldn't make a credible argument as to how the Bucs might beat the Giants.

I could see the Titans remembering their 13-3 selves and therefore posing a threat. The Bucs have been bad going back into last season, and do not seem to be improving. Short of filling the Patriots water bottles with a fine English stout and getting the entire team liquored up during the game, I would be flat out amazed if the Bucs manage to make this game interesting.

The one player I always feared when the Patriots played Tampa Bay was Mike Alstott who almost always had great games against us,Alstott was a stud FB,The team never really filled his position well after he retired.

Galloway was always a scare to play against when he was 30 years younger - and I always liked the way Warrick Dunn played which was hard nosed running for a little guy.

 

[Kontradiction]

I really see no problem with fans of a bad team to be thinking they will win this week,Thats cool by me

Better than some fans alienating thier team when they are down - Pats fans would be more likely to jump ship more than most other teams fans if they were to suck in a few years,The more you win,the more spoiled your fans get.

I don't either. The funniest reponses were from those fans who knew that the Bucs didn't stand a chance outside of a miracle.

 

[PATRIOTSFANINPA]

I don't either. The funniest reponses were from those fans who knew that the Bucs didn't stand a chance outside of a miracle.

That miracle would be in the version of turnovers,If the Patriots protect the rock they will not lose but fumbles and interceptions always give the inferior opponent opportunities to win. - Like I said,no turnovers by the Pats and they win by about 21

 

[MassPats38]

The one player I always feared when the Patriots played Tampa Bay was Mike Alstott who almost always had great games against us,Alstott was a stud FB,The team never really filled his position well after he retired.

Galloway was always a scare to play against when he was 30 years younger - and I always liked the way Warrick Dunn played which was hard nosed running for a little guy.

I agree. Those guys could play (I remember in 2005 the game against the Bucs was a big deal and I was very happy when the Pats thrashed them).

The Bucs were good . . . once upon a time.

 

[PATRIOTSFANINPA]

I agree. Those guys could play (I remember in 2005 the game against the Bucs was a big deal and I was very happy when the Pats thrashed them).

The Bucs were good . . . once upon a time.

Also Firing Gruden who I think is STILL one of the best HCs in the game this decade was beyond stupid and a big mistake.

Guarantee you if Gruden were HC this team would have AT LEAST 1 or 2 wins by now.

 

[zoostation]

any given sunday

 

[RobertWeathers]

pats 42 bucs 14

 

[bostonia3333]

It will be nice to see a qb that hands off a zillion times. Haven't seen one of those in a while. I love it when the Pats go up against caretakers, they make my afternoons alot more relaxing.

 

[convertedpatsfan]

I kind of laughed, but I'm seriously questioning if the OP on the Bucs board has some sort of mental illness.

I mean, it's one thing to hope for a victory. Or to think you might have a chance (if a million things go your way). But to openly declare victory like that is just...sad.

I really loved the bit about the Pats weakness of covering TEs. Someone ask Tony Gonzalez how easy it was...

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

So I spend every January and Febuary 40 miles south of Tamper, deep in Bucs country. In past seasons discussing football with the indiginous tribes this is what I get when discussing playoffs, "Bucs aren't in it" and "Brady? Don't like him; he wins too much" Go figuah.