Gameday Tampa Bay
August 10th, 2012
Preseason Week 1
Bucs at Dolphins
Kickoff: 7:30 p.m.
TV: WTSP Channel 10. The game will air tape-delayed on NFL Network Sunday at 7:30 a.m. and Monday at 1 p.m. The game is also available at NFL.com and on Apple/Android tablets with a subscription to NFL Preseason Live.
Radio: Buccaneers Radio Network (in Tampa WFUS-FM, 103.5 and WDAE-AM, 620); SiriusXM Channel 113.
Weather: Per AccuWeather.com, it will be a wet one. Thunderstorms are expected at kickoff and near the end of the game but the second and third quarters should be dry. Temperature at kickoff is expected to be 80 degrees dropping only slightly to 78 at the end of the game.
Odds: Per Sportsbook.com, Bucs +3
Outlook: Finally, there is some football, albeit a preseason game.
As Joe talked about on “The Tim Brando Show” yesterday seen on CBS Sports Network, there are major question marks on the defense that fans can get some answers to tonight. The Bucs defense was no less than horrid last year and of the four new starters on defense, two are rookies and one (Ronde Barber) has never played safety before. That’s a big red flag for Joe.
(Trivia: Do you know that the top four safeties on the Bucs current depth chart have a grand total of zero NFL starts at their position?)
Gerald McCoy must stay healthy, Mason Foster, who showed flashes last year, must improve. Quincy Black… well, he’s Quincy Black.
Joe’s of the opinion the offense will be just fine. It’s the defense where answers are needed.
August 10th, 2012 at 2:34 pm
Sorry guys, Joe knows it is not Week 9. Will correct when Joe gets to Miami.
August 10th, 2012 at 2:58 pm
Joe,
You have no idea how much I’ve missed these Gameday posts! This was the longest offseason ever!
August 10th, 2012 at 3:04 pm
Didn’t even read the post…..THAT picutre. WOW!
August 10th, 2012 at 3:04 pm
picture*
August 10th, 2012 at 3:10 pm
Game – MotherFu**in – Day. Finally! Preseason or not.
Hey Joe, just a thought, you should kick of the Week 1 Regular Season Gameday Post with a pic of the lovely Ms Watson. For good luck.
August 10th, 2012 at 3:16 pm
Have we ever had a preseason game in Miami that it HASN’T rained or been wet? Damn.
August 10th, 2012 at 3:23 pm
I wish I still lived in Florida!!
August 10th, 2012 at 3:33 pm
I just downloaded the NFL Live Preseason App for my android tablet. The app is streaming in blurred definition. Hope they work the bugs out by gametime.
Joe, thanks for the zcode. Been profiting since I started 3 days ago.
August 10th, 2012 at 5:47 pm
That girl in the picture looks like my ex girlfriend.
not the blonde, the 1 in the background with the red shirt.
August 10th, 2012 at 6:20 pm
good one astrobuc ha!!!
August 10th, 2012 at 6:37 pm
Okay, rock on, about an hour to go. Listening to a little Ensiferum. Ready for Game time. Finally!!!
Go Bucs!!!
August 10th, 2012 at 6:42 pm
Serious metal. Time to get Fired Up. YEAHHHHHHHHH!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agrx2baUsvA
August 10th, 2012 at 6:48 pm
That’s Geraldine McCoy, strengthening her biceps.
August 10th, 2012 at 7:01 pm
WTF, why isn’t 620 streaming the freaking game? Are they blacking out road games now?
Now I have to watch Tim Tebow and the Jets. WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 10th, 2012 at 7:02 pm
Hell yeah Bigmacattack! listening to a little crossfaith right now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDRRPCdlF0I
Metal kicks ass.
August 10th, 2012 at 7:05 pm
Oregano:
620 — nor any other team’s flagship — can stream the game per broadcast contract with the NFL. Has been that way for years. To hear games over the net, you have to buy a subscription on NFL.com or have a subscription to SiriusXM Radio.
August 10th, 2012 at 7:35 pm
”620 — nor any other team’s flagship — can stream the game per broadcast contract with the NFL. Has been that way for years. To hear games over the net, you have to buy a subscription on NFL.com or have a subscription to SiriusXM Radio.”
Hey, Joe, I listened live online to the Falcons & Saints games last night.Totally NP at all.
August 10th, 2012 at 7:38 pm
Mike J:
“NP?” You can listen to a broadcast over-the-air but not online, unless it Sirius or is a pirated feed.
Joe’s sure the NFL beancounters would be very interested to learn a station was streaming the audio broadcast online.
August 10th, 2012 at 7:43 pm
That’s total freaking BS! They sure make it hard to be a Buc fan!!
In Oregon, where I’m staying they don’t even have sports talk radio.
Tebow is on the punt kicking team. I guess the Jets are America’s new team.
August 10th, 2012 at 7:53 pm
Rex Ryan looks like he’s lost a hundred pounds must be that new “foot” ball diet.
August 10th, 2012 at 8:29 pm
Nope, Joe, it were the site of the flagship station in each instance; 870 New Orleans & 790 Hotlanta. Methinks DAE doesn’t want to pony up some cash somewhere along the line.
August 11th, 2012 at 11:11 am
This seems to be a team-by-team thing. Apparently, the Bucs charge for listening.