Fireworks Stupidity Hits Bucs
July 8th, 2015
Updated: Just like surgeons should not carve Thanksgiving turkeys, NFL players should be smart enough to pass on tinkering with handheld explosives.
That’s nearly as dumb as when Josh McCown let his brother Luke hurl an axe at his throwing hand.
The elder McCown, the man who tortured Bucs fans last season, got away with only needing stitches.
In the wake of the Jason Pierre-Paul mess, with the Giants defensive end badly torching his hand in a July 4 mishap, we learn today that Bucs cornerback C.J. Wilson, a guy on the 53-man roster late last year, had a serious fireworks accident.
Tampa Tribune beat writer Woody Cummings took to Twitter late this morning and reported Wilson endured a “severe” hand injury on Saturday.
What a mess. Without more details, Joe can’t pass much judgment, but if Wilson was handling lit fireworks than he really was quite stupid.
UPDATE: A North Carolina newspaper citing family sources reports Wilson lost two fingers.
There’s just no excuse.
Speaking on SiriusXM NFL Radio on Sunday, former Bucs rockstar general manager Mark Dominik talked about how GMs and coaches often send players friendly offseason texts strategically timed to remind them to avoid trouble. An example might be Lovie Smith shooting a guy, “Have a safe, fun night” at 8:30 p.m. on a Friday night.
It looks like that backhanded counseling might have to be expanded next year to include July 3 blasts of, “Let your friends handle your fireworks.”
Joe wishes Wilson a speedy recovery.
July 8th, 2015 at 12:30 pm
Moron
July 8th, 2015 at 12:36 pm
I’ve done fireworks virtually my whole life, and have never (knock on wood) so much as even had a minor burn. Maybe I’m lucky, but I think it’s more likely because I don’t do stupid things with fireworks, nor do I buy fireworks that are more like small missiles or explosives. I leave the heavy duty fireworks for the shows. I use them the way they are designed to be used. I have a feeling Wilson, and even JPP, didn’t do the same. I highly doubt they got hurt using sparklers. That is where the real stupidity lies.
July 8th, 2015 at 12:45 pm
Hey we in the news.
July 8th, 2015 at 12:50 pm
I’m reminded of a concert at the Sombrero…on 7/4/1976….Bicentennial…..Eagles, Fleetwood Mac & Loggins & Messina…….Cherry Bombs,etc raining down on us throughout the concert…..sure, stupid, sure dangerous….but survived…..it was a exciting prelude to the Bucs first season.
July 8th, 2015 at 12:58 pm
@JOE
According to “sources” THE MESSIAH is a home wrecker. Look what they say happened the night he opened the door for that fine a$$ chassy Draya.
http://mediatakeout.com/277389/mto-steaming-hot-tea-drayas-nfl-boyfriend-just-broke-up-with-her-and-you-will-not-believe-why-he-allegedly-dumped-his-beatiful-fiance.html
July 8th, 2015 at 1:06 pm
I already read the ESPN article concerning this and I couldnt help but going to the comments section and saying “who”
July 8th, 2015 at 1:09 pm
Nice Post TBBF!…………Ahhhh memories! I was at the Zeppelin concert the next yr that got rained out.
July 8th, 2015 at 1:30 pm
I wonder of these trooper had been drinking with things went boom, that is a cause of a lot of stupidity.
July 8th, 2015 at 1:31 pm
These articles remind me of the new HBO shows “Ballers”. A bunch of rich kids without the knowledge or sense to manage their actions, brand or finances in a responsible manner.
July 8th, 2015 at 1:34 pm
Dumb is as dumb does. So they say especially if it’s the hand you use to sign checks. Should have used his head, then he could still knock down balls with his head and not feel a thing.
July 8th, 2015 at 1:47 pm
@Buc-A-New
I also was at that Zeppelin show, and ensuing riot
July 8th, 2015 at 1:53 pm
2 years ago on the 4th I was hovering over one of the those 500 gram cake boxes. The fuse wasn’t lighting for shyte. So I got closer to the box to see what was going on. Then all of sudden the fuse takes off and BOOM my face was right next to it. I felt the heat, was temporarily blinded and had massive ringing in my ears. I just fell on my back stunned for about 2 minutes. If I had been about 2 inches closer the thing would have blown my face off.
July 8th, 2015 at 1:53 pm
@ tbbf
What did Pablo have to say about this? I’m sure Pablo has a story
July 8th, 2015 at 1:56 pm
Sweet CocoaBchBuc……Not many people I know that hit that concert that I still talk to. It was my second ever. You still in Cocoa? I lived in Satellite Bch behind PegLegs through the mid 80s. Surfed with Kechley, Holland, and both Slaters.
July 8th, 2015 at 1:57 pm
I went to my first Grateful Dead show at Tampa Stadium. I think it was 1994 or 95. Got hooked on the Dead after that. Planned to go to many more concerts, then Jerry dies a year later. The coolest thing abut the concert was this cloud that formed above Tampa Stadium that night resembled a skeleton. Anyone that went to that show saw that cloud, because everyone kept point up at it.
That stadium’s gone, but I kind of miss that old dog.
July 8th, 2015 at 2:07 pm
Noice 87. My fav concert at the Old Sombrero was Pink Floyd back in 88 i believe. Freakin Awesome with the hospital bed flying all the way across the stadium on a wire and crashing into massive explosions as they played Young Lust I believe.
Dam I am getting old
July 8th, 2015 at 2:08 pm
@Buc-A-New
I do still live in Cocoa Beach. Now that was some name dropping on the local legends.
July 8th, 2015 at 2:45 pm
He lost 2 fingers?! Holy $hit
July 8th, 2015 at 2:57 pm
Damn right Cocoa. That is only because it is real. GO BUCS!!!!
July 8th, 2015 at 2:58 pm
I was Way more friends with Shawn rather than Kelly. Kelly was just a grommet when I met him.
July 8th, 2015 at 2:59 pm
Hey, Tampabaybucfan, I was at that same concert. Down on the field. I still tell that fireworks story now and then. I remember one of the Eagles band asking them to stop as people were getting hurt. Best concert I ever attended.
July 8th, 2015 at 3:03 pm
WOW! 2 fingers gone! That’s not good for a CB.
July 8th, 2015 at 3:03 pm
Speaking for Pablo
“Pablo has done some pretty stupid things in Pablo’s life….but Pablo doesn’t mess with fireworks…>Pablo enjoyed OPF (Other People’s Fireworks)…on the 4th of July. Pablo saves his money for Cervezas and Tacos. Pablo also enjoys OPTD (Other People’s Table Dances)…..Pablo just sits close to the fool with money and enjoys the show!!!”
July 8th, 2015 at 3:19 pm
^^^^ROTFLMMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 8th, 2015 at 3:27 pm
Sr Mo Fo keeping it Real on another article.
Señor Mofo Says:
July 8th, 2015 at 2:29 pm
@TouchDownTampaBay said:
I really don’t think Glennon was clearly the better player.
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Glennon averaged more passing yards per game than McCown, had a better completion percentage, better YPA, better passer rating on the season, and a much better TD-to-INT ratio.
Glennon tossed 10 TDs in six games while McCown produced 11 TDs in 11 games. Glennon only had one game with more than one pick, while McCown had four. Glennon had zero games with a passer rating below 70, while McCown treated us to six such games. Also, the Bucs averaged six more points per game with Glennon at the helm than with McCown.
How was Glennon not clearly the better player?
July 8th, 2015 at 3:29 pm
Pablo…I’m that fool with money. I spend tons of money on fireworks every year. It’s absolutely my favorite holiday. Joe won’t admit it, but were a lot alike. Drink all day. Chicks in red white and blue bikinis. Barbeque food. Pop off firecrackers, M80’s, and whistle rockets, then at night I break out the arsenal.
Funny time was (well not so funny at the time)by nightfall one year most of us (like 30 people or so) were too drunk to light the mortars off at night. So we handed the lighter to the Forrest Gump of the neighborhood. So he’s lighting off single, double, and triple shot mortars while we all watched. Then my uncle says to the crowd of us. “Does anyone not have a problem with the special needs kid lighting off mortars?” 2 minutes after he said it one of the tubes tipped over and a triple shot mortar shot out the tube & sprayed the crowd of us with all it’s glory. No one got hurt but many of us had burn marks on our clothing. That was the end of Forrest Gump for the rest of the night!
July 8th, 2015 at 3:40 pm
Leave fireworks to the professionals.
July 8th, 2015 at 3:43 pm
Does this mean the Buccaneers wlll have a shot at signing Jason Pierre-Paul in FA next year?
July 8th, 2015 at 4:12 pm
I SINCERELY hope so Tampa2
July 8th, 2015 at 4:18 pm
This clears up the reason why McCown had so much trouble gripping the football. A halfway decent rush loosened his grip also.
July 8th, 2015 at 4:49 pm
87,
So, you almost blew your face off with fireworks?
From that picture you like to show of yourself, I’d say “Mission Accomplished!”
July 8th, 2015 at 5:15 pm
lol
July 8th, 2015 at 5:17 pm
If you wanna see my face just try and find the MNF game in 2013 against the Fins. Holding up a banner that said 99 FOREVER for Sapp’s Ring of Honor. The wife’s on one side and I’m on the other. The camera zoomed right in on us.
July 8th, 2015 at 5:25 pm
well lucky him now the football world knows who c.j. Wilson is. if he was GMC then that would be news
July 8th, 2015 at 5:25 pm
Seen it.
You are hideous!
But at least I know now that it was because you were to stupid to correctly light a simple firework.
It must suck to walk around telling people that you are NOT an animal like the Elephant Man.
July 8th, 2015 at 5:36 pm
Dave Pear Says:
July 8th, 2015 at 5:25 pm
“Seen it.
You are hideous!”
Yes but I always somehow attract the cameras.lol
July 8th, 2015 at 5:39 pm
DP…the wick was dead…so I thought. I saw nothing from it at all. So when I went to re-light it, it took off on it’s own before I had a chance to even touch my flame to it. When I say dead, I mean like 45 seconds of nothingness. It truly was a freakish thing. I’d already lit off about 8 of them before that one.
July 8th, 2015 at 5:44 pm
Cameras are always attracted to either beautiful or god awful gruesome.
Kind of like a car wreck.
Zoom in on the gore.
You, 87 are the gore.
July 8th, 2015 at 5:51 pm
87,
My problem with you is you paint with a broad brush.
You said you hate ALL Gator fans.
I am a Gator fan.
So you HATE me.
When people hate me…well, I hate them back.
It’s as simple as that.
I am not a Ghandi or Mother Teresa.
So kiss my Gator ass you Elephant Man look a like!
July 8th, 2015 at 6:13 pm
That’s a USF level intellect at work…
July 8th, 2015 at 6:41 pm
DP…actually they were zooming in on the sign, but spin it however you want.
I actually pity Gator fans.
Back in 1994 I was a waiter at an Olive Garden. I waited on this table of 6 Gator fans. When they found out I was a Nole they stiffed me on like a $120 bill. Just because I was a Noles fan. I was joking with them about the Gators and I guess they couldn’t take a joke.
I’m not here for a popularity contest. I could care less who I offend.
Carry on though.
July 8th, 2015 at 6:45 pm
Hey 87………….How ignorant do you want to be in your Buc Fandom?
You are acting really ignorant and this comes from a UF Alum that likes you.
July 8th, 2015 at 6:46 pm
Why do you think they have vanity tags that say a house divided. Then they have a Noles logo on one side of the tag and a Gator on the other?
It’s called hatred, but we’re on a Bucs website so I can’t see why some Gator would get his panties in bunch over what some Nole said.
I guess I’m just racists towards Gator fans, but don’t take it so seriously!
July 8th, 2015 at 6:48 pm
Buc…what’s up no houses to build today?
July 8th, 2015 at 6:48 pm
You have false devotions in “pitying” Gator fans
Between 2006 to 2008 the Gators won TWO NCS in Football and one in BBall and that is just “Mens” sports. This yr we won the Lady’s World series and placed Third in the Mens WS. AFTER beating the snot out of FSU I might add
July 8th, 2015 at 6:51 pm
Gator fans getting so huffy and puffy over something someone says on a blog is hilarious to me. My mother-in- law is a Gator alum and I get along just fine with her. We do fight though when she talks about the Gators.
July 8th, 2015 at 6:52 pm
Buc…Thanks for that info….How many years ago was that?
July 8th, 2015 at 6:53 pm
LOL 87………..You are correct. I am in a phase where my crew has everything under control because we are in a sheetrock and paint phase which I DO NOT get into. Thanks man. Good to c u doing good too.
July 8th, 2015 at 6:54 pm
OH and Im sure that you can’t add so you don’t know how many years ago that was.
Just Google ……Math
July 8th, 2015 at 6:55 pm
I was just poking a stick at Gator fans when I made that comment yesterday.
I didn’t expect so much whiny feedback.
No wonder Urban Meyer left UF! Ha ha ha
July 8th, 2015 at 6:57 pm
JK man. After reading my last comment it sounded mean.
Just a guy who has been at home all day and now has a buzz
July 8th, 2015 at 6:58 pm
Hey 87……..As long as Joe keeps this site up. I will always consider you an Ally.
July 8th, 2015 at 6:59 pm
Nah………..F%^k that. You hate Gator fans.
July 8th, 2015 at 7:04 pm
I hate everything Gator. Like I said before I have one of those stickers on my car window of that Calvin looking dude peeing on a Gators logo.
It’s all in good fun…but dayum Gator fans are sooooooooo sensitive!
July 8th, 2015 at 7:14 pm
Gator Buc(A-New)
That ’87 Pink Floyd show at the Sombrero was the best concert I ever saw – and I’ve seen well more than 1000 concerts. Awesome. Everything was perfect. I heard an interview with David Gilmore on the radio the next day and he said that band, sound and light crews all agreed that it was by far the best show they had played to that point. Date was 10/30/87 btw.
Saw the same band on the same tour in Orlando at the Citrus Bowl in April ’88. It poured rain hard the entire show except for the last 15 minutes or so. was miserable. Pink Floyd is the only band I would have ever sat through to see in that mess.
Never got to see my Favorite band Zeppelin unfortunately. Bonham’s death was a real shame as it was the instant end of the best band ever.
Floyd is a close 2nd in my book though.
Oh yea – Go BUCS!! LOL
July 8th, 2015 at 7:30 pm
Bonhams drumming is intense. Love that guy. Probably my favorite drummer of all time. Even more than Lars from Metallica.
July 8th, 2015 at 7:32 pm
87,
Is it remotely possible that those Gator fans stiffed you on a tip because you actually sucked at your job?
I mean with a $1200 dollar a week weed habit, you were probably eating their bread sticks.
July 8th, 2015 at 7:43 pm
LOL oh no they made it clear when I dropped the bill down. They actually told me they were going to stiff me and why. I used to make on average nothing less than 20% off of bills. I was a stellar waiter actually. I worked for a Hilton resort as my first waiting job for 4 years before that. I was very well trained. I made mad bank as a waiter back in the day. Waitresses couldn’t even compete with the kind of coin I was making.
July 8th, 2015 at 7:44 pm
Don’t know how $120.00 per week turned into $1200.00 per week but somehow it did.
July 8th, 2015 at 7:53 pm
It’s called “denial.”
First sign of drug abuse.
July 8th, 2015 at 8:17 pm
DP…are you done whining yet?
July 8th, 2015 at 8:27 pm
You guys are funny as hell tonight!!! And I’m not even drinking!! Lol!
July 8th, 2015 at 8:39 pm
If you have a car containing a Gator wide receiver, a Gator linebacker, and a Gator defensive back, who is driving the car?
The cop.
July 8th, 2015 at 8:44 pm
Why did the Gator cross the road?
Because it’s easier than crossing the goal line?
What is the difference between Cheerios and the Gators?
Cheerios belong in a bowl!
What is the difference between Steve Spurrier and God?
God doesn’t think he is Steve Spurrier.
Why does spurrier wear the visor?
To hide the circumcision marks.
What do you get when you cross a Gator with a groundhog?
Six more weeks of bad football.
July 8th, 2015 at 8:56 pm
87,
“I guess I’m just racist towards Gator fans.”
Hmmm…if you can blatantly hate a group of people that you don’t know at all, what other group of people could you be racist against?
Just saying.
July 8th, 2015 at 8:59 pm
Why did the Gator grad get fired from the M&M factory?
He was throwing away too many W’s.
What did the UF graduate say to the FSU graduate?
“You want fries with that?”
What should you do if you find three Gators buried up to their necks in cement?
Get more cement!
July 8th, 2015 at 9:09 pm
Wow 87!!!! That was some serious damage you just laid down!
July 8th, 2015 at 9:10 pm
87,
Let us rehash your life.
You’re a racist.
You flunked out of FSU.
Your’re making bank now at ALMOST $30K a year.
Has a $1200 a week weed habit.
Has end zone seats for the Bucs.
Damn Bro.
Life’s good!
July 8th, 2015 at 9:12 pm
What’s the difference between a Gator and a bucket of manure?
The bucket.
Good uses for a UF diploma:
1. Toilet paper
2. Proof of need for handicapped parking sticker
3. Crying towel
4. Proof of need for welfare
What do tornadoes and UF grads have in common?
They both always end up in trailer parks!
What is the difference between Steve Spurrier and a litter of puppies?
Eventually, the puppies will grow up and stop whining.
July 8th, 2015 at 9:18 pm
DP…would you like to write a book about me?
July 8th, 2015 at 9:20 pm
Why don’t Gators use 911 in an emergency?
They can’t find 11 on the dial.
Did you hear about the Gators found frozen in a car at the drive-in movie in January?
They went to see “Closed for Winter”.
What do you call 12 Gators in a basement?
A “Whine” Cellar
How do you get a UF graduate off your front porch?
Pay him for the pizza!!!!
July 8th, 2015 at 9:34 pm
87,
Nope.
Too boring.
Now go get me my bread sticks.
July 8th, 2015 at 9:37 pm
You Might Be a Gator if…
The Salvation Army declines your mattress.
Someone asks, “Where’s your bowling bag?” and you answer, “She’s at home with the kids.”
Your coffee table used to be a cable spool.
The taillight covers of your car are made of red tape.
Your wife has ever said, “Come move this transmission so I can take a bath.”
You keep a can of RAID on the kitchen table.
You think a subdivision is part of a math problem.
MOTEL 6 turns off the lights when they see you coming.
You’ve ever had to scratch your sisters name out of a message that begins, “For a good time call….”
July 8th, 2015 at 9:48 pm
87,
So the firework explosion not only took away your looks, it gave you severe brain damage as well?
Alright, I’ll stop messing with the mentally disabled.
Hey 87… Go eff yourself!
July 8th, 2015 at 9:50 pm
A guy is in a bar with his dog, watching the Florida State vs. Uf game. The gators surprisingly manage to get a field goal and the dog barks repeatedly. The bartender looks at the dog in awe. After a while the gators score a touchdown and the dog does flips and dances across the bar. Then, the bartender looks at the guy and says, “Man, that’s amazing. What does your dog do when UF beats the Noles?” The guy replied, “I dunno, I’ve only had him 2 years.”
July 8th, 2015 at 10:16 pm
I hate Eagles fans, Saints fans, Cowboys fans, Pats fans, and especially Gator fans.
WTH do you Gator fans want from me love?
Now go cry me river…
July 8th, 2015 at 11:21 pm
Drama is just what the Bucs need, right, Joe? I seem to recall you making htat statement a while back to justify Winston. At the time, I think you said we need all the drama we can get.
July 8th, 2015 at 11:29 pm
@ PICK 6.
Dude I didn’t think Anyone went to both of those Floyd shows back to back. I bought three boxes of trash bags and mad a fortune at the Orlando show and passed the joints under our Bucs Ponchos as best we could
AWESOME man!!!!~! Im in Montana now but I LOVE my memories
July 8th, 2015 at 11:31 pm
I meant Pickgrin.
Damit Joe figure out how to let us “edit” a comment.
July 8th, 2015 at 11:34 pm
Now that I have read the comments more thoroughly I dislike Curtis more.
We Gators are not all bad.
July 9th, 2015 at 12:02 am
Yaaaaaaaaawn
July 9th, 2015 at 12:10 am
Pickgrin just moved up Massively in my JBF poster favorites. DAM!!!!
July 9th, 2015 at 3:39 am
I hope he finds them.
July 9th, 2015 at 5:43 am
Well I hope he finds them.
July 9th, 2015 at 9:16 am
87
Taking and using jokes from a Jeff Foxworthy book and substituting the words “Gators fan” doesn’t make for original material. I give a B- on effort though.