Shop now at BillCurrieFord.com. Bill Currie Ford quality and service is second to no other dealership. Family owned for the past 60 yards, a mile north of Raymond James Stadium.

BY IRA KAUFMAN

For nine days, the Bucs heard all the chatter. The naysayers were out in force, pointing out the relatively easy early schedule and Tampa Bay’s self-destructive tendencies.

And then, on a muggy October Sunday, the Bucs buried their skeptics in the soft turf of Raymond James Stadium. For an added bonus, they pushed the smarmy face of Aaron Rodgers into the sod for good measure.

Jamel Dean lit the match and every Buccaneer danced on the flames during a nasty beatdown of the previously unbeaten Packers. The final three quarters ushered in a dominant performance by the home team in front of an adoring crowd.

Any early enthusiasm by Cheeseheads in attendance melted once Rodgers suffered his first interception of the season. The Packers led 10-0 at the time and even though they didn’t know it, they would offer only token resistance the rest of the way.

This was the team Buc Nation envisioned once Tom Brady arrived — focused, physical and brimming with talent. The Packers flew home to Wisconsin Sunday evening, probably wondering how Tampa Bay managed to lose two of its first five games.

If this was a crossroads moment for this franchise, the Bucs chose the right path, the one that leads to postseason play. Here’s how they ransacked Mr. Rodgers’ neighborhood: (more…)

Podcast (ira-kaufman-podcast): Play in new window | Download | Embed

Subscribe: RSS

It’s a powerful and thought-provoking edition of the Ira Kaufman Podcast, one Joe suspects will leave Bucs fans barking at their podcast playing devices. Plenty of fun, too, as The Sage of Tampa Bay Sports talks all things Bucs with Joe presented by Bill Currie Ford.

Bill Currie Ford general manager Sean Sullivan is Ira’s good friend and is always ready to assist you personally and give you a JoeBucsFan discount! E-mail, call or visit him at their showroom one mile north of Raymond James Stadium. And remember their nationwide lifetime warranty on new and used vehicles at Bill Currie Ford!

Big Storm beer from Big Storm Brewing Co. is the official beer of the podcast and their Clearwater location is where Ira watches ALL Bucs road games with you. Try Florida’s best craft beer, especially Bromosa, their amazing tangerine IPA. Listening to Ira is fun, free and easy! Click play above or listen Apple Podcasts, Google Play or Podbean.com, Stitcher, too.

Click through to shop now at Tampa’s first family of Ford for nearly 60 years. BillCurrieFord.com. Tremendous October savings, and reach out to Ira’s friend and general manager Sean Sullivan for a hearty JoeBucsFan discount.

Shop now at BillCurrieFord.com. Bill Currie Ford quality and service is second to no other dealership. Family owned for the past 60 yards, a mile north of Raymond James Stadium.

BY IRA KAUFMAN

The hot dogs, the beers and the enthusiasm will all be flowing Sunday at Raymond James Stadium. It would be nice if the Buc offense follows suit. (more…)

Shop now at BillCurrieFord.com. Bill Currie Ford quality and service is second to no other dealership. Family owned for the past 60 yards, a mile north of Raymond James Stadium.

BY IRA KAUFMAN

Crunch time often comes early in the National Football League.

The Bucs have seven games remaining before their bye week, seven weeks to prove to their fans, and perhaps even themselves, that they are a legitimate threat to hoist the Vince Lombardi Trophy. (more…)

Podcast (ira-kaufman-podcast): Play in new window | Download | Embed

Subscribe: RSS

What a big week in the world of Bucs football, and The Sage of Tampa Bay Sports is all over it, presented by Bill Currie Ford. Ira Kaufman has plenty to say on all things Bucs and more with Joe on Episode 1 of this week’s Ira Kaufman Podcast.

Bill Currie Ford general manager Sean Sullivan is Ira’s good friend and is always ready to assist you personally and give you a JoeBucsFan discount! E-mail, call or visit him at their showroom one mile north of Raymond James Stadium. And remember their nationwide lifetime warranty on new and used vehicles at Bill Currie Ford!

Big Storm beer from Big Storm Brewing Co. is the official beer of the podcast and their Clearwater location is where Ira watches ALL Bucs road games with you. Try Florida’s best craft beer, especially Bromosa, their amazing tangerine IPA. Listening to Ira is fun, free and easy! Click play above or listen Apple Podcasts, Google Play or Podbean.com, Stitcher, too.

Click through to shop now at Tampa’s first family of Ford for nearly 60 years. BillCurrieFord.com. Tremendous October savings, and reach out to Ira’s friend and general manager Sean Sullivan for a hearty JoeBucsFan discount.

Shop now at BillCurrieFord.com. Bill Currie Ford quality and service is second to no other dealership. Family owned for the past 60 yards, a mile north of Raymond James Stadium.

BY IRA KAUFMAN

Good for Rah. (more…)

Shop now at BillCurrieFord.com. Bill Currie Ford quality and service is second to no other dealership. Family owned for the past 60 yards, a mile north of Raymond James Stadium.

BY IRA KAUFMAN

Buc fans woke up Friday morning on what would have been John Lennon’s 80th birthday, lamenting a hard day’s night.

Bucs beating Bucs.

Again.

CBS analyst Scott Pioli called out Tampa Bay as a dumb football team after the sloppy setback in Chicago — and he has a point. If you viewed the mug on Bruce Arians following the 20-19 loss, you saw a face of disgust.

He surely wasn’t happy with the officials, but most of all, Arians is frustrated with yet another defeat sowed by mistakes and penalties. Officials marked off 11 flags thrown at Tampa Bay, and there were others that weren’t accepted.

At least Arians didn’t make excuses at the end of a 3-game winning streak. He didn’t want to hear about the absence of Chris Godwin or O.J. Howard. That’s because he knew the Bucs were still the better team — a better team that deserved to lose. (more…)

Podcast (ira-kaufman-podcast): Play in new window | Download | Embed

Subscribe: RSS

It’s always extra fun when there’s a game-day Ira Kaufman Podcast presented by Bill Currie Ford. The Sage of Tampa Bay Sports is all fired up for tonight’s Thursday Night Football affair and tackles various Bucs subjects with Joe.

Bill Currie Ford general manager Sean Sullivan is Ira’s good friend and is always ready to assist you personally and give you a JoeBucsFan discount! E-mail, call or visit him at their showroom one mile north of Raymond James Stadium. And remember their nationwide lifetime warranty on new and used vehicles at Bill Currie Ford!

Big Storm beer from Big Storm Brewing Co. is the official beer of the podcast and their Clearwater location is where Ira watches ALL Bucs road games with you. Try Florida’s best craft beer, especially Bromosa, their amazing tangerine IPA. Listening to Ira is fun, free and easy! Click play above or listen Apple Podcasts, Google Play or Podbean.com, Stitcher, too.

Click through to shop now at Tampa’s first family of Ford for nearly 60 years. BillCurrieFord.com. Tremendous October savings, and reach out to Ira’s friend and general manager Sean Sullivan for a hearty JoeBucsFan discount.

Shop now at BillCurrieFord.com. Bill Currie Ford quality and service is second to no other dealership. Family owned for the past 60 yards, a mile north of Raymond James Stadium.

BY IRA KAUFMAN

Buc fans may have to change their sleep habits for a while. (more…)

Podcast (ira-kaufman-podcast): Play in new window | Download | Embed

Subscribe: RSS

Presented by Bill Currie Ford, the Ira Kaufman Podcast is can’t-miss listening twice per week all year long. The Sage of Tampa Bay Sports puts all things Bucs on the table and more.

Bill Currie Ford general manager Sean Sullivan is Ira’s good friend and is always ready to assist you personally and give you a JoeBucsFan discount! E-mail, call or visit him at their showroom one mile north of Raymond James Stadium. And remember their nationwide lifetime warranty on new and used vehicles at Bill Currie Ford!

Big Storm beer from Big Storm Brewing Co. is the official beer of the podcast and their Clearwater location is where Ira watches ALL Bucs road games with you. Try Florida’s best craft beer, especially Bromosa, their amazing tangerine IPA. Listening to Ira is fun, free and easy! Click play above or listen Apple Podcasts, Google Play or Podbean.com, Stitcher, too.

Click through to shop now at Tampa’s first family of Ford for nearly 60 years. BillCurrieFord.com. Tremendous September savings, and reach out to Ira’s friend and general manager Sean Sullivan for a hearty JoeBucsFan discount.

Shop now at BillCurrieFord.com. Bill Currie Ford quality and service is second to no other dealership. Family owned for the past 60 yards, a mile north of Raymond James Stadium.

BY IRA KAUFMAN

We don’t mark on a curve here at your favorite Buc website, but a 3-1 record at the NFL quarter-pole deserves some good grades.

Tampa Bay has reeled off a 3-game winning streak following a sloppy Week 1 loss in New Orleans. The Bucs have beaten some pedestrian teams along the way and now the schedule gets a more challenging, just as the injury list begins to mount.

Here’s a position-by-position look back at the opening quarter as the surging Bucs prepare to travel to Chicago on a short week: (more…)

Podcast (ira-kaufman-podcast): Play in new window | Download | Embed

Subscribe: RSS

The Sage of Tampa Bay Sports is feeling a great change at the Bucs’ core, and he’s all fired up to talk about that and much more. The Ira Kaufman Podcast is presented by Bill Currie Ford.

Bill Currie Ford general manager Sean Sullivan is Ira’s good friend and is always ready to assist you personally and give you a JoeBucsFan discount! E-mail, call or visit him at their showroom one mile north of Raymond James Stadium. And remember their nationwide lifetime warranty on new and used vehicles at Bill Currie Ford!

Big Storm beer from Big Storm Brewing Co. is the official beer of the podcast and their Clearwater location is where Ira watches all Bucs road games with you. Try Florida’s best craft beer, especially Bromosa, their amazing tangerine IPA. Listening to Ira is fun, free and easy! Click play above or listen Apple Podcasts, Google Play or Podbean.com, Stitcher, too.

Click through to shop now at Tampa’s first family of Ford for nearly 60 years. BillCurrieFord.com. Tremendous September savings, and reach out to Ira’s friend and general manager Sean Sullivan for a hearty JoeBucsFan discount.

Shop now at BillCurrieFord.com. Bill Currie Ford quality and service is second to none. Ask GM Sean Sullivan for guidance & JoeBucsFan discount.

BY IRA KAUFMAN

The Lightning toasted their Stanley Cup title with an emotional tribute at Raymond James Stadium.

That seems entirely apropos.

The 2020 Bucs can learn a lot from their hockey counterparts. And if Tampa Bay players absorb those lessons well, no one will be complaining if it’s Tom Brady who is drunk on his ass next February, chugging beer after beer on the victory stand instead of Nikita Kucherov. (more…)

Shop now at BillCurrieFord.com. Bill Currie Ford quality and service is second to none. Ask GM Sean Sullivan for guidance & JoeBucsFan discount.

BY IRA KAUFMAN

Who knew?

The addition of Tom Brady dominated the offseason headlines for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and rightly so. When you bring in a first-ballot Hall of Famer under center, a man with six Super Bowl rings in his collection, people around the league are going to take notice.

But all the while, sneaky Bruce Arians had another vision in mind. (more…)

Podcast (ira-kaufman-podcast): Play in new window | Download | Embed

Subscribe: RSS

The Ira Kaufman Podcast is presented by Bill Currie Ford. The Sage of Tampa Bay Sports is in superior form today in his twice-weekly wrestling match with Joe. Lots of uplifting and intriguing stuff.

Ira’s close buddy and Bill Currie Ford general manager Sean Sullivan is ready to assist you personally and give you a JoeBucsFan discount! And remember their nationwide lifetime warranty on new and used vehicles at Bill Currie Ford!

Big Storm beer from Big Storm Brewing Co. is the official beer of the podcast and their Clearwater location is where Ira watches all Bucs road games with you. Try Florida’s best craft beer, especially Bromosa, their amazing tangerine IPA. Listening to Ira is fun, free and easy! Click play above or listen Apple Podcasts, Google Play or Podbean.com, Stitcher, too.

Click through to shop now at Tampa’s first family of Ford for nearly 60 years. BillCurrieFord.com. Tremendous September savings, and reach out to Ira’s friend and general manager Sean Sullivan for a hearty JoeBucsFan discount.

Shop now at BillCurrieFord.com. Bill Currie Ford quality and service is second to none. Ask GM Sean Sullivan for guidance & JoeBucsFan discount.

BY IRA KAUFMAN

Whether it’s major-league baseball or the National Football League, complete games are hard to come by.

So it is with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who suffered a second-half offensive lull for the second consecutive week against a pedestrian opponent.

Tampa Bay came out ready to play again on both sides of the ball and only self-inflicted wounds prevented a runaway in Denver.

Last week, it was a flurry of dropped passes that undermined Tom Brady’s unit. On Sunday, it was an array of penalties along the offensive line.

The bigger news is the Bucs are deservedly 2-1 heading into a home game against the Chargers that will feature a sprinkle of fans at Raymond James Stadium.

As expected, the injury-ravaged Broncos couldn’t muster much against this marauding defense. Even with Drew Lock under center and Courtland Sutton on the flank, Denver was going to struggle to score points. Without them, the Broncos had no chance.

That’s the best news of all for Buc fans … this defense is for real. Nine solid games in a row suggests Todd Bowles is orchestrating a scary unit filled with playmakers at all levels.

Complete game? No. Bruce Arians may not like the phrase “killer instinct,” but that’s what Buc fans crave. They want more focus after halftime because you don’t get to play the Panthers and Broncos every week.

Still, there’s a lot to be proud of at One Buc Place. We’re nitpicking wins now instead of bemoaning losses.

That, my friends, is called progress, with a capital P that rhymes with C that stands for championship.

Here’s How the West Was Won: (more…)

Podcast (ira-kaufman-podcast): Play in new window | Download | Embed

Subscribe: RSS

Man, Ira is fired up today! It’s the Ira Kaufman Podcast presented by Bill Currie Ford. Always a great time with Ira and Joe tackling the interesting Bucs subjects of the day. The Sage of Tampa Bay Sports sure popped his Geritol this morning.

Ira’s close buddy and Bill Currie Ford general manager Sean Sullivan is ready to assist you personally and give you a JoeBucsFan discount! And remember their nationwide lifetime warranty on new and used vehicles at Bill Currie Ford!

Big Storm beer from Big Storm Brewing Co. is the official beer of the podcast and their Clearwater location is where Ira watches all Bucs road games with you. Try Florida’s best craft beer, especially Bromosa, their amazing tangerine IPA. Listening to Ira is fun, free and easy! Click play above or listen Apple Podcasts, Google Play or Podbean.com, Stitcher, too.

Click through to shop now at Tampa’s first family of Ford for nearly 60 years. BillCurrieFord.com. Tremendous September savings, and reach out to Ira’s friend and general manager Sean Sullivan for a hearty JoeBucsFan discount.

Shop now at BillCurrieFord.com. Bill Currie Ford quality and service is second to none. Ask GM Sean Sullivan for guidance & JoeBucsFan discount.

BY IRA KAUFMAN

The Denver Broncos may be missing five key starters against the Bucs Sunday, but reinforcements are pouring in by the thousands. (more…)

Shop now at BillCurrieFord.com. Bill Currie Ford quality and service is second to none. Ask GM Sean Sullivan for guidance & JoeBucsFan discount.

BY IRA KAUFMAN

Let’s not overthink this thing.

While it’s true nothing is assured on Any Given Sunday, the Buccaneers are a much better team than the injury-ravaged Broncos. (more…)