pector@ihuxw.UUCP (12/14/83)
What a terrible showing by the Pack! Anyways, what I'm complaining
about happened at the end of the 4th quarter, just before the overtime
period. Green Bay had just tied up the game (9-9) and there was about
35 seconds left to play. They kicked off to Tampa Bay. The ball bounced
to the 12-yard line, where it was picked up by a Buc. The guy then laid
down immediately with the ball under his chest or stomach! (I guess that's
where we get the saying: The Buc stops here!) With 25 seconds on first
down, the TB quarterback lays down with the ball and the other TB players
are shaking hands with the Packer defenders! WHAT IN BLAZES IS GOING
ON????!!!! TB is 2-12; what do they have to lose by trying to get into
field goal range, particularly since they had 3 (count'em, THREE) timeouts
left to use?! Instead, they let the clock run out, lose the coin toss at
the start of overtime, let the Packers get in easy field goal range, and
lose the game!
Even though I wanted GB to win the game, I thought this was a ridiculous
finale!
Scott Pector
(P.S. Do you realize that the Tampa Bay Bucaneers are the only NFL team,
or even professional sports team other than the Tampa Bay Rowdies
in the NASL, that are named for a body of water as opposed to a
city, state, or province? Pretty silly, huh?)wally@cornell.UUCP (Wally Dietrich) (12/16/83)
So the Buckaneers are the only team named after a body of water? Come on, what about the Seatle SEA Hawks and the Los Angeles LAKErs? What about the Miami Dolphins?
pector@ihuxw.UUCP (12/16/83)
No, no, no, no, no! I meant the "area" part of the name (i.e., the TAMPA BAY Bucaneers, the SEATTLE Seahawks, etc.), not the identity part (i.e., the Tampa Bay BUCANEERS, the Seattle SEAHAWKS, etc.). I looked at my atlas yesterday and saw that the Tampa Bay area includes the cities of Tampa, Clearwater, St. Petersburg, and (stretching it a little) Sarasota, Florida. The total population of the area (including other smaller towns) is around 1 million people. I guess that's why they use the name Tampa Bay and not just Tampa. I still think it's silly. Scott Pector