The following is a public service announcement for the betterment of your fantasy football playing experience.

CBSSports.com has joined forces with SBNation and are offering up their far-superior leagues, which are normally $180, for 50% off this season....or $90 for you non-math whizzes.  If you break that down among 12 teams, that's about $7.50-ish per participant.  $7.50.  Or $9/person in 10-team leagues. One fast-food meal out of your week.  So freaking worth it. 

But I'm not just pitching it blindly...I've been a satisfied client of CBSSports.com's fantasy football leagues for years.  The quick live scoring and regular, in-depth pieces from Dave, Jamey, and the rest of the staff, are unparalleled in my humble opinion.  Here are some fantastic features of CBSSports.com leagues:

This is the type of coverage I love with CBSSports.com and why I personally believe they are the best league in all of fantasy football.  

Regarding the Bucs Nation league........   

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I heart Fantasy Football.  You probably do, too.

As such, why don't we all get together and form wonderful fantasy football leagues together?  Fortunately, CBSSports.com, the BESTEST of all things best in the Fantasy Football world, is our white knight in this case.  They have formed a lovely partnership with SBNation and are offering up their far-superior leagues, which are normally $180, for 50% off this season....or $90 for you non-math whizzes.  If you break that down among 12 teams, that's about $7.50-ish per participant.  $7.50.  Or $9/person in 10-team leagues. One fast-food meal out of your week.  So freaking worth it. 

But I'm not just pitching it blindly...I've been a satisfied client of CBSSports.com's fantasy football leagues for years.  The quick live scoring and regular, in-depth pieces from Dave, Jamey, and the rest of the staff, are unparalleled in my humble opinion.  Here are some fantastic features of CBSSports.com leagues:

This is the type of coverage I love with CBSSports.com and why I personally believe they are the best league in all of fantasy football.  

Now, for the Buc'Em league........   

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The last poll that pertains to the 2009 NFL season has been closed.  We asked you who would win the Super Bowl this year between the Saints and Colts.  See the results below.

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And according to Buc 'Em, the winner will be the Indianapolis Colts.  The margin actually narrowed over the last few days, as it was approximately 75% in favor of the Colts by Wednesday of last week. 

Good luck to both teams, and please remember to provide us with a memorable game.

We're in the midst of the NFL post season, and yet there doesn't seem to be much talk about it.  Here's a quick look into the games, some interesting stories and information on the playoffs, and if nothing else, a new article for you to read.

Saints/Vikings

One old division opponent and one new division opponent.  The Vikings have been the favorite to get to the Super Bowl all year once Favre announced he was coming back for the 3434325th time.  A ground game that suddenly finds itself lacking will be they key to the game for the Vikes.  Favre has been great, but hasn't played too well in the playoffs the past few years and typically has been awful in dome games.  Nevermind that he now has a dome as a home stadium, it'll be interesting to see how he does in an away game that means something. 

The Vikings D will have to stay hot and get the ball out of Brees' hands quickly.  If the Vikings can keep the big play out of the game (on the defensive side), they have a good opportunity to win. 

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For the answer, you need to only look back at recent, and ancient (as some would call this author) history of the Bucs and their two stadiums to see what trends have occurred past. Keep in mind that Tampa Bay is an area that has mostly existed as a home of transplants; people who have moved down from Michigan, Wisconsin, Chicago or New York. But even with that mixed heritage even the Bucs of 0-26 fame drew over 50,000 to the ire of former Dolphins owner Joe Robbie. He told Hugh Culverhouse, Bucs first owner, that the Bucs would be a huge financial success. But he had no idea they would out draw his Dolphins who had a winning team in the 1976 and 1977 season. 

The enthusiasm of those first Bucs fans has really fed the Bay Area for generations, and even in our worst days since, attendence has been recoverable, and bearable in its worst times.

Consider this: In 1995 when the referendum was put to tax payers to raise taxes to save the Bucs, that Tampa Bay was saved their franchise, when the likes of Cleveland, Los Angeles, and Houston could not. The Browns were a premier franchise in the NFL, yet that did not save them from losing football for several years. The Rams had been home in Los Angeles to big crowds in the LA Colliseum, but when they went through losing years, could not support the team. The Oilers, same story, as they would play to sometimes only 8,000 fans in the Astrodome. The Cardinals when they left St. Louis would play to even less, as would the Colts before they left Baltimore. There is just no excuse to put only 7,000 fans in an NFL stadium, and yet thats what these teams faced. The Bucs however, even in their worst seasons, would put 32,000 on a bad day. 

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 Instead of watching two first round rookie quarterbacks duel, we get Kellen Clemens instead.  Mr White, please feel free to introduce yourself to him during the game.

 A large part of that 30th ranked rushing defense is thanks to Carolina's domination.  Let's see how we fare in round 2 against Carolina.  We have three division games left, lets see if we can't notch a win here and get rid of an "0-fer" talk.

Welcome back Cover 2.  Lets see if a base change in the defense has any bearing on our play.