BUC BIRTHDAYS - JUNE 25th
There is just one former Tampa Bay player
who was born on this day.
Dan Turk would have
been 57 today. He sadly
passed away from cancer
in 2000.
He played parts of two
seasons with the Bucs and was the only
regular roster player to break the 1987
NFLPA strike appearing for the Bucs in their
final replacement game against the Vikings.
He went on to a long NFL career and played
for the Redskins in the 1999 NFC playoff
game where his botched snap helped the
Bucs secure victory. His brother Matt punted
in the NFL for over a decade.
THE 2019 SCHEDULE
The official NFL schedule was released with all the
usual leaks and previews being totally wrong and of
course the Bucs were discriminated against by the
NFL. Some things never change.
The Carolina game will be played in London at
Tottenham Hotspur’s new ground which opened last
month. The Bucs’ two previous games in the UK
were both played at Wembley Stadium.
The Bucs do go seven weeks without a home game
at Raymond James Stadium due to the London trip
which counts as one of their eight regular season
home games this season.
Sep 8
San Francisco
H
4.25pm
Sep 12
Carolina
A
8.20pm
Sep 22
NY Giants
H
4.05pm
Sep 29
LA Rams
A
4.05pm
Oct 6
New Orleans
A
1.00pm
Oct 13
Carolina
Lon
9.30am
Oct 27
Tennessee
A
1.00pm
Nov 3
Seattle
A
1.00pm
Nov 10
Arizona
H
1.00pm
Nov 17
New Orleans
H
1.00pm
Nov 24
Atlanta
A
1.00pm
Dec 1
Jacksonville
A
1.00pm
Dec 8
Indianapolis
H
1.00pm
Dec 15
Detroit
A
1.00pm
Dec 21/22
Houston
H
tbd
Dec 29
Atlanta
H
1.00pm
All games on Fox Sports except the home game with
the Colts which will be on CBS and the Thursday
night game in Carolina which will be on the NFL
Network. The Houston home game could be
switched to the Saturday otherwise it will be a CBS
game on the Sunday.
GERALD McCOY RELEASED
The nine-year run of one of the finest players
on and off the field in Tampa Bay came to an
end as the Bucs released Gerald McCoy. It
was no secret that his $13M salary was going
to be excessive going into the 2019 season
and no kind of re-negotiation was going to
happen.
McCoy was one of the best people I ever
came across during his time with the Bucs
and his performance on the field was worthy
of his many Pro Bowl appearances.
Some of the social media comments by so-
called fans about him in recent weeks has
been nothing short of disgusting and I wish
him and his family well even though he has
signed for the Carolina Panthers.
THE BUCS COMING TO LONDON
I have been asked by many people for advice on travelling to the UK to watch the Buccaneers playing the Panthers on
October 13th. I have put together a guide on this for Bucs Life News and the Bucs London Bound Facebook pages
which you can also find at the link below. Travel tips, accomodation, tourist attractions and the game itself - any other
questions can be addressed through those Facebook pages or directly to me at editor@bucpower.com.
Click here for the London Bucs guide
