Chris Crane ran for a pair of third-quarter scores and threw a touchdown pass early in the fourth after being booed and benched to lead Boston College to a 34-7 win Saturday against Central Florida (1-2). ...more

September 21, 2008

Only two games into his career, and already Elbert Mack has a reputation for being an overly aggressive, if not dirty, player. ...more

September 17, 2008

You would have sworn he was talking about Jeff Garcia. After all, his initial assessment of quarterback Brian Griese's first start was, word for word, precisely the same. ...more

September 15, 2008

Falcons coach Mike Smith needed only three plays to make his first rookie mistake Sunday. On a third-and-15 play from his own 18-yard line, Smith allowed his play-caller (we assume it was coordinator Mike Mularkey) to call for a pass play against the Bucs' nickel defense. The play wouldn't have worked even if its intended receiver, Harry Douglas, had caught the ball. When Douglas let the ball slip through his hands, though, the Falcons became married to the disaster they courted on that play. Rookie Aqib Talib only ran 2 yards after recording his first NFL interception but that was enough to set up the Bucs' first touchdown. ...more

September 15, 2008

Sunday's Best We may never know how good Tampa Bay RB Earnest Graham could be if he was the primary back, but one can imagine. ...more

September 15, 2008

On a sultry afternoon when Sabby Piscitelli and Aqib Talib posted their first NFL interceptions, fellow defensive back Tanard Jackson made the kind of game-turning play often buried in the stat sheet. ...more

September 15, 2008

If you go by dressing time before media interviews - and some of us factor that in - Brian Griese gets our nod over Jeff Garcia as Bucs starting quarterback. Garcia always put his suit on before his postgame. Griese, still wearing his Bucs uniform, stepped to the podium. ...more

September 15, 2008

Earnest Graham scored on a 68-yard touchdown run late in the fourth quarter to secure the Bucs' 24-9 victory over the Falcons today at Raymond James Stadium. ...more

September 14, 2008

In the time it takes to finish this sentence, Michael Turner or Jerious Norwood can be through the hole and cruising into the end zone. ...more

September 12, 2008

Bucs DE Gaines Adams understands more is expected of him than any player on Tampa Bay's defensive line. ...more

September 12, 2008