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Despite a loss in Super Bowl XLIV, the Colts have the inside track on winning Super Bowl XLV according to bodog.com. The Bucs are right now 100/1 to win the SB in the 2010 season. Below are all the odds on all the teams making the Super Bowl in Dallas in 2011:

Indianapolis Colts 13/2
San Diego Chargers 8/1
New England Patriots 10/1
New Orleans Saints 10/1
Pittsburgh Steelers 11/1
Dallas Cowboys 12/1
Green Bay Packers 12/1
Minnesota Vikings 12/1
Philadelphia Eagles 16/1
Baltimore Ravens 20/1
New York Giants 20/1
New York Jets 25/1
Tennessee Titans 25/1
Atlanta Falcons 30/1
Cincinnati Bengals 30/1
Arizona Cardinals 35/1
Chicago Bears 35/1
Houston Texans 35/1
Carolina Panthers 40/1
Miami Dolphins 45/1
San Francisco 49ers 45/1
Seattle Seahawks 45/1
Denver Broncos 50/1
Jacksonville Jaguars 50/1
Washington Redskins 50/1
Buffalo Bills 100/1
Cleveland Browns 100/1
Detroit Lions 100/1
Kansas City Chiefs 100/1
Oakland Raiders 100/1
St. Louis Rams 100/1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 100/1

Via PFT,

The American justice system carries with it a presumption of innocence.  It’s a concept we need to keep in mind whenever someone connected to the NFL or the media (or both) faces criminal allegations.

We point that out because our pal Brooks of SportsByBrooks.com reports that the recent accusations against Warren Sapp of NFL Network are false.

So let’s not prejudge Warren, or anyone else.  Though the court of public opinion often applies a different standard of proof, it’s still way too early in this process to conclude that Sapp did anything wrong.

Former Buc Warren Sapp was arrested Saturday following an alleged domestic violence incident at a Miami Beach hotel, police said.

Sapp was charged with one count of misdemeanor domestic battery and is expected to appear before a Miami-Dade County judge Sunday, Miami Beach police spokesman Juan Sanchez said.

Shortly after police officials confirmed the charge NFL Network spokesman Dennis Johnson said in an e-mail to The Associated Press that Sapp—who is an analyst—wouldn’t be part of the Super Bowl coverage for Sunday’s game between the Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints.

“We have been made aware of the arrest of Warren Sapp by the Miami Beach Police Department,” a network statement said. “In light of these circumstances, Warren Sapp will not appear on NFL Network while we review the matter.”

The domestic violence allegation was reported around noon Saturday and detectives interviewed Sapp later that day, Sanchez said. The incident occurred early Saturday morning at the Shore Club hotel, according to a police news release.

The victim had a swollen knee and bruises on her neck, according to an arrest affidavit. She told detectives that she was partying with Sapp and her friends at the hotel and asked for his room key when she grew tired. Sapp reportedly woke up the victim a few hours later and they started to argue. She told investigators that Sapp started to choke her and pushed her down on a couch.

• Raheem Morris…Head Coach
• Greg Olson…Offensive Coordinator
• Richard Bisaccia…Associate Head Coach/Special Teams Coordinator
• Joe Baker…Linebackers Coach
• Tim Berbenich…Assistant Wide Receivers Coach
• Tim Holt…Offensive Assistant Coach
• Jay Kaiser…Assistant to the Head Coach
• Chris Keenan…Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach
• Jimmy Lake…Defensive Backs Coach
• Steve Logan…Running Backs Coach
• Pete Mangurian…Offensive Line Coach
• Chris Mosley…Defensive Assistant Coach
• Alfredo Roberts…Tight Ends Coach
• Kurtis Shultz…Head Strength and Conditioning Coach
• Dwayne Stukes…Assistant Defensive Backs Coach
• Alex Van Pelt…Quarterbacks Coach
• Todd Wash…Defensive Line Coach
• Eric Yarber…Wide Receivers Coach
• Bucs.com

As if the title didn’t already say a mouthful…

From Carrie-O in Florida. She’s a huge Seminole fan and an even better cook.

INGREDIENTS
6 cans of Beer
Package of Bratwurst
1 sweet or yellow onion (sliced)
1 Package of bacon (Not-cooked)
1 block of cheddar or Monterey jack cheese (I use the pepper jack) sliced in 3inch long ½ thick chunks
Package of hot dog buns or hoagiesToothpicks

Step 1- Boil Brats and onions in Beer. Drain and let cool

Step 2- Slice Brats open scoop out part of center for room for cheese. Add cheese in and close the Brat.

Step 3- starting on the end toothpick a piece of bacon and then wrap around brat to the other end securing with another toothpick

Step 4- Drain the leftover onion and place in a foil pouch

Step 5- Grill Brats on open rack flipping until bacon becomes fully cooked. (The brats were previously cooked so you just want them to be hot. Add the foil package of onions to the grill to re-heat

Step 6-Serve Brats on Bun with onions and a dab of mustard (optional)

This is easy and delicious. Might as well clog some more arteries and add some fake nacho cheese on there as well. Add a porkchop in a can (Coors Light) and you’ll be then envy of most any man. Good Luck!

Courtesy of Tailgating.com

Now most Bucc fans would agree that the NFC Championship in Philly was probably the the single most important game ever played and won by a Tampa team.

I Agree whole heartedly with this statement.

Shutting down the Vet, finally beating a team that had waxed us 2 years in a row in the playoffs and shutting up a nation of millions and a whole lot of ugly people from Philly.

The Superbowl was our after party and we rang in an all nighter! Enjoy the highlights and re-live the greatest times in Tampa Bay Buccaneer history.

The most important play in Bucc history

Superbowl XXXVII

Superbowl XXXVII part 2

PFW says don’t be shocked to see the Bucs make draft day deals to possibly move up to grab a player they may want:

Don’t be surprised if the Buccaneers are aggressive in pursuing trades on Draft Day if they need to move up to pluck a player they’ve rated highly. Tampa Bay has five of the first 99 picks in this year’s draft, which will give them some flexibility to make moves. “Obviously we can’t control what everybody else is going to do, but we’re going to try to be in control as much as we can,” Bucs GM Mark Dominik told PFW at a Senior Bowl practice Jan. 26.

TampaBayOnline.com is on the page of WR Antonio Bryant not being back with the Bucs in 2010, as they talked today about his numbers going the other way in 2009:

After gaining 1,248 yards on 83 catches in 2008, Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Bryant’s productivity plunged last season as the Bucs started Byron Leftwich, Josh Johnson and Josh Freeman under center and never created an offensive identity en route to a 3-13 mark, catching only 39 passes for 600 yards, hardly the kind of numbers that will make him a coveted target in the free-agent market. Less than a year after signing with the Bucs for the league minimum, Bryant was awarded the franchise tag after his spectacular comeback season but that won’t happen again, even though the Bucs lack proven wide receivers to help Freeman develop. Unless Bryant lowers his expectations, the Bucs are likely to move on without him and add a receiver in April with one of their premium draft picks.