But as McGwire once said ….’ I’m not here to talk about the past as I want to think about the kids and their future ‘ ! What a load of hogwash that was !

I don’t think that Tampa can rightfully claim the Magic as being one of ‘their very own. But anything is possible at a price .

Courtesy of Roy Cummings of TBO.com

Bucs Beat: Five players to watch at the Senior Bowl

TAMPA – The NFL is all abuzz about the record 53 juniors who have made themselves eligible for this year’s draft. Starting on Sunday, though, and for the next week the league’s collective focus will turn to the top seniors in this year’s draft.

Sunday begins a week’s worth of festivities and workouts leading up to Saturday’s Senior Bowl in Mobile, Al. Little Ladd-Peebles Stadium is the site of the game as well as the daily NFL convention that takes place during the morning and afternoon Senior Bowl practices.

Just about everyone who’s anyone in the NFL attends this event and plenty of news comes out of it as a result. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, for example, are expected to announce the minor tweaks they’re making to their coaching staff while here at the Senior Bowl, probably on Tuesday.

More than anything, though, the Senior Bowl is about watching the top seniors work out against some of the best young talent the college game has to offer. With that in mind, here’s a look at five players the Bucs are sure to watch as they prepare for their biggest draft in years.

* DT Dan Williams, Tennessee. Ndamukong Suh is not expected to play in the Senior Bowl. That’s all right, though. Suh would just draw attention away from Williams and Williams bears watching, particularly by the Bucs.

Though some believe the 6-3, 327-pound Williams is best suited to play the nose in a 3-4 scheme, he excelled and earned All-SEC honors as a nose tackle in Monte Kiffin’s 4-3 defense at Tennessee.

Williams’ strength is stopping the run and there’s nothing the Bucs need more right now than a good run stopper. Projected as a late second or third-round pick, Williams could automatically improve the Bucs rush defense.

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Roy’s somewhat askew as the Bucs’ll be penny pinching when it comes to the upcoming NFL draft. Or doesn’t he simply realize that given their financial circumstances ? Man there are some pi_s poor writers in the bay area covering sports. The vast majority of them simply roll over and play dead when it comes to the local area sports and simply just kiss a_s !

Look at the mess that many of the professional franchises are in, within the Tampa area ? The Lightning didn’t have enough money to pay the salaries of the players as well as their administrative staff. And there’s now talk that they’ll be looking to trade Vinny Lecavalier. He’s the team’s best player but also their highest salaried one as well. So ergo they’ve have to do something in order to make themselves a bit more financially stable.

Come the end of the season Oren Koules will have a ‘fire sale’ with regard to the roster.

And the Rays are in a complete none solution as to what to do with regard to B J Upton .

As we all know the Glazers have been continually lying as to their personal financial health and their franchises’ continued viability.