From 0-26 to Super Bowl champions (twice). From 8-8 predictions to 2-14 flops. From #1 rated defenses to dismal offensive displays.
It started with Florida orange and elevated into Pewter Power. From the Big Sombrero to Raymond James. From “Here Come The Vacuuuums!” to “Fire The Cannons!” From the “Wilder One” to the “A-Train” to the “Muscle Hamster” to the G.O.A.T. And now to “Let Him Bake!”
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will always be my team.
It all started one late summer Tampa Bay night in 1976 when an quizzical preschooler asked his dad why a guy threw yellow trash on the ground.
In that moment, my love for Buccaneers football was born and my journey as a lifelong fan started.
But how did “The Buctor1an” name come about?
After moving away from Florida and while attending the University of Delaware, I remained obsessed with the Bucs and wanted everyone to know. I would wear the orange proudly and share team facts with anyone who’d listen. One day, my roommate said, “Dude, you’re like a Bucs historian… a Buctorian.”
And somehow… it just stuck.
Win or lose, it doesn’t matter.
Always honor the orange. Always raise the flags. Always fire the cannons! And…
