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Found August 05, 2012 on Buc Stop:
TEAMS: Arizona Cardinals,  Tampa Bay Rays

Baseball- very good. Tampa Bay Rays are spoiling us by being contenders year in and year out. It helps.
Basketball- March Madness makes the first football-less month go by a little less noticeably.
Key word: A little.

Oh sure the Olympics are amazing, but lets be honest, what are you going to be watching tonight?

A practice game between a team we love to hate, and the Arizona Cardinals.

But its not about the teams that are playing, or even who is going in the Hall of Fame itself (not to mention starting next year, we could see MORE BUCS going in!), but simply the fact that NFL Football is back. We will hear the sounds, see the hits, the passes, and even if it isnt our favorite team, we know the countdown is on. In 6 days our Bucs take the field again, to play a game that we get to watch and see. It may not count in the record books, but one thing is for sure.

The NFL Hall of Fame game means one thing to each and every one of us.

FOOTBALL IS BACK! 

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