Sports Day Tampa Bay

Rick Stroud is joined by Tampa Bay Times College Football Writer Matt Baker to discuss Florida's comeback win over South Carolina, Florida State's upcoming game with Duke, USF's defensive slide the last 2 weeks, Colorado's collapse and the future of Jimbo Fisher at Texas A&M. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick answer a mailbag question on why Dave Canales is being criticized, should the Buccaneers just rebuild and if Todd Bowles is a lame duck coach. Plus the Lightning salvage a point in Buffalo with a better performance than the rest of the road trip. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick on Buccaneers Head Coach Todd Bowles saying the offense had a 'clunker' on Sunday and he has full confidence in Dave Canales and his staff. Plus can Baker Mayfield stay healthy all season, do the Buccaneers have an RB1 and some thoughts on last weekend's college football games. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick on the Buccaneers 20-6 loss to the Lions which saw the offense struggle on 3rd down and fail to run the ball effectively again. Is Offensive Coordinator Dave Canales to blame for the offensive troubles. Plus the Lightning lose both games of a back-to-back in Detroit and Ottawa, surrendering 80 shots over the 2 games. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...

Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick on the Buccaneers game vs. the Lions this weekend, a great test and a team that the Buccaneers would like to be more like, a great defense and a team that runs the ball well. Plus the baseball playoffs are seeing all the best teams eliminated and what is said in the locker room. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rick Stroud is joined by Tampa Bay Times College Football Writer Matt Baker to discuss Mario Cristobal's decision to not take a knee that cost them a game, Florida State's path to the Playoff, USF's loss at UAB, Florida's rebound vs Vanderbilt and a look ahead at this week's slate of games. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick on the Lightning's 5-3 win over the Predators as Nick Paul and Nikita Kucherov both score 2 goals, Brandon Hagel with a penalty shot and goalie Jonas Johansson stops 28 of 31 shots. Plus the Bucs are preparing for a Lions team that might be the 3rd best team in the NFC. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick on the Tampa Bay Lightning's season opener tonight at Amalie Arena and why many are writing this team off but there is a lot to like about the team. Plus the Rays front office has no answers as to why they can't score in the postseason and Luke Goedeke says he's faced better than Aiden Hutchinson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick break down Buccaneers Quarterback Baker Mayfield's bye week which included GM Jason Licht praising him and he traveled to Texas to be on ESPN as part of the Texas-OU game. Plus the Rangers are dominating the Orioles in the baseball playoffs, Florida rebounded vs Vanderbilt and South Florida's defense was dominated by UAB. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...

Rick Stroud is joined by Tampa Bay Times College Football Writer Matt Baker to discuss if Billy Napier is feeling the pressure of being the coach of the Gators, the coaching job Alex Golesh is doing at South Florida, the 28-point blown lead by UCF and looking ahead to this weekend's games. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick on what went wrong for the Rays this postseason as they once again only score 1 run in 2 games and are swept in the Wild Card round. This time it wasn't just the hitting that failed, but the pitching and defense wasn't good enough. Plus your mailbag questions on Rays injuries, Tyler Glasnow and the Bucs' Antoine Winfield, Jr. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...

Rick Stroud on the Rays losing the Wild Card Series Game 1 to the Rangers as they've now gone 27 postseason innings without scoring a run, the defense committed 4 errors, Jose Siri is bunting instead of swinging and Tyler Glasnow looked tight. Plus Bucs OC Dave Canales called a great game on Sunday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rick Stroud is joined by Tampa Bay Times Rays Beat Writer Marc Topkin to preview the Rays Wild Card Series vs the Rangers which starts today. How did the Rays manage to win 99 games this year with all its adversity, how will they use their pitching in this series and can they hit enough to win in the postseason. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick on the Buccaneers 26-9 win in New Orleans to give themselves a 1-game lead in the NFC South heading into their bye week. Baker Mayfield threw 3 TDs and was great running the ball and the defense was fantastic with Antoine Winfield, Jr., leading the way. Plus the Rays will face the Rangers this week in the Wild Card while Yandy Diaz won the batting title, USF gets it'...

Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick on the Buccaneers matchup this weekend against the Saints as they get a chance to bounce back against a division foe. Plus your mailbag questions on Rachaad White, the running game, Bucs playoffs and primetime games, Rays playoff chances, Alex Golesh's performance at USF and Steven Stamkos' contract situation with the Lightning. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick on the Rays oddly timed celebration after their win in Boston on Wednesday and then Tampa Bay Times College Football Writer Matt Baker to discuss Florida's State's win at Clemson, USF's improvements and UCF's upcoming 1st home game in the Big 12. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick with more on the Buccaneers 25-11 loss to the Eagles where the running game was non-existent and now ranks last in the NFL. Plus there is now a criminal investigation around Mike Williams' death, the Rays get a big early lead and had to hold one against the Red Sox and there was an Andrei Vasilevskiy sighting at Lightning practice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...

Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick on the Buccaneers 25-11 loss to the Eagles on Monday Night Football. Tampa Bay forced 2 turnovers but they committed their first turnovers of the year, the running game never got going and they lost the special teams battle. On a brighter side, Ronde Barber was honored and received his Hall of Fame ring at halftime. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...

Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick look ahead to tonight's Monday Night Football game as the Buccaneers are looking to remain one of 3 undefeated teams in the NFL through 3 weeks as they host the NFC Champion Eagles. Plus it looks like the Bucs will face Jameis Winston next week in New Orleans as Derek Carr is hurt, a crazy weekend of college football and the Rays drop 2-of-3 to the Blue Jays and...

Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick answer your mailbag questions about Baker Mayfield and the start of the Buccaneers season, Baker's future contracts, Shaq Barrett, Wander Franco, Jonathan Aranda, and Steven Stamkos. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick on Steven Stamkos' comments that he's 'disappointed' that he hasn't had contract talks with the Lightning for next season, the Rays lose to the Angels, the Bucs honor Ronde Barber with a movie and Matt Baker joins to discuss last week's Gators and USF games and look ahead to FSU-Clemson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick on the Rays and St Pete's announcement on a deal for a new stadium on the Tropicana Field site. Plus Eduardo Encina joins us to preview the Lightning's Training Camp which starts today with player reporting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick on the report from Marc Topkin that the Rays will announce a stadium deal to keep the team in St. Pete and develop the Tropicana Field site into a new $1.2 billion fixed-roof stadium. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick on the Buccaneers 27-17 win over the Bears to start the season 2-0 as the defense continues to create turnovers, the running game was improved and Baker Mayfield found Mike Evans often. Plus the Rays clinched a playoff spot despite splitting their 4-game series in Baltimore and remain 2-games back in the AL East with 11 to play and Florida and South Florida looked go...

Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick on the Rays 4-3 win over the Orioles to move within 1 game in the AL East as Luke Raley and Randy Arozarena provide the offense and the bullpen continues to excel. Plus the Buccaneers have some injury concerns heading into their game with Bears this Sunday as they look to start 2-0. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.