Referees throw flags. Referees sometimes throw the football. Very rarely do referees throw their hat, but when they do, it’s usually to signify something like a where the ball should be marked or a penalty occurred. But these are all things referees do. Replacement referees? They’re a whole ‘nother beast.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers is ready to move on from the faux controversy from the end of last week’s game against the New York Giants.

Eli Manning went on Mike Francesa’s WFAN radio show to talk about that controversial final play on Sunday, in which the Tampa Bay Buccaneers went after the ball (and him) despite the fact that it was a kneel-down situation. What he said, after the jump.

The Giants had a scare today against the Buccaneers, eeking out a 41-34 victory in the Meadowlands. But something that’ll be sure to get some attention over the next few days is what happened after said victory: the contentious postgame handshake between Tom Coughlin and Greg Schiano, which featured a lot of yelling from New York’s head coach. Video, after the jump.

Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers lineman and current Tampa radio personality Ian Beckles was arrested Friday night for harassing a police horse. Yes, that is a crime. Yes, you will be arrested for it. Yes, Beckles was drunk.

Today, in an act that had everything and nothing to do with football, paralyzed former Rutgers defensive tackle Eric LeGrand retired from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. More after the jump.

Yesterday, Rutgers football coach Greg Schiano left the college ranks to take over the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers. At Rutgers, he leaves behind 11 years of hard work rebuilding America’s worst football program. How should he be remembered there?

Last night, it looked like one of the more surprising college-to-NFL coaching jumps in some time was happening, and that Oregon coach Chip Kelly was taking his high-octane offense to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. And then…he wasn’t. According to Bucs GM Mark Dominik, Kelly’s “heart is with college football,” and with that, those “The NCAA must be coming down hard on Oregon soon” theories will die down. We have no clue how Kelly would have done in the NFL – he’s never coached in the pros – but watching him try to adapt would have been intriguing. (Photo via)

It was just another Sunday afternoon in Tampa Bay – up until viewers of FOX affiliate WTVT got an eyeful of an unidentified (and naked) Buccaneers player.