The countdown is on for a noon kickoff at Raymond James Stadium, where Iowa faces Vanderbilt in the ReliaQuest Bowl. Signage is up, and crews are ready as the bowl game marks its 40th year, continuing one of the longest-running college football traditions in Tampa Bay.

Iowa fans are eager to see if Iowa can triumph over Diego Pavia and the 14th-ranked Vanderbilt team when the game begins at 11 a.m.

The 2025 season did not go according to plan for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. After getting off to a blazing 6-2 start, the Buccaneers have fallen off a massive cl

Tampa Bay ended 2025 by beating the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 in head coach Jon Cooper’s 1,000th NHL game on Wednesday night and then opened 2026 with a last minute, comeback 5-3 victory to push their win streak to six games against the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday.

Rain will start in northern Tampa Bay and move south, with showers likely during the second half of the Bucs game. Temperatures will reach the 70s. The rain will stop by Sunday morning, and warmer, dry weather is expected to return next week.

While we'll say again that Ewers deserves kudos for his performance against Tampa Bay, the reality is he threw for only 172 yards, this after he passed for 260 yards in his NFL starting debut, which ended in a 45-21 loss against the Cincinnati Bengals.