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September 13, 1976

Since he is a football fundamentalist, John McKay will not devastate Tampa Bay's foes with esoteric plays, weird formations or other assorted razzle. Nor will he deliver any miracles. What he will do between quips and one-liners is get the Buccaneer franchise off to a solid start and, no doubt, spring an upset or two the way he regularly did against Woody Hayes. "If we're going to take our beatings," McKay says, "we'll take them. But we're not going to give the future up. I'm not going to base the season on how many games we win but on how we improve." McKay will try to make Tampa fans feel that the Bucs' 2-12 season was really 12-2. "We can win some games if we are aggressive, protect the passer and our prayers are answered," says McKay. No joke.