The Bucs entered this game not having scored a touchdown since the third quarter of their game on Nov. 29. They scored 24 consecutive points against the Seahawks.

There was something sad and kind of pathetic, watching Matt Hasselbeck call a timeout with 13 seconds left and the ball at the Tampa Bay 19. Seattle trailed 24-7 and was striving for a late touchdown to erase a little bit of the ignominy of this day. Instead, he was intercepted for the second time Sunday by Elbert Mack.

4th quarter

Connor Barth 39 field goal at 11:20. Drive: 8 plays, 47 yards, 3:53.
Tampa Bay 24, Seattle 7. Trailing by 17 points with 11:20 remaining to a team that didn't have a first down in the first half last week and hadn't scored a touchdown in nine quarters entering this game. It's impossible to know what to say at this point.

And that will pretty much do it. With 8:52 left and Seattle trailing 24-7, Matt Hasselbeck 's throw for Deion Branch was intercepted by Elbert Mack who simply outran Deion Branch. Matt Hasselbeck was feeling pressure and he turned away from a hit after releasing the ball.

3rd quarter

Well, what this game is lacking in quality, it's making up for with a little competitiveness. The Bucs drove inside the Seattle 30 on their first possession of the third quarter before a slew of penalties: two false starts and a hold. There was also some feistiness between tackle Donald Penn and safety Deon Grant. Just a lot of barking.

Connor Barth 45 field goal at 8:44. Drive: 10 plays, 50 yards, 6:16.
Seattle 7, Tampa Bay 6.

Carnell "Cadillac" Williams 22 pass from Josh Freeman (Connor Barth kick). Drive: 1 play, 22 yards, 8 seconds.
Tampa Bay 13, Seattle 7.Tampa Bay has scored 13 points in the game. Ten have come off Seattle turnovers. Tanard Jackson picked off Matt Hasselbeck's pass when Deion Branch fell down on his route, and on the Bucs first play Carnell Williams scored on a screen pass. Linebacker Aaron Curry -- who returned from a shoulder injury -- was unable to beat his blocker on the play, and Williams wasn't touched until he was inside the Seattle 5.

Derrick Ward 6 pass from Josh Freeman (Freeman run). Drive: 9 plays, 37 yards, 2:41.
Tampa Bay 21, Seattle 7.

Seattle has faced first-quarter deficits in its past couple of home games. Now, the Seahawks are down 14 points at home to a 1-12 Bucs team.

2nd quarter

The Seahawks don't own the patent on miscues. The Bucs just missed an eminently makable field goal when Connor Barth pushed his 38-yard attempt to the right. The score is still tied 0-0 despite the fact that there has been more than 200 yards of total offense.

Jon Fisch, Times' assistant sports editor, is keeping score differently. It's Seattle -6, Tampa Bay -3. That's two field-goal chances Seattle blew vs. one attempt Tampa Bay missed. Also, it's Fisch's birthday today.

Don't look now, but Marcus Trufant was impressive in his coverage of Maurice Stovall, deflecting a ball on a seam route. Apparently, this week's episode of "Marcus Trufant PI" has been pre-empted in favor of a brand new program called "Adequate Pass Coverage." Seahawk fans everywhere both applaud and appreciate the new series though Doug Farrar points out that the "Adequate Pass Coverage" features 100 percent less Andre Johnson.

John Carlson 29 pass from Matt Hasselbeck (Olindo Mare kick) at 4:31. Drive: 8 plays, 85 yards, 4:09.
Seattle 7, Tampa Bay 0. Well, at least things won't head for a 0-0 overtime tie. Seattle scored on a 29-yard touchdown pass to John Carlson, who appeared to step out of bounds at the Tampa Bay (per the eagle eyes of assistant editor/birthday boy Jon Fisch). Play was not challenged and Seattle holds a 7-0 lead.

Seattle sought to add to that lead with a final drive of the first half. The only problem? Pass protection began to break down. Hasselbeck was flushed from the pocket, throwing an incompletion on a first down play, sacked on second down and then was picked off after the offensive line -- left tackle Sean Locklear specifically -- failed to see a safety coming unblocked. Hasselbeck tried to throw the ball away, but ended up picked off, giving Tampa Bay the ball at the Seattle 25.

Lawyer Milloy broke up a third-and-6 pass for Sammie Stroughter in the end zone, forcing the Bucs for a field-goal attempt.

Connor Barth 28 field goal at 0:15. Drive: 5 plays, 15 yards, 0:37.
Seattle 7, Tampa Bay 3

Although, by Jon Fisch's scoring, it is currently Seattle 1, Tampa Bay 0. The Seahawks' one touchdown and extra-point canceled out the six points they should have scored on field goals in the first quarter while the Bucs' 28-yard field goal in the final minute of the second quarter canceled out the kick they missed earlier in the period.

1st quarter

The good: Seattle forced a turnover on Tampa Bay's first possession, Darryl Tapp blitzing from a middle linebacker spot (he didn't have his hand down) and forcing an overthrow of Josh Freeman, who was picked off by safety Deon Grant. He didn't look at all like a safety playing with a cast on his left hand. Grant dropped a potential interception on Tampa Bay's second possession, and he looked very much like someone with a cast on his left hand.

Justin Forsett also ripped off a 34-yard run on Seattle's second possession.

The bad: A false start on Chris Spencer, who moved to right guard and still couldn't stay out of harm's way.

Matt Hassebleck decided to attempt too lateral the ball on a third-down scramble that had all the grace of drunken rhinoceros. Fumble, Bucs recovered.

OK, through 10 minutes of the game, Julius Jones has carried three times for 9 yards; Justin Forsett has carried three times for 37 yards. Who you got going forward?

And that would be why most of us are not coaches because Jones ripped off a 25-yard run to put Seattle in the red zone.

And now we have a brand new category:

Totally, unbelievably inexplicably awful: Seattle's field-goal snap bounced off holder Jon Ryan and the Seahawks botched the field-goal attempt before it ever got to Olindo Mare's foot. Bobbled doesn't quite capture what happened to the ball, which skittered away from him.

The first quarter ends with the Bucs driving, holding the ball at the Seattle 28.

The fact that the score is tied is a very bad sign for the Seahawks considering they outgained the Bucs 128-67, botched one short field-goal attempt and fumbled away another possession in Bucs' territory.