BUCCANEERS NOTEBOOK: JUST IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW IT: KEYSHAWN NO. 1.

Byline: Michael A. Anastasi Sports Editor 

SAN DIEGO - So they gave Keyshawn Johnson the damn ball six times Sunday, and so there he was telling everyone everything they never wanted to know about it.

That self-imposed media ban he declared Friday?

Are you kidding?

``I was the No. 1 pick,'' he declared about 34 times. ``I am the first wide receiver from that class to get a Super Bowl ring.''

Now 30, Johnson, who averaged 11.5 yards a catch Sunday, also hinted Friday he was going to play three more seasons before calling it a career. Those plans lasted as long as the media ban as the USC product declared he has years and years of stellar football ahead.

``My work is far from over,'' he said. ``I was a No. 1 pick, I've got a Super Bowl ring and that's all I care about. I was a No. 1 pick.''

--No. 1 for a reason: Tampa Bay's defense was the first in Super Bowl history to score three touchdowns. In fact, subtracting the touchdown Oakland scored off a blocked punt, the Bucs' defense outscored the Raiders' top-ranked offense 21-15.

Simeon Rice was asked whether the Bucs were worthy of being considered among the NFL's all-time great defenses such as Chicago's in 1985 and Baltimore's in 2000.

``I think you might need to mention us first,'' Rice said.

Sunday marked the 10th meeting between a team ranked among the top three in offense and one in defense; it was the ninth time the defensive team has won.

--Home, sweet home: Safety John Lynch, in his 10th year with the Bucs, grew up in San Diego.

``We went through so much that this would have been special wherever it happened, but for it to happen at home, I got to share it with so many people who are important to me,'' Lynch said.

Lynch chuckled when he was asked about Oakland's offense.

``We just sat back and kind of smiled because we heard them saying how they were going to attack us,'' he said. ``We knew it was going to be about us attacking them.''

--Miscellany: With his 44-yard interception return in the fourth quarter, Derrick Brooks scored for the fifth time in 19 games this season. ... Tampa Bay is the 17th NFL franchise to win a Super Bowl and the fourth consecutive first-time winner. ... The 27-point margin of victory for a Super Bowl played without a bye week. ... Jon Gruden, at 39, became the youngest head coach to win a Super Bowl.