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  1. Only if they are building culture...
  2. Rankings are a kiss of death for us. Better to stay under the radar. Win the conference, get into the dance, stay unranked and underrated and better things will happen than if we get fanfare and a larger target on our backs.
  3. Doesn't mean we will beat 'em! How unfortunately cynical I've become, waiting for the other shoe to drop, having watched 22 years of USF MBB.... Better enjoy the ride while it's here, right?
  4. Much as we all would love it, the ACC clearly has no interest in us. It took schools in California and SMU and has not remotely considered USF. I think our only chance at getting in the ACC would be if FSU and/or Clemson leave... yet they have nowhere to go, and if they did leave, it waters down the conference. Somehow, I think we have better chances with the B1G and B12, though UCF will protest and I have zero interest in interacting with that fanbase any further. B1G would obviously be a pipe dream, though recruiting FL and away games in winter in balmy Tampa would seem to have some potential appeal for those schools. The loss of Lee Roy Selmon and the lame duck years prior to AD DW's retirement really set us back - we remain the only prior BCS school outside of a P4 conference except for UConn, having self-selected back to independence. We're making great moves now, but the window of hope is ever shrinking at this point.
  5. Love this guy, amongst students and fans after the big win. Also, for the question about "beefstud paintups," the students painted up in green and gold are called Beef Studs. Great to see them at BB games. They haven't missed painting up for a home football game since founded in 2002.
  6. I love the aggressive scheduling philosophy we have had since MK took over! How jacked up were we all when we entered the half tied with Bama and took a 1-score game into the 4th quarter against Nick Saban? That game got mentioned pretty frequently during Bama's playoff discussions. I remember rushing the field when we upset a ranked Bowling Green team coached by some guy named Urban Meyer. We were deemed "coach killers" when we beat Bowden at FSU and Randy Shannon at UM and they got fired soon after, among others. We can't beat Miami, FSU, & UF unless we play them. We can't get street cred playing Middle Tennesee State (no offense to the Blue Raiders, who have been fun to play in the past). The last time we played UF we had one heck of a great tailgate and Gator fans know they were really lucky to get away with a W that game. Fans come out for those games. WE love coming out for those games. TAMPA loves coming out for games against big competition. Our goals are lofty; we won't get there by getting into the playoffs with a cupcake schedule. We want to cut our teeth in solid competition earlier in the season - not get exposed after making it to the playoffs by playing subpar competition. Maybe we don't need to play Bama every year. But I would argue that picking off teams from the SEC and the B1G would be ideal. All those alumni from the midwest love a trip to Tampa, and shoot, tons of their alumni have retired here and come out for their games. We shouldn't be shooting low, we should be punching upwards!
  7. USF vs Syracuse Bowl Tailgate in Boca FACEBOOK.COM Event in Boca Raton, FL by Brandon Faza on Thursday, December 21...
  8. Does anyone know how many tickets USF has actually sold?
  9. Nah, sorry for the absence - work has been consuming lately. Awesome cause for sure, but when it comes to our Bulls, will never give up!
  10. Me plus 8, count us in. Sec 126 row J reporting. Also, tailgate with us! See separate thread for info on that.
  11. Just wanted to invite everyone who wants to make sure and tailgate with fellow Bulls fans at the Boca Bowl! We will meet up between 2:15pm and 2:35pm in Lot 16, outside of the FAU Graduate College and the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. At 2:40pm, we will take W University Dr and caravan in to Lot 6, which is also called the Blue Lot on FAU gameday parking guides. We will be waiting outside the lot to open so we can all get in at the same time and therefore tailgate together. The spots are $20 each. Overflow parking will be in Lot 7, also known as the Yellow Lot. If you arrive later, feel free to park in overflow and meet up with everyone in Lot 6. I suspect you'll be able to see all of the green and gold flags and tents. I would love if someone wanted to coordinate food - I haven't been able to do that, so this will be potluck of course. Looking forward to seeing you all there. GO BULLS!!!
  12. This DC clearly doesn't understand football, and doesn't understand how to call plays which play to the strengths of our players. I would shed no tears if Todd Orlando is with another school next year. Preferably UCF or another school in the American.
  13. Yes, this time, I plan to stick to my guns. I have never deliberately missed a home USF football game. Tomorrow, I will deliberately skip the game against Temple. I am not even sure I will watch it on TV; I didn't watch the last few away games. You can all revoke my USF fanship card or tell me I'm "fairweather" though I would argue that the past 23 years' worth of evidence says otherwise. I won't stop donating, I won't cancel my membership as an Iron Bull, and I really do hope this is a blip in the grand scheme of my fanship. That FAU game was the absolute worst game I've ever endured as a USF fan. We've lost worse. We've lost harder. We've lost to even more lowly opponents (McNeese). We've lost much more over the past decade.... shoot we've done just about nothing BUT lose over the past 6 years. The team has lost heart before too - most of them didn't give two for Charlie Strong's final year. You could hear them smacktalking their coaches and even the fans on the sidelines during the games, particularly during the Wisconsin game. I didn't lose heart then, though I did lose confidence in the team having a winning season for every year since Strong's first. Winning isn't what keeps me a fan. The team and the coaches claimed ahead of the FAU game that "it's just another game on the schedule." Yeah, we've heard that before, and it usually means "we don't have any special interest, or really, any particular interest at all in winning that game." Some might even say it was stated to lower expectations and that coaches saw a loss coming, I don't know. I don't think I've heard that statement about any other games we've played this year. It certainly wasn't stated ahead of the game against Alabama. But that team against FAU showed little to no preparation, little to no fight, little to no heart, and certainly had no fire for anything but exiting the field that game against FAU. The coaching staff stuck to the same terrible playcalling that every team has had figured out since game 4, and did the team no favors in coming up with answers to help the players be put in positions to better succeed in the chess match against the FAU coordinators. That didn't hurt. The team showing no heart hurt, especially in the only game outside of Alabama that they should have shown out for. In front of a well-populated Homecoming crowd, for fans that don't come to every other game. Their chance to show all those fans how great our team is - the chance to persuade them the team is worth showing up for more games. Nope. No interest. No effort. If the effort was there beyond showing up and going through the mechanics, it wasn't the least bit apparent. An in-state opponent. One our school is supposed to be decades ahead of - in age, in football, and in Athletics prowess. Of course that may not mean we win on the gridiron every time we play them. 56-14 is every bit as bad as 64-12. It's worse. At least UCF had been around a lot longer and had a much more established football program. As far ahead of UCF as we were when we beat them 64-12, FAU is ahead of us now. They showed it on the field in direct competition. Our coaches couldn't come up with the lamest of game plans. Our players couldn't come up with a lick of interest in beating FAU on the field. They showed it, over and over, play after play. They didn't care to be there, they didn't care to be playing FAU, and they didn't care that they utterly failed to show up for their fans. Team didn't care to show up for its fans. That's where I draw the line. Tomorrow, I don't care to show up for the team. It's the first time that's happened, and I hope it's the last. Because for once, USF Football is going to have to earn my attendance back.
  14. I would like to open in the new stadium with an ACC or a B1G conference game...
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