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  1. Google any local store and they're typically the first listing. No one's talking about that. Google: USF Jersey, USF Hat, USF t-shirt, USF License Plate Frame, etc. Google "USF Flag", a thread from TBP.com comes up higher than them. Their website is not doing them any good.
  2. I hate to sound negative, but this was only a matter of time. A lot of it isn't their fault either, but some is (i.e. website). Poor attendance at football and basketball are going to negatively affect non-campus owned fan shops, even if they're a couple blocks from the campus. When there's no one going to games, there's no one buying merchandise. When there's no one going to games, there's no one BRINGING people to the games, which kills the amount of people buying merchandise. I can only imagine that sales AT the stadium are abysmal now of days. In regards to their website. There's so many cheap and affordable e-commerce platforms out there that give you automatic SEO and great web presence. There's not much investment needed in them either, outside of domain name, SSL cert, credit card processor and a template design. Many of the big time carts such as Magento, Shopify, etc, have software that will even sync with your normal POS software so you can offer everything in your physical store online. Bullsheaven offered 95% of the inventory in their store online, plus they even had more items on the web only for drop ship, such as diplomas, custom prints, etc. They should have jumped all over something like that when BullsHeaven closed their doors in 2012.
  3. If there were a new jersey/polo out, the bookstore on campus would have it. No guarantee from anywhere else in town.
  4. I give him 42 days enrolled in the school before he gets kicked off the team or quits.
  5. What issues were they having? Btw, I wonder why they moved? Did the price of the old lease go up? I feel like the road presence from their original location was a lot better than in the Chipotle complex.
  6. Umm.....So was FSU's visit to Norman a few years ago a home game for them? What about back in 2003 when they went up to South Bend and utterly embarassed ND 39-0? What about the "home" game they have scheduled in Dallas against Ok State in 2014? What about the "home" game in Atlanta against GEORGIA in 2015? FSU's MO isn't about having an away game that's like a home game. UF on the other hand, THEY are the chickens. It's been over 20 years since they left the state of Florida for an OOC away game. 1991 against Syracuse (and they lost!). They haven't won an OOC outside the state of Florida since 1989 when they beat Memphis State (now just Memphis), oh, and they lost to that same Memphis State team at HOME in 1988. Get your facts straight. FSU fans are complaining because a win against USF means nothing to them. Granted, a win against Texas State & Chattanooga mean nothing, but at the same time, they'll win those 2 games by a combined 90-21 most likely. Texas State & Chattanooga won't spend their entire off-season preparing to "get up" against FSU. USF on the other hand, will throw all of their dice into preparing for FSU, show up to the game, then struggle to get through the rest of their weak conference schedule (i.e. 2009).
  7. It's not up the TSA, it's up at the AAC. Big East has a no-noise maker policy. Can't really say that it would be a "huge" generator of cash from merchandise sales, since they'd be pretty cheap to begin with. 40k cowbells wouldn't net much in royalty, but it would make for a better game atmosphere.
  8. Why would the B10 want USF? Why would the Big 12 wants USF? Unfortunately USF brings nothing to the table besides a very tiny recruiting pipeline. If USF had the fanbase of FSU, they'd possibly stand a chance. USF ranks higher then most of the Big12 bottom dwellers in average attendance, enrolled students, and TV market categories. Also the Big12 is stating that they want into the Florida market... since UF, FSU, and Miami are all off of the market, its safe to assume that they are either hinting about adding us or they might considering adding USF and UCF as a combo deal. If they were to add USF and UCF then the Big12 would be back to full strength again. Lets face reality here... its about 2AM and we are the last semi-attractive girl left at the bar and the Big12 is desperate... we got this in the bag. Why would they want to bring in another bottom dweller then? I'm also sure they're not looking at tickets distributed either when they look at that. When you look at actual tickets redeemed, then we probably fall right in line with their bottom dwellers....if that. Do you think anyone in the B12 had an actual attendance of 18k at a game in recent years? Certainly not. B12 is getting into Florida with bowl games. That's provides them with probably more exposure than by taking UCF or USF.
  9. Why would the B10 want USF? Why would the Big 12 wants USF? Unfortunately USF brings nothing to the table besides a very tiny recruiting pipeline. If USF had the fanbase of FSU, they'd possibly stand a chance.
  10. UConn I believe won both men's and women's in the same year before.
  11. It's the Super Regional Combine. It's the NFL's version of American Idol essentially. https://www.nflregionalcombines.com/
  12. Don't feel too sad. It took FSU Alumni a couple years to get the FSU plate rolling in Georgia. It'll probably be a few years down the line before USF gets one.
  13. Even if USF wanted to build an IPF, it'd be a good 4-5 years minimum. Heck, it's taken 6 years for Jimbo to get the IPF built at FSU (will be done Aug 1st) and they've got a lot more booster cash than USF.
  14. I honestly don't think the Big East is laughing at anyone.
  15. I"m sure that once FSU's indoor facility opens in August '13, the process for USF getting one will ramp up. It would be cool to see USF do something "cool" with their facility, like what FSU is doing with theirs. On the East side of the facility, there's going to be a big stained glass FSU Chief Osceola logo that will light up at night time. However, the cool factor is that it is right along the 3rd base line of the baseball stadium. So night baseball games at FSU are going to look pretty sweet.
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