I guarantee a USF victory over rusted ucf!

[Flowers4Heisman]

Yes! You are reading this correctly. All the data that I've been gathering about this game says USF WINS.

I know we've played sluggish football all year offensively, and we've gambled too much on defense at times and paid the price at least once -to Houston.

However, everything is lining up perfectly for a nice, solid win over the rusted tin men.

(1) Florida Athletes vs. Florida Athletes: USF wins this matchup because we'll have more rest and we have more seniors.

(2) Flowers and the senior leadership on this team, they've seen it all, including losing their head coach and adjusting to new coaches.

(3) Flowers, his talent, and his elusiveness. ucf hasn't seen a QB like Flowers since last year when they got beat. Nobody has ever stopped Flowers! ---NOBODY!

(4) Our guys have already gotten all the bad voodoo plays out of their system, including that snake-bite play against Houston. The guys will play well.

(5) Strong and Gilbert will make better decisions on play selections: the odds are just staggering against them making the same mistakes after what they've seen this season.

(6) ucf is not that good. Solid but not world beaters. I've watched a lot of their games now. With Flowers and our RBs, I think we will move the ball and score plenty. Not a problem!

(7) All things being equal, I think the intangibles favor USF. Plus, ucf hasn't had to fight for a game this year; they don't know what it's like. Get on top of them and they will start to doubt. And deep down they know their coach is gone after a few more games. That's got to eat at them.

Home field advantage? I don't think so. Our players are just going across I-4 and taking their year-long frustrations out on the rusted tin men!

These gnats are very average (as in not a FSU-like team when we played FSU).

 

USF WINS! I GUARANTEE IT! ---In all the years on this forum, don't think I've ever guaranteed a victory before.

[Rocky Style]

QF is a winner.  Time to go full QF.

[Gatorbull325]

Go Bulls!

[Skingraft]

9 minutes ago, Rocky Style said:

QF is a winner.  Time to go full QF.

Never go full QF

[NCBull]

Great post!  Go Bulls!

[Bull Dozer]

2 hours ago, Rocky Style said:

QF is a winner.  Time to go full QF.

This is the one thing I keep coming back to when i look at this game.  Flowers wanted to bring a championship to USF and this is his last chance to do so.  I think we see a more decisive Flowers who isn't looking to slide early and doesn't keep his eyes down field as long.  I think he puts us on his back and lifts us to a tough win in a close game.  something like 31-34 USF.  

[MMW]

What really used to excite me about our team is the "we can beat anybody" mentality we had.  It was great going into a game against any team, no matter how good they were knowing we had a punchers chance and often came away with a win.  It started with that Pitt win all those years ago and continued against Louisville, Auburn, FSU, Miami, WVU and Notre Dame.  (Of course we also had the ability to lose to anybody.)

It kind of ended with Notre Dame IMO.  We need to get that swagger back.  UCF is a solid team but does not have the cachet of the ones I have mentioned but it would be a good start.

I don't have a lot of confidence heading into this game.  In fact, I think we lose pretty badly.  If its any conciliation, I felt that way about all the games I mentioned above.  It would be nice for my Bulls to start surprising me again.  That was when it was truly exciting to watch.  

 

Edited November 22, 2017 by MMW

[Bulls On Parade]

The Temple game from last year should be motivation...the goal is winning conference so Ucf is in the way.  If this team brings A game all phases we win.

[NewEnglandBull]

Play the highlights of last year’s Temple game. Then ask the players to recollect how they felt. Then remind them it will feel even worse this year if you lose and for seniors you will have to live with it for the rest of your life. 

[GaUSFBull]

6 minutes ago, NewEnglandBull said:

Play the highlights of last year’s Temple game. Then ask the players to recollect how they felt. Then remind them it will feel even worse this year if you lose and for seniors you will have to live with it for the rest of your life. 

Scare tactics!  Interesting motivational direction.