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A blog to discuss site issues and ideas as well as some occasional rambling, reflecting and repeating old USF stories.

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The early years...

This screen grab of the site about 15 years ago has some memorable meaning for me.  It was around 2002 and the site was beginning to take off a little.  A fan from another site of one of the early pay sites decided to insult the old SouthFloridaBulls.com site - the original host of "TheBullsPen".  So being a smart ass, I went ahead and gave the guy his own front page story.  We were going to seek venture capital to update the site to proper 2002 standards. The other memorable part was direc
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Dog Days of Summer, Part I

As we await fall practices, one thing always gets lost in the shuffle - the message board's birthday on August 31.  Founded in 1999 (between my sons born in '98 and '00 - now you know why I looked tired going to Saturday games, it wasn't the kids), the site will be celebrating it's 17th birthday next month.  It's been a pleasure and a struggle establishing and maintaining a site throughout the ups and downs of the program and the rudimentary technology available back in the day. Oh, and the summ
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Subscription option for TBP

A few months back some members asked about a subscription option for TBP that would include primarily an ad-free experience.  I think I have it set up to function that way now with an introductory cost of $4.95/month.  Please see the poll to help determine that ultimate price. I can certainly have the ads blocked for the subscribing user group.  I am also looking at some other possibilities to go into that package. I am looking for 4 or 5 volunteers to test the functionality that would
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Improving TheBullsPen.com

Since we are still in the slow months and there is time to get ready for the season, I'd like to get some things done around here.  We've been on this board software for about three years now.  There is a lot of flexibility and functionality, but I'd say we don't use a majority of it.  I've been out of commission with a bad back the last few days and have been looking over some possibilities.  Being immobile left me staring at my screen longer than usual. Regarding board applicati
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