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He hasn't posted anything recently about his offers. Only thing I see on his X feed is from early April, and we are not mentioned, but our recruiting coordinator is following him. As of April 2, this is what he had listed: Samford (Offered), Saint Bonaventure (Offered), Stephen F Austin (Offered), Murray State (Offered), Oakland University (Offered), Wichita State, Virginia Tech, UAB, Colorado State. He did go to high school in Jacksonville.

Upside that is largely ignored and denigrated out of fear from those in power as we might run this town.

I took that to be related to the idea of the program being self-driven by the players. That it would hum along off of the players efforts and not as dependent on the coaching staff for motivation. However, I am jaded and know that we are on borrowed time with CAG. I find myself looking for signs of dissatisfaction from him.

Now more than ever I think USF's upside is insane. TV Market, OCS, AAU, surging revenue generatng programs, facilities, recruiting. If we were invitied to a more prominent league I think things would be next level. Imagine having B12 or ACC coming on campus to play week in and out. What that would do to recruiting and ticket sales would be insane. With the ACC we would also be rubbing acadmic shoulders with the likes of Standford, Cal, Duke, GT etc. I also think we would fair well against those teams.

Not sure what that comment about "not sure how long we'll be able to do it for" means it being outwork everyone

I think it's great that they can pull that kind of influence and revenue without having to be tied to other programs. They also have freedom with their schedule for better or worse when the rankings settle. You sign these long contracts and before you know it some program is dragging you to the abyss.

There has been some poo pooing around here by some poster over AAU status. It will not get us into the B10 but we would show up on lists as potential candidates they could consider. Not bad recognition.

FWIW - SDSU's athletics revenue jumped nearly 64% after opening their OCS. From ~$66MM in 21/22 to $104MM in 22/23. This also coincides with their NCAAB tourney run, so that helped tremendously. USF's athletics revenue for '23 was almost $71MM. With the return of the football/basketball programs to relevance, we can expect this revenue to increase a bit (hopefully more than a bit) over the next couple years (*crosses fingers*). Using a similar, but slightly lower multiple of 50% increase in revenue, on a guesstimate of $75MM in revenue for '25/26, is it out of the realm of possibility to say we can realize $110MM in athletics revenue come '27/28? That's with a standardized conference distribution of ~$8MM. This revenue would put us in the same ballpark as schools like Iowa St., Miss. St., Texas Tech, Rutgers, Maryland, GaTech, WVU, OkSt, UCLA, NCSt, Kansas St. and others. Add in a conference distribution of $40MM like those schools have and that would increase our revenue an additional ~$30MM to the $140MM range, in the same ballpark as schools like Mizzou, USCe, Minnesota, Ole Miss. https://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/finances https://www.sportico.com/business/commerce/2023/college-sports-finances-database-intercollegiate-1234646029/ These next few years for USF athletics are so important.

right down the street from where the Mrs. used to teach.

Yes, there is that.

Sell out for 3-5 years in a row = expansion. USF athletics should have a "wait list" for season tickets come time for new stadium to give them a good idea with overall demand.

I've got 2 tickets for the Bolts game tonight. Section 126, aisle seats about 2/3 of the way up. Looking for $350 for the pair. DM me ASAP if you'd like them so I can take them off resale before they're sold to someone else with a bunch of fees.

Is coach ever not sweating profusely??

https://gousfbulls.com/news/2024/1/2/usf-football-heads-into-2024-after-record-setting-turnaround-season.aspx#:~:text=USF also saw a 28,road game in three years. 2023 average attendance was 37,944, which is the highest since 2018, and a 28% increase from 2022 to 2023

what did we have this year?

I forget where I heard/read it, but P4 was mentioned instead of P5.

Was a big jump in attendance in 2023, expecting another jump in 2024. Hopefully we get season tix high enough that we look at expanding OCS as early as 2027 :0 "USF also saw a 28 percent increase in home attendance (37,944 average is the best since 2018 and second-best since joining the AAC), led the AAC in home attendance, posted its first home winning record (4-2) since 2018, won its first bowl game since 2017 and won its first road game in three years." https://gousfbulls.com/news/2024/1/2/usf-football-heads-into-2024-after-record-setting-turnaround-season.aspx#:~:text=USF also saw a 28,road game in three years.

There are 5 schools that were once BCS/Px that are now Gx. USF is the only one that has AAU membership. Hopefully that helps get us back to the big boy table. UConn, Temple, Washington State, & Oregon State.

I missed it also, why I posted it here.

From February yet somehow I missed it. Great USF coverage. Glad to have CAG. Talks about MVS too.

It's terrible and so sad. Golly, his smile. Tragic.

For me, she looked like she was more interested in being at a glamor shoot than at being on a basketball court. I saw her playing with long nails once. And every time she fell down, it took like 5 seconds to get back up.

The thing is we remain in the AAC despite all of our great attributes. Now of course, our AAU attainment is very recent (and frankly our entry into Division 1 CFB is new in comparison to our peers). Still, there hasn't been much sign of interest from the current P4 conferences. In fact, we have been passed over in expansion more than once. Pubicly. What does that do to your worth? The consolidation that is currently going on, puts us in direct competition with more valuable, on-brand properties. However, the ACC teams may be stuck and fail to get out of their contract. What happens then? We must not stand pat.