bullsfan1983

Best part is 2-1 in the AAC and a bowl game still in play. Cincinnati on a short week will be tough, but I like our chances much better now.

Get our hopes up with a TD and immediately Tulsa is driving. Where is the D?

Bueller?...Bueller?...Bueller?...Anyone?...Anyone?

Have you seen our second half performances this season????? We just need to play one of our good first halfs in the second half.

We don't play SMU until November.

We only need 3 tds in the second half. Certainly doable against Tulsa D. Need a pick 6 or something though.

The players didn't get the memo that this is the week that the season begins.

But once we get a 3 point win over SMU and finish the season 3-9 that is tangible progress from last year right? Right?

Don't worry guys. There is always the SMU game.

meltdown mode coming soon on this board

Last time we rolled was 11/11/11. Seems so long ago.

USF 17-10 Mack Davis 326

I think there is a good chance to make progress this year, but I wouldn't say the progress has already been made. A year ago we were sitting at 2-4, 2-0 in conference with a win over one of the top teams in the conference and 3 point road win over UConn. Now a year later we are 2-4, 1-1 in conference losing to one of the top teams in the conference and with a 3 point home win over UConn and a sloppy 5 point win at home over an FCS opponent. In the past calendar year we have only shown that we are 3 points better than UConn and can beat a bad FCS team. Yeah we have been competitive in the first half at times this year, but the same was true last year. Remember Michigan State was a 7-6 game at half and then we faded (the hallmark of this team). Michigan State went on to have a better year than Wisconsin will. We gave UCF all they wanted last year, and showed other glimmers of hope like against Houston. At the end of the day unless we are beating Cincy, Houston, Memphis, or UCF can you really say we are making progress? Beating hapless Tulsa and SMU and getting to 4 wins is more about the conference taking a giant step back than any progress we made.

I have said this before. Winning breeds winners and losing breeds losers, and right now this team is full of players who have been losing for the last 3 years. Even their squeeker wins against FCS and the bottom 10 of FBS are nothing that inspires a winning attitude. This team is talented and has started some games well, but when they get punched in the mouth they curl up in the fetal position and wait to lose.

We are the road team so actually favored by 5 on a neutral field, not a push. The line opened as a pick em and moved to USF-2 so looks like the betting world is liking the Bulls to win.

Maybe on a national scale, but we should be at an advantage to compete for a conference title in the AAC most of our players were recruited while we were in a power conference. Are you telling me somehow ECU had a recruiting advantage on us coming from CUSA?

Also the mental fatigue is on the coaches. We have recruited well and have the athletes to be at the top of this conference. The coaches should have this team focused on finishing games and getting W's. At this point there should be no looking ahead or trap games so I can't think of a valid reason this team wouldn't be 100% focused other than the coaches haven't prepared them well enough.

There were definately some positives to take from the first half of the Wisconsin and ECU games that can be built upon. I don't like dismissing prior games as irrelevant. Maybe he means the outcomes of the games are irrelevant at this point in the rebuild which I somewhat buy, but this week is really a make or break in that regard I think. At this point we have lost to 3 P5 teams and AAC favorite ECU. Lose to Tulsa and that opens up a whole new can of worms.

Now 0-3 in conference. Got annihilated by Clemson and Boston College combined 71-14.

There is no way that USF gets to 25. 4 of our last 6 games are on the road, and under CWT's tenure the offense has score more than one TD on the road once. I will take the under. That's not true. We scored two touchdowns at Houston and twice at UCF last year. I'm liking USF's chances in the second half of the season. I don't know how anybody can't see the difference between this team and last year's team, I feel we have a 50-50 chance to go bowling. The Houston game was the best offensive performance White has had in his career. We scored 2 TDs. Technically we scored 2 offensive TDs against UCF, but one was aided by a UCF turnover where we started inside their 30. 30 TDs would require 2 each and every game plus and additional 7. I don't know that pointing out 2 instances where we have scored 2 proves that we are capable of that. Who said I was making a proof? I was just letting him know his memory was mistaken about USF never scoring more than 1 touchdown on the road in the CWT era. I never stated my opinion on if this offense could reach 30 TD, though I do think we will get end up with 20-25 offensive TD's, probably closer to 25. But, I do think this team is better than last year, and I do think we have a fair chance at going bowling. I'm choosing to be positive, and I realize it's not for everybody. If you were responding to the original person who was quoted, then carry on! P.S. - if you are going to take away offensive TD's where we had good field position due to defense, then we need to revise the original list posted by the OP and apply that to all years. My mistake. Got you confused with the guy who was predicting 30 TDs. I also think 20-25 is a reasonable number particularly given the schedule getting softer now.

http://www.usforacle.com/news/view.php/851503/Taggart-feels-season-is-just-beginning Yay.

There is no way that USF gets to 25. 4 of our last 6 games are on the road, and under CWT's tenure the offense has score more than one TD on the road once. I will take the under. That's not true. We scored two touchdowns at Houston and twice at UCF last year. I'm liking USF's chances in the second half of the season. I don't know how anybody can't see the difference between this team and last year's team, I feel we have a 50-50 chance to go bowling. The Houston game was the best offensive performance White has had in his career. We scored 2 TDs. Technically we scored 2 offensive TDs against UCF, but one was aided by a UCF turnover where we started inside their 30. 30 TDs would require 2 each and every game plus and additional 7. I don't know that pointing out 2 instances where we have scored 2 proves that we are capable of that.

This team doesn't know how to win yet. There is a certain atmosphere of winning that is lacking with this group that wins over FCS schools and the dregs of FBS (UConn) don't provide. They need a confidence booster with a comfortable win over Tulsa. Talent-wise this team is headed in the right direction, but they need to overcome the loser mentality. When you have only won 5 of the last 30 and 4 of those are close wins over UConn and Western Carolina, your confidence that you can beat a somewhat capable team has to be shaken. The last time the Bulls won an FBS game by more than 7 was Syracuse 4 seasons ago. Tulsa is flat out bad. This is a perfect opportunity for a confidence building smackdown. Let's get this train back on the tracks.

I don't understand how 11 touchdowns through half the schedule when 6 of the 11 came against a weak FCS team and arguably the worst FBS team in the league means we will likely get 19 touchdowns in the second half of the season. The argument could be made that there are a couple soft defenses in Tulsa SMU, and Cincinnati coming up where we can get more touchdowns, but I'll believe it when I see it.

We have only scored 15 offensive touchdowns in 16 games against FBS competition in the Taggart era. 7 offensive touchdowns in 5 games this season. Can't see 19 more in 6 games. Sorry.