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Just now, Bull Matrix said:

Brett McMurph also has praised the job USF CAAR has done this season so Hell has frozen over… Crazy world we are living in rn

Probably trying to butter CAAR up so he can sniff out some dirt to publish on him.  

1 minute ago, Professor BullDawg said:

https://x.com/TBTimes_Bulls/status/1765082635561492728?s=20

Ok, who switched Joey with a competent journalist?

12 hours ago, olafberserker said:

USF's losses so far have been to teams with a combined record of 30-10.  That includes 3-6 UConn who went 1-5 against Cal and Auburn on the road.   FSU and UCF are a combined 18-1 (ucf's only loss to us).  

The best record in the conference right now is Wichita State at 7-3 (5 of those wins against Little Rock and something called Utah Tech) with Tulane (a win against Nichols and 3 against Yale) and ECU at 7-4.

So, a little early to put dirt on this team, this year.   

Everyone already knows that we've had back to back losing seasons and that Mohl is gone if we do not have success this year so we probably don't need to post it every time we lose a game 

But if we don't yell fire the coach after every loss, we can't say "Told you so!", if it eventually happens and then continue to beat the dead horse for years to come.   

2 minutes ago, 79 Bull said:

I’m 66 and I do have to say when I sit in 102-103 it’s a quieter vibe than when I sit elsewhere. I also just clap in those seats as I feel my usual woohooing might not be appreciated.

I'm guessing if you stand for more than 10-15 seconds in those areas someone tells you to sit down too.  

11 hours ago, John Lewis said:

Not sure what you're smoking/drinking while posting that, but it must be pretty strong.

Apparently we can will it into existence the more we keep saying it's going to happen.  And if it ever happened, wouldn't it just be the American Conference 2.0 because all the premier schools moved on to other conferences?

14 hours ago, JoeB said:

Went to the SMU game and it was a blast.  I know it was listed as a sellout, but there were a bunch of empty seats up top.  Not even close to the FAU game sellout.  Students have showed up in force and makes that atmosphere a great one.   

I sat in the 300 section and online, it said the area around me was all sold but at game time, my entire row was empty and I had room in front and back of me too.  It might have been the brokers buying up tickets thinking there would be a demand and then there wasn't, so the tickets were sold, but not to actual people who would come to the game.

11 minutes ago, BayIslandBull said:

Wouldn't doubt that, but that doesn't mean we won't get outbid.

Just now, Brad said:

Never needed it. 

I imagine the Marketing guy searching around in a darkened backroom sifting through logos of teams who never sniffed the top 25 and then he sees it, over in the corner, with a green and gold glow to it and levitating 3 feet off the ground, the USF logo.

Dickie V voted us #23.  

It's funny that they don't have the USF logo.

1 hour ago, Triple B said:

Memphis has a chance to get us back a Quad 1 win, though ...

Memphis is starting to heat up.  They are the only one that scares me going into the conference tournament.  Hopefully someone else knocks them off in one of the earlier rounds.  They've had the talent, but now starting to play like a team.

1 minute ago, 79 Bull said:

Currently there are no third level tickets for sale yet.  We'll see.  It also looks like anyone who bought tickets in the second level this week has turned around and placed them for resale so I think we're dealing with brokers here and not fans.  Right now I'd say 8,000 by the time Sunday morning comes, but Kelly knows better than me.

GO BULLS!

Yeah, it stinks to go on ticketmaster and have to pay the extra resale fees when someone resells their ticket compared to just the convenience fee you'd pay if it was a straight buy.

26 minutes ago, CousinRicky said:

Didn't know these guys played chess

It will be a showdown at the end, we'll be walking a tightrope, so hold on tight!  We'll definitely need some strange magic.

1 minute ago, USFBulls12 said:

31*/ 29, even better!

wow, long day...I counted Michigan and State as 2 teams....lol

49 minutes ago, Bulls On Parade said:

How about UTSA as that's who we are playing before SMU

 

yeah, would be nice to have fan support at all of the remaining games, no matter the opponent....

We moved up, 32 AP / 29 coaches....

I even did a thread refresh and no new posts before I posted this....

I was entertained by the one fan who was told to stop by TPD and took off running like he was going to outrun the police in a closed off arena.  

1 minute ago, flsportsfan83 said:

I was as well. 

It's funny in a not so funny way.  In the past, a college player didn't hire an agent unless they were thinking about going pro.  Now, they can hire a company owned / run by an agent to get them the best NIL deal while still in college.

11 hours ago, hm101 said:

I am going to sound like a broken record but can we stop with the thinking that this is a G5 thing? 

 

https://n.rivals.com/transfer_tracker/football/2024?transfer_position=qb

not personal to you but it's just every freaking thread about coaching or NIL, this insistence that all P5 programs have all their problems solved and woe is us for being in the G5... it's just not true. 

Brian Kelly left a winning ND program to go to the SEC. Jim H goes from Michigan, wins a natty, and goes to the NFL. 

QB Dillon Gabriel crushes it at Oklahoma and here comes bigger fish Oregon poaching him. 

 

If we got an SEC invite today, any talented individual would always be at risk up because there will ALWAYS be a bigger fish. 

Let's also not assume they're gone either, because sometimes, folks do want to pass on an extra few bucks and enjoy the culture and legacy they can build. 

I agree that all programs have this problem, but a G5 school probably has a more difficult time replacing that star QB that left for greener pastures as opposed to Ohio State who just grabs the next 5 star QB off their bench.  I think the fact that he hired a company to search out the best NIL deals for him which we all know won't be from USF, is a big clue that he will be moving on.  If he was happy with what he's getting now from Fowler Ave Collective, he wouldn't be looking elsewhere.  

14 hours ago, Peatearpan said:

My two thoughts:

1. Anyone good at a G5 should always be considered as a risk to be poached by a larger program.

2. I would rather him sign NIL deals while he is with us.

Yes, we should be concerned.  It's the equivalence to hiring an agent in pro sports.  Drew Rosenhaus will be shopping his client around for the best NIL deal he can get.  Byrum wouldn't be hiring this guy if he wasn't serious about moving somewhere else for the money.

It might help in voter perception if we aren't down by 10-15 at half time.  We need to start playing complete games.

At least we're trending in the right direction....just keep winning....

Funny seeing Memphis with 1 more vote than us in the AP after us beating them and then them losing a few more.

12 hours ago, BullyPulpit said:

Demand must be really high because they just doubled the price for the tickets in the 300 level. They were $10 each and are now $20 each. 

I was kind of surprised when I bought mine that they were sideline for $10, no matter what level, usually sideline is more expensive than the ends.  

Just now, flsportsfan83 said:

our terrible schedule this year was smart. New coach, want to get some wins under his belt. Unfortunately, nobody in Athletics really expected to be this competitive. We also are worse conference than we were last year. Having Cincy, Houston, and UCF on our schedule would have been big, if we won some of those. It will hurt our at large bid chances. Those bad losses really hurt too. I expect next year we see a much better OCC SOS. 

Agree completely.  This was supposed to be a re-building year and I think coach has said a few times he didn't expect them to gel so quickly.  With most of the team back next year and a stronger OOC schedule, as long as we win, we should be in good shape for a tournament spot.