ArmyBull

So, what you are saying is that we lost our best QB to transfer?  

Pro quarterbacks struggle with reads and a pass rush. Doesn't mean that they can't learn a playbook.

Josh Freeman can't learn a playbook. And he still put up stupid numbers at Kansas State.

Simple!  You bring in two quarterbacks a year until we find one.  The more the better.  If he beats out the competition then great, if not, next up.  I agree that no would should anoint him the QB savior of USF.  We did that with White after the Houston game and now he is throwing the rock for another team.  

42-7.  We consider it a win if our starting QB finishes the game. 

40k total .  5k plus FAMU jerseys.  

I'll say this about the USF/UCF combo. I think with George at the helm as both coach and AD, I think that hurts a lot. Image has a lot to do with membership, I feel.

I wonder how the Big 12 feels about the image of UCF beating Baylor in the Fiesta Bowl.  I am more concerned about our image of not winning.  I am not sure how George O'Liar effects UCF as a whole in the expansion game.  I doubt that a coach effects any of it.  Our image of him is probably very different than most.   

 

I really want Cwt to get this turned around...guy can really recruit and I would love to see what he could do after a 8 plus win season one day.

I haven't had this feeling in awhile but I really think the team takes a huge step this year.

I'd also love this. But CWT has never had a 8-win season in his coaching career...

Here's hoping we bowl.

 

Depressing when you say it like that.  

I sincerely hope CWT sorts things out because the last thing we need right now is another coaching change. What we need is stability and improvement.

Yes, this.  We really are in a win or lose in so many ways position.  If we do not go to a bowl I find it hard the CWT will be retained, but not impossible.  I have certainly given CWT a hard time, but when I get past my frustration, firing him could be extremely detrimental to the program as a whole.  His firing will send out a number of negative ripples.

 

http://mweb.cbssports.com/ncaaf/writer/jon-solomon/25249355/alabamas-cost-of-attendance-stipend-will-rank-among-highest-in-nation

As a comparison, it looks like we will be competitive with the SEC as far as COA goes which is nice to know IMO.

 

Is Houston poor?  What the hell is up with Memphis?  Where are they getting this money from?  

 

...and the bidding war begins.  Interesting that UCF and Uconn have not posted.  Perhaps they were waiting for everyone else to do so before dropping their numbers.  

 

 

COA is based on a formula from the Federal Government for financial aid... and it's actually the same for every student (not just student athletes).

 

Just because Alabama has a crap-ton more money, doesn't mean they get to say their COA is $50,000 for football when it's not that high for a 40-something woman going back to get her degree.

 

At least that part makes the P5/G5 difference irrelevant.

 

So you dont think that COA is going to magically go up for certain schools?  Thus increasing stipends?  If it is the same across the board then why are schools paying out different amounts?  

Is Houston poor?  What the hell is up with Memphis?  Where are they getting this money from?  

...and the bidding war begins.  Interesting that UCF and Uconn have not posted.  Perhaps they were waiting for everyone else to do so before dropping their numbers.  

I still don't get the whole Houston to Big 12.  Makes my brain hurt trying to understand why they would want 5 Texas based schools.  If they are after markets, adding USF makes total sense but Houston?

 

http://saturdayblitz.com/2015/07/27/big-12-expansion-necessary-usf-houston-top-targets/

Greatest article ever written.

 

Not surprising.  I am going to assume that this fella has no pull....  but, he hit on the one thing we will always have.  The biggest market available in Florida....  Think Rutgers.  

 

 

It's the OCS. The OCS has been kicked from the team.

He was never allowed to be on the team. 

 

 

 

Word is he was an academic committee casualty ...

 

Is that like the expansion committee?  

 

 

Burn this one.

Disagree...I think it looks....SLICK!!

 

When I look at this, all I see is the us scoring ZERO points against UCF.  Burn it, bury it, and delete it from the internet.  

^ I agree. I hate to be negative on expansion but I just don't believe we'll ever end up in a "power" conference. Any conference that would be willing to take us (Big XII) would probably wait until it absolutely has to, and by then it'll be too late to save the stability of the conference. Much like what happened with the Big East.

So, in the meantime, I just want to enjoy my football team, regardless of conference. The reality is that very few teams have a legitimate shot at winning a national title anyways. It's the downside of college football.

If half the Big 12 schools leave, we are in.  This would be great for us.  We would have a  number of "name brand" teams along with the likes of Boise, BYU, UCF, USF, Cincy, and Houston.  Heads and tales better than any G5 conference out there.  We would have a strong case for a power conference.  

I think the bit that is.missing in your reasoning above is that we were one dimensional last year and he still got great stats. Not to mention the O line wasnt really right for the type of power run offense CWT tried to implement.

What I did notice about Mack was he would get gassed relatively quick throughout the game. I expect him to be faster stronger and more resilent this year. Couple that with the spreadout D and possibly a more talented O line and this year could be something.

How that for G&G glasses! GO BULLLS!!

That is just it.  You cant tell me that anyone would consider the above stats great.  Marlon is a beast, I would have expected his stats to be better with as much pub as he is getting.

I agree with everything you said.  Another year stronger, faster, better O line (I hope).  I do think that more space will be awesome for him. 

I hate being this guy.  But, I really try hard at being objective.  If you showed me the below stats for any other teams RB, I would have a couple of thoughts.  

 

First, take away the FCS opponent and he is really not that impressive.  Barely thee 100 yard games.  Three games of less than 50 yards, not counting 51 and 54 yard performances.

 

Again, minus the FCS opponent, his average yard per carry is 4.3, which I think is pretty good.

 

However, I think Marlon is slightly over hyped, stat wise.

 

On TV I feel like he played way above these stats, so I am trying to reconcile that and figure out were the stat/game feel disconnect is.  Or, maybe my green and gold goggles are on, don't know.

 

Again though, if this was Cincinnati's #1 backs stats, I would not be impressed, not even a little.  

Sorry, could not get the formatting of the stats to look right, here you go.

                 Team                             Score                   Att          Yards          Yards per

8/30       Western Carolina             W 36-31                24           275         11.5       

9/6         Maryland                         L 24-17                  22           73           3.3         

9/13       NC State                         L 49-17                   12           51           4.3         

9/19       Connecticut                     W 17-14                 31           103         3.3         

9/27       @Wisconsin                   L 27-10                    10           34           3.4         

10/11     East Carolina                  L 28-17                  15           61           4.1         

10/18     @Tulsa                          W 38-30                  19           130         6.8         

10/24     @Cincinnati                   L 34-17                   12           54           4.5         

11/1       Houston                            L 27-3                  13           47           3.6         

11/15     @SMU                          W 14-13                  17           79           4.6         

11/22     @Memphis                     L 31-20                 16           102         6.4         

11/28     UCF                                 L 16-0                  11           32           2.9        

I hate being this guy.  But, I really try hard at being objective.  If you showed me the below stats for any other teams RB, I would have a couple of thoughts.  

First, take away the FCS opponent and he is really not that impressive.  Barely thee 100 yard games.  Three games of less than 50 yards, not counting 51 and 54 yard performances.

Again, minus the FCS opponent, his average yard per carry is 4.3, which I think is pretty good.

However, I think Marlon is slightly over hyped, stat wise.

On TV I feel like he played way above these stats, so I am trying to reconcile that and figure out were the stat/game feel disconnect is.  Or, maybe my green and gold goggles are on, don't know.

Again though, if this was Cincinnati's #1 backs stats, I would not be impressed, not even a little.  

I don't care about hot seat reads.  It's obvious.  I'm cheering for the team to succeed this year and I think they will.  The one thing long term losing programs share is a revolving door.  USF doesn't need that and I'm not cheering for a coaching change because of the media and some fans who are upset that we sucked the last season given where we were heading.  

I actually agree with this.  Sure hate losing but the perception hit and recruits that will leave if CWT gets fired this year is going to hurt.  This is a no win situation, if we do not win.  So lets win.  

Just spoke to CWT. He said that a couple of guys are no longer with the team. Said that the culture has changed and guys that don't want to be there aren't going to be there. Also said don't believe the hype and we'll be fine.

This is now the third off season that I have been believing CWT's hype!  That is all I have is hype, we need more hype.  Hell with points on the board, we need more hype.  CWT can take our wins, but he can't have the hype.  This is where I draw the line!!!  #savethehype  

Will the new ones help us score points?  

I think we lost some good players, but redshirted a lot of better players and gave them time to physically mature. Andre Davis was great, but we were one dimensional with him. Now we are forced to finally give other receivers a chance. plus we have a bunch of awesome transfers, walk ons and freshman coming in. I think this is probably the deepest USF team ever. Before we relied on a few stars or playmakers, but the rest of the team was so so, now we are truly deeper with talent which is why we always started losing toward the end of the season. Taggart built this team from scratch and saved a lot of talent for this year. Now there is truly no excuse

What, what, and what?  Please don't allow the UCF fans that troll this blog be right.  I can't even begin to understand where you are coming from with this.  

This discussion goes primarily with the depth of last years teams, and I have no idea of the depth of any other team than USF. I would think that you would need to base some thoughts on recruiting over the last 2 - 3 years. 

This is the point I was making to Jim's post.  The recruiting (talent wise) is very tight at the top of the conference the last few years.  Maybe a point to a point in a half separate the top 5 teams.  Us being tops in recruiting is by the thinnest of margins when it comes to talent, and, when it comes to rankings, some services did not have USF as the top recruiting school in the conference. 

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So if there is anyone out there who thinks our schedule this year is HARDER than last year, please list out your reasons why.  I gave you some good thoughts to the contrary... and I would honestly like to see someone tell me where I am going wrong.

Jim, you are 100% assuming that the teams losing people will be worse.  Not everyone is like us.  Some teams actually have a "next man up" plan.  It is too easy to just focus on all the teams that lost great players.  Many of these teams have great players ready to step up.  

You are guessing that FSU will be worse than Wisconsin - Wisconsin got shellacked by Ohio State 59 - goose egg.  I would certainly rather play Wisconsin than FSU this year.

I agree with you about FAMU, but dear gawd what are we doing comparing FCS opponents, sad Bull face!

I am sorry, but your arguments are all based on what a team has lost in players from the year before.  Our OOC schedule is full of teams that usually reload, not struggle to find players.   

Ok Jim, I will take a crack at this.  For simplicity I am only going to focus on our conference schedule.  Let’s start by looking at the conference record of our opponents last year.

2014 - Memphis 7-1, UCF 7-1, Cincinnati 7-1, ECU 5-3, Houston 5-3, Tulsa 2-6, UConn 1-7, SMU 1-7

Now, you can play the what if games all day but no one on this board follows these other teams closely enough to really know what they have coming back/underclassmen ready to step up.  I see the obvious that you pointed out, pieces leaving.  I am sure, just like we talk about players ready to step up here, the teams that did well last year also have these players.  Remember, if you look at the recruiting rankings, the better teams are neck in neck with us in talent coming in the last couple of years.

So, the best measurement is past performance.  The teams are what their records say they are.

For 2015 we have Memphis (reigning conference champs), UConn (Will be better, can’t possibly be worse than last year), SMU (Will be better, can’t possibly be worse than last year), Navy (On par with ECU last year), ECU (This might be the hardest team to judge as they were middle of the road last year), Temple (4-4, another middle of the road team.), Cincinnati (reigning conference champs), UCF (reigning conference champs)  I see no tangible signs of Memphis, Cincinnati, and UCF not repeating as tops in the conference.  So, our toughest games last year will remain.  We will have three middle of the road teams, ECU, Navy, and Temple.  The bottom feeders UConn and SMU will be better than their combined conference records of 2-14 from last year. That is my logic. 

Now a question, for those that think this year’s schedule will be easier than lasts.  Which combination of three conference teams we face this year is going to go 4-20 in conference?  Because those were the only conference wins we picked up last year.  All three of our wins were from the 4-20 group of Tulsa, UConn, and SMU.