USF (QUESTION MARK)

Where are you seeing Ford signed?

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/21826902/tampa-bay-rays-trade-evan-longoria-san-francisco-giants Annnnd that's the straw that broke my back. Goodbye Longo and thank you for all the memories, and goodbye Rays.

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Millennial? The generation that's rebuilding the mess the previous generations left for us, sure that's an original one. Congrats on the fresh dagger. The problem with these threads are they alienate some fans, and turn some people away from wanting to support and contribute to this site. Not everyone is male, attracted to female, or even agree with personal photos being rehosted.

Rankings don't mean anything. I'd rather secure a conference championship than a ranking.

Marijuana. Blue Dream, to be specific. Edit- Actually it has some Golden Goat mixed in as well.

Just sayin... Kind of this awkward thing where a bunch of guys post photos of college-aged women on a forum about sports. Ya know...Just...Do it somewhere else.

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Vinik is systematically building an empire of his own in Tampa while improving many aspects of the city? Bought the TBL and turned them into one of the best teams in the league. Vinik's building a city to support his team. 107 consecutive sellouts The best personnel in hockey Got the team out of the red Building youth sports teams Building the city & community in Tampa Tampa Ecosystem project with Bill Gates Real estate deals with Cascade to buy and preserve historic Tampa architecture Two Billion dollar Channelside renovation spanning 50 acres He's continually trying to lure FF500 companies to the Tampa Bay area His Involvement with USF Offered an acre downtown to USF Managing USF's MM rights and Sundome Was part of the B12 pitch team This surface level of his involvement in the Tampa community. Fortunately it seems he is beginning to turn more attention towards USF. I'd like to hear what TBP has to say about this. I for one think Vinik is going to play a large role in the growth of USF (directly and indirectly).

I wonder how offended that hack of a judge is by this?

Simply some posturing for recruits. Orlando is not a nice city, it's the city equivalent of an outlet mall. Tampa is as much of a college town as Orlando, but Tampa as a city has significantly more culture, history, and identity. Eugene is a very cool city and UO's campus is considerably nicer than UCFs urban sprawl.

Charlie Strong's been on National Championship winning teams that were ranked at #1, I'm sure he's able to handle one reporter putting us at #12.

Good, 5 more years of mediocrity.

Improve their social media marketing and culture.It's dry and boring and as a result it's unengaging.Our pages should be as fun as Oregon's.The amount of followers is horribly low in comparison to other schools (UCF has 17k more followers on Twitter and 10K more likes on FB), and in comparison to our Alumni/Student population. Our current student population is 40,250...Why is every single student not following our social media pages? "Free OUR shirts if you like our FB page or follow us on Twitter." "[Secret Updates]Free Redbulls in the Marshall Center courtyard for the next 15 minutes." Make people want to follow you! It's entirely underutilized. Every potential follower is a potential season ticket holder, TV viewer, or consumer in another way.Start talking about FSU now! We have less than a year to get 65k green shirts in Ray Jay.Implications are huge when considering national image, marketability, P5 value, and recruiting. This is when you go all in. Imagine when people tune into a FSU game and all they can see is 130k bull horns in the air.I remember how loud Ray Jay could get against a WVU redzone stand. Our fan base needs to experience this. Mark Harlan, Coach Willie Taggart, and our current student population has never experienced this. Mark Harlan needs to engage Tampa with USF athletics.Paint Tampa green and Gold! Oh hey, did you see Rocky the Bull at the Lightning game the other night? Rocky should be sitting next to the spaceman rink side. Did you see all the USF shirts at Gasparilla? Build a tailgating culture. People literally buy tickets to football games just to tailgate. We should be known for having the best tailgate experience in Florida- get GameDay in Tampa!This week's football game is free on Bullscast next week. "If you have a USF license plate, than enjoy xyz discount on season tickets/etc". I saw more UF/FSU plates in Tampa than USF when I lived in Tampa. USF athletics needs to support every other USF team/club/event/etc. The long con. Building a culture on campus of mass support for every USF event will build a supportive, loyal, and prideful fan base in general. Help promote club sports- make sure there's a thousand people at the lacrosse or rugby game. Get campus buzzing with support of USF in every way. This is a fan base that wont dry up when football isn't a top 25 team.Build better relationships with small businesses. There are 4,000,000+ people in Tampa that interact with these businesses on a daily basis. It's sad how few TVs are playing the USF game when it's on. Every bar/restaurant should be visited by Student interns to ensure they're playing the games. USF athletics needs a face. We do a terrible job of self-promotion and seizing the moment when a player is hot.Improve transportation from campus to games. Remember the small business contact we made with the local bus company?