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10 hours ago, USFBulls12 said:

What are we going to do from the end of March Madness until the first football game on 8/31??? It was nice going from one high to the next in back to back seasons from football to basketball.. we will crash into the low of despair before that high returns.

That’s peak realignment season, baby!

How good is Wisconsin?

On 3/3/2024 at 9:28 AM, hm101 said:

This couldn’t have been a more appropriate gif.

3 hours ago, Bob Loblaw said:

WHO IS AMPED AND GOING TONIGHT?!?

Amped for the game, sad that I didn’t buy more tickets earlier in the season. All That aside, I will be cheering for our bulls regardless.  
 

I am not really a basketball fan, never have been. This team has gotten me into the sport for sure.

6 hours ago, USF_Bullsharks said:

Love organic names, especially culture-enhancers. Also not opposed to "donate us money and this tailgate space will be named whatever you want it to be". 

Thebullspen.com tailgate zone? 

Judy Genshafts get-shafted row? 

There is a joke there about allegedly choking a play, but I can figure it out

2 hours ago, jmbull said:

The Florida trolls are taking it really hard on twitter. 

I would like some screenshots of those trolls taking it hard.

Who are we facing? Or is that up in the air?

1 minute ago, Shockley3333 said:

When will we get the respect? 3.5 pt underdogs and 70 something percent against us in the ESPN prediction......

Let them keep hating.

Just now, USFBulls12 said:

You can watch it here on your phone or computer: https://tvsportslive.fr/29256-18/ 

 

Thanks! I also found the tunein app as well to listen to it. I had tried the app before, but had trouble navigating to the ‘free’ section.

Bummed to find out that I cannot watch this on YouTube tv or listen to it on the radio

4 hours ago, MaltLiquorBull said:

What a joke.  Call their bluff and let the sec and big 10 break away to their own league.  In 2 years, we can ask “ how’s that workin out for ya?”

Can’t wait for the National Super Bowl championship game of UGA vs KC Chiefs. I wonder if Taylor swift will be there?

5 hours ago, CousinRicky said:

I see some B1G schools are zero.  Would I be correct in assuming that students then pay for tickets to games?

Private schools?

8 hours ago, UCF_rustbucket said:

If we want to nitpick, the G5 with the most sustained success both in the current crop of G5 and even compared to the 4 who left is Boise State. But that proves your point. On field success is part of it. The other parts of Boise's profile make them less attractive so now they've been passed up on a couple of different expansion rounds. Before the PAC died they weren't even a front runner over SMU.

New Pac-12 commissioner Teresa Gould considering all options - ESPN

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New Pac-12 commissioner Teresa Gould has a two-year window to consider "all...

On 2/27/2024 at 10:29 PM, Brad said:

Schedule makers want some money too.  

We can cut cost and just turn scheduling over to AI

Here is an idea.

Each season ticket sold, is a free USF branded Stanley Cup thing that all those women are going crazy for. most season tickets sold.

6 hours ago, Brad said:

College Football Playoff mulling 14-team model with varied automatic bids for Big Ten, SEC and ACC, Big 12 - CBSSports.com

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The '3-3-2-2-1' model is one of a few being mulled by conference...

 

If 3 teams are getting in, just kill the conference championship game.

4 hours ago, USF_Bullsharks said:

USF needs more fans. We are a full generation or two behind many of the schools we compete against. We will catch up (and pass many) quickly, but in this case quickly is most likely 10-30 years. 

Exercise: You find a genie's lamp and because you didn't ask for more wishes, the genie grants you 25,000 new, hardcore fans to USF. These fans buy season tickets, donate to NIL, go to 70%+ of home games and even travel at least once a season, and most definitely go to any playoff scenarios for the team. Caveat, they only support one team. It is up to you to allocate the 25,000 fans to each sport.

How would you spread them out across USF athletics? 

 

My answer: 

10,000 to football. This will all but guarantee home sell outs at OCS and respectable crowds at away games plus bowls. 

5,000 to men's basketball. We were averaging approximately 3,500 before the magic started happening - add 5k and we'd have consistent home games of around 8k at minimum. 

3,000 to women's basketball. Same as men's basketball, but slightly less. 

2,000 to baseball. Averaging 3k+ for baseball games would be incredible. (I'm a baseball homer)

1,000 to W lacrosse.

1,000 to men's soccer. 

1,000 to women's soccer. 

500 to softball. (stadium is pretty full already most games?)

150 each to the remaining 10 sports. 

Would be willing to sub 1-2k from men's basketball (we are currently selling those tickets pretty well) and allocate more to volleyball/beach volleyball, as well as golf. Not sure how many people go to college golf tournaments, but imagine having a crowd of 500 USF fans show up and follow the squads when there are no more than, say 30-50 (?) for the other schools. 

 

25k to esports

4 hours ago, Bob Loblaw said:

Sadly, many people on this site suffer from premature evaluations… 

Maybe they should just think about baseball?

1 hour ago, 2000bull said:

so is the invite coming once we hit 4,000 pages on this thread? 

Naw all we get is a “lousy t-shirt”

4 hours ago, michibull said:

I think the main urgency to get into a P4 conference at this point is not CFP, but the afterlife. I believe all of this will blow up in about 15-20 years and we will have conferences of about 10-12 teams again and we want to end up in an “ACC” type conference when it settles and not the CUSA or AAC type. 

Little known fact, but you can’t get into Heaven if you aren’t part of a P4.

22 hours ago, Triple B said:

Per that article, the committee has said in the past that the timing wasn't a factor but it has apparently played a part in some higher ranked teams not making the Tourney. Bottom line, though, is the lowest NET ranked team to make the Tourney was a 77. We are still a long shot even if we win all the way to the conf finals but we would definitely be in the conversation until the end if that happens, I think, because of the timing of those losses.

 

Kind of like, if a team went undefeated, and then their starting QB got injured?

55 minutes ago, Ricky the Bull said:

Here's an article outline the moves we've made in the football coaching staff.

footballscoop.com

FOOTBALLSCOOP.COM

 

Good article, a few questions:

1. How were FIU’s CBs last year? I imagine he is also able to recruit down there.

2. Did we lose any coaches or was everyone reshuffled?

3. Will the Wiggles still be calling the plays? They were entertaining to watch, and I definitely wasn’t able to steal any signals so it must be working.

4 hours ago, Bear said:

I know that there are at least 2 B12 schools that absolutely HATE the idea of USF going to the P4.

 

They would explode if the B1G ever showed interest in USF.

UCF and WVU?

1 hour ago, BDYZR said:

B1G to FSU - "Listen ,we'll let you in at a pro-rated rate until you earn your AAU acceptance. You have __ years to do that. And remember, we hold are the cards, and most of the cash. Take it or leave it."

USF to B1G - “Listen, we’ll join right now and have AAU status. Our football and basketball programs are on an upswing. There is investment in the athletic facilities. Our city is blowing up. Take it or leave it.”