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If Golesh turns out to be a disaster I hope Kelly is not hiring the next FB coach. 

26 minutes ago, belgianbull said:

Its almost 11 AM Tampa time. Still haven't heard anything. Looks less and less likely that Gregory will be fired. I think its a big mistake if he doesn't get fired , and one that could cost Kelly his job if there is no improvement next year. But it is what it is.

I don't think it will cost Kelly  his job. In my opinion, the thing that would cost Kelly his job is if Alex Golesh turns out to be the second coming of Jeff Scott.

12 minutes ago, Jim Johnson said:

Seat backs. At least in non-student areas.  I don't need arm rests or cup holders or padded seats -- but past the age of 50, I need to be able to sit and have back support at least part of the time (TV timeouts, halftime, 4th quarter blowouts, etc). The portable seats that some older stadiums offer are terrible. Make them like the old Tampa Stadium.

I feel you. I just realized that the year the stadium opens is the year I turn 50. Seat backs please . 

1 hour ago, El_Toro_86 said:

How about let's get the best coach we can convince to come to USF and let's put the training wheels back on MK.  He shouldn't be making any significant hires without input from others.  His track record of hiring and managing coaches is less than stellar to say the least.

I am all for this. It’s time to start holding MK accountable for these horrid coaching decisions. 

I am referring more to collectively it can’t get much worse than the last four seasons. Without a doubt the darkest time in USF football history 

1 hour ago, Skingraft said:

Going to be rough for a while though...

Can’t be any worse than the last four seasons 

I wonder how many will show up for the football games and then how many will stick it out when the losing begins.

3 hours ago, 00Bull said:

I hear ya. I’m not a crowd attendance volume expert but as someone who has attended nearly every home game since the late 2000s, I personally think the ~30k average attendance figure that has been published is bs. I can say with certainty that my section (108) has never had more open seats (entire rows) than last season. So I’m not sure what the real attendance figure is, but I find it potentially telling that the draft design for the OCS is 35k seats. Wouldn’t seem to leave much room to welcome back all of the lost fans if we were truly averaging 30k today. 

I feel you. I have a feeling that RayJay is going to be even more empty this season. I am in Section 109 and it seemed like I was just one of about  twenty total people in the section for home games last season. I am not sure who is still going to be left to watch Rice and Charlotte play. 

AAC schedule is being released tomorrow at 11am EST 

4 minutes ago, Friscobull said:

Most sane people agree with you, the rest are simply butt hurt and are lashing out to feel better about themselves and the plight of our program.

hahaha very true!

28 minutes ago, Mike Stuben said:

Also - at Southern Miss is another New Orleans trip. (just you will need a car, where you don't normally for Tulane)

I am curious about San Jose State, I hope they paid us, since we went out there, and they owed us a game. 

Maybe I am just old and don't remember, but did we ever get a return game from Nevada?

Surprised to see the Miami game moved to next season.  I will be surprised if we actually get to play NC State, Louisville and Notre Dame at home at the end of the 20's.  Actually Notre Dame may still play in Tampa if we have the game at RayJay.

2 hours ago, belgianbull said:

I have been on this board now for about two months, and I haven't seen anyone say that Kelly should be fired at this point. I have always said that he deserves two more years to right the ship. However its undeniable that the results haven't been there. Under his leadership the football team has been the worst it has ever been, we have been left behind in conference realignment,, and he seems reluctant to fire Gregory ( we will see on this point at the end of the season). If anything right now we are in the worst spot that we have ever been.

Very true.  I don't think Kelly should be fired, but I definitely do not think he is a great AD.  Football and basketball need to start seeing some results.  If Golesh is the second coming of Jeff Scott, I don't think Kelly will survive to hire a third coach.

3 hours ago, 350_BULL said:

**** just got the ticket renewal email and saw the home schedule... Oh man... woof

Tough to cough up the money and even the effort to watch those teams. I'm a die hard fan with two degrees from the school and find it difficult to keep investing after seeing this downhill trend. Miss those days of playing name brand schools. Yes even Rutgers.

I know I sound like an entitled ass saying that with our brief history in football, but seriously in our big city of Tampa and with as many alumni that we have there is no reason for us to be in this predicament. 

This is a bad situation to be in my friends...

I received the same email today as well and my first thought upon seeing it was……man that home schedule is awful. Tampa is a major league town used to major league sporting events, and outside of Alabama, that home schedule is as minor league as it gets. Good thing we are moving on campus because minor league college football would not survive long term at RayJay

1 hour ago, 79 Bull said:

haha.  I really don't understand why we're not playing the 7 continuing teams the first 2 years plus maybe FAU for 8 games.  They could have eased us into AAC -2.0 in year 3.  Oh well.

GO BULLS!

I might have the whole section to myself when Rice and Charlotte are in town

I can't wait to see Rice and Charlotte play at RayJay so I hope the schedule comes out tomorrow.

2 hours ago, bullstampede9922 said:

Strong did a pretty good job of running it into the ground with his coaching and lack of recruiting before CJS even got here, but let's pretend everything was fine and dandy.  I don't think there is much left of that dead horse but bones at this point.  You're literally kicking bones.  CJS is gone, let it go....look to the future...why jump on any mention of CJS??  He's not coming back. 

My friends and I have joked that Charlie Strong burned down the program and Jeff Scott proceeded to piss on the ashes. Now Alex Golesh finds himself sifting through the residue.

1 hour ago, WWMJD said:

Those comments definitely raise some serious questions about Kelly, who hired Scott and then extended him when it was already obvious it wasn't working. Hopefully this is the hire that resolves any concern and dispels that cloud.

This is what i am hoping as well.  But if Golesh ends up shyting the bed, Kelly shouldn't be allowed to hire a third coach IMO.

I definitely like what I have seen and heard from Golesh so far.  I am also intrigued by the QB and WR from California.  From what i have read the WR may even be a step up from Jimmy Horn.  Looking forward to seeing them in action.

2 hours ago, CycleBull said:

What did CJS show in an interview that made leadership say he was the one. That’s a lot of safeties.

Just speculating here, but my guess is he sold Kelly on turning USF into Clemson south.

11 hours ago, gibbsak said:

Wow.

Watching CAG's NSD presser.

He is not holding back about what he was left with and what he went after!  

Threw out "borderline criminal" and "negligent" to describe things.

 

Just goes to show you what a completely incompetent regime we had running things the past three seasons..........although I think deep down we all knew how incompetent they were  that after the Tulane loss in 2021.

So I guess Miami won't be our opponent to open up the new stadium.

20 minutes ago, 79 Bull said:

I would think top teams in 2 for 1's with us would require the game be played at RayJay so they can bring in lots of fans and recruits.  Guessing it's in the 2029 Notre Dame contract.  

I am thinking that 2029 Notre Dame game will definitely be at RayJay 

16 hours ago, CousinRicky said:

Honestly, this was done a couple of years ago. We're still holding off on any commitment for the OCS until we see some reason to want to watch our football team.

Don’t blame you one bit for holding off on future donations