Steve

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I agree with the sentiment, but the attendance figures that put us at 69th are very inflated. There’s no way we had more than 10-15k people at our games this year. At least the 3 games I went to. We have a lot to improve on as a fan base and team.

I had high hopes at the beginning of the season…time to make some serious changes. It’s about to be a whole generation of young alumni (like me) that got turned off by this program.

Omg! We have a chance!

I know that I’m a newer fan, but I don’t like that video as much as most of you. It basically shows clips from 15 years ago “when we were good” and says that we are going back to that. But are we, really? We don’t play those teams any more, we have completely different coaches and conference…I don’t know, it just didn’t resonate. Sure, it was exciting to see the past, but I’m more about looking forward.

I know that our academics are decent, but we are nowhere close to being an academic powerhouse. Where does this academics narrative come from? Our only chance on moving up is with athletics and winning a lot.

Saying that we are getting into the ACC is as realistic as saying that ucf is going to the SEC! Let’s set real expectations and hope that we have a chance at getting into the B12 (or whatever it will be called). We have to win now and the stadium has to become a reality and we’ll be in a position to move up. In the meantime, we have to use this season to prepare for a weaker AAC and then run the table for 2-3 years. We’ll get ranked and back in the conversation. Our facilities and academics will do the rest.

It’s fine, this year we’ll give them a conference send off with a nice L

I was at that ucf game…so frustrating!

At this point, B12 seems more stable than the PAC. That could change, and I’m sure that you couldn’t say that about B12 a year ago. If the Arizona schools think that their ship is sinking, they’ll jump to B12, even if it’s a minor downgrade in terms of teams.

I enjoyed going to games while in school. I now live just outside of Orlando and there’s not a lot of people that I can talk to about USF football here (and I’m surrounded by ucf grads). The guys that graduated with me have either lost interest or moved away from Florida. So I probably googled something like “USF football fan site” or something like that. As corny as it may sound, this reminds me of a big family. Some optimists, some pessimists, some always happy, some always angry, some very welcoming, some living in the past, some always thinking about a better future, but I would imagine that once the season is here then everyone gets a little closer together and works towards helping our team and school get better. Thanks for the welcome. If you are here just lurking, I recommend that you push yourself to be active, even if it’s just up/downvoting posts.

Thank you! I’ve enjoyed getting involved and feeling welcomed. Go Bulls!

Ok, now people are really reaching! This is just crazy, including the Orlando school

If that really was the best part, that’sa terrible take and not the right way to be approaching this OCS.

I agree with you, but the schools that B12 is talking to make geographical sense. I can’t see West Virginia ending up in a west coast conference, but I can see Arizona and Colorado in the Big 12. This is a terrible scenario for us and I can’t believe how lucky Cincy, Houston, and ucf got!

Expansion will be about many things, but definitely not lacrosse, volleyball, or tennis!

Looking at how good/stable the Sun Belt is looking, I wonder if we should set our sights on going there as a platform for our next move. With stronger football, it may be a better long-term move for us that could result in a ACC invite. Just thinking out loud, take it easy on me! LOL

I could live with this!

You are right! I didn’t think of that, I’ll step off the ledge!

This would be my personal hell…

Agreed. Based on other schools I’ve visited, pre-game tailgates on a campus with an OCS is tons of fun even if a team has a losing season.

That’s crazy talk! Have you ever been to an OCS on a game day? Any OCS! Makes the worse schools look great! Even FAU’s crappy OCS makes me wish that our gameday atmosphere was like theirs! Sure, I never went to RayJay back in 07, and I’m sure that was great, but the atmosphere the last 2-3 years hasn’t been amazing.

I mean, I have no doubt that we’ll dominate the AAC starting next year, so there is hope! Also, nice tent, I’ll be Tampa this weekend and I’ll try to get one!

This was way before my time, so I’m sorry if this is a dumb question or if anyone takes offense…was he that great? I know we had a couple of good seasons under him, but he doesn’t seem like someone that built a strong foundation, so I question his greatness. I mean, it all fell apart after he left. I saw Taggart have some success and I feel like he could’ve done some great things if he stayed. I’ve only been here as a student & fan for one almost-great season (2017) and it’s been downhill since then.

Sadly, I only know this rivalry from a losing perspective and I hope that we can go out with a win this Fall!