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53 minutes ago, Triple B said:

Oh come on; where is your k pop cheer?

Make it a first of its kind k pop themed amusement park. It will make USF and Tampa Bay an international destination, and you will thank me later.

On 3/21/2024 at 1:38 PM, John Lewis said:

Abby has that covered.

Please also ask Abby to bring K pop to the new OCS. You will thank me later.

9 minutes ago, MMW said:

18 is really young. Their judgment is not where it needs to be to make certain decisions. I don't know if you recall the dumb things you did at 18, but I do.

And it's really not a question of education or a class on financial literacy. It's a judgment call, they lack the wisdom.

Add to that, there are a lot of scammers and universities that will take your money and give you a useless degree.  It's a feeding frenzy.

When I was in the army there were all these rent to own places and used car lots that would lock these unprepared 18-year-olds into upside down loans on cars and furniture. The interest rates could be as high as 25% 

 

I tend to agree with what you are saying. A student goes to school and takes out loans and sees it as an investment. When people are young they have big dreams. They enter school with a dream for a future career. When they exit school reality sets in regarding real world pay, job opportunities, high cost of living, insurance, and interest rates.

Personally i wouldn't gripe young people making these financial decisions regarding education.

7 minutes ago, MMW said:

Fair enough.  So why does FSU and Clemson hate being in the ACC so much?  Aside from this year they had pretty reasonable access to the championship game.

 

I think its the same reason why we want out of the AAC, its the human desire to improve ones situation. The ACC is clearly a step down compared to the Big 10 and SEC. 

1 hour ago, Bull Matrix said:

Hate to say it but both college football & hoops have already became a joke regarding the post season. Look at how terrible the selection committee did. No way should Indiana St been left out imo.  Hopefully they win the NIT tonight. No power conference should have more than 6 teams be selected imo. They won’t fix it because they only care about money. So I’m just interested in watching USF play whatever is on the schedule. I suggest more do the same.

If you look at the Sweet 16, and Elite 8, very few teams outside the major conferences. Just San Diego State and Gonzaga. This hasn't been a good year when it comes to Cinderellas or teams outside the Power Conferences.

I  feel the selection process for the NCAAT seems like it was pretty solid  at least this year.

2 hours ago, 350_BULL said:

App State would have been my dream school to add. I hope some day we schedule a series with them. 

I go up to vacation around there every fall and it's just amazing, imagine having the bulls play up there...sigh....

App State, Marshall, Toledo, and Liberty should be considered during the next expansion ( assuming that the Mountain West teams aren't options). I worry though they will look at Georgia State, or other teams located in big Metropolitan areas instead.

VCU,, and Dayton as basketball only.

21 hours ago, Outlaw said:

It seems they are Hiding the playbook with possible new plays or formations  or  are trying to create a demand to attend in person. Neither really make a difference to me .  I think it hurts the fans that can't attend more then it hides  the schemes from opponents. Last year's  spring game was a huge success,  so i find it odd for the changes. We just got to trust Golesh on this one . He accomplished more in one year than the previous four seasons.

That would make sense if the game was played behind closed doors, but they will show highlights plus there will be a crowd who I presume will take some footage using cellphones. So I doubt that they are not streaming the game in order to hide new plays and formations.

8 hours ago, sparkybull said:

bold of you to assume we wont be playing Thursday night football in Corvalis, Oregon with conference foe Oregon State!!! 

i think that would be a fun game. As would away games against Cal , San Diego State, and Stanford.

14 minutes ago, CousinRicky said:

 

 

After my first hip operation I decided to read War and Peace. Think I didn't finish it until I was done with the second hip operation 4 years later. Didn't really take me that long but it was a process. Fell asleep many times trying to get through it.

Its a great book and read it back in the day for a Russian literature course, but it is just so overly long.  For those who love literature it should be on ones bucket list though. Personally lately I have been more obsessed with gaming, but am trying to still to commit to about 20 pages a day when it comes to reading literature ( non manga since I read tons of that). Been focused more on Irish literature lately though since I have June trip to Dublin and want to get through all of the James Joyce books.

12 minutes ago, CousinRicky said:

This isn't a thread. It's War and Peace on steroids.

Reading through this entire thread would be more akin to reading though Joyce's Finnegan's Wake

15 hours ago, Brad said:

There will not be a live streamed video broadcast of this year's game.

That is disappointing. It was streamed last year so I don't see why they cant do it this year.

4 hours ago, Bull Matrix said:

The good news regarding this thread is that we do not have to post any April Fools jokes as this thread pretty much is full of them…..

Plus as a fanbase we have suffered enough to the point that posting an April fools joke would almost feel sadistic.

3 hours ago, Sk00b said:

I don't know about that one. The wins we got last year were all against teams .500 or under. Miami beat some good teams and also had some head scratching losses.

Its hard to know how it will play out, but I feel there is a chance that we bring our A game, and we play up to the competition due to the name and/or the excitement of playing them in front of a large crowd at home. Similar to the Bama game and the Cuse game where we brought the fire.

I haven't watched many of the baseball games this season , but will definitely tune in on Tuesday for the game against Stetson.

Much tougher schedule compared to last year.  I think we improve and win 8 or 9 games.

I really want to beat Miami, and I do think we will win that one.

We had great years for football and men's basketball,  women's volleyball improved, and we want to keep Jose.

This would be a good time for extensions and raises for multiple of our coaches.

I am sure it will be happening soon.

1 hour ago, TallyBull said:

Miami is just one vote and I'm not sure it has much political pull with the ACC's other members. In fact, if Miami did make a stink about it, I could see the other ACC members voting to add USF just to spite them. It was a bigger stretch for the ACC to invite Cal, Stanford, and SMU to the ACC - which FSU opposed as much as I'd expect Miami to oppose USF, if not more so - and we see how that vote went. The ACC could lock down the two largest media markets in Florida, at a time when keeping as strong a media deal as possible is key. USF is the logical add and I'd expect Miami to go along with it once it realizes it doesn't have the votes to keep USF out.

EDIT: How we feel about FAU didn't manage to keep FAU out of the AAC either (sadly).

Miami might not like it, but just as we didn't like the additions of UCF and FAU ultimately we did what was best for the league. If a a strong majority of remaining ACC teams believe its in their best interest to add us, they will add us.

Besides I do believe Miami is one of those teams that will ultimately leave the ACC.

I hope he stays. I believe he can be an important piece of a USF team that makes a deep run in the NCAAT.

Next year at USF he can get the NBA attention + be part of a historic team that plays in front of huge crowds.

No better time than right now being a player at USF.

2 minutes ago, Westcoast004 said:

Sorry to have blown up everyone’s feed w/ the same post over and over not sure how that even happened lol

I think its some kind of a bug. It happens a lot recently where things get double posted.

1 minute ago, Bull Matrix said:

They do that then then pretty much only have one Florida school which would be a set back for other schools to recruit in Florida imo. No reason to think that ACC won’t expand more down the road and add western schools. Right now they need to focus on stability and remaining the 3rd best conference in which USF & UConn accomplishes that imo.

Depending on how many teams they lose; they can do all of the above; add PAC/Mountain West teams; add AAC teams (including USF),  and add U Conn.

 USF, U Conn, Tulane, Memphis, WSU,OSU, Boise State, and San Diego State could all be added at the same time.

7 minutes ago, michibull said:

The only hang up for us is if the ACC wants western partnered for Cal/Stanford, then OSU/WSU/SDSU become real threats to us. 

I agree. That's why I feel the more programs the ACC loses the better I like our chances of being added to the ACC.

I am totally fine with being in a conference with the remaining ACC teams, plus a bunch of West Coast teams, plus Tulane, UConn, and Memphis.

7 minutes ago, Mike Stuben said:

I don't want UConn/SDSU MBB to win the Natty this year. (nothing against their programs)

The schools we may be competing with for a spot in a power conference (UConn, Tulane, Memphis, SDSU, Pac 2) can only hurt us when they win. 

Verry true. San Diego State is slowly becoming an elite program.  Good football and great basketball. Add to that a top class OCS, and I think there is little doubt that they have moved up when it comes to future consideration in conference realignment.

1 hour ago, Bull Matrix said:

Basically the argument ender to whoever disputes what conference is better between big 12 & ACC. It is the fact that WVU, Cindy, & UCiF would drop the big 12 like a rented mule if the ACC sent them invites. Anyone disputing that are just blowing gas….

One caveat though. Those teams, if receiving an ACC invite today would probably at this time refuse, and wait out the situation to see how many teams the ACC loses.

If it became clear that the ACC would be losing only 2-3 teams than they would probably accept an invitation.

If it becomes clear that the ACC is losing a bunch of teams than those teams would likely refuse and stay in the Big 12

1 hour ago, Outlaw said:

I'd rather be tied to the sec than acc anyway . Either way the power conference won't go for regulation and regional alignment. 

They would definitely not go for it which is understandable

Maybe something that would be more palatable would be SEC-ACC-AAC-Sun Belt- Conference USA

and Big 10-Big 12- Mountain west

top 2 move up, bottom 2 move down.

Not going to ever happen, but it would be interesting