GarySJ

Oooo, can I get in on this? I made this awhile back, in tribute to UCF's fine 2004 season:

More archive footage of Cincinnati's Art Long:

Oh for Chrissakes, the opponent is N.C. State. It's been online for at least half an hour. http://ncstate.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=487181

That's it. I'm officially embarassed to be a member of this forum.

Here's another look at my Charlie Bradley-era old school idea, in case USF football ever decides to have Retro Day:

Hey, are those spikes above the numbers supposed to resemble the horns on the Iconic U? Because they do.

Those are some good ideas there Shoop, my previously-expressed dislike of modern looks aside. Nice job on the artwork too. I like the idea of using the font in the "USF" logo for the numbers. It might be impractical to use for the nameplate though. "Grothe" is so big it barely fits, how are we going to get "Mompremier" on there. I'd like to take your graphic and suggest a few changes to it. Give me a day or two.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05290/589890.stm Redshirt QB will start Monday, October 17, 2005 By Chuck Finder, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette No matter how West Virginia quarterback Adam Bednarik's sprained right foot feels or heals by Saturday, redshirt freshman Pat White apparently will get his inaugural college start at South Florida. "More than likely, it looks like Pat White's going to start regardless," Mountaineers coach Rich Rodriguez said yesterday. Bednarik "will be very limited throughout the week. It looks like he's going to miss a lot of work. We're not sure he can play (Saturday)." Bednarik started each of the 20th-ranked Mountaineers' games this season and rotated to varying degrees with White. Bednarik sustained neck and shoulder injuries before his foot was sprained on the fourth play of the fourth quarter, with West Virginia trailing Louisville, 24-7, in a game that White won in relief, 46-44 in triple overtime. White completed 4 of 9 passes for 53 yards, rushed eight times for 64 yards and conjured a handful of critical plays on third and fourth downs, not to mention the winning points on a 2-point conversion pass to Dorrell Jalloh in the final overtime. Louisville players and coaches contended that White found success because of his crisp legs against a stale defense. Said Rodriguez, "Obviously, whether he's fresh or not, he's pretty fast. He gives you another weapon."

There was one play where the announcers made a good point about USF's passing game. I forget exactly which play it was, but the point was: USF is keeping the tight end and the running back into block, which means there are only two receivers in the pattern, which leaves the QB with no one to throw to and is easy for the defense to cover. Which was correct. So maybe part of the problem in the Pitt game was poor offensive line play.

We do not suck on the road. USF's historical road record has been fair, when you account for differences in talent level (i.e. going to San Diego State as a I-AA team). Not scintillating, mind you, but adequate. In 2003-04 the Bulls won at Memphis, UAB, TCU, East Carolina, and Army. That's better than a lot of teams. And not too many teams anywhere win in State College or the Orange Bowl. USF does, however, have a tendency to play one really awful road game per season. I'm going to hope that this was it.

If Carlton Hill were a better option at QB than either Pat Julmiste or Courtney Denson, he'd be playing already.

Up-to-the-nanosecond Big East standings: West Virginia 3-0, 6-1 Rutgers2-1, 4-2 Pittsburgh 2-1, 3-4 Connecticut 1-1, 4-2 South Florida 1-1, 3-3 Cincinnati 1-1, 3-3 Louisville 0-2, 4-2 Syracuse 0-3, 1-5

You can't think in straight-line terms. The Big East now looks like the classic ACC. You know, Georgia Tech beats Virginia, Virginia beats Clemson, Clemson beats NC State, NC State beats North Carolina, North Carolina beats Georgia Tech, and everybody ends up 7-4. The only difference is that this will be used to prove the weakness of the Big East, instead of the strength of the ACC. :

No. Of course you are. There is no "party line" here. However, those of us who happen to be site admins reserve the right to express our personal opinions, including disagreement with other posters. If I am ever speaking as a moderator or in an official capacity on behalf of this website, I will say so. Otherwise, anything I express is my opinion only. Note also that I am not alone in this position. Besides, if I wanted to abuse my position as a mod, I could just delete the thread But we don't do that here. That's two times too many for my taste. My intelligent response is that the question does not deserve an intelligent response. Jim Leavitt's suitability as our head coach is so self-evident that it does not require justification.

And well it should have. It was a complete pimpslapping of a team that was supposed to be God's Gift to Football, and against a school with a long history of believing that we didn't deserve to breathe their air. That's another great point. Given the overlap of the South Florida Bulls/Tampa Bay Buccaneers fan bases, why do the USF football fans automatically expect such great things when it's going well? If anything, I'd expect our fan expectations to be more tempered than usual, not less.