WoolyBully

Dammit! That would have been great.

and not a Bull either. ****! Dammit! Did I just think that or did I say it? I hate when that happens.

Absolutely 100% - just being honest here - at that point in time, the only difference between HCC & USF was the spelling (and, obviously the cost per credit hour). U of SF today is one-hundred-eighty degrees different than way back when. So much progress, so much nicer, can't even compare.

I would just accept that Army Navy is a set aside. The "conference rival" line of thinking is neither here nor there. Army Navy is a rivalry that supersedes whatever conference affiliation may exist. Not seeing much of a 'hurdle' to be gotten over. If anything, Army - Navy, associated with the AAC, is a giant bonus.

Yep. AA from HCC then two years at USF. Of course, this was back in the days when the bookstore was two trailers joined together out in a dirt field. But the point is, we have to have the swanky coffee shop and the rock-climbing wall, and numerous pools, and every other sort of amenity you can imagine as part of our marketing program. We have to be able to pitch U of SF as the cool, in-place to be - because not every kid applying is concerned about the Linear Systems or Logic Design classes. Gotta appeal. Gotta advertise. Always Be Closing! Don't want to miss out on the revenue - regardless of source. Neighbor across the street. Daughter spent one year in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and is now back in Tampa, attending HCC - intent on the AA and subsequently, acceptance to U of SF. Dad is elated. Nothing nicer than in-state tuition at HCC compared to out-of-state tuition at Alabama. Now, being honest, on the funometer, HCC isn't really moving the needle. But it's the pegging of the funometer in 'Bama that initiated the transfer. English 101 is English 101 - on Fowler Avenue or Dale Mabry. Only the $ is different.

I'll just not slide any chips onto that wager.

Yep. Just because Army & Navy are resident in the same conference does not mean that their game - which, just being honest - is the most relevant game (potentially as of this post, assuming Army joins, etc.) attached to the AAC, needs to be modified. The laws of physics that govern the big Charlotte at North Texas game do not apply to the rich history of Army Navy. The rivalry between Army and Navy is so much more than some arbitrary conference membership.

I would imagine that's standard operating procedure.

Depends. Friday and Saturday there are more. Generally, between eleven and three a.m. at the Lobby Bar or Cleopatra's Barge.

Hmmm...odd that this would be 'terrible' for USF. If it is your opinion that USF will eventually, someday - not any day soon - wind up in the ACC, how does a PAC, reconstituted via the MWC & perhaps Tulane & UTSA/RICE bode poorly for U of SF? Not seeing the connection. The only way it could possibly be bad for U of SF is if you're clamoring for the next available P(x) slot, regardless of conference. Is that the case, or do we not want to bide our time until the ACC invite...

I watched it, but it was not a scathing critique of the program. Very vanilla and set up for PG audiences.

Yeah, you don't want to hang everything on a week-one game, but you can get a good feel for how things might shake out. I'm thinking that FSU might - as the really smart kids are saying - find themselves atop the ACC and in the playoff. After watching Duke & Clemson last night, that could well be the case. I think the line was pretty much flip-a-coin as LSU was @ -2.

The correct answer is NO. Why not? a) I access ESPN+ via the ESPN app installed on the SmartTV (Android) b) SlingTV is an app on the TV which streams content from multitudes of networks, like ESPN, ESPNU, ESPN II, etc. Those can all be DVR'd, since the DVR capability is tied to SlingTV. The DVR capability is not tied any other app, even though the content provider is still ESPN.

True, but you don't want to rely on one game for your ratings boost. You want people watching USF games for the sake of USF, not who is USF playing against. Think in terms of huge ratings for USF-UCF and the abysmal ratings for USF-North Texas. Then the question becomes, although USF is in a large media market, are they really drawing eyeballs with some regularity? We've touched on this when talking Rutgers and NYC...a hard case to make, but outside of Rutgers - what is there for NYC? Is it as close as you're ever going to get? Would that apply to U of SF?

You can do that right here, right now. Just click your heels together three times and flip the channel...or plan a series of window displays on home safety, or help start a library, or instead of watching football, get the gang together to watch the PBS special on knitting...it's all within your power today!

It's only a problem if you don't find the incessant whining and bawling to be entertaining. If the terminal tear squirters had any measure of influence that would be one thing. However, given that their leverage is - at most - capped at not renewing their season tickets and posting on a message board, it's not something to lose sleep over. Direct messaging is our friend.

You can also get this from Sling upgrade to the sports pack:

Stick with ACC...American Catfish Conference: Bottom Feedin' for the past two decades!

I don't know of any $25/month means of streaming all of USF's games given that a number of them are on CBSSN. As near as I can tell the only way to stream those games is doing what you're doing: Hulu, YouTube, Fubo, etc. Can't find anything that remotely resembles an à la carte solution. I have ESPN+ in addition to my Sling sports package, so the only games I'll be missing are the ones on CBSSN.

Yep, the opening game does not define how the season will unfold.

Well, what if it WASN'T entirely 100% full-disclosure type of true. What if entertaining USF was a courtesy, like the great post-graduation interview carousel where we interviewed with twenty-some companies before we made the decision of where to show up for work. Why would anyone want to coach at USF if the opportunity for a P5 job was in the offing? What if, no matter what money was but a PART of the decision, that there was more to the decision. Wanna go the mid-major route or the P5 route if the opportunity is there? I'm pretty sure that a hundred and thirty guys in The Job do have informal conversations and swap OTR intelligence information as to what is what in coaching: "Consider yourself warned, if you go here X. You know, Z is a pretty good environment, so yeah, consider that." The USF situation was not a mysterious black box full of unknowns. And did Mr. Sanders really want to build from the bottom up (apparently not, as we've seen)? Why exhaust all of those resources to be the tallest midget? Where's the payoff? Not until such time as USF becomes a destination - a real destination - will we land top-tier coaching talent.

Well then, I guess it's safe to say that reports of their demise are alarmingly exaggerated. https://time.com/3720498/ncaa-smu-death-penalty/ The funny part is that what once would kill a program has now become BAU. My, how times have changed! Evolution is our friend. And like our good friend Jordan once said, "I choose rich every time". Yes kids, having money pays dividends, in more than one currency.