WoolyBully

So if it wasnt being out coached then what was it?  The only postion we got significantly weaker at from last year was  the secondary.  Sure QB is a weak position, but its the same QB tandem that we had last year so that is no excuse, Receivers is also a push to me, no significant changes there.  ....

So the Secondary, and Special teams are the only units that suffered a major loss, certainly not enough to justify the huuuuge turnaround from last seasons game to this seasons game.

Huh? The sad news is that it is that the QB - or in our case lack thereof - is the pivotal point on your offense.  And if receivers are  " a wash" , how bout Julmiste going for something like 1 for 15. So which is it? QB or receiver...or ... dare I say it...BOTH!

Sorry amigo, but the USF team we are working with this year is not as athletic, talented, skilled as last year - and last year we were hanging on by the skin of our teeth to win games (remember ECU?). Un uh...this is by no stretch of the imagaination the same - or comperable team - to which we've grown accustomed.

OK...I'll play.

Outline your changes, and don't just go vague on "new Offensive Coordinator".

You have to supply a name...a specific OC that you think can be brought to USF. And don't post something like "Let's see if we can get QBx to trasfer from school-x and play for the  Bulls".  If you've got legit ideas...here's your chance to post 'em.

Remember...just because it's new doesn't make it better. The OC doesn't call all the shots, he still has to answer to the head coach (again, JL).  And it is your head coach that "paints" the team (he's never going to hire a co-ordinator or position coach that is 180 from his coaching philosophy).

Bottom line: USF does not - this year - have the talent we have enjoyed in the past. There is no J.R.Reed, Shurron Pierson, or Marquel Blackwell...so the losses do not necessarily point to the constant (coaching) as much as they do the the variable (players).  8)

why hasn't it been done already

doesn't usf have a business school with business professors?

Yeah...but what does that have to do with bulls games on DVD? It's only us board rats who live and die by this crap, not the general public.  For business venture,  we should focus on getting more than 30K into the stadium rather than tout burning DVDs as a "next step" step.

It's going to be a very small market that would purchase them anyway (games are on the tube , so tape 'em yourself).

The problem we ran up against was compressing one game to one DVD. We didn't want multiple disks per game.

Ahhhh....collective voices of reason. Truly refreshing!

While it is true the upsets happen, that is exactly what we were on the receiving end of when Army came to town. Unfortunately, it was a conference loss, so there's really no way to make up for that (losses to Southern Miss and L'ville were not entirely unexpected).  

I'd say three of the next four are do-able, but right now I'd have to put all my chips on 50% and flip-a-coin on Pitt.  We're not going to a bowl game this year - obviously - and given the way things are shaking out, would you really want another televised loss?  

Bottom line, we got some more BCS recruiting to do.

Now we're making progress!

Here...have a slice of reality pie.

As long as you field a college team you are going to have up and down years...and our up years have not really set the world on fire. It's not like we beat SDSU, UK, Baylor, Oklahoma, Arkansas and have augered into the dirt.  We've been very fortunate to win close games last year (oh yeah, overtime against ECU ... now there's something to be proud of).  The level of competition is going to remain - or get better - from this point forward. This would be a good time to stop pretending that the pseudo-Nat'l Champion Bulls have thrown in the towel.

And to answer your question directly....no, I am not ready to join you in calling for CJL's head.  And neither is anyone else who has a modicum of understaning of college football. Then again, there's no entrace exam for the board, so I guess we will continue to suffer through posts such as yours... :

World beaters? World beaters?? What team have you been watching?  Is it the same team that lost to Kentucky & Baylor? Is it the same team that had to go into overtime to win against ECU ?

Time to make sure you're not watching audio from one feed and video from another.

USF had 'reasonable' success since we started playing IA ball. Anything prior to 2001 is pretty much practice under the lights. Do not be decieved...tying for third in CUSA does not make you a 'world beater'.

Bowl? Un uh. Not gonna happen.  We are exactly what we are.  When the talent graduates - this is what you have to deal with.  

The problem with USF is that it's looked 'too easy' year before last (recall that we did not set the world on fire last year!!!!!!).  

Heard it here first....

Is there not a line from the Marvin Gaye tune "Heard it Through the Grapevine" , to the effect that one "should be glad for what you see, not at what you hear."?

That being the case, I've seen that this year - we are notches below where we've been in the past and we're playing legit teams across the board.

Just another season in college football. That's what I see.

Oh...and in case anyone asks, no...I do not believe in miracles. We're just gonna have to ride this one out.

...USF sure could of used Evan Kraky this season. Why did we let him leave USF?? Kraky would have had a chance to show us something if he would have stuck around for one more season. Very bad timing for USF to let him leave like that. Is our coaching that smart or was Kraky that bad in practice??? ...

Continued injuries. He was hyped but never panned out.  Gotta do a lot better than a slick web site to get playing time.  He was basically over-rated from day one. If he was the ****, he would have beat out what we have for starters now....and obviously during his tenure here that never happened.

Hoping and wishing don't feed the bulldog.

8)

Did you ask him about the hat? Did you ask him why no USF memoribilia?

Latest development?

That's about , oh I don't know, almost five years behind the time?  Timing is the issue...if the lot doesn't open until three hours before the game (as the regular lots do now),  I don't see much of an incentive.

BTW: might want to re-think the "support HCC" angle.   If you really want to support your school via parking revenue, you'll spring for a season parking pass from USF.

...with an MIS degree in '98.

Turns out I hate that field....

How can you possibly hate the nested-if?

Do we have any kinda discount to HCC students to the game ? $19 is already a good deal, but why not $15 for HCC students, they most likely will be USF students for their final 2 years.

There is no HCC/USF relationship. Why would we offer them any sort of discount? Granted, you can xfer in from HCC after your AA, but the HCC student could encompass a bunch of forty-year olds taking an art class. You can afford to take a class at HCC...you can afford a ticket.

Continue to work on it. 8)

The official entry:

1)  The winner.....................................USF

2)  The final score...............................24 X 20

3)  Bulls total offensive yards.............382

4)  Bulls leading receiver ...................Sheffiled.

My gut reaction: L'ville 45, USF 9.

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By the way....Bullbackers watch party @ Elmers tomorrow night. See you there.

-30 at this point.  Is it really that bad?

Well...considering that we single handedly doubled the number of CUSA wins for Army this year...I would say yes, yes it is that bad.

Remember, L'ville let UM slip off the hook.

Focus was on L'ville - how the win over Miami could have been huge -  Brohm / LeFors background,  win CUSA .  Not much more than the fact that L'ville is actually playing USF.  8)

I was 31 when I graduated.  Due to time spent in the Navy.

I did a tour in the Army(Korea, Fort Ord) , three years with the USDA, plus five years with the U.S. Dept of State (embassy in Vienna for two, consulate in Casablanca for three). Finally figured I should get the college-degree ticket punched.

Great beat an old man when he's down.

Well...until you perfect that time machine, you have to play the teams on your schedule - regardless of whether they're having either a banner or rebuilding year.  8)

USF Alumni, class of '94*.

College of Business Administration, BS in MIS

Alumni Association Lifetime Member ' 96

* at the ripe old age of 34.  :

Destroy: minimum 4 touchdown win over USF.

It has nothing to do with being excited about losing, but it does have to do with a reasonable approach to this game given USF's performance thus far in the season.  

Exactly how far out in "the future" is this projection?

We'd have to be selling +44K/game on a regular basis for any sort of expansion. I doubt the student demand is going to shift to a stable point of excess...for instance, compare student seating for homecoming vs student seating at TennTech.

Why do you ask?

Just another example of "The Man" tryin' to keep a brother down.

shameless, unadulterated bump.

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Wellllll........let's look at it this way. If you wanna hang out in the student section - that's what you're gonna get.  As for "first timers"...unless you have a ticket assigning you to a given seat, that's what you're going to contend with. The North Endzone is a place to hang out, see and be seen...

Don't like it? Spring for season tix in the "hand-me-the-check-book" section of the stadium.