WoolyBully

Assuming that the spring game is a measure of what we can expect this fall, this could be a long - albeit not necessarily losing - season for the Bulls. I did not see any QB performance that really stood out as a relief from what we endured last year. As for attendance, I would attribute that to two things: 1] Easter weekend and 2] poor marketing on this side of the spit. While I appreciate the Times effort to sponsor the game, I don't think I saw anything in the Trib, nor did I hear anything on the radio this week. The tailgate went well...got to put some names and faces together, and thanks to everyone who showed up and made it a good time. This was a good practice run for the fall! I would assume "Pulitzer" will be floating some shots our way soon...sidelining it with J.R. Reed & Huey Whittaker. 8)

Revised for 09 APRIL 04

"Men on Books" and Homey D. Clown.

Given the way games get shuffled around for TV, in particular as applicable to USF, I would hold off on making the reservations until as close to game day as possible. Would that not also get one off the hook in the event of an emergency and you're not able to travel?

We were thinking more along the lines of a "Caligula meets Animal House" road trip.

The Times is sponsoring the game so I imagine that weighed into consideration as well. (Oh yeah...as opposed to having a sports venue in TAMPA named for St. Petersburg... ) Didn't Hopps sponsor the game last year?

There was a big ad in yesterday's St. Pete Times (for some bizzare reason, they've been landing in my driveway for the past week). I thought about going over there, but decided against it.

I voted no, so if you want to shoot...take aim. I don't believe a printed magazine has anything over what's available on the web. I believe it went belly-up over finances anyway, but with the advent of the www...you'd have to have a serious pent up demand for print media to cost justify ink-n-paper again. You may want to cough up $65 for what is, in reality, a hardcopy of what's available on the web, but I'd bet you're in the minority. BTW: I subscribed for a few years before it passed away.

18" pecs w/48" 'guns' would pretty much relegate him to looking like Popeye...which is not at all what I recall him looking like..

It's part of our new and improved "don't ask - don't tell" policy.

I attended USF from '92-'94, but never attended one sporting event.  My interest in - and donations to - USF athletics began with the advent of football.  I have since joined the atheltic association, continue to purchase football season tix and attend a few basketball & baseball games per year. If USF had never gone the football route, I doubt I'd have ever even developed a marginal interest in hoops/baseball.

Same here...I'll just change the date 8)

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Same here....spin it however you want, but I just can't muster the interest.

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I don't know...they could be a bit bent out of shape and looking to "channel the aggression" after UGA.

No reason not to practice...I'm sure Steve Horton and others are working to clarify his position and standing with the university.

Don't underestimate the power of ND - winning or losing.  If they do join a conference (which I doubt), I would assume Big 10. Here's the 2K4 schedule: Sept. 11 MICHIGAN Sept. 18 at Michigan State Sept. 25 WASHINGTON Oct. 2 PURDUE Oct. 9 STANFORD Oct. 16 vs. Navy (East Rutherford, NJ) Oct. 23 BOSTON COLLEGE Oct. 30 at BYU Nov. 6 at Tennessee Nov. 13 PITTSBURGH Nov. 27 at USC

I'd like to say I'm surprised, but I'm not. Then again, once the money starts flowing - you'd be surprised how big your "family" can get. Cousins you never even knew existed come out of the woodwork. And truthfully, you never know how many of those signed balls get e-bay'd, family or not.

Well.....it's not like the Big East just replaced its perennial national championship contender with "the other" national championship contender. The best of Big East football went to the ACC. And if we step back from that, face facts, the Big East is a phenomenal hoops conference, and now it has to rebuild its football stature. I don't see too much difference between C/USA and the Big East - save the BCS tag.