USFFan

Yep, that's correct. And the Insight Bowl (in Phoenix) realizes that they're more likely to get fans from a cold weather school (such as Rutgers) than from a warm weather school such as us. Therefore, they will take Rutgers, leaving us the chance of going to Charlotte. Truth be told, I think we will bring more fans to Charlotte (within driving distance) than Phoenix. USFFan

Check out this link (but be prepared to have your blood pressure rise)... http://www.wvgazette.com/section/Sports/2005110739?pt=10 USFFan

Nope. They get the next pick (either from the Big East or Notre Dame), and cannot pick a team more than one game behind the highest available team from the conference. Since we would be 5-2 in conference (same record as Louisville), they would be free to choose the Cardinals. It's really a no-brainer. 9-2 Louisville will be ranked at least #20. 7-4 USF will hopefully still be receiving votes, but will not be in the top 25. The only way Louisville's not going to Jacksonville is if Notre Dame stumbles between now and the end of the season. USFFan

You can bank on USF not going to the Gator Bowl this year. If we don't win the Big East, we're 7-4 and unranked. Meanwhile, Louisville is 9-2 and probably in the top 20. No way in hell USF gets picked over them. USFFan

I hope like hell we'd bring more than 5K to our first ever bowl game (remembering ~50K for our first ever game). It would send a message to bowls that we would travel well. In fact, I would say that we had better bring >10K to any game we play in if we want to be playing in big bowl games in the future... USFFan

To be part of that history? I'd go to Tehran to see us play in a bowl game... USFFan

Not to be a stickler, but the Patriots don't play in Boston, they play in Foxboro, which is more than 30 miles away from Boston. Evanston's not exactly down the street from Soldier Field, either. Also FYI, University of Minnesota plays in the Metrodome. Oh, and Houston's Robertson Stadium (which is a piece of crap, by the way), is older than Reliant Stadium (not sure about the Astrodome). More evidence that supports the original thesis. Not that I expect that to stop the weekly flogging of this dead horse... USFFan

Oh, for the love of God... Maybe somebody should write in and say that they've heard that USF is buying University Square Mall so they can build a stadium there... : USFFan

If the Big Ten champion has 3 or more losses (not a far-fetched possibility), then they could very well be ranked below both a 10-1 West Virginia and a 9-2 Louisville. USFFan

I saw this one the other day. A couple of points... Does this guy think he's breaking new ground? This has been rehashed more often than the CIA leak probe or the Natalee Holloway disappearance. What purpose does this article serve? Second, for the love of Pete, this season is only half over. If West Virginia finishes the season at 10-1, with their only loss to #3 Virginia Tech, they'll likely end up somewhere around the top 10. If Louisville wins out, they'll probably end up in the #15 area. Meanwhile, it's not unthinkable that both WVU AND Louisville could be ranked above the Big Ten champion once this season is over. Will the author be ripping the Big Ten if that happens? Finally, if you take just about any conference and rip out their top three teams, they'd be in big trouble. No USC, UCLA and Oregon and the Pac 10 is left with #25 Cal. Take Texas and Texas Tech away from the Big XII and they have no ranked teams. Hell, take Miami, Virginia Tech and Boston College out of the ACC and they're left with #11 FSU and #23 Virginia. This is a subject that will be harped on every year even though it won't (and shouldn't) be judged until the Big East is given a chance to recover from losing three of the top 13 teams in the country. USFFan

Last I checked, USF and UCF were both 3-3 with 5 games remaining. Kind of hard to make an argument that either team is more "poised to go to a BOWL game" than the other. Now back to your regularly scheduled pissing contest, with the caveat that this really does not belong on this board. There is a board for this kind of crap, but I don't even have (or want) access to it... USFFan

Wow. 14 pages of posts of everybody talking but nobody listening. It's pretty clear that cee is convinced that an on campus stadium has to be our highest priority. Explaining reasons why you think it shouldn't is of no concern to him/her. Meanwhile, cee, it's not apathy if people don't believe in it. I think most believe a well built on campus stadium would be nice, but that it could/should only be considered if and when we've addressed other concerns (like the poor baseball and softball facilities). Meanwhile, I don't recall if it was Joe or cee who made the comment that using the argument that the students can't be bothered to walk from Beta Hall to the Sun Dome isn't a valid comparison because the team wasn't very good. Whoever it was, do you realize that THAT is the root of the problem? If we'd had an on campus stadium this past season but were 4-6 heading into the final game, would it have been acceptable not to show up because the team's "just not that good?" As for my own opinion, I personally don't think that we need an on campus stadium. If we had an extra $150MM sitting around, I'd use it to revamp our olympic sports facilities, upgrade the SunDome, build an indoor practice facility with both grass and artificial turf, upgrade our pay scale for coaches so that we can retain the best staff and maybe investigate ways of building school spirit amongst the apathetic student body. If the students aren't sufficiently motivated to go to free football games at RJS knowing that they're able to watch BCS caliber football, then they're not going to be motivated to become active alumni willing to donate to further build the program. USFFan

Who abandoned the trailer? USFFan

I thought Jamie was a girl as well... USFFan

I left this group a couple of years ago. Anybody want to go for decades? USFFan

http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball/bowls/predictions ;D USFFan

Nikki Richt. More seriously, though, Hakim Shahid. USFFan

Kind of drives home how impressive that sign was in the Orange Bowl touting that Miami had a 58 game home winning streak. We were barely 1/3 of the way there. USFFan

With Miami's band's selection of classic rock hits, we probably shouldn't have people whining about Pink Floyd and Queen songs. Kansas, seriously? I guess they didn't know one of the guys in Kansas was once on the faculty of USF... USFFan

Their mascot sure did a great job of getting the crowd involved in chanting C-A-N-E-S CANES, including a nice build-up to the chant. They also did a decent job with yelling "first down." Now I know how a visitor feels with the McDonald's jingle at RJS... USFFan

Amarri Jackson sure looked pretty effective against Louisville. If we do manage to get into a BCS bowl, nobody's going to be whining about PJ every week. Over time, that guy will become like Radenko Dobras, an icon of USF reaching the promised land for the first time. Maybe not instantly, but over time... USFFan

I'm not usually one who nitpicks about spelling and grammar on a message board, but if you're going to send a letter or an email to a company and want to be taken seriously, you probably ought to have somebody proofread it first.  May I suggest that you look up the definitions of "regulated" and "relegated?"  I know, now I'm chasing away T-man... USFFan

Sure it is. Comparing the numbers, Julmiste played about the same as Weatherford did against the same defense, only Julmiste did it in the Orange Bowl instead of at RJS. I know you've repeated your claims that Julmiste overthrew every receiver, but let's remember that he wasn't exactly sitting back there with all night to calmly throw the ball. He won't be rushed like that the rest of this year. Meanwhile, he had players dropping balls on him and I'm not convinced we our game plan (which appeared to resemble the Raiders "vertical game" approach) was the right one for Miami. We needed more things like screens to Hall in the flat or short, crossing timing routes instead of deep balls down the middle. There's an old saying that the QB gets too much of the credit when a team wins and too much of the blame when a team loses. Seems to me we're quick to play the blame game but pretty stingy with the credit. I stand by my assertion that if PJ manages to QB us into a BCS game, people will be singing his praises afterward. USFFan

It would be practically impossible to know the exact count since many USF fans (myself included) did not buy our tickets through USF. Maybe a better gauge would be to look at the attendance figures of the USF game vs. the Colorado game. While I can't find those exact figures online (somebody who's better at searching these things surely can), they announced over 58,000 for the USF game (in a freaking monsoon), and I recall reading somewhere that there were 52,000 fans there on a sunny Saturday afternoon when they played Colorado. Seems to me USF was probably good for about 6,000 fans. USFFan

As the saying goes, it's our job to stop them. We did, letting us be secure in knowing that we really did beat the spread, and not just because they didn't try. As to whether this "will be remembered in 2009," none of the players who participated in this game will be in uniform in 2009. For all we know, neither coach will be there. USFFan