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For sure Eric and Vickie(I hated it when she changed jobs) are super.....I am two hours away from Tampa so I understand that reaching out to me is not an easy task but I think the staff may have gotten a little thin and no way did they have the time or resources to reach out to everyone..especially folks not in the Tampa Bay area. 

Bulliever - I hope Harlan is pushing this because it would be great for USF.

Mike...This isn't meant so much as a knock on all the folks that work at USF but what I see as positive and maybe a little feedback for them because I know they check the board.

Oh the good memories.....Ray J was rocking like I had never seen it before.  Everyone in our section stood the whole game and we have a lot of sitters

Having been around USF for many years I just wanted to share this with everyone. 

I was going to Bulls basketball games long before football even started and have been a season ticket holder for football since day one.  Some of you may remember Mike Lewis....this guy would take care of you like you were a major donor even if you weren't.  Needed help or tickets or just USF sports talk Mike was the go to guy.  He made everyone feel important and made you feel part of USF.  His wife took a job at UConn and we lost him a few years ago....yea she took him and the kids with her .

Anyway...since Mike left and football grew it felt like we became just another name that was directed to a web site and number.  For sure lost that personal contact that Mike always gave.

So I got a phone call from Zach Pietrzyk of the Bulls Club(former USF baseball player) and my first thought was ok - when is the pitch coming but we must have spent an hour talking USF sports.  I am sure part of it was because I had not renewed my football tickets at that point but he never really pushed that at all.  Next thing I know he set up a time to come meet me in DeLand at work.  We had lunch and talked USF sports and had a really good time. He never really pushed for me to renew but he did say he hoped I did.  Then he hooked me up with tickets for the USF vs Stetson baseball game(we lost) but still enjoyed going to the game.

So my point here is I finally again felt like part of the Bulls family and Zach did a great job of repping USF so kudos to him.  I don't know if this because of the new AD and I am just wondering if anyone else has had USF reach out to the on a personal basis.

Ok gotta ask why was Judy mentioned so much in the article ?

Ahhh winning the American is really not that great of a feat soooooo why not ?

Do they have a chance at an at large bid or do they need to win the conference tournament ?

I do think that they had a point that recruiting services have more assets to follow players and write on them then any single school.  Coaches would be foolish to ignore the services.

Since it is a slow time I thought this might spark a little conversation.

http://msn.foxsports.com/wisconsin/story/recruiting-ratings-are-useful-tool-but-don-t-tell-whole-story-042914

Up tempo vs slow defense style may have something to do with this.  Coaches don't get rid of players that fit their style.  A good coach works with the talent he/she has and makes a good "team" out of them.  Lets see what happens next year.  We may be surprised.

Nice read.

I love all the speculation.  Half the board is from Missouri "Show Me" state and the other half is from Florida "Sunshine" state.

Clearly Wojo got the better deal.  Gets more money, a school in the BE, a school with national championships on its resume.  Except for the weather Wojo wins.

So Tom Jones retired from music and is now writing for the Times now ?

I like that you guys are positive but I saw nothing last year that makes me think we are going to win 7 games.

Hey NewEngland - Stetson is a sub-500 team this year.  Bulls had their chances but the bats failed.  All I can say is it was a beautiful day to watch a game.  Sunny, warm and a slight breeze.

Top of the 9th Stetson 2 USF 0

Bulls 3 up 3 down.

Top of 8th 2-0 Stetson

Stetson bases loaded one out force on second run scores 2-0

Stetson 1 USF 0 bottom of the 7th

Soo Cal thinks USF is a sleeping giant ?  I think that is pretty funny.  Nothing in our history would indicate that but whatever.

I say give him an extension !

I don't know if we did or not like you said but I know he would have been flown down here on our private jet and and gotten some serious wine and dine or what ever he likes if I were in charge.  But you are right - he may have just said no way.  I guess what I am really saying is I didn't see all stops being pulled out and maybe you just cant do that but I am not PC and probably gotten in trouble but call the press, call his Mom, call his wife and kids, call his friends. 

At this point I just don't think it makes much difference who we hire we won't get the impact needed.

Ok I am getting old but when I read the article it says Grothe got put on the Green team and then it talks about Grothe on the White team ?  Is it just me or did anyone else notice that ?

Doubt any of this makes much difference.  We already missed our chance at the one Coach that was available and would have had an immediate impact.  He is now coaching at Auburn and even Charles Barkley is excited about that.