Kizarvexis

...game for any reason and will have to stay home and watch, my kids would love to use your tickets to keep up the USF attendance figures. We were not able to get tickets this season, so if you want to give some fellow Bulls fans an early Christmas present, message me please. Kizarvexis Some poor schmuck in Singapore got my IT job as an early Christmas present.

I agree with everything you have to say, I just was understated in saying it in my post. OSU and Tenn are established teams who are in perceived powerful conferences whereas USF is brand new (Still rubbing the shiny off ) and is in what is perceived the weakest BCS conference. Kizarvexis

Look at the schedules Ohio St Miami (OH) W 34-14 (2) Texas L 22-25 San Diego State W 27-6 Iowa W 31-6 at (19) Penn State L 10-17 Tenn UAB W 17-10  Audio at (14) Florida L 7-16 at (12) LSU W 30-27 Mississippi W 27-10 (5) Georgia L 14-27 USF at (8 ) Penn State L 13-23 Florida A&M W 37-3 UCF W 31-14 (19) Louisville W 45-14 at (7) Miami (FL) L 7-27 Two established programs in powerful conferences, who played I-A competition. One brand new program that many outside of Tampa don't know where the school is at, that played a I-AA team and (at the time) the worst I-A team in the nation. Also, the Top Ten team that USF beat was widely perceived as overrated after the USF victory. Kizarvexis

USF needs a home game next year and the Northwestern College Eagles need a 10th game, so... Kizarvexis Fulfilled the USF requirement.

If I can't get Verizon to get ESPN360 before Saturday, then I'll be listening to 970 here in Tampa. Kizarvexis

The chat room play by play will have to be whoever has ESPN360, IF it is faster than the net radio play by play. Kizarvexis

No, that was a great story. It will definetly make the Tuesday Morning QB article this week. Kizarvexis

Ooh, secret poll question. Kizarvexis

Yep, here is the URL and sales pitch. http://proxy.espn.go.com/broadband/ebb2/flashSite/360.html Kizarvexis

If #26/25 WVA beats #19 Louisville, Louisville will still stay in or near the Top 25 and WVA moves up in the Top 25 for the USF HC game. Besides, I feel WVA will beat Lou at home. Kizarvexis

According to NFL.com, Anthony Henry had 3 tackles. Did the Eagles avoid throwing to his side? Kizarvexis

I call for a ban on common sense posts like this! Common sense is not allowed in America!! Kizarvexis

No votes for USF in USA Today poll. I wonder if anyone in the AP will vote for USF. My guess is not this week. Kizarvexis

We might get votes if we beat Pitt, but more than likely, it will take beating Pitt and WVA, IMO. Kizarvexis

Ronde was in a tiff with a Jet's player and hit the ref when he swung at the Jet's player. The Bucs were assessed a 15 yrd unsportsmanlike penalty. He was not ejected from the game. So, I'm putting the over/under for the fine from the league at $100k. What do you think it will be? I also think he may be suspended for a game. Do you think he'll be suspended. Kizarvexis

According to the BE website, the BE bowls do not have to pick according to conference standings. So I'm betting the money aspect of travelling fans will have a bigger priority and USF may end up on the short end as the USF fans, except for the die hard 2k, don't travel. Kizarvexis

#16 PSU upset #6 Ohio St. 17-10 See the How other teams on our schedule fared for more USF opponent scores. Kizarvexis

FTU = Florida Technical University (UCF's first name, IIRC) OU = Orlando University (IIRC) OC = Orlando College (IIRC) Smazza likes to call UCF, FTU/OU/OC for some reason that I never understood. Probably as a put down. Kizarvexis

#6 Ohio St lost to #16 Penn St. 17-10 #8 Tenn lost to #5 Georgia 27-14 #10 Cal lost to #20 UCLA 47-40 (With 6 sec left UCLA called a timeout to go for it on 4th and 2 and score the extra 6 unneeded points as they had already won 41-40) #14 Wisconsin lost to Northwestern 51-48 #21 Michigan lost to Minnesota 23-20 #24 Ga Tech lost to NC St 17-14 Kizarvexis

#16Penn St vs #6Ohio St. -> Won 17-10 FAMU idle UCF @Memphis -> Won 38-17 #23Louisville vs N. Carolina -> Won 69-14 #9Miami vs Duke -> Won 52-7 Pitt vs Cincinnati -> Won 38-20 WVa @Rutgers -> Won 27-14 Rutgers vs WVa -> Lost 14-27 Syracuse @ UCONN -> Lost 7-26 Cincinnati @Pitt -> Lost 20-38 UCONN vs Syracuse -> Won 26-7 Conf Team Overall 2-0 WVA 5-1 1-0 UConn 4-1 1-0 USF 3-2 1-1 Rut 3-2 1-1 Pitt 2-4 0-1 Lou 4-1 0-1 Cin 2-3 0-2 Syr 1-4 Kizarvexis

If 5 Big East teams are bowl eligible, then USF could be hoping for an 'at large' selection if the Bulls are bowl eligible. USF doesn't seem to have a good rep for travelling. Kizarvexis

Well, UCONN is up 9-0 at the half. A 4yd TD run (missed PAT) and a 50yd FG. It was raining lightly in the 1st Q, so that 50yd FG on a wet field is impressive. Kizarvexis

Yep, the Bulls haven't done very well on the road. They are 14-24 all time (36.8%) on the road. They are 5-13 (27.8%) during the I-AA years, '97-'00, and 0-5 vs I-AA ranked teams during that time on the road. They are 9-13 (40.9%) vs I-A teams on the road in '01-'05 (USF I-A years), which is a big improvement over the I-AA years. The Bulls are 1-8 vs BCS (11.1%) teams all time and 0-4 over ranked teams on the road. If the Bulls play as they have in the past on the road, then we can expect them to win one to two of the four road games left. USF is 13-5 (72.2%) at home vs I-A teams since '01 and 1-1 vs BCS teams. So USF can be expected to win one to two of the two home games left, based on the recent past. That would put the Bulls at 5-6 to 7-4 for the season. They would either be out of bowl contention, needing to use the FAMU game to be bowl eligible, or possibly going to a lower tier bowl somewhere. If the Bulls can pull out 3 wins on the road and both wins at home, then USF will be 8-3 and going to a bowl game somewhere. So, the question is... have the Bulls improved back to their winning ways from before last season (finishing up 5-6 to 7-4) or leaped ahead in their improvement this season (8-3 or 9-2), ala the 9-2 season? Kizarvexis

Good thing we ordered Verison DSL last Friday. I will have it installed Monday evening, so now if they get ESPN360 in time... Kizarvexis

I would think that based on local ratings for Bulls games in recent years, some TV station could at least provide 3 camera coverage cheap enough to make a little money. But that is only a WAG, so I could be wrong. Kizarvexis