achiever1911

You hit the nail on the head as we don't want to be like the bandwagon Bucs fans!

Gotcha as I see we're 1 up on them!

I don't see UF or F$U listed in the poll. Do they have a soccer team? ;D

Crossing my fingers and toes for both! ;D

I'll be at the game rooting the Bulls on to victory in section 109! GO BULLS!!

Doesn't F$U have a game Saturday @ 7 p.m.?

Don't give the Gaytors any more attention than they deserve. Stick with going with something affiliated with USF. GO BULLS!!

This is big!!

The Seminoles are cowards! ;D

You took the words right out of my mouth. I will be overjoyed when we have a stadium of our own and don't have to share anything with the Bucs. GO BULLS!!

TAMPA - Hillsborough High junior QB Jarred Fayson no longer wants to be committed to a program he said is not committed to him. Fayson verbally committed to USF last summer, but the Bulls' first junior commitment is no longer convinced he made the right decision. ``I'm still looking. I want to experience different things,'' Fayson said. ``If I don't have offers from other big Florida teams, or can't play for a big school out of state, I'll play for USF. ``I have a totally different outlook now. Before I wanted to stay home, but now I want to see what's out there and make the best decision for me.'' Fayson's change of heart occurred after the Bulls received a slew of quarterback commitments. Monticello Jefferson County High's Carlton Hill, rated the nation's No. 9 senior quarterback, and Lake Gibson senior Matt Grothe committed to USF. Also, USF added Auburn transfer Courtney Denson, a SuperPrep All-American. All three will be eligible in 2005 - Fayson's senior year at Hillsborough. ``I'm not afraid of the competition, but I'd like to come in as a true freshman and have a chance to start,'' Fayson said. ``There are a lot more guys coming in a year ahead of me. They [uSF coaches] told me even though other quarterbacks will come to us, you will be our No. 1 guy. ``That didn't make me commit. It's my hometown and I wanted to play here, but I have to look at my future and see what's best for me. My options are still open.'' ODDS AND ENDS: OG Chris Carothers (ankle) missed his second consecutive practice Tuesday, but should return today, USF coach Jim Leavitt said. ... Brandon Baker is third in C-USA and 26th nationally in punting (42.7 average). RB Andre Hall is second in C-USA and 11th nationally in all- purpose yards (163.3 per game). Anwar S. Richardson, Gregg Becnel

Tech WR Leaves ICU Published: Sep 29, 2004 TAMPA - Tennessee Tech wide receiver Drew Hixon, who has been in a coma since being injured against South Florida on Sept. 11, has opened his eyes and has been moved from St. Joseph's Hospital's intensive care unit. Hixon remains in a coma- like state, but can squeeze his hands and open his eyes, his father Stan Hixon said. Drew Hixon was upgraded from critical to serious condition when he was taken off a ventilator that assisted his breathing Thursday. He continues to improve, Stan Hixon said. Drew Hixon has been moved to the hospital's pulmonary floor. ``Our family is encouraged by Drew's improvement the last few days,'' Stan Hixon said. ``However, we know it's a long process.'' Drew Hixon suffered a brain bruise, doctors told Stan Hixon. Brett McMurphy

I sure hope history will repeat itself!

My sentiments exactly!!!!!!!

Not being a smart a@#, but have some of you guys thought about proposing these questions to Coach Leavitt on his radio show on Thursday?

He could always pair up with Serena Williams if he was looking for a doubles partner since they were at one time very close friends! ;D

Point well taken, but I guess Key didn't feel that same way!

My lips are sealed in reference to your question, but maybe Key wanted to jump off the ship before it started sinking! ;D And I'm not trying to start a pissing contest either.

I guess everyone is entitled to their opinion! ;D

Keyshawn is da man who speaks the truth!

This is AWESOME!!!!! GO BULLS!

By Malcolm Moran, USA TODAY SOUTH BEND, Ind.  Notre Dame officials are finalizing plans to overhaul future Fighting Irish football schedules in a way, as described by athletics director Kevin White, "that will put us in a much more competitive position ... from a success-oriented perspective." Most of the changes will not take effect until 2009 because of existing contracts or written agreements with opponents. Beyond then, White said, "we're pretty much cleaning that slate and we're re-creating our tomorrow in the way we want to. ... Doing it with more clarity and more sanity." Associate athletics director John Heisler said the schedules will preserve longtime rivalries  Notre Dame has played Navy every season since 1927 and Southern California every season since 1946  but will include at least seven home games and possibly as many as eight if the NCAA approves a proposal for a permanent 12-game schedule. Notre Dame would not return a home game for at least three opponents each year in the new model. The Irish finished 5-7 in 2003 against the nation's third-most difficult schedule, according to the NCAA. The 2004 schedule includes eight teams that had eight or more wins last season. Former coach Bob Davie frequently said the cumulative effect of such a difficult schedule made national championship expectations impractical. "I don't think we have particularly scheduled smart," White said. "You look at the top four or five teams, look at the way they're scheduling. Nobody's scheduling like we are. With all the parity and the way the landscape has changed, maybe we needed to do it 10 years ago. I can guarantee you we must do it now." The 1973 undefeated national championship season included victories against Northwestern, Rice, Army, Navy, Air Force and a Miami (Fla.) with a .500 record. Notre Dame won those six games by a combined 270-25. The Irish faced two ranked opponents in the regular season before beating No. 1 Alabama in the Sugar Bowl. At $53 a ticket, revenue from one Irish home game exceeds $4.2 million. White said plans are being discussed with campus committees and groups in leadership positions. "When you reshape some of the significant things in our history, you just don't rush to action," he said. "We're getting constituency leaders to see what we're doing."

How do you see the post-2004 Big East shaking up? Do you think that the established programs such as Pitt dominating for the next few years, or could Louisville and Cincinnati compete for the conference title at once? What about South Florida? --Sergio Salazar, Jackson, Tenn. I think it will be wide open. First off, with the exception of West Virginia, there's already not much of a difference competitively, if any, between the remaining Big East members and Louisville and South Florida. Cincinnati still has a little ways to go but could get there eventually under the direction of new head coach Mark Dantonio. So it wouldn't surprise me at all if the Cardinals or Bulls go into their first season in the conference as one of the favorites, if not the favorite, even at the expense of a more established program such as Pittsburgh. The two wild cards are Connecticut and Rutgers. The Huskies have improved by leaps and bounds since first joining Division I-A four years ago, going 9-3 last season, but we won't have a true sense of where they stand in the pecking order until they play a full Big East schedule this fall. As for the Scarlet Knights, all indications are they're on the verge of a breakthrough -- as previously predicted in this space -- but since it's Rutgers, we won't truly believe it until we see it.

Who asked for your opinion on UCF sports? ;D