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    USF's Clark Headed To FIU

    in USF South Florida Bulls Athletics

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    This guys a job hopper........

    TAMPA - University of South Florida defensive line coach Bernard Clark has left USF after one season to return to Florida International.

    A Leto High graduate, Clark came to USF in 2006 after a two-year stint as FIU's defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. At FIU, he will coach either linebackers or the defensive line under new coach Mario Cristobal, Clark’s former teammate at the University of Miami.

    "I want to be in an environment where you can make a difference in a young man's life," Clark said. "Where you can make them better men, fathers and husbands. A lot of people might think I’m taking a step back, but that’s OK.

    "To me it's not a step back. It has to do with happiness. Are you a better coach just because you’re in the Sun Belt or the Big East?"

    Clark, 39, is USF's third assistant, and second defensive line coach, to leave in the past two seasons. He made $75,000 at USF.

    "After seeing how USF has built a program and the excitement in everyone's eyes after winning the first bowl game, I want to do that at FIU," Clark said. "I sat down with Mario and [FIU athletic director] Pete [Garcia] and listened to their vision. That made it an easier decision. I realize they’re on the same page as I am."

    Clark, who played on two national championship teams at Miami, was a third-round draft pick of the Cincinnati Bengals. He also was an assistant at Division I-AA programs Liberty (2000-03) and James Madison (1998-99) and also Lakeland Santa Fe (1997) and King (1996) high schools.

    http://www.tbo.com/sports/bulls/MGBKK8HRFWE.html

    Conference Bowl Records

    in USF South Florida Bulls Athletics

    Posted

    ya itd be nice if we get a sweep for the big east.. im just pissed we got in like the lowest paying bowl game ever. but next yr we will have a better bowl and travel better too

    Actually, the payout for the MPC Computer Bowl between Miami and Nevada is the lowest at $250K according to a USA Today article I read last month.

    Way to go, logo, way to go (USF Merchandise)

    in USF South Florida Bulls Athletics

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    http://www.sptimes.com/2006/12/08/Business/Way_to_go__logo__way_.shtml

    TAMPA - Who could have predicted this? The main merchandise wall at the Bucs and Bull Heaven sports store is displaying more University of South Florida shirts and hats than Buccaneers' logo gear.

    But that's what happens when the local college football team upsets a powerhouse West Virginia squad and heads to a bowl game, while the hometown Bucs plummet firmly into last place. It's a dynamic played out throughout the sports apparel business in the bay area depending on the vagaries of how well a giving team is doing.

    "A lot of this has to do with USF's success. The interest is growing," said Chuck Cotton, a 1975 USF graduate and Bulls season ticket holder who just spent $37.54 on a Bulls T-shirt and ski cap. "It's a growing program. It's a young program."

    The Bulls' buzz has stirred big business for Jeffrey Neil Fox. The owner of Bucs and Bulls Heaven reported that sales of USF logo gear at his store passed $100,000 for the month-long period from Nov. 5 to Tuesday. That's three times the revenue sales for the same time period in 2005.

    In response to the Bullish spending, Fox has spent $20,000 in ads, promotions and home mailings to lure even more USF fans to his North Florida Avenue store in Tampa.

    And he's beefing up his Bulls inventory, stocking more than a half-million dollars worth of green jerseys, T-shirts, skirts and even Rocky the Bull stuffed animals. At the same time last year, Fox had about $200,000 worth of USF inventory. This year, Fox is peddling 70 different USF caps compared with 10 last year.

    "The ink is still drying," Fox remarked about the print on the new shirts that just arrived showing the Bulls playing the East Carolina Pirates in the Papajohns.com Bowl in Birmingham, Ala. on Dec. 23.

    USF fan Colleen Kurtz said Christmas shopping for her husband, a Bulls grad, was easy at Bucs and Bull Heaven.

    "The only thing he asked for was a Bulls jersey," said Kurtz, who also got a skirt for her two-year-old daughter. Total bill: About $80.

    The spike in Bulls gear sales is consistent with the overall trend in college football logo merchandise sales this year.

    Sales are up 46 percent nationwide, said Neil Schwartz, spokesman for SportScanInfo, a Palm Beach County company that tracks sports merchandise retail sales.

    For the state's Big Three of the University of Florida, the University of Miami and Florida State University, the sales of their logo gear reflect the wins and losses of their respective seasons.

    The Gators, who are playing in the national championship game, showed a 36.5 percent increase in gear sales this year. That's compared with a 12 percent increase for the Miami Hurricanes, which had an off-season in 2006.

    The FSU Seminoles struggled mightily on both the field and at the cash register, showing a 5.45 percent decrease in merchandise sales, according to SportScanInfo data.

    The buzz around the college bowl season has even prompted a west Tampa company that manufactures specialty sports T-shirts with irreverent messages to crank out hundreds of shirts this week.

    Smack Apparel Co. produced 1,000 "BCS Robbery" shirts for Michigan fans, who are disappointed that the Wolverines missed out on playing Ohio State for the national championship. Meanwhile, Smack Apparel made 2,000 shirts with the message that "Michigan is just a second place team," for Ohio State fans, said Wayne Curtiss, owner of Smack Apparel.

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    infobox: Source: SportScanInfo

    . Fast facts

    Winning is profitable

    Sports merchandise sales for the biggest college teams in Florida varied dramatically, mirroring the teams' on-field performances. Here's how sales between February and November this year compare with the same period a year ago.

    UF: Up 36.5 percent

    Miami: Up 12.3 percent

    FSU: Down 5.45 percent

    The top 10 in sales

    1. Ohio State

    2. Michigan

    3. Texas

    4. Alabama

    5. Georgia

    6. Notre Dame

    7. Florida

    8. Oklahoma

    9. Kentucky

    10. Tennessee

    PapaJohns Payout

    in USF South Florida Bulls Athletics

    Posted

    it is the lowest paying bowl of all bowls. There is one other that pays 325K and the rest are a minimum of 750K

    We should never look down our nose at that Meineke Bowl

    Actually, the payout for the MPC Computer Bowl between Miami and Nevada is $250K according to the USA Today article.

    GO BULLS!

    Is your patience for Jon Gruden wearing thin?

    in Tampa Bay and General Sports

    Posted

    Gruden won the Superbowl with a team defense assembled by Tony Dungy.

    Gruden was just what the Bucs needed to push them over the top at that time. No Gruden, no Lombardi. Maybe if things don't dramatically improve here next year, he'll move on. There may be another situation he could step in to like here ...

    You're exactly right as Gruden got lucky. Nothing wrong with a little luck.

    UConn:  Terrible Run Defense!

    in USF South Florida Bulls Athletics

    Posted

    Holy God, I just saw that UConn gave up 461 yards rushing to Navy today, and 603 yards of offense overall.

    Geez, maybe our backs will have a McNeese-like day against this team next Saturday!  

    PS - /you you loser, don't corrupt this thread with your negative crap.

    Please stop making reference to me as the joke has now gotten old. Pick on some other poster as I think you have me confused with someone else!!

    why do the fans refuse to acknowledge football

    in USF South Florida Bulls Athletics

    Posted

    Because people like /you want us to think we are being bad fans if we critcize the team or coaches.  He would rather

    attack the poster than admit things might need to be changed - including the coaching staff.

    whoa keep me out of this line of fire :P

    i do not remember attacking anyone on this board gnats excepted ;D

    and last i have been a big proponent of change PJ, rod smith even questioning if CJL can take us to the next level

    Why the hell does my name keep popping up about attacking posters? I've never attacked anyone as I too would like to see some changes in some of the offensive coaching staff. Please pick on another messageboard poster jfcohio!!

    spoiled rotten fans

    in USF South Florida Bulls Athletics

    Posted

    I blame /you it's hard to even visit the board with fans like that >:(

    What the heck are you talking about as I bleed green and gold? I've never had anything negative to say about the Bulls as I absolutely love the University I graduated from. I don't owe you any further explanation to affirm my allegiance to USF. Try another messageboard poster to call into question their allegiance to USF as I think I might have missed the punch line!

    GO BULLS!!

    DOINK !

    in State of Florida College Athletics

    Posted

    UCF beat themselves in that game.  USM had one big offensive play and a good defensive play(that should never have happened).

    UCF had a fumble in the enzone, a really badly missed pass interference call that would have probably led to a TD instead of that missed field goal and Moffett is looking to be benched.

    A loss is a loss no matter how one tries to spin it............

    GO BULLS!!

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