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Put in a nice baseball stadium and recruits will come. UCF only averaged 100-200 when we played in old stadium. Now we can get 600-800 hundred a normal basis. Sometimes even hitting 1,500-2,000. I'm sure recruits would rather play in a nice new stadium with people in it. You guys are in a great area for college baseball recruits. No reason not to be a top 25 team at least every other year. ***For the record you guys blasted ECU today if you didn't notice*** Build it and they will come.

I think it was pretty fair. Our players are still really young. It will take until next season to recover from the loss of all the scholarship players. Mike Walker will be a great player...Much depends if Moffett can step up at QB. Adding an extra year of development and added scholarship depth should have some improvements.

Does this really matter? I think most question numbers if you inflate for everything else. I don't see the purpose of inflating spring game attendance, so I wouldn't doubt you had 3,000. Do you guys charge money for the spring game? UCF had a spring game a few years back, but it was open to the public.

This is a pretty bad year for NFL talent with Florida schools.

It would be nice to play some florida schools along with a conference USA schedule. FAU, Miami, and S. Fla would work for me.

Troy is playing well. I noticed they had announced attendance of 1,100 for Sunday's game with Georgia State. South Florida took 2 of 3 from UAB. Not a bad weekend for the bulls. FAU is looking pretty good too.

from ucfathletics.com "ORLANDO - UCF (35-8) looks to complete its first season sweep of I-4 rival USF (22-19) since 1995 Tuesday as the Golden Knights venture to Tampa to take on the Bulls. First pitch is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday at Red McEwen Field, where UCF won 8-7 over USF earlier in the year. The Golden Knights won last Tuesday in Orlando 10-7 over the Bulls at Jay Bergman Field. Both teams had successful weekends in conference play on the road. UCF earned its second sweep of the year in the A-Sun, taking all three from Belmont in Nashville. The Golden Knights limited the Bruins to two runs on the weekend as UCF tossed two shutouts vs. the Bruins. USF won two of three on the road at UAB in Conference USA action over the weekend. Tuesday's game will air live on 740-AM The Team on the UCF ISP Sports Network. Steve Egan will call all of the action for Marc Daniels from Red McEwen Field. The pregame show airs at 6:45 p.m. No. 1 in the Nation UCF leads the nation in wins, but is ranked in only one poll. Collegiate Baseball News has the Golden Knights in the No. 25 spot, while Baseball America and the Sports Weekly/ESPN Coaches poll fail to have UCF in the top 25. Off to the Races UCF has stolen 124 bases in 151 attempts, the third-highest total in the nation as of April 12. The 124 stolen bases are the fourth-highest total in UCF single-season history. Last season, UCF swiped 111 bags to tie for sixth in the UCF single-season annals. The Golden Knights led the NCAA in 1985 with 253 stolen bases. UCF Team Stolen Base Leaders Team Stolen Bases 1. 1985 253 2. 1981 204 3. 1986 130 4. 2005 124 5. 2001 115 6. 1990 113 7. 2004 111 7. 1995 111 Return of the Long Ball After hitting just 27 home runs in 65 games in 2004, UCF has hit 44 home runs in 43 games in 2005. The 44 home runs are the most by UCF since 2001, when the Golden Knights blasted 62 home runs. Since the 2001 season, UCF hit just 27 homers in 65 games a year ago, 21 home runs in 56 games in 2003 and 30 home runs in 63 games in 2002. John-Michael Howell leads the team with 12 while Dee Brown is one home run behind Howell with 11. The last time two UCF players hit double-figures in home runs was 2001 when Chad Ehrnsberger (16) and Jeremy Frost (13) combined to hit 29 long balls. Inside the USF Series With Tuesday's 10-7 win in Orlando, the all-time series between UCF now leads the all-time series 45-44. UCF has played more games vs. USF than any other non-conference opponent. UCF has won three straight games in the series, including an 8-7 win on April 5 in Tampa. The win marked the first time since 2002 UCF won at Red McEwen Field. In the Polls UCF is ranked No. 25 in this week's Collegiate Baseball rankings. The Golden Knights are not ranked by Baseball America. In the Sports Weekly/ESPN Coaches poll, UCF is receiving votes. Scouting USF The Bulls of South Florida won two of three on the road this past weekend at UAB in C-USA action. USF is 22-19 overall and 9-5 in C-USA.The Bulls are fourth in the C-USA standings, two games behind first-place Tulane. USF is batting .271 as a team coming into the game Tuesday. The Bulls have just three starters batting over .300, led by senior Jeff Baisley. The senior third baseman is hitting .388 with five home runs and 49 RBI. On the mound, the Bulls sport a team ERA of 4.90 in 353 innings of work. USF is scheduled to start freshman left-hander Blake Tillett on the mound Tuesday. Tillett started vs. UCF on April 5 and lasted just 3.2 innings. For the season, he is 2-1 with a 4.95 ERA in eight appearances. In 20 innings, he has yielded 21 hits with 13 strikeouts and 11 walks. On the Hill for UCF Junior RHP Ray Rodriguez gets the call Tuesday for UCF. The New York native has been sensational in his first season in the Black and Gold, going a perfect 6-0 with a 2.36 ERA. Rodriguez has made 12 appearances overall, including eight starts. In 53.1 innings, he has yielded just 14 earned runs and 36 hits with 53 strikeouts. Opponents are batting just .185 vs. the right-hander. Rodriguez gained the win vs. USF last Tuesday at Jay Bergman Field. The New Yorker fanned a career-high nine in 5.2 innings of work. The Wins Keep on Coming UCF is among the national leaders in victories in the decade. The Golden Knights are 13th in the NCAA in wins in the 2000s with 236 victories as of April 18. Holding the Lead UCF has been nearly unbeatable when leading after six innings since the 2002 season. The Golden Knights are an amazing 129-9 (.938) when leading after six innings since 2002. Jumping Out On Top The Golden Knights were 25-4 in 2004 when scoring in the first inning. UCF also enjoyed playing with the lead, holding a record of 36-7 when scoring first in 2004. In 2005, UCF is 24-3 when scoring first and 17-0 when scoring in the first inning of action. Taking an Early Lead UCF has jumped on the opposition in 2005, outscoring its opponents 128-34 over the first three innings of play. In the first inning, UCF has outscored the opposition 35-8. Bombs Away John-Michael Howell will always remember his first UCF home run. With the Golden Knights trailing 7-6 to Le Moyne in the seventh inning, Howell launched a 470-foot home run with a runner on to give UCF the lead for good, 8-7. The monster blast landed at shortstop on the practice field, adjacent to Jay Bergman Field. Howell also had a majestic blast at Belmont as he hit a home run out of the ballpark at Greer Stadium, the triple-A home of the Nashville Sounds. School Record 16 Free Passes UCF tied a school record with 16 walks vs. Bethune-Cookman on April 13. The Golden Knights equaled the mark of 16 walks set vs. Pennsylvania on March 10, 1984. Back, Back, Back, Back, Gone For the first time since 2001, UCF hit five home runs in a game April 15 at Belmont. UCF 31st in Latest RPI Figures According to Boyd Nation of boydsworld.com, UCF is No. 31 in the latest RPI figures released by the website. The Golden Knights lead the nation in wins with 35 and play in the sixth-best conference in terms of RPI in the A-Sun. Stetson (48), Florida Atlantic (59), Troy (61) and Belmont (77) round out the top five teams in RPI in the A-Sun. "

Much easier to sell tickets playing even playing Rice, Tulane, and East Carolina. Playing Garner-Webb, Campbell, and Jacksonville isn't going to cut it. When you say UAB, Tulsa, UTEP...The semi-causal fan at least has heard of the school.

We gave up the true spring games about 3 years ago. We had at least one major injury every game. From the reports we are playing much better....maybe not saying much but at least we are going to be a little better. I'm not sure if FAU or FIU does a Spring game or not. UF makes a big deal of the spring game. They had 58,000 in attendance.

It's a little different these days. We have been spending money on basketball. You can only make so much money in our current arena. It barely seats 4,000 and we played a bunch of no names. I would think attendance will jump playing in the C-USA and building the new arena. Even if we sell out every night means peanuts in our current arena.

Basketball is a tough sell in Orlando. Add to the fact that we make it pretty hard for any casual fan to get motivated about it. 1) The current arena- enough said 2) The Atlantic Sun- Playing Garner-Webb, Jacksonville, and others has horrible attraction for the fans. 3) Lack of T.V coverage- mostly b/c of 1 & 2 The C-USA should increase our fan base, but our current arena really limits us. The upper area of the arena is tough to watch the game with the bleacher style seats.

If someone made some early noise in the SunBelt, would anyone here it?

Smazza....Do you mean the guy that couldn't make the back up QB at Auburn? Just messing with you ;D

Pretty much the way I looked at it. Worth a shot...

Hey, maybe he could be one of the exceptions to the rule. The problem is he doesn't have the skills like Hamilton or other shorter QB's. Moving Denson to defense like Auburn did isn't a good sign that he can compete at the D-1a level. Maybe he will prove me wrong, but I don't think he will beat out your other QB's. Maybe he is interested in playing Defense at South Fla?

I'd probably say he would be ok at CB. He seems a little small for that position too. I don't think he will ever be the QB at South Fla....JMHO. I think he should of went D-1aa if he wants the chance to QB. Not sure what he is looking at doing.

This guy is not a QB. You have better QB's on your roster. UCF had Rivera, who was a top 25 rated QB in high school. You see how well those recruiting rankings work.

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