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    Grothe is listed as #1

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    I would prefer MG start and lead the team wire to wire this year, in preperation for next year and beyond but I am 90% sure they both will get PT. If CJL doesn't get Grothe in during this game then he is truely blinded by rage and should be medicated. We have had two plus years of not preping another QB and thats enough.

    You ever notice that you are always angrier when you know you are wrong and are on the defensive? I was thinking that maybe at the last minute, CJL realized that he may be to blame for this offense and knows he is stuck with it for another year and is lashing out at everything.

    Oracle: Mum can't be Leavitt's only word

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    Mum can't be Leavitt's only word

    Distractions, suspensions should have the football team's only source of info answering questions about his program's integrity.

    Charles Gonzalez, Staff Writer

    Issue date: 8/31/06 Section: Sports

    It took coach Jim Leavitt 10 years to get the Bulls football program on track in joining the Big Three - Miami, Florida State and Florida - in terms of success. It might be just one off-season that brings all the hard work crumbling to his feet.

    With the momentum of reaching the school's first bowl game and a successful first year in the Big East, the expectations for the program are steadily increasing. In a Tampa Tribune article that published Aug. 3, Leavitt even said the Bulls are in the room with FSU and Florida for a shot at a national championship.

    After a nightmare of an off-season filled with off-field player issues and recruits failing to qualify, Leavitt and his Bulls could be pushed out the door of the championship room of which he was speaking.

    From quarterback Carlton Hill's roller-coaster spring in the classroom and his arrest in a dorm room to three players - Jackie Chambers, Josh Julmiste and Ricky Ponton - failing a second drug test, Leavitt couldn't have imagined a worst-case scenario for his team.

    But when does Leavitt make a statement to his players or become accountable for these actions? Why hasn't Leavitt, who is known as a disciplinarian, used an iron fist with these troublesome players?

    There have to be consequences for their actions, and Leavitt needs to do what's best for his team, even if that means getting rid of talented players.

    Leavitt has yet to acknowledge questions he has answers for, including who will be the starting quarterback, why these players are still getting in trouble and why a third of his recruiting class isn't on the field or in class.

    Leavitt's praised his recruiting class during spring drills and was excited about the incoming freshmen. How does Leavitt feel now that his recruiting class has diminished in just three months?

    No one knows, because Leavitt isn't talking about it.

    Ponton, Julmiste and Chambers will miss at least the first two games of the regular season, possibly six games. All three players are appealing the punishment of having to miss six games.

    But unlike Ponton, this isn't the first time Chambers and Julmiste have been in trouble.

    Chambers was seen in a picture on a Facebook page with Hill and former USF player Johnny Peyton as Peyton held up what looked like a bag of marijuana. So is it a coincidence Chambers is now failing his second drug test while playing at USF?

    I don't think so.

    Julmiste got into trouble in 2004 and had to withdraw from USF after he and two teammates were accused of removing $4,000 worth of property from a former player's dorm room. Now Julmiste comes up failing a second drug test.

    Notice a pattern here?

    Leavitt, however, has done little or nothing to show Chambers, Julmiste or other players on the team that this behavior will not be tolerated. Instead, he tries to keep these acts quiet or tries to cover them up to keep anyone from knowing how these players conduct themselves off the field.

    In a Tampa Tribune article that was published Sunday, Leavitt said even if players did violate team rules, he wouldn't tell the media. He also said a violation of team rules is between him and the team.

    That's a lame excuse for not being able to keep his players in line.

    Even if Leavitt had a three-strikes-and-you're-out type of policy in place, Julmiste should be on his way out and Chambers should be hanging on by a thin thread. Julmiste and Chambers, however, will probably serve just a two-game suspension and be on the field just in time for Big East play.

    So what price is Leavitt willing to pay for success?

    It has to be a big price, since according to Leavitt, Ponton and Julmiste weren't even going to be starters this season. So if he can't make a statement with a six-game suspension or cutting loose backup players, what will he do if Amarri Jackson or Stephen Nicholas fail a drug test or get in trouble with the law?

    Leavitt has done wonders for this program and has built it from the ground up with quality players such as Andre Hall and Marquel Blackwell. It may be players like Julmiste and Chambers who hinder this team from continuing its progress in the national championship picture.

    This is already becoming an interesting season for the football program, and it hasn't played its first game of the season yet.

    The clock is ticking for the Bulls, and the fuse connected to this time bomb is slowly burning and could explode at any moment.

    http://media.www.usforacle.com/media/storage/paper880/news/2006/08/31/Sports/Mum-Cant.Be.Leavitts.Only.Word-2253475.shtml?sourcedomain=www.usforacle.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com

    :o :o :o :o :o :o :o

    Prepare for 6 more weeks of media blackout!!

    Good story.

    DW only one who can deal with

    in USF South Florida Bulls Athletics

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    I question was the media reporting the suspensions (all team suspensions here are in house even if they arise from criminal charges and not NCAA driven) and making them public. "On their own' or not the stories are newsworthy if for nothing else its a Florida educational institution funded by government money and in Florida college football is most certainly in the public eye.

    Maybe by those institution making suspension public in the first place they avoided the controversy? Man I wonder if that theory could work?

    http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/w/x/wxk116/tylenol/crisis.html

    WFTS, Community Fails the Bulls and their fans

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    So in your mind, the Trib is calling another local media source out with that article ...... I guess it's all in your perception.

    I think thats what the article is about. I think that the Trib published this article because they believe its news when the local team gets bumped off the local tv schedule and without editorializing they put that news in front of the people that could/should be outraged enough to do someting about it.

    It would be a sadder commentary if everyone expected USF to get bumped for ND and it went without notice.

    DW only one who can deal with

    in USF South Florida Bulls Athletics

    WFTS, Community Fails the Bulls and their fans

    in USF South Florida Bulls Athletics

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    No big deal as I see it. All I have to do is adjust my DVR, but its a real commentary on the support USF has for this game in the community. Notre Dame is huge everywhere and USF vs a no name (I apologize MvNeese fans) team is bound to get pre-empted. If its USF vs Miami I think the game is still on WFTS.

    BTW: Your kidding about hitting the Trib for this one right? They are giving USF good exposure and calling another local media source out not doing it and now they are publishing a negative article.

    (a 1000 complaints equal far more interested people and worthy of a prominent story, if not why do we bother "stampedeing" our 10 guys?) Geez. Perspective is a crazy thing.

    South Florida vs. Kansas

    in USF South Florida Bulls Athletics

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    Aw Crap. Is there any chance the intelectually challenged (see Rod Smith comments) will be able to stay away from the most obtuse comments about Mark Mangino?

    Oh I wait with bated breath to see if they can elevate their banter and get past the middle school level. I doubt they can, they never have been able to rise above thier handicap which is far worse than being fat.

    "The Jim Leavitt Show"

    in USF South Florida Bulls Athletics

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    Yeah I looked everywhere I could think of including the official site.

    Maybe CJL has extended the media blackout to include the softball questions of his choosing. I love drinking to the awfullys and powerfuls and what could be better than watching him build up McNeese to superpower status.

    Its a shame if the show goes away, although I doubt that it will because he gets paid to host the television show. Of course now that he is big money he may not need a $50K.

    "television/radio money that escalates from $40,000 to $50,000 over the course of the five years."

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