Don Toro

I can't knock on UCF for what they are building, it sure does look crappy now but from what I've read it is going to be a real nice place. Bleachers are just one part of the story, they are building a whole entertainment venue around it with restaurants, and shops. I think most of us would be just as excited if something like that was going up in our campus.

There were Gators everywhere.  They were even selling UF Championship banners along Bayshore. Freaking annoying.

ill be shopping, totally pissed too but I promised the girl I would take her shopping and out to eat  >

wow.

heck, for scout, the usf board administrator had to contact the scout HQ and convince them to change a couple of rankings by sending videos and making a case...

That's great. Maybe he can talk 'em into changing a few of our 3* to 4* or 5* so we can lose them to other schools.

Couldnt this be a plus if it would work out?  Maybe next year he would still want to come to USF and with 4 years Grothe will only have 2 years instead of 3 when Voss comes in, get my point?

That would only work if he goes to a Prep school, if he goes to a CC those years will count against his eligibility.

Can someone recap please!

Thanks

Recap:

-Everyone talked about their plans for Gasparilla

-Mentioned how the coaching shuffle is not really going to affect recruiting.  But just to be safe Wally B. visited OL Lawrence        

McCoy in Valdosta, Ga. His commit still stands.

-As we all know R. Marve is a long shot

- Alton Voss might not be academically eligible

- We will offer more to make up for recruits that might not qualify

- TE Kevenski McGee** has USF as his top choice.  

- Talked about that GA recruit that would have committed to USF last weekend but got a last minute call from Auburn telling him that they "might have a spot" for him.

And that's all I remember.

usf and leavitt need to be proactive and stop low balling assistants

And for that we need our alumni, especially does bragging about having lunch in Beverly Hills, to donate some serious money. Not one time donations, but generous yearly donations.

Rivals fixed their error on our ranking.  We are now back ahead of UCF(only one spot ahead but ahead).  We are 57 not 66 like we were yesterday.

Was it an error or did we move up now that Claude Davis and Butler are 3***?

seems to be a lot of parody this year.

Indeed. SNL couldn't script it any better.

I don't mean to sound like Smazza, but how is a non-BCS school two years removed from going 0-17 having the same recruiting year as us? Is it because their new facilities? Is it because they have a coach that was hired by Notre Dame? What is it? We are doing great but I didn't expect for UCF to do as good as us.

on a personal note, could they have picked a worse weekend for this game?  Really, UT/UF weekend?  I had been planning on going to Gainesville for the game since this past years game ...  >

TN has plenty of support already, we need you in Auburn!

I can't wait till WE play Auburn next year.

The Bulls would kill for attendance like this.

09/02/1978      13-19      L            N.Y. GIANTS      67456

09/09/1978      7-15      L            DETROIT      64445

09/24/1978      14-9      W            ATLANTA      58073

10/01/1978      7-24      L            MINNESOTA      65972

10/22/1978      33-19      W            CHICAGO      68146  

11/19/1978      31-10      W            BUFFALO      61383

12/03/1978      7-17      L            GREEN BAY      67754

12/17/1978      10-17      L            NEW ORLEANS     51207

And who said we wouldn't? Who wouldn't want those attendance numbers for USF games?  :-?

Compare the home game attendance vs the same team in their stadium...An tell me the Bucs weren't drawing good crowds in Tampa.

09/17/1978      16-10     W      @      MINNESOTA      46152

10/01/1978      7-24      L            MINNESOTA     [highlight] 65972 [/highlight]

10/22/1978      33-19      W            CHICAGO      [highlight]68146[/highlight]

11/26/1978      3-14      L      @      CHICAGO      42373

10/29/1978      7-9      L      @      GREEN BAY      55108

12/03/1978      7-17      L            GREEN BAY      [highlight]67754[/highlight]

09/02/1978      13-19      L            N.Y. GIANTS      67456

10/15/1978      14-17      L      @      N.Y. GIANTS      [highlight]68025[/highlight]

Of those 67K in Tampa how many were GB fans? And of those 55K in GB how many were Buc fans?

My recollections are a bit different than yours...there were never empty seat (to speak of) in my section...By the time 76 rolled around there weren't any $15 seats left at least not in the west stands...$12 season tickets weren't plentiful either...I don't remember a game in 1978 that my section or the sections near me weren't full...my row was tightly pack for every game...one to many oversized people in a row made it rather cozy on a hot day those old aluminum benches.  

A friend of mine moved to Tampa in 78 and couldn't get decent season tickets.

[table][tr][td]Attendance

09/12/1976      0-20      L      @      HOUSTON             42228

09/19/1976      0-23      L            SAN DIEGO      39558

09/26/1976      9-14      L            BUFFALO                44505

10/03/1976      17-42      L      @      BALTIMORE     40053

10/10/1976      0-21      L      @      CINCINNATI     40700

10/17/1976      10-13      L            SEATTLE                43458

10/24/1976      20-23      L            MIAMI                  61437

10/31/1976      19-28      L            KANSAS CITY      41779

11/07/1976      13-48      L      @      DENVER               61703

11/14/1976      0-34      L      @      N.Y. JETS         46427

11/21/1976      7-24      L            CLEVELAND       36930

11/28/1976      16-49      L      @      OAKLAND             49590

12/05/1976      0-42      L      @      PITTSBURGH    43385

12/12/1976      14-31      L            NEW ENGLAND   41517[/td][/tr][/table]

It looks too me like there were around 20K empty seats on average.

'78 was a lot better, but there were still games with 20K+ empty seats.

[table][tr][td]09/02/1978      13-19      L            N.Y. GIANTS      67456

09/09/1978      7-15      L            DETROIT      64445

09/17/1978      16-10      W      @      MINNESOTA      46152

09/24/1978      14-9      W            ATLANTA      58073

10/01/1978      7-24      L            MINNESOTA      65972

10/08/1978      30-13      W      @      KANSAS CITY      38201

10/15/1978      14-17      L      @      N.Y. GIANTS      68025

10/22/1978      33-19      W            CHICAGO      68146

10/29/1978      7-9      L      @      GREEN BAY      55108

11/05/1978      23-26      L      @      L.A. RAMS      55182

11/12/1978      23-34      L      @      DETROIT      60320

11/19/1978      31-10      W            BUFFALO      61383

11/26/1978      3-14      L      @      CHICAGO      42373

12/03/1978      7-17      L            GREEN BAY      67754

12/10/1978      3-6      L      @      SAN FRANCISCO      30931

12/17/1978      10-17      L            NEW ORLEANS      51207[/td][/tr][/table]

I'll admit, I was gonna go before I remembered that I promised my gf I would watch American Idol with her

TIVO, what a great little invention.

Bonne annee from Paris  even over here i had to get my message board fix hope u are all enjoying all the bowl games sorry there is no punctuation marks but they use a weird keyboard and is not even qwerty and the letters are all over the place

it was absolute comedy when he said ECU was the feel good story.  

Seriously, are guys making all this crap up? Is Holtz that stupid? Feel good story? How about Rutgers?

Also, we need to have some sort of fundraising drive for this board. I was on some serious withdrawal the whole afternoon.  How much will it cost to get the necessary bandwidth or w/e is that is causing the crashing fixed?  If we propose to raise a specific amount by a certain date I think people would be willing to throw down some money. I know there is a paypal link somewhere to donate but that is just sitting there. just a thought.

1. So. Miss 2002, In our 6th season of F-ball we beat the C-USA team that has the most wins in conf.

2. Pitt 2001, In our 5th season we beat a team that has won a National Championship.

3. Louisville 2003, An overtime win I'll never forget

4. Bowling Green 2002, Beat a nationally ranked team

5. Memphis 2003, Beat a bowl team at their house when we could have sent it in.

6. N. Ill. 2002, Pounded a very good MAC team

7. Houston 2001 1st C-USA win

8. U Conn 2000 1st IA win

9. Troy State 2000 Beat them when they we're #1 D1AA

10 Kentucky Wesleyan The 1st one

Amazing how after just two years some of those Top 10 wins seem insignificant now.

I guess that is another win in the wrong place for our Top 25 hopes... eh?

UCLA is ahead of us in the coaches poll by 8 points. So, them losing and us winning can only help us.

But will FSU pass us now?

At 7-6? Doubt it.  They will be ranked in the preseason polls though.

I've never heard of a high school band being a sub for a college band IN the stadium.  Maybe little pep rally things or something, but not AT the game.

High School or College, the band sounded pretty good during the game. They were there, I watched the game.

Besides, you won't get all of the school songs and YOUR band!

Thanks for the idea, but I wouldn't do it...

I think a couple of school songs like "The Bull", plus their own songs is better than the ZERO school songs we would get if the HOT doesn't make it.  When you don't have a great budget you shouldn't dismiss things so easily w/o exploring them.

It would be cool for the band to go... always has a positive effect on the game.

Anyone have an extra $60,000?   :-[

why not get a local (from Auburn) high school band like FSU did for their NC State game?

Will anyone ask WHY some USF fans have Homo thoughts on their mind at football games?

I always thought that most folks, when they think of football games, think of things like: Cold Beer, Hot Cheerleaders, TD's, etc...), and not homoerotic thoughts.

I think some USF fans need to visit a shrink to work out their "closet" issues.

Quick, somebody post the picture of the very "masculine" Knight prancing around with his cape after the USF game.

what an idiot. So we beat two Top 10 BE teams in back to back years and we still deserve to be in C-USA? wtf?