Wolfman

What an easy question, this years team is much better than the 2001 team.  The level of competition is much improved as previously mentioned.  That Pitt team in 2001 started the season 1-5 until they started to come together as a team.  We played them in week #2. We were also 1-3 on the road that year, something we still struggle with today.  Lets be real here and look ahead not to the past.

Go Bulls!

USF

27-3

331

Jackson

Some people just love to be negative.  This post could have just as easily been after the first 4 games of the 2002 season. (2 home victories and 2 road losses against good teams)  Which manage to only score 17 points in those 2 games.  This was with MB at QB.

If we take a closer look at this season we see that we have beaten a quality team in Louisville who has gone on to destroy other teams.  I have to admit when we crushed UCF I thought big deal but they have since won 3 straight. (against much lesser teams I know, but 3 straight wins after 17 losses is still somewhat impressive, and they played fairly well against So. Car).  

We have lost only to 2 teams, both ranked in the top ten and both games on the road.  Anyone who doesn't believe we should have a realistic chance in all of our remaining games either doesn't truely understand college football as a whole or is most definately a glass half empty person.

Go Bulls!  Take one game at a time and you never know where we might end up.

It is my understanding that the reason this game is on ESPN 360 was the conferences doing.  I have been told that all of the BCS conferences had to select 1 conference game to be on ESPN 360 with no other broadcast, local or otherwise.

For me it would have to be Charlie Bradley.  At that time was the highest recruited player to sign with us.  

PJ is our best option at this point.  He has shown the ability to play a conservative QB position.  When he starts pressing is when he gets into trouble.   It is the same story in all his bad games dating back to last year.  A receiver early in the game drops a pass or 2 or worse it tips off his hand and gets intercepted, that is when PJ starts pressing.  When the early passes connect and we get out to an early lead he seems to settle in and is competent.

I couldn't agree more.  Our defense was outstanding.  Miami was working with a short field the entire first half and I thought our defense played great.

If anything I think the game showed that Miami has a long way to go on the Offensive side of the ball.  Their defense is outstanding and will need to continue to bail them out all year.

Go Bulls

They are just not that great anymore.  Don't get me wrong they are still a solid team but they are not the team that their fans or the national media makes them out to be.  What upsets me is that even some of our own Bulls fans have jumped on board and believe the hype.  Reputation will only get you so far, you still have to play the games.  A few stats to back up my points:

Miami's record over their last 9 games is 5 wins and 4 losses.  Their 5 wins were against teams with a combined record of 22 wins and 19 losses. (mediocre at best).  The record of the 4 teams they lost to are a combined 25 wins and 14 losses.

Don't get me wrong I wanted the media to continue to sing their praises,  it will be just that much better.  What I don't like are our own fans coming on here and saying we don't have a chance.  I don't know if we win this game or not, but I am certain we have a legitimate shot at pulling off the upset.

GO BULLS!

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FOUND.

He is hanging out on the West Virginia board.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/index

Espn on the front page of their college football online has a nice article about Andre Hall.  Somewhat similar article that the St. Pete Times had a few weeks back.

USF BULLS

17-3

284

Peyton

Mutt, I have to applaud you on this weeks art work.  Best yet.

USF

35-31

447

Peyton

It is hard to believe in a prediction contest for fun, a true die hard Bulls fan would pick against his own team.  I would have to say that if some of our players had that same attitude and did not believe they could win, we would be very similar to the school 100 miles East.

Go Bulls!  Stay focused and believe in your abilities.  We have won games in the past when other thought it couldn't be done.

USF Bulls!

31-13

341

Peyton

USF Bulls

48-3

441

Peyton

USF

17-6

238

Peyton

Let people say what they want, but this isn't the Penn State of years past.  Their offense is likely to strugle more than ours.  The large crowd will be their biggest weapon.  If we can keep our focus I believe this is a game we could win.

I think it would be a good idea for VR to read over these posts again.  I have read them and I do not see where anyone compared Hall to Dickerson, Payton or Faulk.

One person said with the exception of Dickerson and Payton.  And the Faulk comment was made as a point of reference that you can't completely discount a players stats strickly based of the conference he played.  

Hey VR,

I agree everything is not about stats, just like every team in a so called big name conference is so much better defensively.   North Carolina was not a very good run stopping team, giving up almost 3000 yards on the ground.  Just because Washington put up his numbers against the ACC doesn't hold up with me.  If it did the answer to your question regarding the kid from North Texas on if he could  put up numbers against the bigger

conferences would be yes.  He put up 257 yards against Colorado, not a very good team last year but from the Big 12.  Also as you stated FSU had a more balanced attack which only helps a runner.  Lets not forget that Mashall

Faulk played at San Diego State and seems to be doing fine in the pro's against players from the ACC.

VR,

If you are going to drop the competition card as far as Andre Hall goes, you better check out Washington's stats before proclaiming him best in the state.  Under 50 yards against both Miami and Florida.  He had his big games against North Carolina, as did everyone else.

USF Bulls

7

Leather - 22

Bryant - 14

77%

USF Bulls

Leather - 21

Bryant - 14

77%

USF

3

Dennis - 21

Leather - 14

77%

Bulls

7

Leather - 27

Jones - 13

77%

79-83

I attended all of USF home basketball games.  The first year meant a little travel as we played in the Lakeland civic center, fairgrounds, Bayfront Center, etc.  We were horrible that first year, but then  the Sundome was finished and we kept hearing rumors that our new head coach would be announced once his team was eliminated from the NCAA tourney.  When it took until the Final Four for the announcement that Lee Rose would be our next coach, I was thrilled.  Over the next three years the students pretty much filled the Rose Garden (lower level of the Sundome) as we went on to win the only 2 Florida Four tournaments and received our first postseason bid.  I lived in Fontana Hall for three years and then off campus in the Way apartment complex.  I still live about an hour from Campus and attend all home football games and about a half dozen basketball games a year.  Great times and a great thread.

It is way too early to get a read on the coach Mac era.  This is only his second season, which in reality means only one true recruiting class and there are very few players in the nation who make much of an impact in there first two years.  With that in mind if you don't like the product you see today you have to blame that on the previous coach.

I for one see the future as extremely bright.  Just watching the intensity and basic x's and o's of the game coach Mac knows what he is doing.  The biggest factor could be a few years down the road when the NCAA starts to take away penalize teams based on graduation rates.  This is going to be the fall of many good teams (Cinn, Memphis for example).  From everything I have read about coach Mac, this should not be a problem for us.  As far as our last coach goes, I'm not so sure.

Bulls win

7 points

Dennis - 21

Leather - 11

77%