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We always do better when everybody underestimates us or ignores us. Less press is better for next weekend.

I think everybody needs to be calm. I remember a certain 9-2 season where we ended up with with a whole lotta nothing. Restart this thread in November, then I will be a little more upbeat.

The bottom feeder comment on a segment from the College GameDay End Show definitely was very interesting, two out of the three guys had something positive to say. Sports Center broadcast I saw had two different references to the game, both we positive for USF. We will see if things get better (in the love dept.) if (big IF) we win next weekend. See you all in Miami. Go Bulls.

Yep. Of course it actually link to here... http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/football/ncaa/09/24/bc.fbc.t25.louisville.sflorida.ap/index.html?cnn=yes

Apparently things got a little crazy at the UCF game... Updated: Sep. 24, 2005, 10:08 PM ET UCF police officer fatally shot by Orlando policeAssociated Press ORLANDO, Fla. -- A University of Central Florida police officer was shot to death by an Orlando police officer outside the Citrus Bowl as fans were arriving for a college football game Saturday, authorities said. Authorities did not immediately release names or the circumstances leading to the shooting, but Florida Department of Law Enforcement spokesman Geo Morales said the shooting was under investigation. Witnesses told the Orlando Sentinel that the incident started with an undercover officer breaking up a tailgate party. When he encountered resistance, they said, he fired three shots into the air. An Orlando Police officer then saw the man with the gun and shot him several times, the newspaper said. Authorities believed a third person was involved, said Barbara Jones, spokeswoman for the Orlando Police Department. Jones refused to say if the person was injured. A telephone message left Saturday night for the UCF Police Department was not immediately returned. The shooting occurred before the University of Central Florida's victory over Marshall University. "It's pretty freaky. You don't think you would see this at a UCF game," junior Nicole Jorgensen, 22, of Melbourne.

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Play a team with a losing record.

It's not like Auburn has had any issues . . . Auburn's academic probation is lifted By Bob Johnson Associated Press Writer AUBURN  Auburn University was released from academic probation by its accrediting agency Tuesday, removing a cloud that hung over the school's students, faculty and administration for the past year. "It was something I was worrying about," said Bridgett Beasley, an Auburn senior from Mobile. "I'm graduating and all of us were concerned about whether our degrees would be worth anything. It was a big deal." The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools placed Auburn on probation last year, citing in part a finding of micromanagement by trustees. A recent report by SACS said it wasn't satisfied with Auburn's effort to get off probation and that the school would have to do more to prove that some trustees don't improperly control or influence other board members. But at its annual meeting in Atlanta, SACS cleared Auburn, a step that interim President Ed Richardson had been working toward as he restructured staff and dealt with trustee issues for months. Richardson presented SACS officials with three recently conducted independent audits of financial arrangements involving trustees. "I am very pleased we can now get on with further improving Auburn University rather than devoting so much time to this process," Richardson said Tuesday afternoon in a telephone news conference. If Auburn had lost its accreditation, the school wouldn't have been able to get federal funds and students' degrees might not be accepted elsewhere  a fact very real to Auburn seniors nearing graduation. But senior Rusty Hart of Orange Beach said he wasn't too worried because he figured Auburn officials would fix the problems that got the state's largest campus on probation. "I just thought it was something they would definitely fix because there was no way people would want to come to this school if we lost our accreditation," said Hart as he studied at Auburn's student union building. Another senior, Joe Koswoski of Huntsville, said Auburn students were aware of the SACS probation, but he said the Auburn football team's No. 3 ranking in college football polls has been a bigger topic of campus conversation. "Most definitely. Ten times more I would say," Koswoski said. The decision to remove Auburn from probation was made earlier by SACS executives and announced Tuesday. After announcing the Auburn decision, SACS Executive Director Jim Rogers said the school still will be monitored but that it should congratulate itself for getting into shape. "They have addressed the issue. It's been a very challenging period of time for the university," Rogers said. Richardson said as part of that monitoring, Auburn will be required to submit two reports to SACS in September  one on financial ties between trustees and the other on the trustees' evaluation of Richardson's job as interim president. "This is a confirmation that this institution is under the control of the president," Richardson said. The earlier report from the special SACS committee had expressed continued concern about the relationship between board members Bobby Lowder and Jack Miller, a Mobile attorney whose law firm has done more than $2.6 million in legal work for Colonial Bank, where Lowder is chief executive officer. Lowder's office in Montgomery said Tuesday that he would have no comment on Auburn being taken off SACS probation. The Auburn University Faculty voted last week to ask Lowder and Miller to resign from the Board of Trustees. Conner Bailey, a rural sociology professor who is chair-elect of the faculty organization, said he is relieved that Auburn is off probation, but continues to be concerned about the relationship between the university and the trustees. "The fact that Auburn has to make reports to SACS suggests that Auburn has more to do," Bailey said. "This is a good step for Auburn. Most faculty were in favor of removing probation so we can move forward and initiate a search for a new president." He said the University Senate, an organization of faculty, administrators and student leaders, has expressed a desire for a permanent president to be in place by Jan. 1, 2006. Richardson, former state schools superintendent, said he plans to remain an interim president and not seek the permanent position. He said one of his next priorities will be to work with University of Alabama officials to develop bills to improve higher education for lawmakers to consider in the upcoming regular session of the Alabama Legislature, which begins Feb. 1. He said one of those recommendations might be that the Legislature develop a mechanism for removing trustees. State law currently contains no language concerning removal of members of the board of trustees. "We will consider that. I think it would be helpful to everyone quite probably that that be in there, but we want to wait and see what SACS advises us to do," Richardson said. "I am very pleased we can now get on with further improving Auburn University rather than devoting so much time to this process," Richardson said Tuesday afternoon in a telephone news conference. If Auburn had lost its accreditation, the school wouldn't have been able to get federal funds and students' degrees might not be accepted elsewhere  a fact very real to Auburn seniors nearing graduation. But senior Rusty Hart of Orange Beach said he wasn't too worried because he figured Auburn officials would fix the problems that got the state's largest campus on probation. "I just thought it was something they would definitely fix because there was no way people would want to come to this school if we lost our accreditation," said Hart as he studied at Auburn's student union building. Another senior, Joe Koswoski of Huntsville, said Auburn students were aware of the SACS probation, but he said the Auburn football team's No. 3 ranking in college football polls has been a bigger topic of campus conversation. "Most definitely. Ten times more I would say," Koswoski said. The decision to remove Auburn from probation was made earlier by SACS executives and announced Tuesday. After announcing the Auburn decision, SACS Executive Director Jim Rogers said the school still will be monitored but that it should congratulate itself for getting into shape. "They have addressed the issue. It's been a very challenging period of time for the university," Rogers said. Richardson said as part of that monitoring, Auburn will be required to submit two reports to SACS in September  one on financial ties between trustees and the other on the trustees' evaluation of Richardson's job as interim president. "This is a confirmation that this institution is under the control of the president," Richardson said. The earlier report from the special SACS committee had expressed continued concern about the relationship between board members Bobby Lowder and Jack Miller, a Mobile attorney whose law firm has done more than $2.6 million in legal work for Colonial Bank, where Lowder is chief executive officer. Lowder's office in Montgomery said Tuesday that he would have no comment on Auburn being taken off SACS probation. The Auburn University faculty voted last week to ask Lowder and Miller to resign from the Board of Trustees. Conner Bailey, a rural sociology professor who is chair-elect of the faculty organization, said he is relieved that Auburn is off probation, but continues to be concerned about the relationship between the university and the trustees. "The fact that Auburn has to make reports to SACS suggests that Auburn has more to do," Bailey said. "This is a good step for Auburn. Most faculty were in favor of removing probation so we can move forward and initiate a search for a new president." Copyright 2004 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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Ok, anyone got a link to the many jerseys folks have???? Please and Thank You.

LAST WEEK . . . THIS WEEK . . .

How about Or  "GO MARSHALL" Or  "GO THUNDERING HERD"

http://www.ucfnews.com/media/paper174/news/2005/09/19/Sports/Coaches.Talk.But.Cant.Walk.The.Walk-989023.shtml Central Florida Future - Sports Issue: 9/19/05 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coaches talk, but can't walk the walk By Andy Vasquez The day after UCF was crushed by USF in the first game of a so-called rivalry, I woke up with that terrible empty feeling in my stomach. I remember having a similar feeling on my seventh birthday, when I was absolutely convinced I was going to get the Ghostbusters ghostmobile (aka Ecto-1), but instead I got stuck with some lousy Legos. Well this time I had that same feeling, but worse, because along with the disappointment there was embarrassment. I have never felt more ashamed to be wearing a UCF shirt than I did in Raymond James Stadium on Saturday night. The Knights came out so flat that the game was over by halftime, and little kids mocked me as I walked back toward the press box. Even they've heard how pathetic UCF football has become. In this 17-game losing streak and the debacle that was last year, there have been countless low moments, like the loss to Buffalo, or Prater's missed extra point against Ohio on Homecoming, but no moment compares to the absolute beatdown that UCF took in Tampa Saturday night. This game shed a lot of light on why the coaching staff is letting cameras into practice for only the first 15 minutes of a mere two practices a week. When the media are told every week at a news conference that the team has turned a corner, or is really looking good, the coaches don't want there to be any video evidence to prove otherwise. It's probably all for the best, though, because if any other football team were to see what the Knights were doing in these top-secret practices, the game could be ruined forever. For 60 minutes the Bulls just ravaged the Knights, beating them in every way fathomable. USF's rushing attack cut through UCF's defense like a hot knife through butter, for a preposterous 326 yards. By comparison, UCF rushed for -1 yards through three quarters. USF had more yards on the ground alone than the Knights gained in the entire game. The final score 31-14 is deceiving, because it felt more like 75-0. There was never any real hope for Knights fans. For the last two weeks all we've been hearing is how the team has turned a corner, and how the coaches really like the way the team is playing, how things have never been better under Coach George O'Leary. Then the time comes to take the field and all of the sudden, this team that supposedly looks so good in practice falls apart and turns into the nightmare everyone remembers from last year. I'm tired of the talk, and I want to know how the coaching staff plans to make sure they have the right amount of players on the field when the ball is snapped. How are they supposed to win a game when they keep getting penalties for the wrong players being on the field? As I was sitting in traffic on my way out of Tampa, the UCF motorcade passed by me on my left with a police escort, which I found kind of ironic. The thousands of fans that came to support a team that had lost 16 games in a row deserved the police escort, while the Knights should have been walking home after their collapse --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I just hope after the UCF folks win some games that they will be a little less bitter. Tomorrow will be an interesting day hear in Orlando as I will see a large amount of the folks who have been throwing the smack around for the last couple years. The media in Orlando definitely has pointed out the problems. Big write ups in the Orlando Sentinel and on the TV news. If they get out of the funk and play well the rest of the year, we will see if the rivalry thing moves forward. Personally, I think we have more chance of being a rival with Pitt or Louisville then with UCF.

Yes, a fine job. I may yet stick a nice 17 symbol on the back of the 88 GT with the USF plate on it.

http://www.athlonsports.com/pollBooth.php3?question_id=3866 Hadn't seen this in a couple days...

I only saw one car with UCF spirit flags on the drive over.  I only saw one car with flags on the drive back (not the same car).  Kudos to the guys in the blue t-bird for the bulls hand sign on I-4, to the driver of that big 4x4 with the Bulls license plate, hope you made it home safe. We had the USF spirit flag out on the return. Passed many a car with UCF license plates, most in the slow lanes, most with a dazed look on their face.  The media over here is already laying into UCF.  TV (local 13 @ 1AM-ish), paper (Orlando Sentinel), online - everbody is getting down on the Knights.  It is sometimes hard to be a USF fan over here; however, it is much harder to be a UCF fan in Orlando with all the bad vibes, blame games, etc.... To the UCF folks that dished the smack to me personally and to many other USF Alumni in the Orlando area-  I understand you thought you were going to win, I was concerned myself we might lose. It didn't happen though.  I do not expect you guys to acknowledge anything.  I do not expect you to admit you lost, this is all fine.  Please do not key my damm cars with the USF licenses plates on them, you wouldn't do it to the UF or FSU  or UM folks if you lost to them.  You guys get your chance to redeem yourselves next September.  You will win this season, just not last night. Don't make USF folks here the cause of your problems, or the solution to your frustrations.  It is a game, maybe it will become a rivalry. Yes it was number 17, but you guys are going to start winning.  Keep it civil please, all kinds of fans live in Orlando.  Next year, we will be at your house.

From Orlando with multiple USF car flags in the green and gold eddie b explorer with the USF plate.

Just got back from this evenings game, good turnout for Orlando. Thanks to the Tampa folks for dropping by, hope they made it to the wedding on time. Steve and Barry's University Sportwear was nice enough to have the generic South Florida sweatshirts by the door today. It seems that have finally sold out of the older 'goat' style logo. Everything of course 7.98 or less; http://www.steveandbarrys.com/ WalMart - love em or hate em, whatever. Has Bulls Hats here in Orlando. I about dropped my mouth to the floor in the store. BULLS Iconic U Licensed Hats here in Orlando WalMarts. $5.00 a piece, I am shocked. Lids- can't say enough about them, they have em even at the Orlando Airport as previously posted. Even though we had a loss this evening, I am happy that more Bulls apparel is making its way here.

So are we unsuccessful with a USF plate on a Eddie Bauer Green and Gold Explorer? and on a Green Sentra with a USF plate? and soon to be on the 88 Mustang GT?

Nope, no Disney shuttle, best enviroment on Disney property would probably be the ESPN CLUB at Boardwalk http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wdw/dining/diningDetail?id=ESPNDiningPage

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