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I couldn't believe he was able to move around and run like that on kickoffs other night on Sunday night football! Last fall he was down here visiting and I saw and talked with him a couple of times and he wasn't moving around well at all. He has always been very optimistic though and worked as hard as he leg allowed him too. So congrats JR and I hope the recovery and great success story continues! Go BULLS!

Board Games: Sports message boards become major players By Edgar Thompson Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Sunday, August 06, 2006 Hi, I'm Larry - my friends know me as 1ChopCity1 - and I'm an Internet message board addict. Hi, 1ChopCity1! It's been 30 minutes since I analyzed Florida State football and I already feel like I'm out of the loop. I spent six hours the other day debating Jeff Bowden's red-zone package. I know more about the kids in the 2008 recruiting class than I do about my own kids. I'm just glad there are people who understand my struggle. Hey, how about blowing off this meeting and breaking down Bobby's right tackle rotation? Sound familiar? Are you a college football message board maniac? Or is someone close to you afflicted by the insatiable need to tap away at a keyboard and get the latest on every pulling guard and pulled hamstring? Perhaps a 12-step program is next for people like 1ChopCity1 - also known as Larry Bishop of Roanoke, Va., a habitual visitor to Warchant.com, the Seminoles' primary fan site. "It's like a drug," Bishop said. "I'd be on it so long when I first started. I've gotten better with it, but I still love it." The boards are burning year-round, but they'll start heating up again this week as pre-season camps open throughout the country. Bishop, a former high school coach now in the art business, figures he has posted more than 13,000 times in the past five years. Nowadays, he's under strict house rules to log on only after his wife goes to bed. "If I wanted to keep my family - I'm not saying it was that deep - but I didn't want to have any friction in the household," Bishop, 36, said. Ross Weinstein, a Long Island resident who goes by NYGator on Florida's two main fan sites, became such a serial poster that he forced himself to go cold turkey for three months last year. "It's a real disease. I'm not joking," Weinstein, 36, said. "It's like anything. If there's an outlet, people are going to find a way to overuse it." Like Weinstein did during a vacation to the Dominican Republic, where he made the time to duck into Internet cafes to get his Gators fix. What's everybody yakking about in cyberspace? Everything from who should be starting and sitting to who should be fired and hired to who's in trouble and why. And the postings pile up from all over the globe. "It's amazing how diverse the demographic is," said Gene Williams, who founded Warchant.com in 1995. "People all over the country, out of the country - England, Australia. You don't realize you have a 12-year-old in Tampa arguing with an 80-year-old who lives in Seattle." The message boards also are home to close friends and family members of players or potential recruits. Ernie Sims Sr., whose son, Ernie Jr., played linebacker for FSU the past three seasons, is a Warchant.com member. Randy Miller, whose son Drew is an offensive lineman at Florida, is a regular on GatorBait.net. Former Gators offensive lineman Shannon Snell spent his final three seasons online defending Ron Zook's teams under the handle "Showstoppa75." Controversy isn't tough to kick up on the boards, but truth often is. "It's just a rumor mill," said Robert Merkel, a longtime Gators booster from Palm Beach County who used to frequent Gatorcountry.com. "There's very little fact to any of it. It's like reading Alice in Wonderland." Yet enough solid information has been offered that the boards can't be ignored. Entries from Alabama's fan site, TiderInsider.com, were subpoenaed during a lawsuit filed against the NCAA by former Tide assistant coach Ronnie Cottrell, who was fired for recruiting violations involving Memphis linebacker Albert Means. In a related case, lawyers asked Tennessee booster Roy Adams to discuss entries he posted on the Volunteers' fan site Gridscape.com. But the posting that boosted boards from nerd to national status came from an Auburn site when a fan wrote about Alabama coach Mike Price's drunken escapades at a Pensacola strip club. The April 2003 incident led to Price's dismissal less than a month later. Despite that landmark moment for Auburn fans, Rodney Orr, who owns TiderInsider.com, said the Tigers still trail the Tide when it comes to breaking news about the rivalry. Orr claims Terry Bowden's 1998 decision to resign as Auburn's coach and the subsequent hiring of Tommy Tuberville broke on his site. FSU fans were the first to read about some recent trouble at Florida when allegations appeared on a Warchant.com message board that Gators cornerback Avery Atkins hit the mother of his infant son. Atkins left the team and faces a charge of misdemeanor battery. Jamie Newberg of Scout.com, a recruiting service affiliated with more than 200 fan sites, thinks coaches and administrators have no choice but to check postings. "They're going to blast what we do. They're going to blast the message boards, the posters," Newberg said. "But when they're in their offices, they're reading that stuff and they're seeing what's out there." Coaches who read the boards have differing opinions. "Sometimes they make sense, other times they're just talking," Central Florida's George O'Leary said. Asked for his opinion about the boards, Tennessee coach Phil Fulmer wasn't as tolerant: "You really want me to say? I don't know if I can say all that and print it." Like them or not, schools monitor the boards. Steve McClain, who heads the sports information department at Florida, has staff members check message-board content the same way they always have clipped newspaper articles about the program. "When you think there's no more room for growth, it continues to grow," McClain said of the message-board chatter. "It makes you wonder how much room there is for growth. But I wouldn't be surprised if in five years I'm making the same statement." Bare-bones Internet chat rooms sprung up in the mid-1990s, but were accessible primarily to the computer-savvy. A decade later, everyone can easily join the discussion. "It's not like it used to be, when everybody got up and read the sports page," Florida Athletic Director Jeremy Foley said. "Now everybody gets on and logs on to the Internet and either reads it or posts on it. "It changes how people get to interact with the world of sports." This new culture has a good and bad side for board heads like Bishop and Weinstein. These days, being a fan can consume a lot of valuable time. Dakine Beckman, a Seminoles fan and stay-at-home father from Plantation, said he averages about eight posts a day during the season, but as many as 20 on game days. That's nothing. "There are guys who have posted triple digits in one day after a loss," Beckman said. Bradley Pike, a third-generation Florida graduate from Tampa, can relate. A 35-year-old father of two small children, he has made more than 20,000 posts on the message board at GatorBait.net since 2001. "That's 4,000 posts a year, 10 a day," said Pike, a financial analyst who goes by the handle GordonGecko. "When you break it down, it's not that much." Fellow message board addicts would agree: It's never enough. http://x.go.com/cgi/x.pl?name=MyESPNLocal-ncb&srvc=sz&goto=http://www.palmbeachpost.com/sports/content/sports/epaper/2006/08/06/a1b_boards_0806.html

Canes vs Notre Dame Texas vs USC every year now after the NC game Ohio State vs WV

Whens the return game for this past years game?

It least this offseason got made a lot better with my MIAMI HEAT Winning the World Championship! I know he is a Marquette grad but D-Wade for me is the best thing in basketball and makes it fun to watch the NBA again! Anyways Go BULLS and can't wait for all the fall sports we got a lot to look forward to! Football, Soccer big year coming i think, and volleyball!

1) Soccer - Top 10 team this year! 2) Yes and Yes 3) Anyone of them would be fine by me! 4) Gators or FSU 5) Orange Bowl 6) (Bonus) A bowl Game victory for football and a Huge Upset victory over a top team in College hoops!

USF Women’s Hoops Hires Jaida Williams As Assistant Coach Tampa, FL (June 22, 2006) – University of South Florida head women’s basketball coach Jose Fernandez filled one of his two assistant coaching positions today when he announced the hiring of Jaida Williams. “I am extremely excited and look forward to working with Jaida,†said Fernandez. “She is young, energetic, and has a tremendous work ethic, and I feel that she has a very bright future in our profession. She will also be heavily involved in recruiting and, with her playing experience, will be great asset in the development of our players.†A native of Miami, Williams comes to USF after serving as Director of Basketball Operations at Iowa last season where she worked closely with the basketball staff and athletic administration to help coordinate the programs day-to-day activities. Williams began her collegiate coaching career during the 2004-05 campaign as an assistant at her alma mater, California State Polytechnic University at Pomona (CPP), where she served as an assistant coach overseeing academics, scouting, and recruiting. She also assisted is game preparation. A 2005 graduate of CPP, Williams received her bachelor’s degree in journalism. During her two years in Pomona, Williams was a standout on the women’s basketball team where she helped the Broncos to a 23-7 record, including a 17-5 mark in the California Collegiate Athletic Association during the 2003-04 campaign. Cal Poly would advance to the NCAA Tournament Regional Final before falling to Seattle Pacific 80-63. Prior to her time on the West Coast, Williams began her collegiate career at Barry University where she was signed by current USF head coach Jose Fernandez while he was an assistant with the Buccaneers. Williams would not play for Fernandez, however, since he left to become an assistant with the Bulls in the spring of 2000. While at Barry, Williams helped the Buccaneers to a 21-9 record and an 8-6 ledger in the Sunshine State Conference (SSC) as a freshman. She was fourth in scoring, averaging nine points per game, and second in rebounding grabbing 7.7 per contest. For her efforts during her rookie campaign, she was named to the SSC All-Freshmen Team. Williams would follow up her inaugural season at Barry by leading the team in both scoring and rebounding averaging 15.8 points and 9.9 rebounds during the 2001-02 season. She would be named first team All-SSC and was also recognized by Kodak as second team all-region and was tabbed a Kodak All-American honorable mention. The Bulls are coming off the most memorable season in the programs history. USF finished with a 19-12 record and a 9-7 slate in their first year in the BIG EAST Conference. In addition the Bulls advanced to their first-ever NCAA Tournament earning a No. 9 seed in the Bridgeport Region. They faced the No. 8 seed USC in the first round in Norfolk, VA losing to the Women of Troy 67-65.

he was already doing that. did all the games on catch 47 this year!

USF’s Jose Fernandez To Assist With Puerto Rican National Women’s Basketball Team Tampa, FL (June 16, 2006) – University of South Florida head women’s basketball coach Jose Fernandez has been named as an assistant coach for the Puerto Rican National Team. Fernandez will assist the team during its participation in the FIBA Americas Under-18 Tournament in Colorado Springs, CO June 20-July 2. “I’m extremely honored to get an invitation from the Puerto Rican Basketball Federation to assist its women’s basketball program,†said Fernandez. “I’ve met some great coaches down there through recruiting in Puerto Rico and competing in the San Juan Shootout last season. I’ve also had ladies from Puerto Rico attend my summer camps the last three or four years and I have developed some friendships with youth coaches on the island. I think that it will be a great opportunity working with their staff on an international stage.†“I would also like to thank our athletics director, Doug Woolard, and associate athletics director and women’s basketball sports administrator, Barry Clements, for the opportunity to be involved with the federation,†said Fernandez. It’s opportunities like these that will only help our team here at USF take yet another step in becoming a top NCAA Division I program.†This past season Fernandez finished his sixth year as head coach of the Bulls. The Miami native has done a remarkable job in building the program into one of the premier up-an-coming programs in the country. When he took over at USF prior to the 2000-01 season, the Bulls were coming off a 13-16 record during the 1999-00 campaign and then endured a 4-24 season in his first year. Since then, USF has recorded three winning seasons in the past five years and has advanced to the postseason the last three consecutive years. Over the last two seasons the “Green and Gold†have posted a 40-23 record. The Bulls are coming off the most memorable season in the programs history. USF finished with a 19-12 record and a 9-7 slate in their first year in the BIG EAST Conference. In addition the Bulls advanced to their first-ever NCAA Tournament earning a No. 9 seed in the Bridgeport Region. They faced the No. 8 seed USC in the first round in Norfolk, VA losing to the Women of Troy 67-65. “It is a privilege and a pleasure to have the chance to work with Coach Fernandez at the upcoming FIBA tournament in the United States,†said Hector Laboy, head coach of the Puerto Rican Women’s National Team. “Coach Fernandez is an experienced and successful Division I coach who will offer a lot to our program. He also is a Latin coach who knows what we want to accomplish with our team and our players.†Puerto Rico has been placed in Pool B of the FIBA Americas Tournament along with Argentina, Canada, and Costa Rica. They will begin on June 28 when they face Canada and then will take on Costa Rica on June 29. They will conclude preliminary action on June 30 against Argentina.

those arent the official I don't think. There alright but there to blah for me honestly. Anyways sure the official ones are a little different.

that cant be the official ones.

I would just tell Pitino in these exact words, " Sorry Rick I just don't see it in the cards, your stuck with the schedule"! 8)

I stick with my prediction! We will be there! Go BULLS!

this is all smoke and mirrors! ;D

Love the Lou Brown reference minotaur classic!

Cocoa High Ace Kristen Gordon Signs With USF Softball Courtesy: USF TAMPA, Fla. (June 5, 2006) – University of South Florida head softball coach Ken Eriksen announced today that the Bulls have received a National Letter of Intent from Cocoa High senior Kristen Gordon, officially becoming a part of USF’s top-25 ranked softball program in the 2006-07 academic year. Gordon will join the squad adding even more depth to the Bulls’ pitching staff. Gordon will complement returners Bree Spence and Cristi Ecks – two of the top pitchers in the BIG EAST – and transfer Courtney Mosch (SYR), who will be eligible to play in 2007. The incoming freshman has had a dominant high school career, putting together a record of 66-15 with an ERA of 0.98. She has pitched 557 innings, recording 889 career strikeouts, including nine no-hitters and 18 one-hitters. In her senior season alone, she led Cocoa High to the state semifinals and earned FLORIDA TODAY’S Softball Player of the Year. She finished 2006 with a record of 22-3, an ERA of 0.86 and posted 341 Ks. Gordon threw two perfect games, including a 20-strikeout effort against Rockledge High, and put together 57-consecutive scoreless inning streak. “What a great addition to our pitching staff,†Eriksen said. “Kristen is great pitcher, which will give us four top-notch pitchers next season. Our pitching staff will have a tremendous amount of depth next season and she is going to be a key asset for us in 2007.†Gordon becomes the ninth player to commit to join the Bulls for the 2007 season. Can You Say Stacked Pitching staff!! 9 no hitters and 2 perfect games is decent 8) GO BULLS!

Yes Hunter is back!

didnt see Bulliever posted this earlier! Oh well was excited so posted it! Anyways on a side note this post brings me to 200!!! Go Bulls!

This guy I think would be a good hire as much as i dont like FSU! The recruiting aspect alone I think is the real key! And I agree with Tybull it would be great to get some ties with them so we can play them in big sports again and beat them again. Everyone knows they stopped playing us cuz bball was beating them back in the day! Go BULLS!

Wheres Ari and Herm when you need em? EC was the one who brought in Leavitt bet they didnt know that!

We get in for sure next season! Mark it down, write it on paper, jot it down on your hand, whatever I'm guaranteeing a trip to the garden! Whos going with me? Go BULLS!

The kid from Wharton is a heckuva player saw him play alot this past year. He scored 41 goals in his last 2 seasons! This team is gonna be scary if everyone is healthy! Come out next fall and check them out because this team has big time potential! GO BULLS!

USF Men’s Soccer Adds Two More To 2006 Class Courtesy: USF Release: 06/02/2006 Courtesy: USF TAMPA, Fla. (June 2, 2006) – Head Coach George Kiefer and the USF men’s soccer team announced today the addition of Ognjen “Ogi†Perucica and Tom Markey to the 2006 squad. Perucica, a forward from Tampa, Fla., played at Wharton HS and for HC United. At Wharton he set the school scoring record with 59 career goals and 36 assists. He was a member of the US Youth Soccer Region III ODP Team in 2005-06. He earned the Jose A. Alvarez Award as the top male high school soccer player in Hillsborough County in 2006. He notched 26 goals and 14 assists during his senior season. Perucica earned second team all-county honors during his junior season, scoring 15 goals and registering three assists. Markey, a defender from Indianapolis Ind., played at North Central HS. He was a teammate of USF forward Jordan Seabrook at North Central HS and with the Dynamo Katner (club soccer team). A member of the U-16 state championship team, Markey was a member of the Indiana US Youth Soccer 1987 ODP State Team that competed in the 2005 ODP National Championships. Markey was named to the 2005 NSCAA/adidas All-Region IV team. Perucica and Markey join USF recruits Diego Restrepo (goalkeeper), Anthony Wallace (defender/midfielder), Neven Subotic (midfielder) and Marc Dougherty (midfielder).

Nice Triple B! If i knew how to post pictures I wouldve put one up! And good call with which one is Ari!

Yea thats true! just never thought there was that much space back in there!