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If it plays out as you say, I would absolutely love nothing more and it would be a hell of a story. The assumption that him being proven and successful 12 year ago would translate into success today is what has me a bit cautious. A lot of time has passed. That said, if CJL is announced tomorrow or monday, it would be awesome - and I'd be all in.

CJL would indeed be the only hire that would tame the fanbase after this debacle ... but like was articulated earlier, I fear this would be us chasing nostalgia and might be a mistake long-term. I would love nothing more than to be be wrong about this.

Agreed, but no amount of gut-wrenching disappointment is out of the question with this program anymore.

Is anybody else growing more and more fearful that they are going to name Da Prato head coach tomorrow? If this truly was botched and we missed out on all our targets, I can see them spinning it by making it seem like Da Prato was the guy all along.

Almost more horrendous than our play. And that’s saying something.

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One thing I wonder going forward is how the upcoming consolidation of campuses will impact our rankings / progress. In other words, are these rankings inclusive of the entire system already such that it will have no impact? Or when consolidation happens, are we going to drop because now additional campuses are being baked in that have less favorable metrics? I am not knowledgeable about this whatsoever, but am genuinely curious what impact, if any, this will have on this trajectory. Maybe someone here with better knowledge can enlighten us?

It could be more to do with the last part of my post regarding the competitive pool shifting, rather than anything they are doing wrong per se. As noted in the above, while the number ranking didn't change significantly, their overall position still increased given the larger number of universities in the pool from last year. Regardless, still awesome to see our continued jump despite those same factors.

New rankings are out. USF continues to show very well! Nice to see the academics side continue to shine and make us proud. FSU also had a great showing this year with a large jump in the rankings. I haven't seen much published yet by way of press releases other than FSU, but I can't wait to see how we publish / market the large strides we continue to make. LINK 2020 rankings: National #34 UF #57 FSU #104 USF #166 UCF #218 FIU #281 FAU Public #7 UF #18 FSU #44 USF #79 UCF #105 FIU #140 FAU 2019 rankings for comparison: National #35 UF #70 FSU #124 USF #165 UCF #187 FIU #230-301 FAU Public #8 UF #26 FSU #58 USF #87 UCF #100 FIU NR FAU One thing that I did see published is the following from the Miami Herald which might explain some large changes positive or negative: "Words of caution: Be careful comparing this year’s rankings to those of last year. If your school’s rankings changed significantly, it may be because the competitive pool got a little bigger this year. About 13% of ranked schools moved into different categories this year, so a university ranked previously as a regional university may now be a national university. U.S. News and World Report explained in a press release that that’s because of the “2018 update” from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, which U.S. News has used since the first Best Colleges rankings in 1983 to compare schools with similar missions. Nova Southeastern University contacted the Miami Herald to point out that while it ranked 191st last year among 300 ranked universities, it was ranked 246th this year out of 400 universities. Though the ranking dropped, its position improved overall." Regardless - pretty awesome!

Hilarious that this thread was revived. Is cooper hall still cooper hall? I'll check back in 2021.

"All I do is win"

Great story, but a little bit of a bummer in all this is that he has a Masters from UCF and also serves on their board of trustees. He seems to be more of a Knight than a Bull, I'm afraid.

Lol, bullrush. I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks it.

For the love of god, please get rid of the "All I do is win" playing after every score.

Agree with Nobull. Save the money and just win. Every marketing thing we do backfires. The ridiculous big 4 billboard still makes me cringe when I think about it.