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3 minutes ago, Rocky Style said:

The real question is: Should I be watching the UVA/ND game or the Clemson/UNC game right now?  I love me some ACC.  This team sucks.

Oh man I thought the UVA/ND game was later. Well that eliminates the USF game.  Its all UNC/Clemson, UVA/ND from here.  Maybe I will take a few peeks at the USF game.

The defense is going to get exposed this game because the offense will become one dimensional.  Wisconsin Part deux.

5 minutes ago, Gismo said:

This is insanely frustrating, the receivers are open. 

Agreed.  If the ball is not under thrown then the offensive line is getting blown up

The offensive plays are there just not executing.

USF

38-31

Joiner Jr.

McDoom

365

7 hours ago, Bullrush33 said:

Too slow for this offense. Joiner and Ford should be rbs going forward 

I was impressed with Joiner's decisiveness and quickness through the holes. 

I thought Levander ‘Bird’ Williams was going to be the starter at QB.

Beat UCF and go to a bowl game. Anything above 7 wins this year assuming McCloud is the starter is a solid step forward.  

Firing the head coach is a step backwards. Firing the offensive coordinator is a step backwards. Working through the issues is the best path forward. 

USF is fortunate to have two winning head coaches on it's staff. We need to be patient. 

Bell knows what he is doing

The offensive scheme is fine. The personnel and the scheme are adjusting to each other. (Some players are not a good fit)

I agree Blake has happy feet and looks at the rush too much

McCloud needs to learn how to strap on his helmet.

I just assumed that FSU would walk away with the win.  This is not going well for fCWT

Academically I agree with you about leading with the crown. And I understand that slow motion video provides a tremendous opportunity to slow things down and analyze  But it must be looked at in context of what both players are doing in the moment.  The hit with Macon and the QB is something that happens on a lot of  plays when a running back is running the ball.  It's just not analyzed as much.

No point in firing the head coach it will put things in a tail spin even more.  There was hope that certain players will come in and make an impact and it appears that they have not.  Keep the coaches, put the right players in and continue to build brick by brick. 

I understand the need to protect players but I think that call was functionally incorrect.  The QB crouched and ducked his head.  I find it pretty much impossible for Macon to not have made contact with the QB helmet considering how the QB changed the position of his body.  I think USF should appeal the suspension. 

Crockrite does not break tackles

I would start Ford at running back and McCloud at QB.  Enables more options on offense and alleviates the pressure on the offensive line. Plus it builds for the future

1 minute ago, DELdaBull said:

No controversy.  Blake's career is over 

Blake had every opportunity.  No controversy. I would move him to #2.  Have to look to the future of the program. It only gets tougher from here

1 hour ago, Friscobull said:

The uniforms are bad and we suck

Its all Charlie Stong's fault. He should not have worn that green mock neck shirt last week.

A word of caution to those Bullspenners who are wanting to fire Charlie Strong.

Firing coaches don’t always yield the results people are expecting.  For example Kansas.  Since firing Mark Mangino, Kansas went on to win only 16 games in 9 seasons   Similarly Texas Tech since firing Mike Leach has only had 4 winning seasons in the last 9 years.

Changing the mentality of a team, install a new offense and defense takes time.  There is no magic pixie dust.   Also there is no "lot" of money ready to be dished out to continually fire and hire head coaches. Chances are the next head coach will come with a higher sticker price than the last and we will still need to pay the former.

USF does not have the money via the alumni base nor the conference media contract when compared to the two Big 12 schools that I mentioned.  But if money is there..  how about you put a some money to the indoor practice facility.  Chances are the next head coach will be advocating for that as well.  But if the money is not there...  how about you continue to cheer on these young men who are playing for their pleasure and for our entertainment.

Go Buls

This is by far is the most creative thread that I have read in while. 

Should Donovan Jennings and William Atterbury switch positions.  I thought Jennings was recruited as a tackle and Atterbury a guard.

On 8/31/2019 at 5:32 PM, NewEnglandBull said:

Retread...no thanks

Look at Butch Jones record. It is questionable why he was chased out of Tennessee which has questionable expectations. Sounds familiar.  He's has won consistently and went 9-4 consecutive years in the SEC.  Plus he may be the one to bring Larry Scott home.  P

Butch Jones

It was stated by some reporter or blogger  that Charlie Strong has not done well against teams with winning records.  Looking over his head coaching history that is most apparent.  His best season as a HC was at Louisville in 2013.  The strength of schedule, SOS, of that team was 110 of 125.  On the flip side the toughest SOS his teams has faced was at Texas in 2014 which had a SOS of 5.29, 16 of 128.  That was his first year at Texas and that team finished 6-6 in the regular season and lost their bowl game to finish 6-7.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/coaches/charlie-strong-1.html

https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/louisville/2013-schedule.html

Confidence is at stake. Confidence that when you attend or watch a USF football game you will see a team compete.  They may not always when but they will compete. 

Starting McCloud would exacerbate the problem. The challenge is the offenses need to establish it's identity and constantly changing people will make it difficult to figure out what is not working. Tonight both tackles were beaten badly.