OhioBull

I'm in with several of my friends and family from Ohio and Pennsylvania. Should be a lot of fun. Where is everyone staying? Also, can someone please tell me how to get tickets.

When will the tickets become available? I have about around 12-14 people driving over from Ohio to the game. I hope that have enough tickets allocated for us die-hard fans.

I'm going to Colorado on vacation this month. I am getting discounts on car rental through my USF alumni association membership. Do it just because you are a USF alum if not for anything else (assuming the money is not needed elsewhere).

According to ESPN they are getting killed at half-time. TCU 32, Bulls 18. Road wins are tough to get. Maybe a second half comeback is in order ???

1. Hakim Shaheed 2. Reggie Kohn 3. Radenko Dobras 4. Jeff Cunningham 5. Andre Hall

I am planning on flying in from Ohio for the game. You may be suprised of how well USF fans will travel for a big game.

I find it curious that we have a big basketball game tonight but not many people are talking. Could it be that none of us no what to expect? I think many of us are cautiously optimistic about this year. Many of the C-USA teams really are not that strong and is it possible that many of us believe that a .500 conference record (or better) is achievable. My opinion is that many of us don't want to talk because we know that tonights will be the game that defines that rest of the season. We either go to ECU and beat them (soundly hopefully) opening up huge possibilities for the rest of the season. Or we go to ECU and lose showing that we are in the dumpers for another season. Only a few more hours until we know. ???

I think what people who like soccer do not like is the total lack of education about the sport by the people who supposedly don't like the sport. How can you claim that a sport is boring or not exciting when you don't really understand the details of the game. Soccer is a game where the number of goals is low but the excitement is high. Once you understand the fluidness and creativity of the game it is totally awesome. I know because I was one of the people who did not like the sport. Once my son starting playing and I started coaching I have steadily had an increase in my appreciation of the sport. This past year I even bought season tickets to the Columbus Crew MLS team. Soccer is a sport with a level of action equal to at least the NHL and basketball. Constant movement, excitement, plays away from the ball, and it is very physical - especially at the MLS level. The bottom line is the sport must be played to be appreciated. And as was posted above - more kids are playing the sport than any other sport in America. It will be huge - but it will take awhile. Probably 2-3 generations of soccer playing kids. It may take another 50 years, but it will happen. That is a realistic projection.

Soccer is a great game that I am just starting to get a real taste of. Here is an interesting story for anyone who is interested. My son plays on a local recreational league soccer team whose record was 14-0 and was really unchallenged. An outside club who wanted to play some indoor soccer invited the top 7 kids from that team and added some other skilled players from around the area to play up near Cleveland in an indoor soccer league. The team has done very well and beaten all but 1 of the "premier" teams that we have played (and that team won the State Cup last year). We did this with our $6 tee-shirts, non-matching uniforms, and a team that has never practiced together. Things went so well that we decided it would be nice to play in a competitive league in the Cleveland area with all the premier teams in the area just to see how we could do. It would be fun. The league was contacted and you will never believe what they said. There response to our request to join the league was that we don't charge our kids enough money to play. What? "You mean we can't play in your league because we don't charge our players enough money?". "Yes, that's right. This is a premier league and we have to keep out those that don't belong." Since we have soundly beaten many of the "premier" teams in that league in indoor soccer what he is saying is that those who don't belong are those that don't make enough money. To me, IMHO, that is unbelievable. If soccer is like that all the way through then it is no wonder the US soccer is not where it should be by this point. It is full of politics and controlled by money. Unfortunate, but true. Just like somebody posted above, follow the money trail and you will find out which sports are dominating. It is not for lack of love that soccer is not dominating - it is for lack of money.

Wussy sport? ??? This is obviously coming from a guy who has never coached nor played soccer. Soccer is an extremely physical game where the athletes must be in top-notch physical condition - unlike some other sports. Soccer is a highly misunderstood game in this country at this point but I guarantee you that it will not always be that way. The next generation of children are playing soccer at a larger rate and more often then most of the conventional sports such as baseball and football. Look for soccer to rise to the surface of sports in this country as that generation gets older.

It is an event like this that will further ND to look for conference affiliation. The Gators will be loaded with talent and will be a quicker path to a NC and exposure for Meyer. Yes, ND gives you exposure but not the right kind these days. ND is further down the ladder than most think at this point and will soon look to a conference to bail them out. The NBE is the most obvious solution because of existing tie-ins and as many have stated here is the easiest path to the BCS bowl games. I am not suprised by this and I would have done the same thing if I was Meyer. Florida is the better job.

I was going to type out my list but Ty-Bull has done it for me - and for the same reasons!

Look at these statistics for the UofF basketball team. Ingram is really a player there :. I wonder if he is wishing he had come to USF . Season Averages NAME GMS MIN PTS REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P% PPS Matt Walsh 4 26.0 15.3 2.5 2.0 2.5 1/1.3 1.0 0.0 1.8 .600 .889 .524 1.74 Anthony Roberson 4 22.3 12.8 1.3 3.0 1.8 1.7/1 0.8 0.3 1.3 .526 1.000 .391 1.34 David Lee 4 22.5 12.5 7.3 2.3 1.3 1.8/1 0.5 0.0 2.3 .486 .800 .000 1.43 Corey Brewer 4 20.8 7.8 3.3 1.8 0.8 2.3/1 2.8 0.5 2.0 .522 .500 .400 1.35 Mohamed Abukar 4 12.5 7.3 1.3 0.8 0.8 1/1 0.3 0.3 1.3 .500 1.000 .455 1.32 Taurean Green 4 21.0 6.5 1.8 4.3 1.8 2.4/1 1.0 0.3 2.0 .467 1.000 .444 1.73 Al Horford 4 16.3 5.8 3.8 0.8 0.5 1.5/1 0.5 1.5 2.0 .667 .750 .000 1.53 Chris Richard 4 14.0 5.5 2.8 1.0 0.5 2/1 0.5 1.5 1.8 .714 .667 .000 1.57 Lee Humphrey 4 13.8 4.8 0.0 0.5 0.5 1/1 0.8 0.0 0.8 .467 .000 .385 1.27 Joakim Noah 3 9.0 4.7 4.7 0.7 0.7 1/1 0.3 1.0 1.7 .833 .364 .000 2.33 Adrian Moss 4 18.5 3.0 5.3 1.8 1.3 1.4/1 0.0 0.8 2.8 .333 1.000 .000 1.00 Cornelius Ingram 3 6.3 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.7 1.5/1 0.3 0.0 1.0 .333 1.000 .000 1.00 Jack Berry 2 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 .500 .000 .000 1.00 Garrett Tyler 2 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 - Team Averages 4 - 85.8 36.8 19.3 12.8 1.5/1 8.5 5.8 19.8 .536 .743 .429 1.46

I was at the game on Saturday, and here are my observations: 1. No defensive pressure up-front. We could not have gotten to Gino if we would have rushed all 11 guys. We were just outmanned and outsized. It was not really a lack of effort. We tried, there was no doubt in my mind. We just did not have a plan on defense - or it was a bad plan. 2. Julmiste was really off. You cannot believe how many wide open receivers there were in the secondary. Julmiste would rather try to force it to Peyton (who would drop the ball) instead of hitting the open receiver. And when he did make the correct read he was just off. 3. The OC had a total panic when we went down by 14 points. The drive that changed the game was at the end of the first half - we had a total defensive let down. It got worse after the 2nd half started and Cincy scored again and went up by 14. We went totally to the pass and Hall hardly touched the ball again. We could have run against them all night and the game would have been different. I blame this on the coaching staff. 4. We need to bulk up on defense. Everyone from our DL to our corners were outsized. 5. Can't wait to see these young players develop. The future is very bright Bulls fans. Don't give up hope. We will be competing very well in the Big East. Ohio Bull