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Going up Wednesday, staying downtown at the Cambria. Not sure about the tailgate yet, probably depend on gametime.  Have a few distillery tours booked.  Can't wait!!

9 hours ago, Bull Daly said:

Yes! Can’t wait until we get back to playing like that again soon..

I remember strutting out of that stadium feeling pretty good about the future of our Bulls.  Just waxed an ACC team, and what was left of the NCSU fans that braved the rain and the beatdown were telling us what an impressive team we had.

I may have to make the long trek to the bookstore to get some of the Homefield shirts - hopefully they still have some in stock.

5 minutes ago, Cubanbull said:

Is there a difference?

Yes.  Hell is cooler and has less traffic.

30 minutes ago, GoBulls84 said:

I will never, for as long as I live, forget the wide-eyed look on my buddy's face when I looked down the bleachers during that moment of complete silence after Hester scored. It felt like that second lasted forever before our corner exploded. I couldn't even bring myself to watch Delbert's last second kick in regulation. I covered my eyes and just listened for crowd reaction. That was such a wild game. We probably should have run them out of the building with all the turnovers we caused, but we couldn't punch it in the end zone any time we got close. Left a lot of points on the field and nearly blew it before Jerome Murphy's huge kickoff return to set up the final drive.

That kick return does not get the credit it deserves.  Without that, there is no Grothe to Hester.

Sort of mentioned it above, but if he wants to get within 10 miles of the UCF campus after spending a season with USF, then we are not immersing our players in USF culture properly.  There should be extreme hatred for all things black and gold being pounded into the heads of every player on the team. 

9 hours ago, Mission9 said:

That is a pretty good beer. It is not as strong of a beer I am inclined to choose but I like it. Even taking that and the fact that it was draft into account, 15 is a bit much. Whatever pain you suffered, just know it would have been worse with a mass produced domestic. 

I am not a heifeweizen guy at all, but hey, they were free that night!  Thankfully they weren't double IPA's.

48 minutes ago, Triple B said:

Meh, we can call it part of the Prisoner Exchange Program ...... Lofton for McClain.

Watch out for moles!

If he goes to UCF, then he was never a Bull to begin with

21 minutes ago, Mission9 said:

Know where I can find a Tucher Bajuvator Doppelbock these days?  Have not been able to find one in awhile. 

 

Not sure, but I know where I found about 15 of the Hefe Weizen drafts that night.

Such a great trip.  Bullspen gathering at the German restaurant was epic.  Not sure how we made it to/through a night game after that and an all-day tailgate.  Still can't bring myself to drink Tucher to this day.

25 minutes ago, Friscobull said:

I love the huge upsets as well, the day we beat Auburn, App state beat Michigan.  These types of upsets will be fewer and far between with the new model and the NIL. The playoffs viewership is dropping due to the same teams and this will further exacerbate the problem.  The point is that college is going the way of the NFL and we already have the NFL and there lies the rub. 

Yes, I agree that it's looking like CFB is going going down the path of becoming NFL 2.0.  I hate the thought of that, but when players are shopping themselves around for best offers and effectively getting paid to play the game, how much of that passion, rivalry, innocence, etc. that comes through in the product is going to be lost?  We shall see.  It's probably blasphemous to even speak these words, but there have been times that I really looked back on USF's I-AA days and almost wished to be back there with all of the BS going on in the upper levels.   

While I am a USF fan first and foremost, I will watch all college football, regardless of teams, division/etc.  I love the passion, the pageantry, bands playing between downs, huge upsets with fans storming the field, etc., whereas for the NFL, I watch pretty much only Bucs games.  Only way I can foresee changing my viewing habits is if college starts going the way of the NFL with regards to the above.

11 minutes ago, BullyPulpit said:

Scott was very clear about the decision in his presser. Here are the highlights:

-GB completed 80% of his passes since camp open. The next closest QB was 67% (he didn't name which one).

-GB graded out over 90% in making the right play in his attempts. 

-Prior to the first practice they polled the offensive players and asked them to list their top 3 leaders. GB, having not had a single practice with the team, was in the top 3 with Cecil and Meech. He received 27 votes. No other QB on the roster received a single vote.  

-CJS said that before he brought GB in for a visit, he spoke with Timmy and his father to explain the situation. He said that he was prepared to lose Timmy at that moment. If he wasn't, he wouldn't have brought GB in. Also stated that they told Timmy on Sunday night. There wasn't a single coach that didn't think GB should be the #1. They waited to publicize the Davey O'Brien nomination for GB until after the QB competition closed out of respect for Timmy. It would appear that they handled the situation as best and with as much class as possible. 

-Stated that his #1 duty is to put this year's team in the best position to win. GB does that. Can't be concerned with 2 to 3 years from now. Knows Timmy is going to go on and do big things, wishes it was here, but he understands. Explains how he went through something similar with Bryant and Lawrence at Clemson. 

-Timmy is the ONLY player that has transferred out since he has been here that he actually wanted to stay. Quite the indictment of everyone else. 

Thanks for the recap.  Sounds like a no-brainer and that the coaching staff handled the situation appropriately.  Moving on.

40 minutes ago, E.T. said:

True . . . but there is really never a clear path.

I expect USF and most teams to get 2 scholarship QB's each recruiting class.

Right, but I'm guessing it looks a whole lot more difficult than when he originally signed with us.

Gerry is a Junior, right?  Everyone is talking about Timmy redshirting for the starting job down the road.  Maybe he is seeing the writing on the wall that even after Bohannon leaves, if Brown is looking like the next coming, then he's still going to be the odd man out.  Obviously injuries can throw all of that out the window but he may be thinking there is no longer a clear path to being the starter.  

"He hasn't won a game in a USF uniform"  

Not sure that's a stat I'd be throwing out there in Timmy's favor.  

1) BYU
2) 31-28
3) Mangham
4) Weaver
5) 387

When I saw the tube that it was delivered in and the USF logo, I thought maybe they accidentally sent top secret OCS blueprints to my door.  Come to think of it, THAT would be a pretty cool way to release the final design of the stadium.

On 5/13/2022 at 1:58 PM, bull2bull said:

Rank - The first four are essentially the same design. UM spent a lot of money to get their mini-field.

1 - USF IPF - 100 yds plus endzones, painted white truss system

1 - Buccaneers  IPF - 100 yds plus endzones, painted white truss system

1 - FSU IPF - 100 yds plus endzones, painted white truss system

1 - UF IPF - 100 yds plus endzones, painted white truss system

2 - UM IPF - 70 yds plus endzones, steel color truss system (check out the sat images, they ran out of room to do a full 100yds with a road in the way)

10 - UCF IPF - 100 yds plus endzones, steel color truss system, add some hay and animals and you got a barn....surprised the University of Chainlink Fence does not have extensive use of the chainlink in there like they do in the bounce house and surrouding their outdoor fields.

University of Chainlink Fence!  How have I not heard this one yet?!  Outstanding!!!

39 minutes ago, CousinRicky said:

Did some searching and came up with this if you're interested.

https://www.thoughtco.com/war-of-the-worlds-radio-broadcast-1779286

Interesting read, thanks for sharing.  I think the the thing that stuck out most to me was a ventriloquist act being the star of a radio program. 

Pretty sure we're doing Louisville.  Definitely be willing to help, but may be a few months before we're 100% committed.

6 minutes ago, jchem1995 said:

Yup. That was Skippys time here. 

I want to say we were still doing that in the QF / MM era though, weren't we?  

I loved the "All I do is Win" era - not a huge fan of that musical genre, but was awesome for the stadium.  I guess we need to win for it to really make any sense though.