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Seriously, laughing out loud right now at work! This is the funniest thread ever.

Not that I am condoning a stampede on a 70 year-old guy, but the St. Pete times just did a follow-up story on Hubert last month. He's a Gator, living in Gainesville doing a couple of sports commentaries, one of the local ABC affiliate called "The Mizell Minute" and he writes features for a mag called "Gator Country." http://www.tampabay.com/sports/article773004.ece It would be funny to get his thoughts on that story. I wonder if he even remembers writing it, it was over 14 years ago!

That's awesome. Got me curious, so I searched the St. Pete times archives quickly, and came up with this gem from Hubert Mizell. I got a kick out of it, and I am sure you will too: USF can't play top football [CITY Edition] St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg, Fla. Author: HUBERT MIZELL Date: May 22, 1994 It's not that I'm against the University of South Florida spending $5-million to create a football team. It's just that my slick-from-wear senses tell me to not hop a community bandwagon to shout "Yes!" USF has big enrollment but not a big national reputation. Bulls people understandably hunger for a big-time ego fix. For universities in our state, big football comes to mind as a visibility vehicle. Until now, men's basketball has been South Florida's prime athletic investment, but the bouncing Bulls are yet to escalate to the NCAA Final Four or worldly celebrity. Football is a monster tease. Plato, Curie, Edison and King have historically preached that it's good to be a dreamer, but USF's football inventors owe it to students, faculty, alumni, fans and taxpayers to fully consider major-college football reality. Bulls football zealots, openly or not, surely imagine an eventual stadium smash in the standing-room-only league of Gainesville, Tallahassee, Tuscaloosa, Columbus and Lincoln. Football's birth at USF is virtually assured. Five-million dollars is all but raised for the great ego chase. But I wonder, are Bulls financiers being realistic about where South Florida football can be by, say, the year 2020? If the Bulls are crafty, nifty and lucky for 10 to 15 seasons, USF might approach the status and appeal of the football program at the University of Central Florida. In Orlando, the Knights play a schedule all but devoid of major football names, drawing 15,000 on a good Saturday night. Just now, after a generation of dues-paying, UCF is straining to get enough attendance and other vitals to jump to Division I-A, where the big boys play. If that brings snorts of excitement from the Bulls, they should put up their $5-mil and go for it. But c'mon, isn't USF fantasizing about far more, including eventual year-to-year football schmoozings with the 'Canes, Gators and 'Noles? Have they examined how long that could take and how much money it could cost? Hey, teacher, call on me . . . Aware of the costs of playing NCAA major football, my answers to those questions would be "forget it!" and "forever" and "megafortunes." Big-time college football is too expensive, too complex and too competitive for USF - for any school - to initiate in the '90s. There are alternatives. Mid-sized NCAA football, including divisions II and I-AA, might be realistic. But how long would that be acceptable to USF's ego? This is a big school in a big metropolitan area. Small is a word that makes for a bad chew. Could the Bulls be content to spend the 21st century trying to compete with Troy State, Georgia Southern and Eastern Kentucky? If so . . . go for it! If USF itches to become a party to UF-UM-FSU-style football, even 20 or 30 years from now, the odds-against are horrendous. They'd have a better chance for success by plunging for 5-million $1 tickets in this week's Florida Lottery. Here's the big question: Among the 50 most prominent Division I football efforts, including FSU, UF and UM, along with Notre Dame and Penn State and all the other heavies, what program is the newest? It's FSU, heading to a 48th football season since the Tallahassee school went coed in 1947. Miami is also one of the younger programs; the Hurricanes are in their 65th year. Most big-name football universities were already deep into the game by 1912, when Arizona became the 48th state. There was a 1950s exception. Air Force Academy football was christened 38 years ago, but that was a federally funded case. I doubt the Bulls can expect football financial aid from the Clinton administration. I'm for USF doing the right football thing. Who has the heart to give a total thumbs-down to Lee Roy Selmon, the Bulls' chief football fund-raiser and former Tampa Bay Bucs defensive Goliath? But it's too much of a longshot to gamble on USF ever swimming with our state's big football fish. USF could probably better spend $5-million, but if the FootBulls have minds made up, they should work at building the best mid-sized NCAA program around, understanding the FSU-UM-UF level is permanently out of reach. Unless, of course, USF wishes - once the Bulls rise to current UCF football ilk, well into the next century - to sign an occasional deal with the 'Noles, Gators or 'Canes to be a homecoming opponent amenable to 60-point clobberings. If it tips your tankard, Bulls, go for it.

This is killing me. What's w/ the green helmet talk???!! I haven't heard anything about it. Can someone shed some light? I'm not sure I like the idea of green helmets.

Thanks for the info Jim. I do recall seeing those guys getting pretty rowdy whenever we would get tickets to go in the Miller Lite deck for free beer. I remember the Pitt WR flicking them off. That's my kind of section right there. We may be joining you soon.

I'm going to be purchasing season tix as soon as I can coordinate with the 3 and possibly 4 others that want in as well. I believe we are going to get the South endzone due to the fact that a couple of the guys are non-USF grads and it would be a hard sell to get them to donate and/or pay for higher priced tix, but hey, we're getting the foot in the door w/ them, right?! I was wondering if anyone knows approximately what row I would be looking at if buying in the South endzone for 4 or 5 together? I know there are quite a few season ticket holders down there already......are tickets becoming scarce there? And how's the rowdiness factor? We usually sit in the student section so we can get loud. Any ideas on what section would be appreciated as well. Thanks in advance.

Textbook definition of a typical bandwagon fan. Makes me want to puke. Nobody has posted any comments yet? I'm too disgusted to post anything rational and without obscenities.

2001 MIS

Dickie V ;D

The Building What times will you be working this weekend? ;D Walked right into that one!

You throw a better 0-2 pitch and who knows how it ends up. Exactly. Like I said, I initially was calling for the intentional walk, and still think it would have been a solid play to set up a possible DP. But I also like the fact that Prado has faith in his ace and wants to be aggressive and go after the other team's best hitter. Would have sent a hell of a message if it had worked out.

Gutsy move pitching to LaPorta with 1st base open and 1 out. I didn't agree with it at the time, but it appeared to be sort of a statement move......our ace up against their stud hitter. If he strikes him out, and it appeared that he had him guessing after the first two pitches, then we are in the driver's seat mentally and probably go on to win the game.

he must have good hands But obviously not breakaway speed

The show really sucked. Wasted about 45 min of my life waiting for the 2 minute section on USF. Nothing new though in regards to that show's coverage of USF.

Headline: "Scientists find cures for cancer, AIDS, and all other major diseases" Smazza: "Still no cure for the common cold. "

Is it just me or do we get better press from the Lakeland paper than we get from our own hometown papers??? It seems that they always have positive things to say about our program, which is good since there seems to be alot of high school talent in that area.

Probably a good thing.... Wouldn't have looked too good having more players than fans that stormed the court out there. Trip, You've had a lot of good ones, but that might be your best post yet... That was pretty dang funny.

Is he still playing or have they started playing 2nd string? If so, how did he do?

Not that I don't agree, but just sounds ultra-funny to me. ;D

One of the best........maybe THE best game I've ever seen!!! WOW!!!

Navy gift-wrapped that one for BC. They should not have won that game.

Looks like somebody's having a rough weekend! ;D

I'll be there......Tickets in the AFS Club (formerly XO) for Christmas. I can taste the prime rib and free beer already!

This could be the missing piece. Will be nice not to have to rely solely on Mr. Grothe's legs to get us rushing yards. Dang, can we get a "days until football" countdown started yet????

I agree.......losing Ball may be a blessing in disguise. Maybe the backup can get the ball in GT's best player's hands better than Ball did. If that's the case, Calvin Johnson could be major thorn in the side of WVU's defense.