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Booo. I just got an email from FAU (I assume because I bought tickets from them) stating the game with USF is officially postponed due to COVID cases.

I love this idea! C'mon what a good story. You only need the fella for that specific task. Love that he went from videographer to player. I love Jeff Scott for doing this!

I just bought my tickets via phone for the FAU game, section 116. JJ - 117 already sold out. Tailgating isn't allowed.... But..... Anyone wanna meet up socially distantly at a Boca bar or restaurant in advance?

I just bought my tickets via phone for the FAU game, section 116. Tailgating isn't allowed.... But..... Anyone wanna meet up at a Boca bar in advance?

But don't forget, there is wide acknowledgement that the gap between our two football programs is analogous to the gap between the two schools academically. There is little room for debate on that. Just wish we could get back to where we should be.... Dominating UCiF like the wannabes they are.

Absolutely. Mark Harlan was a pretty face out on a date with us, shook our hand with one hand while texting his next date with the other. CCS was a gigantic failure of a hire. I will admit I was initially supportive of that hire, but also then one of the quickest to call myself wrong in CCS' first year.

Yes, we looked very undersized in comparison to ND. We have looked quite undersized since the Leavitt era, but it got far worse under CCS. There is definitely no way around the fact that we need bigger linemen in the future. We can't do anything about that outside of recruiting, except coach the players we have up as best we can. We have always had difficulty recruiting big linemen to USF, and I don't have any false hopes that we will weigh the same as Wisconsin's lines in the near future. But JPP and George Selvie and Austin Reiter weren't/aren't playing in the NFL because they are giant walls of flesh. My only hope there has been we get a coach willing to stay for a while, coach the best players we can get to be the best they can, and stay through some sustained success so recruiting will build over time. The jury is out on that for a few years, of course. That would be a truly beautiful development, but like I said, that's a pipe dream for us, always.

I think your bitterness with the loss and your dashed hopes for a rapid turnaround have you in the dumps, and I don't blame you one bit. My heart feels trampled on every time USF loses. But I honestly believe I saw steps in the right direction in many small ways. The type of steps we have been lacking in for years. Despite the bad loss, there was greatly improved discipline. There was grit and mettle despite overwhelming odds. There were signals for the right kind of character, instead of the opposite we have had through 2 sets of coaching staffs. It was there to see, if you were looking for it, but I don't blame you for feeling terribly after that loss as a USF fan.

Wow. How quickly you forget Wisconsin last year. And McNeese St. At Pitt, in the rain, at the end of the Big East era. Taggart's first two years were nothing but dreadful. As was CCS' final year and a half. Believe me I could go on; I have bled as much as any USF fan with our teams. It doesn't take a microscope. Players sticking to assignments, when they used to fail at that constantly. Players actually tackling, even if ND players were generally much larger and more difficult to tackle than our average opponents, we weren't arm tackling, we weren't giving up before trying. That was a major issue the entire time with both Taggart and Strong. Our OL and DL were far undersized compared with ND but they stayed with it, hard, til the end; they were just outmatched by bigger, heavier guys. The holes the OL opened up against Citadel was refreshing compared with the entire back half of the CCS era. The players overtly showed supporting each other despite adversity. Under CCS adversity made us crumble, immediately. Just watch player and coaching staff interactions; CCS lost his locker room in year 2. CJS and co have this locker room solidly behind them. We tried running a fake punt, which was refreshing. Yes, it didn't go as planned. But we tried, and that's something which to me shows ambition, intention for growth, and a willingness to take chances even with a younger, less well-trained personnell with lots of need for coaching for improvement. There were jitters and boneheaded plays, like with our long snapper today, no doubt. I'm not saying everything has magically turned around. But with a solid culture installed, the chemistry will build, the recruitment will come, and later the wins will come. This is the first coach since CJL who has even TRIED to install a culture FIRST. It is real leadership, gentlemen. That is what leads to wins. Swallow the tough year we will have this year, which we were always going to have no matter who coached. Things will improve, because now we have real leadership.

Take it easy, y'all. If you've been watching closely, you've already seen improvement in the VERY short time CJS and crew have had to affect change in our program. We are moving in the right direction overall. Yes, we are completely outmatched by this ND team, but it wasn't a fair fight to begin with and we all knew this going in. ND needs a nice box score for the playoff committee. In exchange we get them at home, and chances to beat them when CJS & crew have more time to lay foundation and create a new culture from the toxic ones left behind by Taggart and Strong. Give them time. Of course its frustrating as a USF fan to see our team get ploughed, but Michael Kelly and CJS have us moving in the right direction, finally, for the first time in years. I am happy to have this post quoted this time next year and the one following; mark my words, to the discerning eye, good things are happening. The scale is so small and the time scale long enough that it's hard to tell right now if you're not looking real close.

Those were the Leavitt years. We haven't been that team since Holtz's 2nd year. But for the first time since CJL, I believe that can happen again. Jeff Scott is the real deal. I don't think he will leave USF at a minimim until he wins a conference championship. Michael Kelly hit a grand slam with Jeff Scott. Better days are ahead for USF football!

We are getting manhandled up front. Their guys must be 40lb heavier on average.

Correct. Lotsofbull99 is the one. __Eats It would, as many of us lovingly have, echo lotsofbull's patented weekly exclamation.

Where have you been for the past 15 years? Speaking of..... Where has lotsofbull been?!?

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SOUTH. FLORIDA. SOUTH. FLORIDA. GOOOOOOOO BULLS!!!!

I am among those dubiously distinct for having rushed the field each and every time it has happened for USF, including against Urban Meyer-coached Bowling Green and at Miami as a UM grad student. I might have been the only person rushing the field once or twice....

For the record, I did contact Logo. They have no plans to produce any USF tents in the future, despite currently making a UCF tent. I offered to buy 20 and they still were not interested (not that I would have without taking orders from here first).

Anyone who buys season tix for FAU - can you send section you pick? Wouldn't mind being near other Bulls fans

I too am waiting to see about single game tix before pulling the trigger on season tix

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So is everyone more or less watching on ESPN+ at home?

Taggart always deliberately loses his first bunch of games by as much as possible so he can show the turnaround, as has been his MO at his last three stops including us (still to my chagrin). If only that were to apply to FAU, we could expect - even guarantee - a win. But perhaps he learned his lesson against doing that at FSU, since its what he got sacked for. And then, there's wildcard factor: The Jim. And FAU was decent last year. But they lost some players, and we have some of their former coaches. Yup, that one's a tossup. The rest of the season? Will be tough to watch for Bulls fans without remembering this is a total demo-and-rebuild operation for CJS & co. Anyone predicting more than 4-5 wins on the quite optimistic side is really smokin' the crazy stuff.

Notre Dame is only giving opposing teams' families and media entrance, which is understandable since they are only selling 15k tickets. Any news on whether opponents' fans may be able to buy a few tix at FAU?

Received mine. Looking forward to however, whenever, and with whomever possible to watch the Bulls play!