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Yeah you've got a point E.T. P.S. I do plan to become a member of the Bull Backers... got my Alumni Association membership.... but I ran out of loan money so I gotta wait for the next disbursement ;-)

No. What it means is that more of the 90,000 USF alumni who reside in Tampa should be as committed as the excellent members of this board and groups like the Bull Backers and the Bulls Club. They don't need to pay to be members of such groups, but it would be nice to see more alumni show some love. A lot of folks who attend the games that I know of didn't even go to USF, they just like college football enough to attend USF's games.

Well there's one thing we can be sure of. If we lose to WVU, there will definitely be no Gator Bowl, even though we kicked Luh-vulle's a$$. With a PATHETIC showing like that at home, Bowl representatives on hand, I'm sure even the Car Care Bowl isn't happy attendance-wise with us as a competitor. But at least they have to take us. Tampons suck - nothing but bandwagon fans. I give the Lightning two losing seasons before attendance is crappy again.

It sure would be nice if we could resurrect our old streak. There was once a time when we had the longest unbeaten-at-home streak.....

Leavitt is already by far the highest paid individual at USF. President Genshaft makes around $330,000 (depending on whether you consider things like bonuses and living expenses, etc etc). We've grown extremely quickly, almost like a teenaged boy whose skin is starting to stretch because he's grown quicker than it can handle. While Leavitt deserves to soon be compensated as well as his Big East counterparts, it's a bit premature to be talking huge raises.

I'll be there! And Billy P too!

USF 38-13 386 Hall

That's my Brittany ;-)

Hey check it out: Brittany Link and Craig Brunstein work for Fast Signs on Fowler Ave. They have been huge supporters of USF for years; sponsored floats in the Homecoming parades (with a Hummer this year), sponsored the promo items, made large donations in the form of goods, and have done the signage for CAB and lots of other USF-associated organizations for a long time. Brittany even does the Student Bulls Club T-shirts. I am absolutely certain that Brittany would be behind this type of effort 110% and that she could make shirts with a fast turnaround time for a really good deal on price. Let her know Brandon Faza sent you (whomever does this). Here's their contact info: Fast Signs (813)971-8700 1801C E Fowler Ave Tampa, FL 33612 Brittany's E-mail: blink2@mail.usf.edu

Hey Big G you should let me know when you go to buy them, I'll throw in with some other L-House peeps and we can rock that row!

That looks like me after I watched us beat Louisville so badly.... Oops, was that TMI? ;D ;D ;D

Speaking of funny quips from the Trib... I think I haven't missed one this year! I really think I've found a new addiction. It must be Aubery's Bullinitis. Every morning, I wake up extra early to surf the Trib, SP Times, Sportsline, Foxsports, ESPN, and CFN.com to find any new articles on USF. I check them all again during class. Then I check them at night to delay having to study. This would be a real problem if it wasn't such a good cause!!!

Come now, I know there's some TPD/Athletics folks up in here....

Come to think of it, I've flown in for a few away game watch parties too ;-)

E.T., Thanks for the suggestion of grabbing the $99 tix while possible. I've actually flown up for every home game but Louisville, and I'll have to miss Cincy, but I'll be at WVU and whichever bowl game we end up in. The trouble is the whole med school thing - if a game lands on a weekend before a test (Monday exams), there's just no way I can make it. Besides, I've been sitting in the student section for free this whole season ;-) But perhaps I can find some fellow recent alums to chip in and grab tix. Thanks brother bull!

Just a warning.... Tasers will not stop us if the WVU game goes well..... BIG WARNING

I'm stuck in Miami for four years but I'm really mad about the fact that by the time I get in a position to buy season tickets, the line will be so long there'll only be nosebleeds (if not sold out). If we keep doing like we are, the infamous bandwagon fans of Tampa (as they did with the Bucs) will snap up season tickets in no time. ESPECIALLY if we go BCS. Look at the Buc's season ticket list... only because they won the SuperBowl.

Yeah by the same score as Va Tech...

Ok, conceded, Ponton doesn't get nearly as much playing time as Hall. And I was referring to the Syracuse game as sloppy based on play-by-play transcriptions both on the radio and online afterwards. If all else fails, we can beat the spread.... ;D

Yes, but also consider that they have not one, but TWO efficient running backs in White and Slaton, and they also have an excellent receiver in Myles, who has posted more than double the yards that our top receiver (Hall, the same player who IS our running game). They also steamroll opponents with large victory margins, which we have only done to a few teams. Imagine the ramifications of an injured Andre Hall. Not only would we not have a running game, we wouldn't have a passing game. That's about as one-sided as it gets! I hope I'm wrong, I really do. I just don't think they're going to make the mistake Loiusville did in underestimating us, and they'll be far more ready than the team's we've played outside of Pitt. Rutgers also underestimated us, according to the comments post-game made by their coach. To our coaching staff's credit, I love how the OC keeps the other teams guessing by totally switching offensive styles every game....

I visited FAU a few weeks ago and they have a yard sign on EVERY small intersection on campus detailing upcoming sporting events, particularly football games. UMiami also E-mails weekly with info like football games to the entire student body, as does the University President with updates to the students (IMAGINE THAT!). You're completely right about littering off-campus housing with flyers. You can't even begin to think about SG elections these days without doing that... there are several promotion companies around who do it for Ybor clubs, Athletics should think about using this idea in the future. It sure wouldn't be hard to market directly to on-campus residents, who make up a large portion of the spirited population, given Residence Services has direct access to mailboxes and such.

Dave, things have only just begun to change, and only very recently. "Ko-shay" (I write phonetically because I'm uncertain of how to spell his name), the new marketing director, has instituted a lot of new draws AT the events. He's got work to do marketing FOR the events. For example: between the complete failure of SG this year to care about traditions like Midnight Mania and the lack of knowledge on the part of Athletics concerning HOW to market directly to students (particularly student-to-student), the attendance at Midnight Mania was lower than I've ever seen (and I was a freshman when you were in office the second time and Emcee'd). The lower levels were not even one-third filled, it was terrible. Athletics printed a few posters and put them up on campus, which is NOTHING compared to what SG did in the past (and SHOULD have done this year had they not scoffed in the face of our tradition). I know personally of students who would have helped the marketing effort immensely whose offers were not taken advantage of by Athletics employees. That being said, the event had new touches that indicated promise, such as bringing the players into the Dome in a stretch limo (literally, onto the floor), professional Emcees (which you or I could TOTALLY have done better than, frankly), and a shirt-launching gun. I would look for a lot more from "Ko-shay" in the near future, he's motivated, at every event, beginning to be known by the student body, and has brought in a lot of new ideas.

I'd say the fact that we have only a 5-3 record and a loss to a pathetic team like Pitt probably factors in.... if we had the same record as UCF we'd get far more votes. In fact, I'll bet we have at least 20 votes in the AP poll by the time we play WVU (we will be 7-3), and ranked if we beat them thereafter for sure.

Yeah all this "fuzzy math"! Leave some stink Bulls, so bad they'll taste it.....

That's some hott ish right there! Well put!