FazaUSF

Nah he said $15k over 10 yearsper seat. 1500/seat would be 3000/yr for 2 seats. I agree, may be too steep for many. Perhaps 1k/yr for 10 yrs. 5k seats at 10k/seat is 50 million. Enough for a lead gift but I presume most lead gifts depend on donors pitching in after that, and the fan base would be tapped at that point.

However, what if 5k seats sold at a contract of $1500/year for 10 years... Would be 75 million. May be enough for a lead gift? We'd call it USF Donors' Stadium since we'd all be paying for it

I love that idea. Trouble is, it assumes 45k sellout and people will pay for RayJay seats AND future OCS seats until it is built. I could see maybe 5k people doing that, its an extra 1500/year/seat. I would do it but it would be hard for everyone to reach for that

32 minutes ago, Skingraft said:

Make War Flamingo Great Again

Beef Studs were a staple man

I love half of this reply

I'll also say I HATE "money down" that's the dumbest **** that every school does, its as endearing as high-waisted mom jeans. 

I really miss when our announcer used to act like he cared, and said stuff like "First Dooooooowwwwwwwwnnnnnn BULLS!!"

2 hours ago, puc86 said:

You may like bruichladdich the classic laddie and Islay barley, I love the port Charlotte do not try that one 

I do love me some Brookladdie! It's right up there with Lafroyge

2 hours ago, MikeG said:

I'm assuming you meant Mangham and not the 275 DT Mangum to be leading rusher.

Yes indeed! I do love off-the-beaten-path predictions, but that one would indeed have been left field in the next field over

6 minutes ago, USFRaider said:

I have a feeling tonight’s game is going to resemble the NC State game. Then we get to wake up tomorrow morning and listen to Jeff Scott spout off cliches about the culture improving. Then we all get to dread the SMU game next Saturday. What a week ahead !!

You're really going to listen to CJS? Softie

Yes this year will still be rough. I predicted 3-4 wins. Curious to see how NCSU stacks up against Clemson today. Watching FL hang with Bama was interesting, close game there. 

10 hours ago, USFRaider said:

Of course you are going to think all of this and sing his praises because you had dinner with the guy and you are starry eyed. You will probably buy whatever he is selling you because he paid for the tab. It is laughable that you can claim a foundation is being built when this guy doesn’t even have an FBS win. I only believe in what I can see and so far I have seen horrible , piss-poor results. Wake me up when this team can actually beat someone .

Nah, I'm not starry eyed. I still have concerns about him, the biggest one being whether he and his assistants will get better at the X's and O's. One if the things that helped Leavitt to win was he put in huge amounts of time into watching film and devising game plans against what he analyzed in opposing teams (most of the time). He occasionally did get bested by the other side, not just the athletes on the field. Playcalling can be a very complicated chess match. I don't love what I've seen so far of that, but I also realize we don't yet have the best players we can get on the field and we aren't yet getting the best of what we can out of them. I'm not sophisticated enough in my understanding of the game to know whether the playcalling has failed the players on the field, or it's the other way around. I also realize most of the staff is young and learning and gaining experience. Keep in mind it is CJS' first head coaching job - there will be growing pains. Leavitt had years against lesser competition to work out all those kinks a new head coach has to learn. So no, not starry eyed. Just explaining that the right building blocks are there for something great. It remains to be seen whether that potential is ultimately realized, but it is far too soon to EXPECT that it should be by now.

On 9/22/2021 at 8:21 PM, bowman1 said:

I have seen the USF Crew Team in action - the Ivy’s are definitely laughing 

Hey hey now, I was on the USF crew team. We had some darn good topless car washes. And we rowed at ungodly early morning hours between house parties. We didn't really beat anyone at any regattas cuz we had no boats of our own, being a club sport and all. But made some great friends I'd take over some Ivy snobs any day

10 minutes ago, CousinRicky said:

Appreciate what you are doing.  Look forward to sharing a Bourbon or Scotch once I'm up and about again. 

Was great seeing you at that kickoff and hope you're back in action in no time. Shoot me a DM when you're ready to sip one!

On 9/23/2021 at 2:24 PM, USFRaider said:

All good and valid points.  However I disagree with you on a few of the intangibles. First of all, a winning culture is not going to be here until the team actually starts winning FBS games.  If we were in the FCS, I would agree with you.  But the team under Jeff Scott has yet to win a single FBS game, and until that happens, I still consider this team to be in a losing culture.

Second, how Coach Scott interacts with players and their families is all fine and good and leading by example is great, but without actually winning football games, all of that rah rah crap is worthless. He needs to start winning and it needs to happen very very soon, before the last of the fan base decides they would rather spend their money on the Bucs and the Lightning.

With all due respect, and I mean that, this is why you're good at what you do, and not necessarily a legendary college football coach. Lots of examples in leadership, especially sports leadership, demonstrating that culture comes first and winning follows. Nobody sustains a winning program without a great organizational culture. It is true that great culture may not result in wins. But it is a must-have component for sustained success, and it is exactly what we've been missing since Leavitt left. The intangibles surrounding the program are very encouraging and growing right now. I get it - you're a W-column/L-column guy. It'll take another year or two before the fruits of the past year's labor will pay off. But it will be worth it, and we'd otherwise be looking at another rotating-door figurehead likely bouncing at year 3-4. If that happened again, any brief success would highly risk being fleeting, as we saw with the transition from Taggart to Strong.

CJS is building a real foundation. The house won't go up as quickly as a log cabin, but the concrete foundation and block external walls will withstand the test of time and weather the storms far better. Don't get preoccupied with the log cabin to the east. We are down right now, but far from out, and we finally have a coach willing to put down roots and put in the sweat equity to sustain success here. Dang, it's about time! 

BYU

35-14

Mangum

Weaver

296

On 9/13/2021 at 4:43 PM, puc86 said:

@FazaUSF can confirm I was wearing mine. If I’m not afraid to wear one to a game I’m not sure how anyone would be 

Confirm I can!

As much as I did call for Leavitt to return, it's true that Leavitt's best years are past him. CJS is planning to be here longer term. He may not turn down overtures from Alabama at year 12 like Leavitt, but I also feel he will be here for the better part of a decade. I think he plans to put roots and grow and win for a while. Let's give him a chance to make his mark. He got handed a pretty tough job with the dumpster fire that Strong left behind. It really is a shame how terrible of a coach Strong turned out to be. CJS has really put in hard work to change that culture. Anyone would need several years to undo the damage from Strong.

I agree, I am not seeing great progress from Fortin. It really seems that McClain gives us the best chance to win; the players feed off of his energy, and he has a shot at growing into a Flowers-type QB for us. Just needs time, coaching, and practice.

I agree. I think this season we make some good progress. It's still a 4 win season, maybe 5. But changing the toxic culture Strong left behind has taken a LOT of effort. Now we're building real culture. Next we've got to recruit the right personnel into that culture. CJS will learn lessons along the way, but this program is in the midst of a pivot forward. I also see a lot to like in McClain. Improve the receivers and please lord let's work hard on those corners. Help that young OC understand his personnel and make calls to better suit their skill sets. CJS has his work cut out, but those efforts are starting to become evident. Still a long slog ahead

My humble prediction...

UF

42-7

Mangham

Weaver

256

There will be about 30 at the Faza tailgate in lot 5. Looking forward to it! We will not lose the tailgate.

 The ads are getting to be a bit much. It's kinda interrupting most aspects of reading and posting, at least from mobile. Also, saw this ad today... That's some ole buuuullllllsheeeyit

On 9/3/2021 at 11:42 PM, No_Willie_Jokes_Yet said:

First let me say I like technology. I teach technology. However....

May you rot in HELL for going electronic............

May every parking entrance be so backed up that no traffic moves through Tampa. 
May every ticket gate be so backed up with old people trying to figure out there phones that no one gets in to see this debacle. 

May every club level access entry point be so backed up that you end up letting everyone in. 

Those poor gate agents. I feel for them. The people who should suffer won't.  

I just spent 1 hour trying to talk my parents through this debacle. They don't get Google/GPay/Ticketmaster. They don't habla apps. 

I won't be there with them when they try to access the parking. I wont be there with them when they try to access the stadium.

I won't be able to help them when one wants to go the club level and the other one has the phone already in the club level. 

This will be a cluster. You have just alienated a good portion of dedicated older alumni. 

Sure. Blame it on Covid. But when the gates back up. When the club level entrances back up, people will NOT be socially distanced. 

You were able to save the cost of printing and mailing the tickets. But at what cost to your fan base??? What cost to the game day experience? 

 

 

Welcome to 2021. This is what just about every school is currently doing, and most were doing over the past few years. Coincidentally, most pro teams are doing it also, as are professional events in general. Wouldn't prefer USF fails to get with the times. If anyone is alienated, I feel for them, but the times move on and we all move with them. Otherwise, there are plenty of clouds to shake fists at...

Understandable frustration from the OP. Yes, this is exactly how UCF fans felt in 2003 when their team had 30 years of doing nothing under its belt, and USF was invited to the Big East with 6 years of football under its belt. Yes, UCF has gone all-in and sold out in favor of football success, and it has worked for them. It has also tarred their institution's reputation greatly, and conference realignment aside, political and educational circles in the state will always respect USF far above the diploma mill to the east. 

The revamped Big 12 will be the latest iteration of the tallest midget conference, and USF will for a time be relegated to a lower status. My hope is the AAC does not invite FAU or FIU, especially because Taggart is likely to have FAU on a winning spree soon. But, now is not the time to deprive USF Athletics of the support of its most staunch supporters in its time of need.

True, Mark Harlan and Charlie Strong really set us back. But Michael Kelly is the real deal. Jeff Scott and crew will have the football team back in shape soon. And if the last 20 years and beyond have taught us anything, there will be realignments every several years or a few times a decade. The focus has to be on improving ourselves for the time the next round comes. If we have an IPF, football success, continued academic success, and the RayJay starts getting better attendance again for a winning team with a winning culture, we can position well for the future.

I'm as unhappy with the news as any. But I'm not surprised. I think we were one coaching hire away from a different result, had Harlan chosen better than Strong. But things still look great for USF's future, even if it has been a decade of setbacks lately.

Go Bulls!