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    Shaun King as our offensive coordinator?

    in USF South Florida Bulls Athletics

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    I like Shaun King...and I can see him someday even being our head coach.....but the problems with this offense start and end along the OL. It is young, inexperienced and forced to play true freshmen. I don't care who is calling the plays but if the QB is running for his life or RB has no room to run you are going to get what we are seeing right now: maddening inconsistency. If we can fix the OL in our last 7 games then this 2018 team has a chance to do some work.

    For example, Donovan Jennings is going to be a great player for USF....he is just not ready yet. He was in over his head many times on Friday but he made some really nice blocks in the 4th quarter when it mattered and it seemed to help his confidence. It also helped that we brought in our new DL-turned OL-turned TE #40 Eric Mayes to help him out. I hope we see more of this moving forward. If we just pound the rock we can win the rest of our games b/c Jordan is  a real threat...just see what he is doing with poor OL play...and that sets up the play action where BB11 has shown he can be deadly. 

     

    Bottom line for me: no changes are going to happen before the end of the season so kind of pointless to kvetch about it.

    Blake Barnett

    in USF South Florida Bulls Athletics

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    On 10/13/2018 at 12:50 AM, BiggTipp said:

    Give this kid time in the pocket...his accuracy, pocket presence, and field vision are great...he can throw dimes...but the line in front of him has been terrible this season

    This is exactly right.

    When he is given time to survey the field has a chance to make plays down the field....or take off and run.

     

    The last three games teams have figured out how to get pressure and we have not adjusted. I was glad to see them stick Mayes as a blocking TE toward the end of the game...and you saw what happened. BB11 had time to make his throws or take off when his options were exhausted.  

    New logo

    in USF South Florida Bulls Athletics

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    1 hour ago, El_Toro_86 said:

    At first glance, I thought this was a joke.  

    Me too....not sure who they tested the new logo with but I'd hate to see the marks that we're not deemed good enough.

     

    It's not terrible...but it's not great, which is what you want when you boldly change your brand.

    Men's soccer is 0-4?

    in USF South Florida Bulls Athletics

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    3 hours ago, Dave_Glaser said:

    I'm definitely willing to give him time - as I am with most of the staffs on campus. Let's just hope he's up to the task because that's been a good program for a pretty long time.

    My son played competitive soccer for eight years and his FishHawk teams were always pretty well aligned with USF. Lots of camps, clinics etc by USF' s coaches and Keifer himself. He was a great coach and players liked playing for him. USF was a well respected program for most of George's time at USF so not sure why some folks are knocking his success.

    The only concern I heard was that he didn't recruit hyper local. Many quality kids didn't get offers as he did well at attracting international players.

    Jury is still out on the new guy....

    Critiquing Joey Knight

    in USF South Florida Bulls Athletics

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    3 minutes ago, Triple B said:

    If that were true, at the very least, he wouldn't bother with actual attendance numbers ...

    Only problem I have with the attendance reporting is that its not an apples to apples comparison when we are compared to Central Florida Clown College.

    They regularly announce near capacity crowds that just don't compute from mid-game pictures. 

    BTW, ask FSU fans how much they like Matt Baker? I recall him reporting  on many unpopular stories on FSU. 

    The bottom line for me is that fans are embarrassed about attendance.  However, unlike recruiting and on the field decisions we can actually make a difference here by electing to attend games regardless of when they are played and not watch them on TV. I realize that I am preaching mostly to the choir here...but we had a legit 38K+ crowd last Saturday. Where did these folks come from? Its not like USF just suddenly started winning.

    IMO, I get tired of the emphasis on attendance but it did create enough noise to get more fans to the game and most importantly....the negative publicity and bad images of an empty stadium for a 5-0 team made the administration greatly improve marketing/outreach efforts and lower prices to make games more accessible to fans....like they used to be when we were drawing 35-45K. 

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    Critiquing Joey Knight

    in USF South Florida Bulls Athletics

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    i will just say that we are lucky that we have a dedicated beat writer.

    It's no secret that the papers have been trimming costs so i won't be surprised if JK's role is expanded to cover other state teams similar to Matt Baker that covers both UF and FSU. He has already been taken off the USF beat to cover UF.....so go figure.

     

    THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS!

    in USF South Florida Bulls Athletics

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    7 hours ago, USFFan said:

    But now every player we're recruiting is going to be told that he's going to Ole Miss, Tennessee, etc. Bottom line, no excuses - people need to freaking show up at RJS or STFU when things aren't going great.

    USFFan

    People love to blame the university, but at the end of day attendance is simply a matter of people making the decision to take a short drive to the stadium and support their alma mater or stay home and make excuses/blame others.

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    Bowl game announcement

    in USF South Florida Bulls Athletics

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    1 minute ago, Mama_Bull said:

    Was that Paba John's? I remember a New Year's Eve party for the  Meineke Car Care Bowl where we lost 14-0. Because, I recommended to CJL there that  he try Matt Grothe at QB the following year. The Prez and Leavitt were dancing up a storm. My how times later changed between them..

    That's right.....told you I couldn't remember. lol

     

    Matt Grothe

    in Prospects & Potential Recruits

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    I think it so weird the CyberBull is commenting on a future player in Matt Grothe while he has this picture in his signature.  Sometime after making his comment, Matt became the player we all hoped he was.

    And ya, I would say Matt could take care of himself.

    heh?

     

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    Bowl season, still talking football

    in USF South Florida Bulls Athletics

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    Feels **** good....road trip to Miami, recruiting bout to hit high gear....the future is **** bright....feels **** good to be on our way back

    On December 24, 2010 I became deathly ill where I had to be rushed to the hospital on the night we were supposed to host Noche Buena for over 20 people. I few days later I woke up and among other things I realized was that I wasn't going to be able to attend our bowl game against Clemson. I obviously had more important things on my mind such as long couple months recovery....but I was really disappointed that I couldn't watch USF take on Clemson.

    I recall my father-in-law trying to cheer me up by saying, "Don't be sad, with coach Holtz running the show now....there will be many more and bigger bowl games in the future". Yeah...that really happened lol....

    History fills in the gap of what happened between then and now... (See epic program catering)...but I wonder if folks today appreciate how special it is to be in a bowl game. Sure it's not the Sugar Bowl....or against a high profile opponent...but it's our first bowl game in what seems like forever. Our fans took our early success for granted, so hopefully as a fanbase and community we appreciate what USF is once again building. I think almost all of us back in 2010 never envisioned that our once proud program would fall so far...so quickly. 

    In strange way, I think the last five years have been useful b/c it has hopefully instilled some humbleness and appreciation. I know that our players understand...b/c the legitimate smiles of pure joy on our kids faces after beating the tar out Temple, Cincy and Central High Clown College. Those smiles were real...as were the smiles of those in attendance.  I think we are on finally back on track again...and this time it almost feels more like we earned it b/c it almost seemed to easy back in the early days of the program.

    If you are on the fence about attending...and have the time off and can afford the trip....do yourself a favor and make the drive/flight down to Miami. I think some of our old time fans that are a still a little jaded by the events of the last couple 5-6 years may have that old Bulls Love flame re-kindled once again if they can make the trip. 

     

    #BullsUnite

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    Taggart Contract Details

    in USF South Florida Bulls Athletics

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    To not have a clause to subtract his coaching salary if he gets another job from the buyout was criminal.

    I am beginning to believe more and more everyday that UCiF fans were correct and that it was one of our fans that stabbed Doug Woolard's tires a couple years ago in Orlando. 

    He is the worst athletic director USF has every had.

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