CyberBull

Maybe. ;D ;D ;D

No.

yes

CyberBull cracks the elusive Top 20. ;D Ricky_the_Bull....you better watch your back

Somebody correct if  I am missing some of the details, Shea Cotton will always be connected to "great food" for USF fans. Shea Cotton was the highly touted little brother of a former Seth Greenberg standout, James Cotton, at Long Beach State. He was a consensus Top 5, All Universe, can't miss phenom recruit that had appeared as as a high schooler  in Sports Illustrated, Sport and a bunch of other mainstream sports media outlets. The kid could play... Naturally, every school was after him but Greenie's relationship with the Cotton family made us rumored heavy favorite. Shea Cotton visited USF and it appeared for a while that Seth would pull one of the biggest coup of the recruiting season for South Florida.  Based on his comments in the Trib and the old version of Rivals, his comments made it sound like USF was his clear leader heading into signing day. All he had to do was finish his Alabama visit which was hastily put together at the last minute. 'Bama really entered the picture very late in the game. However this is where the story turns. Cotton went to 'Bama and eventually committed to their sleeze bag, cheating coach. When asked by a Tampa Tribune reporter, what was the major reason for picking 'Bama over USF, Cotton said, "I committed to Alabama b/c the food at Alabama was awesome and I like to eat". So we essentially lost out on a bigtime recruit b/c  Alabama had better food services....that and the money Gotfried probably put under Cotton's pillow during his visit to UAT. The post-mortem on this story is that All Universe Shea Cotton never did anything special at Alabama and eventually left school early for the NBA.  Last I read he was playing in Europe or South America for a couple thousand bucks per game.

Curious..... Why Insiders over Rivals. IIRC, I remember you writing that you were a insiders subscriber. How timely is the coverage?

Some of the younger guys may not get the Shea Cotton reference.... ;D

I just got back from going to the game. This is my first women's game in a longtime. I have to say that we had a great time. My two kids had a blast b/c they got jump, holler and mover around since the place was not packed. I got to sit next to a bunch of great Louisville fans who drove down from Valdosta that were just great to watch a game with and go back and forth. On the court...we have one hell of a team. What they did at UConn is no fluke. The team is athletic, plays as a team and has some pretty good shooter. We'll be back next week. You also can't beat the price: $5 /ticket and if your kids are Junior Bulls they get for "free" as part their membership. Go out and support the women's team b/c they are building something special on Fowler Avenue.

Get lost....

Man....that is offensive!! Why would you want to work in a town where the media is so cognizant of your color and ethnicity?

I wish some of you guys would not get so bent out of shape at premium content. I just posted the information, b/c it was hot off the press news....big news...if you ask me. The name alone was big news. However, if you want more information you can google around the internet to find out more about the guy or let somebody else do your homework and pay rivals.

One quality site with great content and message boards would present a better online image. Think of the FSU rivals site. They merged with the old insiders's site to form one top notch site. From a fan's point of view this would easier than following two boards. Of course, this is just idle chatter since the decision is obviously Brad's and Dave's to make.

put me down as another one board advocate. Just my opinion....

Yawn......zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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I had to make sure I was reading the right 'Ticker'. All I got to say is WOW!

Wow! Link: http://usf.rivals.com/recruitingindex.asp

..nevermind wrong board.

Hey Howie..... glad to hear you are on the road to recovery. I was wondering were you were since you are this boards' official link chaser ;D I guess you didn't miss the announcement about a home and home with Miami?

We have never had 4 committments of this caliber before the January. FSU and Miami traditionally are fast finishers. Now I am not saying we are at their level, but many...and I mean MANY....of the kids we are chasing have USF in their top 2 or 3 with the competition only being none other than the Big 3 or other traditional powers. Let me ask you this: would you feel better if we went out and got verbals from a bunch of lightly regarded prospects like UCF, or would you rather be heavily in the mix with recruits that Miami, Florida and FSU are after?

Kraky who?

LOL.... ;D ;D

We are going to need you Miami Bulls to give us the scoop on where is the closet safe place to stay near the Orange Bowl.

Interesting quote RH.... Leavitt and Urban Meyer are friends so I wonder if we can get UF down for a game. Something to realize about this game is that Leavitt and Coker are good friends. I remember reading in the Times that one of the first messages on Leavitt's answering machine was from Larry Coker when USF upset Pitt. Then again, considering the reverence that Leavitt gives Coach Synder at K-State, one would thought K-State would be willing to travel to Tampa despite our efforts to arrange a game with them.

I get what you are saying but it really comes off as trying to rationalize our losses. We lost to Jerry Rice University....which is unacceptable for any C-USA team....and we almost lost to a Division II team. Not good.... IMO, Harvery brought up a lot of legitimate points. People may perceive them as being negative but its just the truth. We will fortunate to win 4 conference games this year, 5 if we are real lucky. If we do win 5 games I just pray that the wins come in large part due to the efforts of Marius, Dennis and other players who will be here next year.