SANJAY

My guess is that the assistant coaching carousel is still going in many places. Guys with plenty of options may be leery of jumping to the CCS ship knowing he’s on the hot seat. 

We’re the dog not the tree. At least we were the other night.

On 12/17/2018 at 4:17 PM, &rew Bull said:

Just got my tickets in 212 with club access! That last bit might be important if the rain comes down as forecasted.

Do the tickets say club access on the face?

4 hours ago, USFBulls727 said:

Exactly. Make it a 5-1 if we have to. Anything is better than UMass/Elon

That’s a false choice. It’s not UF or UMass. It’s really a 2-1 with UF or a 1-1 with some mid level ACC or B10 team. 

Well that’s not unusual.

6 minutes ago, Jason Pryor said:

I wonder if Horne can be red-shirted since he was injured on his second third game, that would suck if he missed his 11 full games in his career.

Under the new rules since he did not play more than 4 games this will be a redshirt year.

16 minutes ago, usf97 said:

Anytime, USF is playing UF, FSU or Miami it is giving us the games fans want. 

Somewhat to a lesser extent, I would enjoy more scheduling with Auburn, Alabama, GT, Georgia, LSU, South Carolina and Clemson. 

Pay game, 2 for 1, I don't really care. I would much rather do that than have a 1 and 1 with Illinois or Syracuse. 

Actually 1-1 with Illinois, Syracuse and the like are exactly what we do need. Teams that have some nominal name value, P5, and will bring contingents of northern fans to buy tickets. I don’t mind a 1 and done but there’s only a handful of places I think are worth that.

My personal 1 and done list: Michigan, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Alabama, USC, Notre Dame, Georgia, Clemson.

1 minute ago, George_Bullnard_Shaw said:

Hope the kids are screaming "Watch the fake!" every Marshall punt.

They’ll be on the lookout. Nothing gets past them.

6 minutes ago, Jason Pryor said:

Can't wait to see USF Terrence Horne Jr. Returning Kick Offs next year, Wmissed him badly in our final stretches. probably would have pulled 1 or 2 of those losses into wins all on his own like he did to Georgia Tech lol

Yes, but Bentley Sanders was not bad on returns.

The return game from UF makes the deal make sense for us. I believe USF gets all money above a certain threshold ($2.50?) of each ticket. If there’s 50,000 tickets sold (regardless of who sits in them) and the average ticket goes for $52.50, then USF makes $2.5 million from the home game. And I think those are conservative attendance numbers for that game. 

Ok. There’ll be 3 of us. Me and 2 of the previously described children.

And I renewed my season tickets. Shout out to @John Lewis who always helps.

Just now, Bull Dozer said:

LOOK AT THE BIG BRAIN ON SANJAY!!!! 

That’s what she said!

Might it be that with Gilbert gone that King will have both the RBs and QBs at the bowl game? In which case CCS thinks having Burke call the plays is easier than having King coach both positions and call the plays? Or a better option than giving Burke the QBs when he’s not done that before? Just a thought that maybe it’s not as stupid as some think.

37 minutes ago, George_Bullnard_Shaw said:

I peaked at birth!

Well if you crowned...

3 hours ago, George_Bullnard_Shaw said:

I have this gut feeling that he succeeds at McNeese state and we remain a boring, slightly above the rest of the AAC pack team for as long as CCS stays. At the least I still think Burke and the S/C coach need to find other employment as well.

Could happen. Being a HC is a different skill set. I’m not sure how well he can recruit but if he can recruit and manage a staff he may have success. At the end of the day I hope he is successful. I am glad he won’t be here but he’s 40. I’d hate to think we peak by 40. Maybe he learns stuff and changes some things he did here.

20 minutes ago, JTrue said:

Makes $600k after incentives and is running a playoff offense. What are we offering?

Publix on campus. Am sure we can work out a number of subs daily.

If McNeese administration reads thebullspen they may get cold feet. Quick, someone start a thread, or three, about how much itsucks losing our OC.

I was not going to go because I have a work function (that I could probably get out of). However, then the below conversation happened today amongst my kids so I’m likely in for 4 but will know in a couple days. I think I’ve created monster Bull fans.

16YOdaughter: Hey USF is going to the Gasparilal Bowl.

10YOson: Who are we playing?

16YO: Marshall 

10YO: What’s a Marshall? Where’s the game?

16YO: IN Tampa, at Raymond James. Dad are we going?

10YO: C’mon dad, we need to go. We only went to one game this year.

16YO: I can drive if you don’t want to go (from Ft. Myers to Tampa).

Me: But I have a work....

16YO: C’mon. We can even stay with Grandma and grandpa. 

10YO: That’s crazy, we should just go.

7YOdaughter: Hey I want to go too...

10YO: You just want to watch the cheerleaders.

7YO: Yeah, so?

16YO: Hey it’s Quinton Flowers’ Birthday.

16YO, 10YO, 7YO: *Singing happy birthday to Quinton Flowers* (Who is, as far as I can tell, not in the car with us)

9 minutes ago, brybull1970 said:

Gasparilla Bowl vs. Wake Forest.

Both fan bases disappointed. 

7 hours ago, Bull Dozer said:

9 players on offense would explain a lot.

I would not have been mad had CCS gone for it and failed there. I would have been mad because the play call would have been yet another run up the middle.

Also, the set up to the question ignores the play right before. We had 3rd and 6. We handed off to go right up the middle. If you’re running that play on 3rd down you have to expect that there’s a 50-50 shot we’re going to need a 4th down play of a couple yards or less. If you have no intention of going for it on 4th there then you have to play 3rd down differently. And that is a lot of the probem.

Maybe CCS is being considered for a job and USF isn’t rushing anything so the recruiting class stays together and no payout?

27 minutes ago, Roaming Bull said:

So some people on Twitter are saying that practice was “lackluster” and things weren’t well. Don’t know if any of this is accurate, but if it gets confirmed I will throw it up. 

Hasn’t CCS been saying over several weeks that practices haven’t been sharp?

Barnett, Salomon, Bentley Sanders, Kevin Bronson out.

Doesn’t matter unless they give either CO or BK some easy throws and have the guys at RB and WR in position to succeed.