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Should see more season tickets buyers as the start of the season comes around.

I would be fairly happy with a 20K total this year.

Then LOOK OUT next year after we win the BE

If we do a 1 for 1 with a team like ILL. we should insist on the upper hand and schedule the games when WE want them.  ILL should not have any power over us in the negotiations.

Thank God someone in the NCAA woke up!!!

Scout.com is a total questionable authority AT BEST

Let's fill the place up.

Spread the word!!

Here are the Official USF colors

Pantone Matching System

PMS 343 green

PMS 4515 gold

CMYK process builds

Green: 100C, 0M, 69Y, 60K

Gold: 0C, 8M, 47Y, 23K

Metallic gold

PMS 872

Lets not put too much emphasis on the success of our season, based solely on the outcome of this game. I looked back to 2004. Auburn has only lost one non-conference game in the last three years-2005 to Georgia Tech. They routinely smoke mid pack and below SEC opponents at home. I would put us no better than sixth in the SEC.

My hope is that we win, but lets not throw in the towel should we lose. We need to go 4-1 in our OOC games, and then get to 5-2 in our conference games. A 9-3 regular season, as we continue to build, would be a great season.

Agreed, even the 2006 National Champs lost to Auburn!!!!!!!!!!  ;D ;D ;D ;D

Well deserved, he stepped up when we needed him to do so.

Now can he compete with what we have now??  The Spring will be interesting at RB.

I think this will move us into a solid position as on of the FLORIDA BIG 4.

After winning the BE in 2007, we will compete with the UF's for some of the top talent (note I said some).

Opinions of recuriting Classes are just that and everyone has one.  What ulitmately counts is what the coaches does with the talent!!!!

These are great additions.  Hopefully they are what is needed to thke our offense to the next level.

Remember the excitement of the offense in the first years when Canales was OC?

This is GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) :) :) :) :)

The guys over at scout are saying things went REALLY well this weekend, even got a new commit  

Actually 2 new commits

Claude Davis, DE, Lakeland, 3-Star

Kvinski McGee, TE, Pahokee, 3-Star

Can't wait for the season

Maybe if we pay a month earlier it will seem like it is coming faster???? ;D ;D

Have a brother that lives up there, so it is a definite MAYBE!!!!

usf couldnt afford to pay rod smith or frey

usf cant afford to buy out worst coach in big east]

i dont think usf is ready to build a stadium

nor is there a need

Not sure pay was an issue for Rod Smith, we needed to get rid of him anyway!!!  Good riddance!!!!!

Correct, USF is not ready for an OCS  AND doesn't have the MONEY!!!!

AND no need,  RJS is a great asset.

Agreed, Cincy sounds about right.

Flip

You don't have to be Alum to attend.

It's a Bulls gathering, just sponsored by the Alumni Chapter.

But, hey I'm open to a Bar-B-Q also!!!!!!!!!!

I ordered one back in early Nov.

Hope to get it in the next couple of weeks.

The idea of the Kick-off social for Wed. Feb. 7th is to plan meet other Bulls and develop ideas for future meetings and activities.

I hope many of y'all will be able to make it.

Been trying to get the Polk Alums (and general Bulls fans) semi-organized for the past year or so.

Open to ideas and suggestions.

P.S.

We will hopefully be showing a replay of the PapaJohns.Com Bowl win. on the Big Screen during the social.

Better Yet.

The Polk Alumni Chapter already has done your bidding.

We have a after work gathering planned for Wed. Feb 7

5:30-7:30 at Lillian’s Music Store – Main Street Downtown Lakeland

Check the Polk Chapter Alumni Site for more info.

http://www.usfalumni.net/polk

All this rating stuff is really a reach.  The rankings are based on what SCOUT.COM thinks we need and how we have satisfied it.  They still have us behind UConn which is really a joke!!!

If they are such great acessers of talent, why aren't they working for a school or an NFL team.

Basically coaches wanna-bes

He's nothing but a BLOWHARD

Couldn't make it as a golfer

Supports drinking and driving

Talks almost 50% of time about gambling and lines/point spreads.

Always acts like he has an inside story, yet never follows up.

We need someone in this area that brings all sports news not only what they like.  Need a BULLS supporter.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the family.

Tragic loss for his family, friends, USF family, and the world.

RIP Keeley

Welcome back.

Hope to meet you some time soon.

There is just NO Justification in even talking about an OCS.

Student attendance = (take last year) 7500 avg.  say you double that to 15,000. There is not 15,000 students living closer to the OCS than RJS.

The remaining avg. attendance 30,000, (still double the "doubled students number) is Alums, most of which live closer to RJS than and OCS.  Hell people complain about making the drive from Downtown Tampa to the Trop. saying it's too far (15 -20 min.).  Now how many people are we going to attract from St. Pete/Clwr. when they have to "drive all the way over to the campus (45 min-1-1/2 hour)"????

Gainesville, nothing else to do except attend the game, or drink (not a bad alternative)

Tallahassee, nothing else to do except attend the game, or drink (not a bad alternative), or "spend money & make new laws (BAD Alternative!!!!)

Tampa, go to USF game, stay home and watch UF/FSU (bad alternative), Lightning, Devil Rays (worse alternative), Beach, etc. etc. etc. etc.  TOO many other alternatives.  If we make it a "chore" to come to the game for the Alums  (i.e. OCS), they won't!!!!  You have to accept the reality, Student attendance is not what this is about.  It is about the Alums that pay for the tickets and an OCS is not what the Average Bulls fan (the ones that are not on the Board) wants!!!!  They want easy access, nice ammenities, etc.  THAT IS RJS!!!!!!!

RJS quality would cost $100-$150 million and up.  THis money right now needs to be pumped into Baseball, softball, soccer fields, facilities, etc.  Then we can start to talk OCS.

Louisville (tomorrow night) and Cinn. (Sat.) yet to play.