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1 hour ago, Ricky the Bull said:

My parents moved from Seminole Heights to the old Carrollwood area in 1963 when I-75 took their property and their friends asked them why they were moving "way out there".

Coulda been neighbors. I was born in Jackson Hts. in'53. My grandma was the first street car driver in Tampa, then lunchroom manager at the old Jefferson High.

9 minutes ago, KB said:

7-6 was a play on our "hopeful" record after winning the bowl game. 

Ok, that's awesome!

5 minutes ago, Cat941 said:

I've been tempted to give the Verizon home internet a try.  But during Hurricane Ian our cell service went down and was not working for long time afterward.  Thankfully our son's cell was working (different provider). Still, that was sobering and I question Verizon's reliability going forward.  Thanks for info.

Just my 2¢ but Verizon is 100% the absolute worst provider in the history of customer service.

5 minutes ago, CousinRicky said:

No, the 6 days doesn't matter. 

I think your wife messaged me on Facebook telling me about it. 

She did. I've had a few Old Fashion's lately. My palate may be changing a bit.

4 minutes ago, BullsWinBucsWin said:

Wondering why they didn't just go ahead and add hours, minutes, and seconds .  It's not on Fowler's website, but they did post it on their Facebook page, so I'm pretty sure it's legit.

Oh, no doubt about it being legit. They're just about as good at updating the web site as USF is. I signed up for a package, waited a couple months to get the swag advertised, contacted them and was told that was only a beginning deal. But, because it was popular they were reordering. The packages are still on the web site and I still have not received anything from them. Of course they are taking my monthly donation.

Just curious, but the bottle shows, aged 7 years and 6 days. Would the extra 6 days make a whole lot of difference?

Also, it's not on their website.

13 hours ago, Rocky Style said:

I have a theory about who is not in the club 

Subdivisions suck let's go rural.

Even rural is becoming a thing of the past. Moved to San Antonio 5 years ago. Now they're literally building mini towns all over Pasco County.

Fowler Ave has a bus going

1 hour ago, John Lewis said:

Was not planning to fly. 

Rather come back right after the game. Still working on it.

Appreciate you looking out for me.

Just had a friend call. He booked a flight from Tampa to Ft. Lauderdale for him and his wife for $31.00 total on Spirit Airlines. Said that if you go to the airport you can book flights substantially cheaper than online. Yes -Thirty-One Dollars. $15.50 each.

45 minutes ago, Bull Matrix said:

I may end up doing that since I basically live within walking distance of the Amtrak train station downtown. Took the Amtrak down to Miami to watch USF beat the Canes years ago and if was a blast.

Downside - Check the return trip schedule first.

2 hours ago, Jim Johnson said:

Title IX my friend.  Any student competing on any team on scholarship (or not).

That was kinda my point. If they're offering $30g's to EVERY athlete. But, there are "differences." 

Head count sports are always full rides. But they only include revenue sports: for men, that’s D1 basketball and D1-A football; for women, it’s D1 basketball, tennis, volleyball and gymnastics. 

Equivalency sports usually hand out partial scholarships. It’s up to the coach to divide their scholarship money among athletes. That could mean they offer a full ride to one extremely high-level recruit (although that is rare), or it could mean they spread the money out among multiple athletes, which is much more common. Equivalency sports for D1 men include baseball, rifle, skiing, cross-country, track and field, soccer, fencing, swimming, golf, tennis, gymnastics, volleyball, ice hockey, water polo, lacrosse and wrestling. For D1 women, equivalency sports include bowling, lacrosse, rowing, cross-country, track and field, skiing, fencing, soccer, field hockey, softball, golf, swimming, ice hockey and water polo.

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19 hours ago, 79 Bull said:

Honestly if you can get to Orlando or West Palm, just take the Brightline to Boca.  It's an awesome train and the station is right in town where lots is happening and about 1 1/2 miles from FAU.

You can also take a train from Downtown Tampa down to the general area. Almost as fast as driving.

3 hours ago, Cat941 said:

 

 

Define athlete. Football, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, softball, tennis, men’s and women’s lacrosse, etc. Or would they try that with only football and basketball?

Assuming in 4 years Golesh is still here and he expects to be in the playoffs.

3 hours ago, Jim Johnson said:

East-West also allows for better wind flow... the winds in Tampa tend to be more westerly, so the openings on that end of the stadium means more of a breeze.

I wonder what the openings will do to wind currents blowing around the sides of the student section? I would think it would create some amount of swirl.

This is way over my head, but I think it shows a possible solution.

https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/82576633.pdf

3 minutes ago, Brad said:

My early feedback for lack of a better word is three main entrances to stadium does not sound like enough.  Entrances get highly concentrated as kickoff approaches and come to virtual standstills.  

Maybe USF will do what Louisville does. “Happy Pregame Hour” I think they call it. Beers are 1/2 price inside the stadium BEFORE kickoff.

1 minute ago, flsportsfan83 said:

nice try of what?

USF football stadium opening pushed back to 2027

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The Bulls, who have planned on a 35,000-seat, $340 million stadium that will move them from Raymond James Stadium, wanted to open it in 2026.

 

At crapping on the excitement of getting actual renderings. Not going to be a discussion. Have a great day, if you want to.

Nice try

1 minute ago, Rizman said:

2027 because of the global supply chain issue.

Calling BS on this one. The supply chain has improved a ton since signing a contract for 2026.

1 minute ago, bull2saintleo said:

Stroman just said VISUALS!!!!!

Did he preface “visuals” with “will have today” or simply “will have “?

1 - Will redshirts play in the game?

2 - Which ones?

3 - Will Golesh do a weekly press conference?

4 - ??

Since we’re discussing bowl projections, I’m going with the Gasparilla Bowl being played at the USF Stadium in 2028. Only one game in its history would not have fit in our OCS.

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2 minutes ago, Ghostbuster said:

I suppose if you want to fish for a silver lining, the good news is we aren't spending hundreds of millions to join a league (ACC) that all the media/voters have no respect for.

No, we're staying for free in a league that got passed over in the NY6 bid for CUSA.

And hoping like hell for a chance to join a league (ACC) that all the media/voters have no respect for.