Bull Martin

This is pretty much a quintessential AW thread now

Jim Leavitt?

Neither team will carry the full state. Hell, both teams wont carry the full state. That said, both teams would immediately add the Tampa, Orlando, and their surrounding markets pretty easily. Either team would pull their base market, but neither would get both. Both schools are big enough to eventually capture the state as a whole.

This is from the 300x250 in upper right by schedules? I see that plays video now an then. In all it's neither a good nor relevant ad, but these things have to run a minimum of a week to see if it works. I just got dropped from advertising.com because impressions fell below their minimum. Gotta try some of these things to ensure viability. I don't want to ruin the member experience, but there has to be a way to fund the site. By the way, thanks to this using the Amazon link to right. Someone bought a bunch of stuff in last few days resulting in some commission. I use it to buy random stuff here and there

I firmly believe that there are a large number of recruits, players, coaches that read the message boards. That said, I think it has almost zero effect on the decisions any of those people make on anything. Edit to remove almost. It has no bearing at all.

Realignment started because of Miami. That's true, but they aren't moving to the PAC, B1G, or SEC. They have a small chance to move the the B12, but I don't really see that as a palatable move for them.

I think there are way too many threads. There should just be one thread with 500,000 pages dating back to 1997

Once he enrolls in classes at USF, he could not transfer again and play immediately without a hardship case (which frankly wouldn't make much sense considering he's from the area). IF he enrolls at USF he's not going anywhere. Even though he can't play immediately, it's not only playing that ties you to a school, but also academics. Sure it's possible he could transfer, but then he'd have to sit out yet again.

Tallahassee is closer to Georgia and Alabama than it is the heart of Florida. Florida State could add some National cache to the SEC, but they don't need it. It would hurt the ACC far more than it would benefit the SEC. They would much rather grab a team to fill the footprint of surrounding states. They'd take NC State 10 times out of 10 over Florida State. After that there's more questionability as to who they finish with (Virginia, WVU, OU). I'd bet they'd take OU and OK State before FSU. You could easily be right about who they'd take ahead of FSU. But FSU is still Florida, no matter what the geography. I've been around south GA & Alabama, and they support their state teams (rabidly). I speak only from a recruiting perspective, so maybe you're talking a different angle (TV market?) but FSU's ballpark in all aspects is Florida, and the SEC absolutely covets that. Yes, but FSU adds 0 new markets. Georgia, Auburn, Alabama, and Florida effectively cover every square inch of TV real estate that FSU touches. Adding Miami of FL would help add to the influence over the state of Florida far more than FSU would, but like I said, no one outside of the American would take Miami. The only thing that matter in realignment is money. The biggest money factor is TV. FSU adds value in terms of huge match-ups, but it's not a problem the SEC has selling. The incremental ratings spikes FSU would add would be easily outpaced by adding new markets.

If he was no where for a year then he could transfer and play immediately anywhere, but what's the point in that? If you're going to have to sit out you may as well do it productively with a team. The alternative would be a JUCO type situation, but given he's already used his redshirt and freshman years, after 2 years at JUCO he'd only have 1 year left to play.

Which is laughable and will never happen. UF will never allow FSU into the SEC. The entirety of the SEC would never allow Miami. FSU does not have the academic profile of the Big 10 and no one is going to take Miami. The only chance we had with the ACC was for FSU to go to the Big 12 and Miami to get over themselves. It's not happening I wouldn't say never. FSU had the SEC invite in 1990, but they rejected it in favor of ACC. The SEC hates that it lost some of FL to the ACC & BE, so if it could gain a higher market share in the state, it's still possible they'd go back to the well. If they're still butt-hurt about the rejection, then yeah they'll make them rot. I agree on Miami, I very much doubt that one. Miami's lucky to be where they are right now. Tallahassee is closer to Georgia and Alabama than it is the heart of Florida. Florida State could add some National cache to the SEC, but they don't need it. It would hurt the ACC far more than it would benefit the SEC. They would much rather grab a team to fill the footprint of surrounding states. They'd take NC State 10 times out of 10 over Florida State. After that there's more questionability as to who they finish with (Virginia, WVU, OU). I'd bet they'd take OU and OK State before FSU.

Which is laughable and will never happen. UF will never allow FSU into the SEC. The entirety of the SEC would never allow Miami. FSU does not have the academic profile of the Big 10 and no one is going to take Miami. The only chance we had with the ACC was for FSU to go to the Big 12 and Miami to get over themselves. It's not happening

I'm following Leavitt on Twitter. He's taken too social media much better this go around. Quite a few funny/nonsensical blurbs from him in his short twitter span.

At least after crashing hard back to earth USF fans are a lot more rational about the whole ordeal. We just want to get to a bowl game at this point

I've already been pissin and moanin about not wanting to go to the B12 If EITHER Texas or Oklahoma leave, the B12 is toast. Remember how it was less stable than the Big East back in the day? And we were going to invite Kansas and friends? We're better off in the American until the ACC wants us NEVER. Unless we get a B10 invite along with our AAU invite - whenever that day comes NEVER - the ACC is the only better place for us than the American. Certainly not the B12 The rag tag B12 left overs would be a much better group of misfits than the American

Well, as much as Canes fan won't admit it, his 9 win season was outright good.

No doubt Taggart's recruited well, but I'd like to see some semblance of an organized, well-working offense and defense before I get behind this statement. Randy Shannon recruited extremely well at Miami, but he was fired for being a poor coach (and losing to us) or surrounding himself with inadequate assistants. I really hope Taggart can pull the nose up on this season. Randy Shannon v. 2.0 Whole lotta Zook so far... At least Zook left a legitimately talented group that could win behind him. If that's the legacy Taggart leaves, I'l be happy. If he's Randy Shannon, I wont.

No doubt Taggart's recruited well, but I'd like to see some semblance of an organized, well-working offense and defense before I get behind this statement. Randy Shannon recruited extremely well at Miami, but he was fired for being a poor coach (and losing to us) or surrounding himself with inadequate assistants. I really hope Taggart can pull the nose up on this season. Randy Shannon v. 2.0 If Shannon was such a good recruiter, why did it take Al Golden three years to have a good season?

Probably meaning he just hasn't committed somewhere else yet. Now that is funny. Though it's undoubtedly true. He visited USF and obviously must have a standing offer to join the team. If we were his top choice he would have announced. We're the fall back option while he explores other opportunities. It's not necessarily a a bad thing for him to hold onto, but where else is he going to go that's going to all but guarantee him playing time? What better school has a messier QB situation? If he goes to another P5 program, he'll be right where he was at UCLA.

Nah he didn't commit. He is just shopping around and naturally this would be a great option to get on the field fast. Assuming we could work some hardship whatevers. I think a hardship waiver for him would be quite a stretch, but who knows what might be going on in his life that could present a case.

When he enrolls at Tennessee (or anywhere else) can we mark this up as his third commitment / de-committment to USF

Just drink water, it's better for you anyway. It's less carcinogenic than soda (4MEI and aspartame) and has zero calories making you less fat.

WTF? Why does an article about Woulard have a photo of M.White??? The photo caption really seems to accentuate the reason, but what do I know...

When are we getting a welcome old members post?

if they were able to have kept doors open for even 1 more year to let the surrounding off campus housing dev catch up, that place would have absolutely blown up. shame, not a watering whole to be found in stumbling distance on fletch. Mr Dunderbak's is 1.5 miles from the norther dorm clusters on campus. It's minimally closer to the off campus housing just north of Fletcher.