Bullish

I do not condone breaking the law but you can not watch sports of any kind if such a hard stance is taken - I can not think of a team or sport that does not have players that have broken the law. Just a fact of life nowadays, a lot of athletes have come from hard beginnings or are spoiled however both find it easier to break the law then to follow it.

Velcro, yes USF got 21 out of 25 kids they wanted but do you think for one second they would not change places with any of the schools in the top 10.

This class is the best class that has signed LOI's with USF in their history and now the only thing that we have to wait for is qualification. I see this a a very solid class but short of spectacular. Would like to see more kids with 4 or 5 stars (I know the argument about stars but the reality is that is how the nation grades recruiting classes) then 2 or lower stars but that is coming, imho. Lets keep up the progress and maybe next year USF will get a couple of Blue Chippers to go along with the recruits it signed this year. Momentum is building, hopefully we find a way to capitalize on it next year with an even better showing then this year.

IMO... I would bet they have already been contacted by a lawyer and are not tipping their hand on their intentions until they see what the medical report has to say. Nothing wrong with the parents protecting their interests. If something could have been done to prevent this then the parents have every right to know. Monetary settlement will never return the loved one but sometimes good comes from bad. I agree with Smazza (not a lawyer): all athletes should have the best of tests performed to determine if they are susceptible to the "Hidden Killers". USF Medical School is one of the best in the South, why not let the students run the tests with the help of their teachers.

Never was a fan of Rod Smith - so I am not sad to see him go. Do not know much about Frey and I am not sure a Graduate assistant should be promoted to a significant position at a Division 1 BCS school but he deserves a chance to prove CJL correct in his hiring. This will be a repititive event for our coaching staff untill Athletics comes up with more money to pay for their services. USF HAS TO STEP UP THE COACHING BUDGET TO KEEP UP WITH BCS SCHOOLS.

I think this post started out with a good topic and as usual has morphed into something else. CJL and USF need the media and shutting them down makes no sense whatsoever. Maybe USF has beaten Lville and WVU but USF has also lost to Cincy and UCONN. USF is making its own way on the field and their have been more success stories this year then ever before but you would never know it if you read the papers. So few articles compared to what the other state schools received, that it has to hurt USF's recruiting. We can debate CJL's decision all day long but something has to change because USF needs help getting the word out about the program.

Voss suffered a knee injury in the PO's and will have to sit at any BCS conference school, especially coming off knee injury that will take until the summer to get better.

Edit: OOOps Garcia (not Marve) is going to South Carolina and Spurrier

I would not want Jeff Bowden anywhere close to the Bulls but I can not take the the same play calling at the same points of every game that RS provides. Joe, have you considered that the Ville just knew what plays were coming and stopped them due to recognition of the game film. I can guess 60% of the plays that USF will run before they run them and I do not study game film by the day like college coaches do. There is no guessing involved by the defense and that is to big of a problem for this offense to overcome. Was the Ville a more talented team - YES, the same for Rutgers, but Cincy and KU were not more talented and their defenses looked like the steel curtain against the Bulls. When the D knows the play before it is run, they will stop any offense 100% of the time. IMHO, MG is the only reason this team has 7 wins and is eligible for a Bowl. CJL, RS, and WB have all been disappointing as coaches this year. RS has done nothing to remove the gimmick from his play calling. The Bulls do not have the depth or talent to make up for the amount of penalties they take on a weekly basis, and penalties exist because this teams breaks down mentally every game which is a diret result of game preparation / coaching.

Spurrier has been questioned about being linked to the expected vacancy at the University of Miami. He denied that he has made a decision but did not deny that the job intrigued him. This is a quick way for UM to change course and get the most out of their offensive talent.

I will say it over and over again, the only school in Florida that impresses me for their success is Miami. UF has won 1 championship in a 100 years of playing football. FSU has won 2 championships in their history (not sure how long they have been around and don't care enough to look) Miami has 5 championships in the last 25 years. I can only hope that USF wins a Championship in a shorter period then both UF and FSU, this way I may actually be alive to see it. Champioships are all that matter folks and UF has only won 1 more then USF.

Does CJL deserve the right to be compared to Bowden / JoePa with regards to contract for life? That is what I responded to. I obviously do not agree with that assessment, if you do why? 6 more years - can be a lifetime if USF hovers around the middle of the pack in the BE and will do to the football program what it did to the baseball and basketball programs. USF does not have the luxury of time in the era of what have you done for me lately. The out of conference schedule needs to be upgraded.

Bloom, CJL has a long term contract signed already. Not sure of the length and I really do not care because I can not change it. My post is in relationship to how CJL should be reviewed, 2 years of unbiased support from the university and then he should be judged by the standards of all other college coaches, not the Bowdens and JoePa's of the coaching fraternity. CJL is not in this class of coach. This is not a stay as long as you want deal with CJL because USF is not flush with athletic funding. The football program (flagship for fundraising) will face a time where CJL will be judged like the baseball team - remember there were supporters inside the athletic dept for Cardieri as well for too many years of poor performance. Football is not where baseball was with CEC but if it comes over the next 5 years, the football program will have to make changes at the top as well. As for recruiting, CJL has not shown a capacity to be a top notch recruiter (IMO) to get into the 4 - 5 star recruits you are alluding to in our post.

Ty, that statement is overly optimistic. CJL does not have the leverage of a coach Bowden and like coach Cardieri might out run his cpability to move this program forward. There are some big weaknesses with CJL / coaching staff, talked about in many other posts already. He should have 2 more years to prove how successful he could be but after that it should be a year to year basis. USF does not have the donation base that can support years of mediocre success. This is not to say going to a bowl in the first 10 years is not an accomplishment but one only has to look at how many schools go to bowls nowadays to realize how overated making a bowl really is. The bowl schedule should be cut in half because some of these games are pathetic and ony exist so Vegas can make money.

Mike, I do not bullieve you pay attention to your own posts and maybe that is clouding your judgement. If my memory serves me correctly, you are one of the more inflamatory posters on this board. My opinion might mirror Smazza on some topics but it is a choice I make to see the positive and negatives of the program - not just the positives. *** If I am wrong and have you confused wth another poster, I will be big enough to apologize.