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Smazza, I heard Jim Leavitt is the frontrunner to replace Kiffin. Just kidding...

Saw this too and it really ticked me off. I hope they're happy with themselves. So long college football video games. So you would allow yourself to be exploited so that others could enjoy exploiting you? Methinks not. No, because if I make the CHOICE to sign a contract which allows the entity I'm engaging in a contract with to share my likeness by way of TV rights and merchandising licenses, I know going in that that was the case. Are some of you guys really inferring that these players were so stupid they didn't know going in that their likeness was going to be on video games, on team jerseys and on TV? Give me a break. I remember not too long ago when many players were ticked off because the player on the video game didn't look like them and didn't have similar attributes. Funny how that's changed now that slimy attorneys and money is involved. Once again, nobody forced anybody to enter into this dynamic.

2K Sports is not going to pick up a project that EA abandoned over legal issues. They might as well. I mean, what's one more frivolous lawsuit? What a bunch of greedy scumbags. Greedy scumbags? EA and the NCAA was profiting over the likenesses and numbers of college players. The college players were being exploited so fat cat executives and fat cat school administrators could line their bank accounts. This is a modern form of slavery. Saw this too and it really ticked me off. I hope they're happy with themselves. So long college football video games. The former players will be happy when they finally get compensated for EA using their likeness and numbers in their games. If someone exploited you and did not compensate you, you would be very upset and want financial restitution. If you say that you would not compensation, then you are a bald face liar. That was done in the pre-Madden days of football video games. Those games never took off. Sports video games want to play as real players and real teams. That is part of the fantasy of video games. This idea would never sell to the public. Saw this too and it really ticked me off. I hope they're happy with themselves. So long college football video games. So you would allow yourself to be exploited so that others could enjoy exploiting you? Methinks not. Hooray!!! One person gets it. The real tragedy of this is that the EA programmers, artists and testers who worked on the NCAA games will probably lose their jobs. Video game programmers and other video game creation personnel are worked to death to make ridiculous time lines, and they are not paid anywhere near the level of typical corporate IT personnel. They are promised profit sharing, and that does not always pan out if the game does not sell. EA one of the worst offenders in treating their personnel like dirt. However, video game programmers get into the industry because of their love of video games, so companies like EA will get them to "eat crap and gladly call it chocolate ice cream with sprinkles on top". Do you even realize that the former NCAA players that are party to the class-action lawsuit will get next to nothing in terms of compensation? The only parties that make any money in class-action lawsuits are the attorneys. Talk about "fat cats" lining their pockets... In essence, by your standard of exploitation, TV networks and merchandisers should also compensate the players for their so-called 'slavery'. After all, the NCAA is licensing and selling off their talents to separate entities; ergo exploiting them. If that's the case, just go ahead and say goodbye to college football too, because without TV rights and merchandise licensing, there's no money. And slavery: what an absurd thing to say. People were FORCED into slavery. Nobody is forcing these guys to play college football out of high school. They make the CHOICE to play as amateurs, earn a degree, get their ass kissed during college, and have the potential opportunity to play in the NFL.

Saw this too and it really ticked me off. I hope they're happy with themselves. So long college football video games.

They might as well. I mean, what's one more frivolous lawsuit? What a bunch of greedy scumbags.

So happy for Selvie. He was such a great guy during his USF years. He deserves the success.

I love the "UF gave them the game" logic. Do you not realize that four of the five turnovers were forced? When Driskell gets his spine snapped by a D-lineman who beat his man, that's not "beating themselves". As for the spotlight, I hardly consider a noon game against an 0-3 team the "spotlight". And Al Golden is the antithesis of overconfident. Not sure where that line is coming from. Yes, they were forced errors on behalf of the Gators. As I just recently said replying to another post, the spotlight is on Miami because you just recently became ranked again. Regardless of what team you play, people will want to see if you are legitimate or not. Hence, the spotlight and pressure that accompanies it. I have a lot of respect for Golden and I think he'll return Miami to its past success. I don't think he is personally overconfident. That said, Al Golden isn't playing on the field. A coach can only do so much to keep his players from getting too big-headed. A lot of these guys haven't seen this much hype in Coral Gables in years. Case-in-point: Jim Leavitt wasn't personally overconfident but nonetheless he always tried to quell our overconfidence in previous seasons after we became ranked from hot starts. In 2007, we beat Auburn and WVU and annihilated UCF. CJL tried his damndest to keep the team in line, but the players' overconfidence did us in during the middle of the season.

The "spotlight" wasn't on Miami in the game with UF; it was on UF. Now that Miami is ranked, the spotlight is on them to see if they're legit or not.

That was good of them.

Yeah, I'm pretty excited about the Dolphins too. They haven't looked great in any of the three games (and, frankly, we were lucky to win the Falcons game), but have found ways to beat two quality teams and also win two road games. I agree with Bullphin in that the subpar running game is going to come back to bite us in some games. Hopefully it can improve against the Saints, even if they do have an improved D under Ryan. Even with our good start, the Dolphins aren't quite an elite team just yet. I think we're close and will be a playoff team, however. On another note, what an awful starting schedule with three of the first four games being on the road and four out of five being tough games. If we finish the first five games at 4-1 before the bye week, that'd be great since the middle of the season will be seemingly easier.

Not today, Koenen barely got any work, did you read my first post? No, it wasn't so much as indicative of today as it was for the season. 16 punts in three games... And a little hyperbole, of course.

Too bad for many he's part of our history, a history some will try to remake. Bush is gone and will never be our president again, but people still talk about him as if the Devil. I am sure that when Obama departs the White House, assuming the 22nd amendment holds up, many will still talk about him and long for him to be in power still/again. Roberto Clemente was #1, in my book, for making the Pirates great. He died in '73, they still have a Roberto Clemente Day in Pittsburgh and his statue out front. They still talk about the Great One decades after his demise. Frank Kush at Arizona State experienced a situation with allegations far worse than Jim Leavitt, and, get this "Kush was fired over accusations he interfered with the case". That's the "out" in many of these cases - because "interfering" can be so loosely defined. Luckily for Kush, the player filed a case against him, like hightechbull thinks Miller should have done against Leavitt. Kush won and was found not liable in the case. Probably would have been better for USF had Miller and a court case decided it and not some shadowy employment lawyer doing the dirty work for a distant and flaccid AD. Frank Kush is back on staff at Arizona State, has been for 15 or so years. He's even had a "Frank Kush Day" and the football field is named after him. He's enjoying life and the fans still love him and all that he accomplished for ASU. ASU fans and administrators, much more maturely, understood what Kush meant to the program and how important that history was to them. The team goes to the Camp Tontozona that Kush took them to and they still climb Mount Kush. So, some suggest to "move on". Critical error. As I posted elsewhere, you don't just ignore a program's history, especially under the cloudiness and motivations of the Leavitt fiasco. We all get that he won't coach here, but that's not the point. People look to what he did for the program and he did more than any other individual in the history of the program, including Lee Roy Selmon, whom I deeply admired. No one else is even close. Until this is reconciled USF won't have a history or a future - at least that can be tied together, and a fan base that is still looking for some closure and a reason to come together. Because of the mishandling of the fiasco, three years later there are still hard feelings on both sides. Unfortunately, the only ones that can really do anything to negate the still lingering effects are the very few that were in power then, making it a very unlikely event. For a program with no identity (or a lost identity) and missing the two largest leaders of the program - it does not bode well. Great post. Thanks for that.

You're an idiot. Would you like to elaborate on that nice comment of yours? What about what I said makes me an idiot? #2 Worst FIU - http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/os-college-football-25-worst-teams-0920,0,4518732.photogallery?index=os-no-2-fiu-20130920 #1 Worst USF - http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/os-college-football-25-worst-teams-0920,0,4518732.photogallery?index=os-no-1-usf-20130919 Looks like they rank us as worse than the team that just lost 72-0. *Also, we lost to an FCS team this season for the first time, EVER. We are 0-3 after losing to FLORIDA ATLANTIC! http://www.tampabay.com/sports/college/mcneese-state-ranks-among-usf-bulls-worst-losses/2139462 *SB Nation put us in the 9th of 10 conferences: (http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2013/9/17/4738850/conference-power-rankings) "9. American - You might make an argument for moving them up just a little, since Louisville and UCF keep winning. However, USF lost at home to FAU. Temple became the third AAC team to lose to an FCS program this year, and SMU nearly became the fourth." Do you think this is because of Louisville and UCF? No. We are a huge part of that as it specifically mentions our failure. *We are so bad our local news even asks the fans what they think about how bad we are: https://www.facebook.com/bn9fans/posts/10153286714185192 I am not a troll. I am a 2012 University of South Florida graduate and a 3 year fan of USF athletics. Just pointing out that it's going to be a rough day for us on our home field on October 26th vs. this powerhouse. There's little doubt we're near the bottom, but I disagree with dead last considering FIU and others. I do find it amusing that you use a poll from a newspaper that has derided us for years (even when we were good) and is in the hometown of our supposed arch rivals. They're loving every minute of our football program's state just like we did when UCF lost 17 in a row...

The likelihood of us beating Miami is very low considering how we've started the season. That said, they're also not as good as most think. A couple things to consider: 1) Sure, they beat Florida, but the Gators really beat themselves with five turnovers and awful offense. 2) Stephen Morris' injury may be a factor. 3) This is this Miami team's first game in the spotlight. The pressure will be on to prove themselves. 4) Conversely, there's no pressure on us. Everyone thinks we suck so we have nothing to lose. 5) It's a noon kickoff which typically favors the home team. 6) We've beaten them before. Yes, they weren't as good then as they are now and we were better then than we are now; but still, we've beaten them. 7) They just came off a game where they annihilated an overmatched I-AA opponent. Many teams have a habit of a letdown after big romps. 8) Miami seems to be overly confident, which may be their worst enemy. To win, we've got to limit our mistakes (i.e., no more giving up touchdowns on offense) and force them into mistakes with our defense. I'm optimistic we'll give them a fight.

Michigan's O-Line is playing terribly and their quarterback needs to learn to be a "Pass-first" quarterback if he's going to be successful...he relies way too much on his running.

It helps to be located in such a huge geographic area that produces so much great talent. Also, don't forget, the University of Florida was very scared of the geographic might of SoFla back in the 1950s-1970s, they resisted legislative efforts to put a state university in that area. At one point, UM was even considering affiliating with the state as a "State university" and we were blocked by UF. FIU boosters will try to tell you that UM similarly tried to block them from becoming a state school, but it was more the UF guys. There were a few UM guys who were perturbed about UF blocking us, and then the state doing an end-run and building a "new" state school in Miami, but those Gators really know how to protect their turf. That's why FIU had to be "International" and FAU had to be "Atlantic" instead of, say, UF-Miami or UF-Palm Beach. Now we just need to get an indoor practice facility (lots of lightning storms in SoFla, and it is apparently now on the Athletic Department's radar) and an on-campus stadium (still, for the most part, a dream, though we are secretly preparing for it with parking garages). And it's in a great area of Miami. The UF crowd has always been low-class when it comes to other schools in the state.

What's the most commonly heard phrase on the Buccaneers sideline? "Punt team: Get ready!"

Great post, Faza. I harbor similar sentiments, as I started at UM and then transferred to USF.

Leavitt certainly made a mistake with the handling of the situation, but I agree with E.T. in that he should've been punished rather than fired. In terms of the admin's handling of the investigation and Leavitt's firing, there had to be culpability on their part otherwise they wouldn't have settled with him for nearly $3 million.

Getting to the "next level" is great, but 'tis better to have a program that's average to good than one that can't even beat Ball State one year and gets destroyed by a Division I-AA/FCS team and one of the worst teams in I-A/FBS the next.

Unfortunately, team hostesses doubling as team prostitutes is more prevalent in college programs than one would think.

Not going to happen.

Screw the quarterback position. Let's just go with the good ol' Single Wing offense.

'Tis true. I don't even bother to watch the UCONN game anymore. I start to shake and it gives me flashbacks.

Lots of people underestimate the importance of the offensive line. We've got to do a better job recruiting this position for sure.