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The two chop block calls were both just awful calls by the refs and killed two drives. Not a discipline issue in this particular case. First one was a perfectly legal cut block in the tackle box by Mayes (LT). He came from in front of the player not behind. Second one, Norman (RT) fell over blocking the LE and Atterbury (RG) blocking the DT pushed him over Norman. Norman did not try to block the DT he was just laying on the ground.

I am actually hoping he doesn't open the offense, because that means we are winning easily and don't need to. I come to football games to watch us win, not to watch us be flashy. I am confident he will open up the offense if we need to in order to win a football game. I don't think he's purposefully hiding his plays like some nefarious super villain. But I do think he is being prudent and not using plays he doesn't need to. We have not trailed for a single minute of conference play, hence no need. Guess what last year we had better playmakers (Mack and Adams), we had a total of about 5 different play calls, and there was nothing to gameplan. Our offense last year was great, but last time we checked we didn't win all of our games last year, so matter how good our offense was it, it wasn't enough. I'd blame the defense (and specifically Woodie), but its a team game and we still lost which we haven't done yet this year. Oh and last year our TE's caught 20 passes all season, so we are actually on pace to beat that. We can argue back and forth as much as want. I will go ahead and say I am wrong as soon as we run the ball up the middle 40 times a game and lose.

its baffling to me that people think our entire offense is only running the ball up the middle and can't see how that is used to setup a whole tree of other plays off of that. Y'all act like you haven't seen us run a single other play. We have run bubble screens, wr screens, PA to Te, PA throwback to the RB. We have not needed to run these other plays in bulk against any team we have played to date, its that simple. We practice those other plays in practice all the time. We have not been able to execute to our fullest two simple plays. Run up the middle and PA deep ball. If we can get REALLY good at those two things then we can open up the offense. I think you will see the offense open up much more as we face stiffer competition the next few weeks. Then all of you can come on here and get on your stump about how Gilbert should have been doing this all along and about time he is finally listening to the fans because we are so smart and know football better than coaches. When in reality he is being wise and keeping his cards close to his vest. And that is what is going to make opening up the offense that much more effective when we need it.

Nothing says you can't, but it doesn't help you win those other games. Especially if those better teams now have tape on your best plays and know how to key whether you are running up the middle or going play action pass.

That is exactly the point we want "teams to know we are guaranteed to run between the guards". That is what makes the play action and bubble screens effective when we run them later. The more we show that now the less other teams will respect the run and the less effective those other plays will be.

That stat he gave is a fact, its called Red Zone efficiency and there is something to be said for scoring at least a fg when you get in the red zone. Points are points. And he even admitted that comparing TD % was a lower rate. Gilbert is creative when he needs to be, he just hasn't had to be. Against Illinois we saw some of the red zone play calling that we all want, like a pass to DJ. The fact of the matter is that our current schedule is all just tune up games. We can practice things like running up the middle with a stacked box to impose our will. And guess what the better we are at running it up the middle the more effective all those other creative play calls will be. If we ever have a game close to being on the line this season you will see a lot of Q walking into the endzone or PA pass to TE, because the other team is so keyed on us running up the middle. Until then keep running the **** ball. As far as mediocrity, it hard to get your players to play their hardest when they know the other team sucks and we are winning by 30 without executing, but that's why the coaches get paid. It seems like the coaches are right on the players about making sure we don't relax too much. Pretty confident our team will raise their level of play if we need to, until then just keep winning by 30. Its a marathon not a sprint. If we won our first 10 games by 75 pts it wouldn't mean anything if we lose the 11th or 12th. Stay healthy practice your staple plays, setup other plays off of those, and finish strong with your A game when you need it.

Yup and those are the same 10's of 1000's that aren't supporting our football program. I love USF and our academic reputation has certainly grown since 2005 when I enrolled, but back then it was academically a backup school for those who wanted to go to UF and FSU. I would rather have an enrollment of 1000 who bleed green and gold for everything academic and athletic, than the 40,000 we currently have because 90% of them don't give a **** about USF academically or athletically and just want a degree.

Academics may steer the ship, but athletics is what puts wind in the sails. A degree is a degree can go get one from anywhere, people choose to go to schools off of "culture and fit" and a large part of that is athletics.

Slight update to the ticket offer for Cinci. Looks like we are selling well in section 126 and have added section 134 (East side 40 yard line) for $30 for alumni as well.

Here are some nice stats about USF from http://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fbs/current/team. I know I know we haven't played anybody, but still nice to see. And this is what you are meant to do against bad competition. Top 20 in both total offense and total defense. Top 5 in both rush offense and rush defense. Top 10 in scoring offense. #1 in passes intercepted with 14 ints. 2nd place only has 9. #3 in pass efficiency defense. Tied #22 in sacks. #2 in turnover margin. #1 is UCF.....based on average per game....stupid sands fumble... Most important is tied for first in win percentage!

A couple of penalties and 4th down plays and the score would have been 61-3. 1st td was after roughing the punter. 2nd TD was after their miracle 4th and 10 conversion, where Qb was almost sacked by Reaves and then Hoggins missed twice on the wr. 3rd Td was right before the half (really only 3rd down but seemed like 4th because of awful clock management by ECU) and that joke of a play was pure luck as we had guys in position. And their 4th TD was the QB dive over the line on 4th and 1.

This is exactly my fear. I think we could have made every seat free on Thursday night and still not drawn 30k. Let's be honest. We can nitpick certain prices of different sections but it's not making the extreme difference we are looking for. Maybe optimising prices and marketing helps us draw an extra 5-10%. The real issue is people just don't want to go to games and will find whatever excuse they want.

Their fans seem pretty surprised and pissed about it to. But new offensive scheme leaves him off the field for the most part.

The fullback is still there. They just don't use him anymore.

Temple is not the same team as last year. I mean that from a talent perspective as well as team philosophy/game plan. On offense they are running a lot more spread 4 wrs with RPO, speed option, etc. QB looks fairly mobile as well, but not that accurate on the pass. They probably only ran their usual I-formation off tackle power run about 5 times against UMass. On defense they seem to be running a very undersized 3-4. Blitzes coming from everywhere, could confuse us, but if given time Q will pick their secondary apart. They looked awful against UMass and should have lost that game. UMass dropped 3 easy tds, settled for fgs, and missed all 3. Maybe Temple is just trying to put some different things on tape and will revert back to power run ball control offense, but it doesn't seem like it.

There is no need to call an audible when you are calling the play after the defense has lined up. Which is the whole point of an audible.

What are you talking about? We do pretty much the exact same thing EVERY play. Setup in a formation, see what look the defense gives us, then look over to the sideline for a playcall.

And if Navy is in the championship do they cancel the Army Navy game? Also would delay the bowl selection process until then which is what they were worried about with Navy last year, so doubt ESPN would go for it. Don't mean to keep ******** on your ideas, but like was said earlier it is a complicated process.

I was not in favor of cancelling the game originally or saying that this rescheduling is fair. But simply by math/logic this is the easiest way for the league as a whole to reschedule. I imagine it will come down to how much power/sway the league has with it's individual member schools. My guess is Cinci/others say no for exactly the reasoning you describe. See how much "help" they get from the refs (at the direction of the league office) during their conference games during the season though. /endsarcasmfont

Because that is after the conference championship game.

I hear you, but that is as small of a number I could get it to without cancelling games. Joey Knight and UCONN AD both say that AAC is trying to reschedule. Unless they are planning on having someone play twice in 1 week this is the least painful way. Cinci is really the only neutral party who would have anything to complain about as they would have to move two home games and not really get anything out of it. Memphis, USF, UCF, and UCONN all get a game back so they can't complain. Temple only has to flip two road games and move their bye week up. No impact to their home schedule (revenue) so they can't really complain.

If USF drops UMASS and and Memphis drops Southern Illinois then it only takes moving three AAC conference games. But that is a lot of lost revenue and I assume cancellation fees with both of those schools. Memphis @ UCONN Move from Oct 6th to Sep 23rd. Cinci @ USF Move from Oct 28th to Oct 14th. UCF @ Cinci Move from Oct 7th to Oct 28th. Memphis @ UCF and USF @ UCONN both played Oct 7th.

I have come up with a possible schedule that allows the two previously cancelled American Athletic Conference games, due to Hurricane Irma, to be played. This solution only moves 6 other conference games. The one aspect I do not have insight into would be TV and venue logistics, but believe they could most likely be worked out by playing games Thursday-Saturday as needed. USF @ UConn made up week of September 23rd (possible Thursday night 9/21) Temple @ USF moved to week of November 11th (possible Friday night game 11/10) Temple @ Cincinnati moved to week of October 28th Cincinnati @ USF moved to week of November 25th (possible Friday game 11/24)USF @ UCF moved to week of October 28th Memphis @ UCF made up week of November 11th (possible Friday night game 11/10)UCONN @ UCF moved to week of November 25th (possible Friday game 11/24) Cincinnati @ UCONN moved to week of November 11th (possible Friday night game 11/10)

Sounds like all HS football teams are invited for free, and all first responders (and family) will be free as well based on CCS comments during presser. More details are supposed to follow.

Anyone going to be in San Fran instead of San Jose on Friday night?