Josh Newberg

Tonight at 6:30. Dont miss it, we talk USF football and a lot of recruiting for those of you that are interested. ALSO I will be co-hosting the Scot Brantley show tomorrow from 4-7pm. Scot is out tomorrow and for some reason they want me to get behind the mic :-/ This is your opportunity to talk USF football for 3 hours! I encourage you all to call in, we can talk all the football/recruiting you want, its much better than having to talk about the upcoming Vandy/Florida game! Its on 1470am or go to the website at www.sportsradio1470.com and click on the "listen Live" link on the right side. Josh Newberg USFNation.com

What time is the show? I think I'll run up there for a little bit.

Yeah, I know it wasnt a big deal. I just appreciate you and your members for looking out for your USF neighbor in cyber space! If you're at the game you should stop by the Grothe tailgate, I usually hangout there for a little bit before heading in. You can have one of my beers, ERR Grothe's beers!!!! Josh Newberg

I cant find the thread now, but I got a phone call earlier in the day saying this was posted over here. Yes, its premium and I appreciate what Brad did by taking it down before he got my approval. He is a class act! Thank you. I understand Mr. Grothe was just excited and wanted to share, well Im more than willing to share it also. Here ya go: It's Homecoming week, and USF quarterback Matt Grothe is getting ready for a big conference game against Pitt this Saturday. See what the Bulls freshmen quarterback has to say about the teams loss at Cincinnati, the bye week, and the upcoming game aginst Pitt. Only on USFNation.com! USFNation.com: Did the offense have an off night at Cincinnati? Matt Grothe: Yeah I don’t have a reason, their defense played really well, they did everything that they needed to do to stop us, and it showed. USFN: Did their defense cause you to not throw downfield much in the game? Grothe: Yeah they’re a heavy blitzing team, and in the first half they blitzed us like we thought they would, and when we would throw they would come up and show blitz, but then drop back. And when we needed to pass it was hard to because they were dropping eight men back into coverage, and they just played it really well. We also didn’t have very good field position in the first half. USFN: Is that the most physical game that you’ve played this season? Grothe: Yeah, definitely, that’s probably the best defense that were going to see, they were fast, faster then I thought they would be. USFN: How many stitches did you get in your nose? Grothe: I got ten stitches all together. Two cuts, seven stitches in one and three in the other. I’m not sure exactly what happened, but on film it looked like the guy that hit me shoulder pad came through and hit my nose.†USFN: Are you wearing face protection now? Grothe: Yeah I got a shield on my face mask right now, I’m not a real big fan of them, I can see fine but everything echo’s it seams like every time I talk it echo’s inside, but at least I know what I’m saying. I’ll probably take it off in a week or two once my nose gets all healed up. USFN: Are you back to 100 percent? Grothe: Yeah, I’m doing good, my toes pretty much back to 100 percent, my foot still hurts just a little bit, but not enough to tell. USFN: Does having a bye week help after a loss like that to get ready for the next game? Grothe: Yeah its either going to be a good thing or a bad thing, but I think the way people have been acting the last week or so that it will be a good thing. We got beat pretty good and everybody ready to get that next win so we can get bowl eligibility, we’ll be fine, and we just got to bounce back from the last game. USFN: How does the team’s morale look to you? Grothe: Nobody really looks down, some teams after a loss like that are ready to end the season, but everybody looks ready to play. I know I am, these last two weeks have been long, I’m just ready to get out there and play some football. USFN: What did you do this past weekend off? Grothe: I went hunting, its what I like to do when I’m not playing football, either hunt or fish USFN: Did you get anything? Grothe: No, the last couple of years I got a game camera out where I hunt, and there is this big deer, I was really looking for him, but he didn’t come out. I saw about six or seven deer, but I was just waiting for him to walk out.†USFN: Does the loss sit with you more during a bye week? Grothe: No not really, everybody feels the same way, we were looking forward to our bye week, not before the game but after the game, Monday practice, Tuesday practice, Wednesday practice, everybody was looking for that Friday and Saturday off just so we could have our own time for a couple days and relax and get healthy. I didn’t really think about it too much, I’m just looking forward to this Saturday. USFN: What’s your feeling on facing the ranked teams on your remaining schedule? Grothe: Honestly, I haven’t really thought about that much, I’m just looking forward to this Saturday, I’ll worry about that in 2 or 3 weeks, we got Pitt this week and that is what I’m really looking forward to now. USFN: How important is this game being homecoming, facing Pitt, and needing one more win to be bowl eligible? Grothe: Yeah, its one game away from making our season, just because beating Pitt, a team that is just on the border of being in the top 25 and everybody knows how good they been playing. I’m sure they’re going to be heavily favored after what they did to UCF. If we come out and beat them, I think it will spark something, it will make the whole team excited about the last three games. USFN: Does facing Pitt and their high-powered offense put pressure on your offense? Grothe: No, we’ll be fine, we just have to straighten a few things out. Its our homecoming so everybody going to be hyped up for that, and it’s our place so we’ll be fine. USFN: What do you know about Tyler Palko? Grothe: He just plays smart, he’s a senior this year, so he knows his offense real well, and he’s having a real good season this year, he plays really smart, doesn’t make a lot of mistakes. USFN: With the extra week off how excited are you to play football this week? Grothe: I cant wait to win another game, two weeks off, actually three weeks since we won a game, so it will fun to get out there and play again. USFNation.com - Get it First, Get it Fast!

Hey Bloom, my brother played at KWC in '03. He played MLB, but could only stay in the cold for one year before calling it quits and moving to Tallahassee. But I did visit him once....WOW talk about the middle of nowhere. They did have good bar b que though.

Tonight at 6:30 is the weekly Bull report. I know you guys like to hear about recruiting, and with no game this weekend we'll probably spend a little more time talking about prospects. I also talked to Patrick Richardson on the phone last night for quite a while, so we'll probably hit on that as well. Listen at 1470 am or on the net at www.sportsradio1470.com click the listen live link. Enjoy!

You can always catch it next week! I'll try and remember to post before the next USF Report. Its been a weekly show since August, but I didnt want to keep posting it on here and have people think Im just advertising. Its a good show, we talk about the team for a bit, the best part is recruiting. Scot and Bobby are both into it so they have some great questions and they let me go on for as long as I want. I wish we could do a half hour just on USF recruiting. 15 minutes is good for now. Eventually... Remember you can always check the site, I do atleast 3 recruiting stories a week plus team coverage. If you guys want, and Brad wants, I wouldnt mind doing recruiting/football chats once in a while. See if we can bring the two sites together a little more. Josh Newberg USFNation.com

Its probably the biggest or second biggest "need area" in this years recruiting class. They are going after it hard. Josh Newberg

I think both are a long shot right now.... In the ballpark, but its a battle! Josh Newberg

Yeah, as far as the recruiting goes.....each guy is a great embassador for USF. They shake each recruits hand on the sideline, talk to them, explain to them the drills during pregame warmups. Two guys that really standout to me are Dylan Douglas and LeBrandon James. Oh also Nate Allen. All three of those guys pay a lot of attention to the recruits on the sidelines. Again, something I saw very little of last year. Josh Newberg

HAHA, I thought this was one of those stupid threads with my name on it!! Let me tell you these guys are a great group. Doesnt matter how they dress or what they look like, they see me every week, come up say hi, one of the nicest bunch of players Ive ever been around. The reason I did the photo gallery is because they're always so excited before every game and they tell me how its going to be when they're all out on the field. Big East Champs in '08,'09.... Its great to see how excited they are about being Bulls, each are very proud to put on that jersey even though they arent playing yet. Its something I didnt see last season, and it all starts with McQueen, Glover and Joseph. The Big East better be ready! Josh Newberg USFNation.com

Thanks for listening! Bobby Fenton used to always have me on his High School weekend show. Now that he is in a prime slot he still loves to talk recruiting, but there arent many stations that will, so its a great fit. I do about three or four stories a week on recruits and Bobby always talks about which ever one is on the front page. Keep listening, we usually spend the last five minutes or so on USF recruiting. Josh Newberg

no i dont think its on XM.....if your not in tampa you'll have to listen on the net. They have a really good internet feed.

Today at 6:30 is the weekly USF Report. Dont know if you guys have heard it but its about 15 minutes of recap/preview and a good segmet of recruiting talk. you can listen on the net at www.sportsradio1470.com just click on the "listen live" link on the right. Josh Newberg

That is not a Miami fan next to her. The shirt actually said F--- with the miami "U" , but the FSView photoshoped it to run on the front page of the paper 2 years ago.