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This week the AAC played a fairly soft schedule with three games against P5 schools going 1-2 (Temple over Penn State). Against the G5 the ACC was 1-1 with Tulsa beating FAU in OT. Overall the AAC went 9-3 in the first weekend mostly beating up on FCS schools. Here is a recap of the week. AAC* Opponent Score (Conf W/L) Next Week Record UCF FIU 14 – 15 (L) Stanford 0-1 Connecticut Villanova 20-15 (W) Army 1-0 Tulane Duke 37-7 (L) Georgia Tech 0-1 SMU Baylor 56 – 21 (L) North Texas 0-1 Navy Colgate 48-10 (W) OFF 1-0 Temple Penn State 27 – 10 (W) Cincinnati 1-0 Tulsa FAU 47-44 (W) New Mexico 1-0 East Carolina Towson State 28-20 (W) Florida 1-0 Memphis Missouri State 63-7 (W) Kansas 1-0 South Florida FAMU 51-3 (W) FSU 1-0 Houston Tennessee Tech 52-24 (W) Louisville 1-0 Cincinnati Alabama A&M 52-10 (W) Temple 1-0 * No particular order. Next week the AAC plays 6 P5 schools so the strength of the conference will be on display. Also AAC conference play begins with Temple at Cincinnati. Based on the first week this game is going to play a major role in determining the conference champion.

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Actually it was a pretty decent trip. The two losses were to national teams (I know Angola and Venezuela) but that indicates that the team is starting to get it together.

No doubt. He's only been at USF two years and I'd already say he's the third best coach we've ever had. I have to say he is #2. While it hasn't gotten better at least its not going down hill unlike one other coach. But in reality it is kind of a tossup. In any case ...

Actually Arizona Western College is fully accredited by the NCAHLC. That's the same organization that accredits the BIG Ten and most of the BIG 12 so its not accreditation. Might be something else but not that.

I think It has a lot to do with Geography, travel, and past affiliation. Notice that every team in the East is in the Eastern Time Zone and only Navy is not in the Central Time Zone for the West. Travel distances also played a role in the selection. With the exception of exchanging Cincinnati with Navy, you can't get a overall lower travel distance for each team. I think Cincinnati was placed in the East to maintain the BE affiliation.

Oh please. Sharpen your comprehension skills. I've never said I wanted the demise of CF. And while this article does say much about STUDENT attendance, it also includes statements such as "Schools must cater to both 18-year-old undergraduates and 81-year-old donors" and "One of the shocking things that schools have learned is that football fans, including students, currently care more about clean restrooms than fast Internet.". Its hardly just a student issue as evidenced by many articles such as this one, http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/writer/jon-solomon/24891415/college-football-attendance-home-crowds-drop-to-lowest-in-14-years. Or this one http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/01/college_football_2013-14_bowl.html Tap dance all you want but the only new data on plummeting attendance in the article pertained strictly to students ... the thread title is misleading. Oh so, only student attendance is plummeting? Hell, I didn't see any data in that article that backed up that student attendance was "plummeting" ... just some possible reasons why it supposedly was "plummeting". And as far as overall attendance "plummeting", 1A avg attendance in 2003 was 44,877 ... in 2008, 46,971 ... in 2014, 44,603 (a little bit skewed because of new, smaller FBS schools that moved up). Maybe you, and the grandstanding media, should look up what the definition of plummet is. It's down but hardly "plummeting" at this point ... http://www.ncaa.org/championships/statistics/ncaa-football-attendance The fall in real median income can also explain the fall in attendance. People just can't afford it anymore. Sports is entertainment and there are less expensive forms of entertainment.

Going pro is lot harder in golf than any other sport. Its pretty unlikely they go pro early. From an amateur prospective the steps are 1) Pre- Qualifiaction tourney. Cost $2700 - $3500 (depending on when you sign up) top 50% advancce. No Tour status players. Only 3% of players who enter at this stage get a Web.com card. 3 rounds of golf 2) Stage 1 qualifying - Cost $2500 if Pre Q , $4,000 - $5,000 (one year fee) otherwise. Pre Q advancers and PGA and Web .com tour players who made a cut in previous year from a sanctioned event. Only 12% of players who enter at this stage get their card. four rounds of golf 3) Stage 2 Qualifying - Cost $4,000 - $5,000 (if not already paid in stage 1) Stage 1 advancers and PGA and Web.com tour Players High on web.com money list. Only 19% of players from this stage get their card. 4 rounds of golf 4) Stage 3 qualifying - Cost $4,000 - $5,000 (if not already paid) Stage 2 advancers and previously exempt PGA, Web.com and international tour players. Only top 45 finishers get Web.com card. Others are allowed to enter Web.com events but are not granted auto entry. They must qualify for Web.com tour events. 6 rounds of golf Web.com players are Web.com tour card players, PGA players who did not qualify for PGA event that week, International players who meet Web.com requirements, and Stage 3 players who did not earn their Web.com card. From Web.com to PGA 1) Only Web.com qualifiers or special exemptions can play on PGA tour. Special exemptions: win a PGA Tour through sponsor exemption, receive multiple sponsor exemptions and finish in top 125 of FedEx cup points if you were a tour player, play with enough sponsor exemptions to earn 150 place FedEx cup points, which will give you a 1 year exemption. 2) Other wise you need to win 3 times in a single season on Web.com tour. 3) Advance through Web.com tour finals. Web.com Tour finals requirement is top 75 on Web.com tour money list or 126 - 200 on PGA tour FedEx cup points and non PGA tour players who would have been 126 - 200 on FedEx cup points if they had been members. Top 25 of Web.com Finals money winners get PGA tour card. Top 25 money winners on Web.com tour also get PGA tour card. Auto qualifiers (top 25 Web.com tour) must play in finals to establish PGA tour priority seeding. PGA tour events are seeded and only the highest seeds that apply for the tourney are allowed to compete. For example if a tour event is limited to 200 players only the top 195 seeds are entered the remaining must compete in Monday qualifying for the final spots. Web.com Tour Finals Four tourneys in September and early October. Top 25 money winners in these four tourneys get their PGA tour card. Basically you need to perform extremely well in sponsor exemptions or grind it out.

... you name your first born child Rocky.

Since Woulard is still under contract to the end of June, could still be his fault.

Must defend those precious bodily fluids.

Most of the time when there is booing its being directed at the coaches who are all too predictable.

According to the article 2.

Agreeing with smazza? Thirty lashes with a wet spaghetti noodle.

FIFY

Well at least being a USF fan at UCF gives you practical experience at living a double life. This will come in very handy if you ever decide to go into politics.

For those asking the top 10 are: 1) Arizona State University 2) Florida State University 3) Michigan State University 4) Syracuse University 5) West Virginia University 6) University of Maryland - College Park 7) University of Texas at Austin 8) University of Miami (FL) 9) Georgetown University 10) Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Va Tech)

For the SEC to be shut- out of the playoffs you would need Alabama to lose to Missouri. If that does happen then it gets interesting. Can you justify taking a 2 loss SEC team over a 1 loss OSU with a third string QB (assume OSU wins)? Assuming that Oregon, FSU, TCU, and Baylor win. Hard to justify a two loss team over the apparent undefeated and 1 loss teams listed.

Happened to us back in 02.

The QB situation really is terrible. White has shown that he is the best QB on the team. I was in favor of starting Bench for Houston because White has been very inconsistent, as shown in the Tulsa game, his best and worst halves of football this year. To find out if Bench was truly better was a logical thing to do especially since Bench and White had been performing similarly. We now know that Bench is not quite as good as White. The performance of Flowers in the last game indicates that he has some potential but is not ready for prime time. Probably won't be for another year, think 2016. The problem with the QB situation has definitely slowed the offense down. Many times the play is there but the execution is not. I think the most concerning aspect of all this is that CWT decided to start Flowers in the first place. This certainly raises my concern on his ability to coach offense, which is supposed to be his strong suit.

This team sucks and deserved to lose the way they played but they pull it out and they are still in bowl contention, believe it or not.

The Good - Second half offense, Andre Davis, and Special teams The Bad - the first half of the game The Ugly - The defense gave up 488 yards and most of the stops were because Tulsa shot itself in the foot with penalties. Prognosis: This game once more indicates that USF is following its 2004 season, wildly inconsistent, Defense is border line overall, there are positive signs, bowl game is probably not going to happen, the ride continues and gradual improvement is shown

Put down the chalupa and slowly back away

The Good - The first half the defense was good and the offense showed some life. The Bad - Still getting some dropped passes and the penalties are still high. The plays were there early in the second half but penalties killed momentum. The Ugly - Second half defense. Technically we did stop ECU once late in the fourth but this is the third game this year where we did not have a second half stop (Wisc and NCST). And the defense did get beat up against WCU and Maryland in second half as well. This raises considerable questions about the defensive play calling. There seems to be a recurring pattern, we play up tight, blitz and rush 4 during the first half and then play prevent, move the corners and LBs back and only rush 3 in the second half. I'm not a big fan of the 3 - 4 but it makes sense since its easier for USF to get quality LBs than quality DL but if you are going to run the 3 - 4 then you need to play the LBs closer than 6 yards from the line other wise you get gashed by the run and they are too far off for an effective blitz. Prognosis the team is getting better but the play calling on the Defensive side of the ball leaves a lot to be desired. The Offensive play calling has gotten better but need better execution. The Offensive plays were there and we ran off almost the entire third quarter so the offense is showing signs of life.

Actually what it says is that over the 5 year period between 2009 and 2013 the team underperformed. As you may recall three of those years were SkippyKragthorpe. For USF to have fallen down into the upper 50s for average recruiting class, it tells you how poor Skippy was in recruiting. The Jim was above 40 during his year and CWT has been above 50 both years. It really indicates the fall- off in talent and coaching that Skippy demonstrated.