brybull1970

URI 8 Collins - 16 Yetna - 9 65%

USF needs one STAT!

USF could have a general seating section, a Club section, and an In Da Club section with blacked out windows and no cameras.

Titty season tickets - now that's a concept. I'll modify the old Rodney Dangerfield line, "I went to a strip club and football game broke out".

If beer isn't allowed so we can be distracted by the play on the field, then hot chicks are the next best (and possibly even better) answer.

They wat people talking about. Mission accomplished.

We have 50k students. Its time to find the hottest and put them on scholarship.

Your post begs the important question of "Who is setting the bar at USF?" I think academically, most will agree that the bar has been raised and the university has earned and now benefits from the pre-eminence status, that began with the university raising the bar. For athletics the answer to that question echoes a more nebulous answer. The administration caught lightning in a bottle with CJL and Selmon, and never capitalized on the momentum generated by football in the 2000's by investing in its future growth. Ever since the untimely and sad departure of these local heroes from the university, USF has paraded in a series of carpet-baggers with little-to-no ties to the community who are solely interested in cashing checks. So again, I ask, who is setting he bar for USF athletics? Or are we lowering the bar to match the university's financial investment?

For everyone's sake, I hope you are right.

Ah, they don't make them like that any more. Any chance we can get McCloud one of those bionic arms?

USF games are actually where little kids learn their first swear words.

oofff

His touchdown run down the left side was a thing of beauty.

Yeah, I know I am in the minority on this one.

I agree. The apathy that the university has for the football program will mean that once its gone the university will go on without much impact. We'll be the old guys that talk about USF football like the guys in South Tampa talked about the good old days of the University of Tampa football did 10-20 years ago.

With a 24 game playoff in FCS, there would be a path every year for USF to compete for a national championship. Throw is a couple of pay day games against a few in-state schools and USF can build the foundation in the community it should have in the early 2000's. Sometimes taking a step backwards is the best path forward.

The drain is circling. The decision to make a move doesn't have to be made yet, but its coming. And I for one would rather see USF thrive in FCS on a smaller scale then have the entire community reject USF football at our current level and cause its death.

It's all good lol Remember when we were 2 minutes way from making the Sweet 16 in 2012? Its the ability to dream that makes being a fan so great. G5 football is the the only NCAA sport with no path to a national championship, and we are an irrelevant citizen in an irrelevant land. G5 football is an exhibition - nothing else.

My concern is even if CJS recruits and develops players there is still no path to the CFP - UCF has proven that no matter what on field success will not matter. That essentially renders USF and G5 football as an exhibition, of which the local community will not, and have not, supported. That will be the death of USF football in an already over-saturated sports market.

Hey! Its the first rational counter argument. Thanks pascobull! Unfortunately if your only choices are win or die in the AAC, I think death is the likely outcome.

I guess you are proving my point - its an adjustment period for everyone, the players and coaches.

CWT's first year should be proof enough.

That's why he "chokes it" at home every Friday night. He just imagines a tight CJL grip and goes to town.

Paging Dr. Puc...Dr.Puc...you're needed.

Agreed. We have lost many fans since 2012 when the Big East fell apart, and we have proven that we can't even compete in a watered down conference. Most fans have realized that even if USF were to become UCF in football, the lack of access to the playoffs renders competing at this level irrelevant. G5 football is the equivalent of the humans being fed to the machines in the Matrix. The FCS may be eating gruel and living homeless underground but at least they are free to all compete for a national championship.