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USF's school pride needed a big basketball season...

just put the ball down...walk off the court, and refund the fans their money.

we don't have size this year, so we have to shoot 3's...unfortunately we don't shoot 3's well...team should be good next year which is good because currently being a Bulls fan is very hard to do.

We will have to wait and see...USF will land on its feet, it is too good of a school/program to stay down for too long.

Coach Rachel and Franks are two outstanding human beings and I am better for having known them...good luck in your future endeavors gentlemen.

I think Taggart will be the real deal once he can get established... this class really reflects the previous administration and how they really couldn't get the recruiting going.

I think he would be kind of dumb not to choose us...1. close to home 2. great young receiving talent 3. almost no competition at QB 4. some of the best facilities and weather in the country 5. tons of upside to USF as a program 6. a chance to set records and be THE MAN. 7. He will be hyped like non-other if he chooses USF from day 1 by many in the Tampa area (even if not by the overly critical on this board). USF just seems like it fits for him...Kentucky!? what is there for you in Kentucky? Is he going to play basketball now?

They mentioned a top QB (Greenlee) going to Fresno and one of the best DT's is committed to Hawaii. We are just blessed to be a school surrounded by forbidden fruit which makes it a bit tougher when potential heisman caliber players are being produced 2 miles from campus...

Nah, take Kirkland, but there are other areas that need to be addressed....every time I hear of someone visiting, it is an o-lineman and we have them stockpiled because that is practically all Holtz wanted to recruit. We are short on LB's, QB's, RB's, DE's, and safeties...if the lineman is good take him, I just hope there are enough scholarships left to stockpile at the much needed positions.

Glad to hear that the 9th best OL in the country meets your lofty expectations. Might be the guy that turns a great QB or RB prospect our way as well. Lot's of dynamics go into different prospects decisions.

And there is this

Under Armour All-American Game: FSU commit Ira Denson says he and Denver Kirkland are package deal

By Alicia DelGallo | Orlando Sentinel

8:56 p.m. EST, January 4, 2013

Rumors have been circling that FSU commit Ira Denson from Madison County would be going to college in a package deal with Miami Booker T. Washington’s offensive tackle Denver Kirkland, who is currently undecided.

Friday at Under Armour’s All-America game in St. Petersburg, Denson said it was more than a rumor.

“We’re going together,†the 6-foot-4, 317-pound offensive guard said.

Since Denson said FSU was his “No. 1 top dog,†and didn’t express as much enthusiasm for the other two schools in the mix, Ole Miss and Auburn, his comments would suggest that Kirkland will soon be a ‘Noles commit, as well.

But when asked about the package deal Kirkland wasn’t as solid in his response.

“We talked about it,†Kirkland (6-5, 285) said. “It is what it is. Whatever happens, happens, but don’t be surprised.â€

And although Kirkland ranked FSU in his top four schools, which also included Ole Miss, Miami and USF, he talked about building a relationship with new USF coach Willie Taggart. Both Denson and Kirkland said they will visit USF this month.

“Me and him [Taggart] are getting that bond, and just getting to know each other better,†Kirkland said. “I think South Florida is really something people don’t know about right now, and a lot of people might be surprised.â€

Kirkland not only spoke highly of South Florida, but he also said he is still looking for a school to fill the fifth spot in his top 5. The two schools in the running are West Virginia and USC.

There was plenty of recruiting going on among players this week at the team hotel during the week of practices leading up to the Under Armour game. Florida pledges tried to Denson away from his FSU commitment during his stay in Orlando, but he said it had no effect on him for the All-American practices and games, but had no effect.

“They say, ‘We can build a better program,’ that I’m a good guy and that they want me to come play for them,†Denson said.

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“I don’t have an interest.â€

This would be great! I would love to have those two...correct me if i'm wrong, but don't we only have 5 scholarships left after the recent WR commit? If we take 2 O-linemen, that will be 6 in this class alone (we took 5 last year and 5 the year before that). A good o-line is key, but we need players to stand behind it also.

Really excited to have Nate on board. He's the kind of player we need to lock down locally and develop into quality starters instead of kids that are projects. Kids like Nate at the very least provide good depth to the roster in the future and are athletic enough to play at this level. You start keeping kids like Nate home you will help build a quality team with quality depth and start winning more games and then start looking like a more attractive option to the elite local recruits. Kids like Nate are the foundation to building that fence we've heard so much about.

If we can just build that fence, we will be scary good...not to mention it will help build a local fanbase...

Nah, take Kirkland, but there are other areas that need to be addressed....every time I hear of someone visiting, it is an o-lineman and we have them stockpiled because that is practically all Holtz wanted to recruit. We are short on LB's, QB's, RB's, DE's, and safeties...if the lineman is good take him, I just hope there are enough scholarships left to stockpile at the much needed positions.

VH3 is a ball hawk...could be the next Charles Woodson (won MVP award). Alvin Bailey has great ball carrier vision and could be a great return man. Folston was a beast on offense and defense.

Alvin Bailey, Tarean Folston, and VH3 are tearing it up....probably the best of show so far. Mcquay also committed to USC and didn't have us on his list. They also mentioned how Tampa area is big time Gator recruiting turf...

We are recruiting and have recruited in the past few seasons an inordinate amount of O-linemen...can we get a running back, some Defensive backs, or maybe another quarterback. Are we going to trot 7 offensive linemen unto the field every down? Could this be the beginnings of a goal line base defense? In all seriousness though, how many more are we looking to pick up?

This kid could be a diamond in the rough...we don't have any other RB's so why not take a shot?

I hope you guys are right...any more teams off the ship and I think we look at C-USA as a legitimate option.

I can't wait to see this game on t.v.. I hope there is a big time college atmosphere at the Sundome!

these teams should be games USF would have to pay to play before much like Mcnesse state is...just think, with them in the conference, we get to play them for FREE! ::Oprah voice:: "you get a free creampuff and you get a free creampuff...free creampuffs on the schedule for everyone!"

6 !?!?

We'll have 4 and that's plenty.

I disagree, many successful programs recruit 2 a year and keep 8 quarterbacks on the roster because half of those statistically will not pan out to their potential...I would say that about half of the 4 and 5 star quarterbacks turn out to be garbage at the college level and only about 25% of the 2 and 3 star guys that sign nationally end up being successful. At USF's current recruiting level, we need to roll the dice with as many quarterbacks as we can and hope one pans out.

The unexcusable thing is that we should have at least 6 scholarship QBs on this team right now fighting for the starting job...we currently have 1 and 1 recruit. Completely unexcusable!

...How much money is USF paying them for them to come in and get their as* kicked this year? This is a joke btw (serious fans don't yell at me)

Big East now can't hang it's hat on basketball (pretty much sole reason for inviting Memphis and Temple) or football...

Big East is now officially C-USA!

Well this means we have to add San Diego State, Boise, ECU, and UNLV in all sports to make up for (a little bit) the losses of the basketball schools. A conference of Cincy, UCONN, USF, UCF, San Diego St., Houston, SMU, Temple, Tulane, Boise State, UNLV, ECU, Memphis would not be terrible in bed-ball...3 or 4 ranked teams at a time there.