I thought that we were beyond the year zero argument - I guess not
The last time that I checked (about 4 weeks ago, which was the last time someone brought up year zero), the 2020 season featured the following:
A) a full slate of games played by 100+ D1A schools
B) A national championship game won by Alabama
C) A full set of USF football statistics, posted on www.gousfbulls.com
D) A USF Football team coached by Jeff Scott
E) A salary (albeit a slightly reduced one) paid to Jeff Scott for his coaching services in 2020
Based on these points, 2020 was in-fact year one of Jeff Scott’s tenure at USF, the season counted and his coaching record that year was 1-8
A more compelling argument (if one was so inclined to make one), would be as follows:
“I believe that Jeff Scott deserves a fourth year at USF because he inherited a program devoid of talent, with no on-field leadership, no recruiting pipeline and an abysmal general team attitude. As a result of this chaotic status, no coach could reasonably be expected to turnaround this situation in anything less than 4 years”
Please note that I neither believe nor support this statement and if I was AD for a day, I would have fired CJS following the Cincinnati Game