TheUpperHand

Bad spot to be in. With the way the defense is melting down, we could be down 14-35 before we get a meaningful possession.

2 minutes ago, olafberserker said:

the most shocking part of that story is the part about you having a friend ....

kiddingggggggggg

Only thing more shocking would be if these ****ing refs would call a penalty on UTSA.

Just now, Roaming Bull said:

After our last possession, my friend said “I forgot it’s 14-14, it feels like we’re losing.” I said “Give it 3 minutes and we will be.” Boom. I hate being right.

Our defense for the first two plays of every game is the best in the country…

2 hours ago, olafberserker said:

Man, we better not lose to a team with a coach named Biff

No need to spend money building shade for the OCS. There's enough shade coming out of this board on a daily basis to keep the stadium covered for the season.

On 11/15/2023 at 8:12 AM, Bulls On Parade said:

They have possibly skewed stats on bottom feeders in AAC so maybe near level of Memphis that has played tougher teams. 

My brother in Christ, we are a bottom feeder in the AAC that allows teams to skew their stats.

27 minutes ago, 79 Bull said:

Hey, Clucko the Chicken at CFN picked us!

USF vs UTSA Experts Picks

USF at UTSA
Line: UTSA -20, o/u: 67.5
9:00, ESPN2
*next to the pick means the team will win, but not cover

Big Game Ben, CFN
SU: 221-66, ATS: 147-137–3 UTSA

Big Red Max, All Huskers
SU: 206-81, ATS: 150-134–3 UTSA

Kevin Borba, All Utes & All Cardinal
SU: 217-70, ATS: 150-134–3 UTSA

Jackson Caudell, All Yellow Jackets
SU: 221-66, ATS: 154-130–3 UTSA

Bryan Driskell, Irish Breakdown
SU: 219-68, ATS: 139-145–3 UTSA

Pete Fiutak, CFN
SU: 228-59, ATS: 152-132-3 UTSA*

Casey Lundquist, Cougs Daily
SU: 224-63, ATS: 147-137–3 UTSA*

Southpaw CFN
SU: 225-62, ATS: 156-128–3 UTSA

Jeremy Mauss, MWwire.com
SU: 223-64, ATS: 145-139–3 UTSA

Mike McAllister, All Syracuse
SU: 218-69, ATS: 143-141–3 UTSA*

Snoopdug, CFN
SU: 221-66, ATS: 143-141–3 UTSA* 

Johnny Rosenstein, SportsBookWire.com
SU: 232-55, ATS: 156-128–3 UTSA*

Scott Steehn, WinnersandWhiners.com
SU: 228-59, ATS: 146-138–3 UTSA*

Keith Stewart, WinnersandWhiners.com
SU: 219-68, ATS: 144-140–3 UTSA

Stephen Thompson, Inside The Panthers
SU: 231-56, ATS: 148-136–3 UTSA 

Clucko the Chicken (a coin flip)
SU: 110-177, ATS: 143-141–3 USF

CONSENSUS PICK
SU: 218-69, ATS: 150-134–3 UTSA

Clucko is the only real one

38 minutes ago, MaltLiquorBull said:

As much as we love doing that, and it is turning into a serious pattern and bad habit, I’d suggest we stop doing it.

We've started a game 0-14 three times this season.

4 minutes ago, Peatearpan said:

Just think of CJS won 2-3 more games last season.

Or in his career, period.

We allowed 43.1 ppg on defense last year and are allowing 38.6 ppg this year.

However, our SoS is 98th this year vs 74th last year and we're allowing 48 ppg the last four games so we're trending in the wrong direction. Defense is at least as bad as last year, maybe better on effort and tackles but the end product is nowhere close to good enough.

How it started:
“Defensively, we’re going to be the most aggressive group in the country,” Golesh said in the release. “Todd is one of the best defensive coordinators in the country. I’ve coached against and schemed against his defenses, and I am beyond excited that I don’t have to any more. He’ll be aggressive, he’ll be intense, and we’re going to have a blast on defense.”

How it’s going:

Giving up 48ppg since October

On track for our fourth loss by 17 points or more this season, which would match last year.

Wouldn’t be a USF game if we didn’t spot them 14 early.

31 minutes ago, panchosanchez99 said:

The team shot well from the floor with 52%, including 40% from deep; however, they need to shoot better from FT. They shot 59%. That needs to improve.

Add it to the pile. Missed free throws are on the Mt. Rushmore USF basketball woes:

On 1/4/2022 at 4:23 PM, BullDut said:

The Sun Dome is going to be empty soon at men’s basketball games. No one wants to watch this team.  How do you sell scoring droughts, missed free throws, turnovers, and overall terrible play.  Good luck

On 3/11/2021 at 4:47 PM, Guest Jonesy Bull said:

Yes we did, we out-played them for most of the game and almost the entire second half.  We just played idiotic basketball in the last couple of minutes to basically try and give the game away.  That and missed free throws.  It seems like by this point this team would be smarter than they are and be better at the **** FT line!

On 1/12/2020 at 6:19 PM, Gat-Rat Bull said:

2 bench points for USF and 10 missed free throws. Ugh. 

On 2/18/2019 at 8:17 AM, flsportsfan83 said:

The missed free throws have cost this team atleast 3 games this year, we must get better in that aspect of the game. 

On 1/10/2016 at 3:21 PM, bullsfan27 said:

Turnovers and missed free throws cost us the game today

On 11/19/2015 at 11:05 PM, 79 Bull said:

Okay, finally saw some energy.  Missed free throws and simple layups were the difference and terrible fouls called.

On 12/2/2014 at 10:35 PM, feardabull said:

More missed free throws

On 3/18/2012 at 9:09 PM, bullwark said:

Nine points off of Technical Fouls, missed free throws, and dead legs have doomed the Bulls.

On 1/8/2005 at 9:43 PM, The Sheriff said:

**** missed free throws killed me! Isn't that a discipline thing? What gives Coach?  :

5 minutes ago, hm101 said:

Solid analysis. I like that you guys dont just do a dry rehash of the game. - "there was this drive, then that". It's like... who's developing, who is dropping balls, who had a good game, who is breaking out. 

I don't know what a hog molly is but I like the word

It's a type of fish but in football it has come to mean a large, no-frills player, that fights hard in the trenches. Usually in the same way that O-line and D-line players are sometimes called "big uglies."

46 minutes ago, John Lewis said:

The way this process has unfolded, I'd say that USF is not skipping anything when it comes to the Stadium.

23 minutes ago, Boomer said:

Don’t get me wrong- I like that we have a QB that can run, but I do like the fact that he’s no longer the leading rusher on the team. 
 

Hopefully Wright continues to shine and BB can focus on the passing and scrambling when necessary. 

Definitely. Establishing a solid run game keeps BB from having to run and keeps him safe but also opens things up so he can make big things happen when the opportunity arises for him to take off. Haven't had a good QB/RB tandem since QF/MM/DJ. Would love to see NW as the workhorse and also working him more into the passing game for screens and medium slants while working in RPOs and designed QB runs with BB at opportune times. Some jet sweeps with a speedster WR would be nice, too. Miss that from the Rodney Adams days.

I wouldn't expect the Oracle to be particularly insightful -- typically written by a student who hasn't followed USF football. This is the same writer that called 2023 'arguably the most anticipated season in USF football history since first kicking off in 1997.' It's pretty bad right from the start.

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USF football won a narrow game against UConn 24-21, almost losing its seven-game losing streak against the team.

Not sure what that's supposed to mean. We had a seven game winning streak against UCONN. In the headline, he puts 'lackluster' in quotes but doesn't attribute it anywhere in the article so I'm not sure if that's editorialized or if that's something that Golesh said. It's a strangely written article through and through.

2 hours ago, Cat941 said:

 

 

"It’s a rollercoaster of success, failure, success, failure, success, failure..." #USF is proof of that.

33 minutes ago, Triple B said:

That's a **** good point, too ..... but as a firm believer in the NABG Curse it would be hypocritical of me to just totally ignore this. However, the Woody disser did make a simple but key math error in his effort. Woody started going to games in 2011 not 2013. I'm sure the "evidence" can still be twisted to put a damper on Woody, but I think he's cool ..... and considering the pedigree of his owner, I'm going with the tradition aspect.

2011? I sure can twist it!

• The year you start bringing it, we are relegated to the American Athletic Conference Syracuse, West Virginia, and Pittsburgh announce their departure from the Big East, kicking off the collapse of the conference.
• We lose to UCF for the first time ever that year when the series is renewed, proceed to go 2-8 against them in the ensuing years, and are left behind as they are promoted to the Big 12
• We go 53-74 61-90 (0.417) (0.404) from 2013 2011-Present when we had gone 105-78 97-62 (0.573) (0.610)in the years prior
• We are left behind time and time again in conference realignment by teams that were previously below us.

There, I think I made it worse 

USF -2?