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And there is this: 

2023 Bahamas Bowl to Be Played at Charlotte 49ers’ Jerry Richardson Stadium - ESPN Press Room U.S.

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ESPN Events has announced that the 2023 Bahamas Bowl will be played at Jerry Richardson Stadium on the campus of UNC Charlotte due to ongoing renovations at...

Talk about your changing landscape of college football.  Who knew I could make a trip to the Bahamas by car in only an hour from my Hickory home?

11 hours ago, Gatorbull325 said:

I want to play UCF.

13 hours ago, MaltLiquorBull said:

Maybe the typical USF student would be more inclined to “like sports” if we had a decent football team who played on campus and a basketball team that made the tournament more than once every 20 or so years.  If we are relevant, students will be there.  I think these articles are just written by people who genuinely have no interest in sports even at their own alma mater.  It’s happening, so they need to stop whining and get with the program.

I think in the modern mindset this is just the next logical extension of NIL.  Pay to play and then pay to watch them play.

52 minutes ago, Bull Matrix said:

I’m not sure what would worry me more. Hell freezing over or USF having to compete in the SEC lol 

If you are using the Bulls and SEC in the same sentence, you must be talking about Wall Street.  

4 hours ago, Grateful Dad said:

6 hours ago, CousinRicky said:

Sorry to say but I had a dream/nightmare last night about that.  Despite not making it most times the game went into OT. The other team got the ball first and didn't score. So of course USF gets the ball, gets down to the 2 yard line and on 4th down he didn't kick the FG but went for it and didn't make it.  We went 4 possessions each in OT and didn't score and that's when I woke up.

Huh.  I dreamed of Sofia Vergera.  That bourbon ain't doing you no good!

Are you kidding?  It's Sofia who is dreaming of Cousin Reeeeky!  She's got some 'splainin' to do.

Apparently, per this Oracle op piece, won't need a large student section and better provide free concessions.

OPINION: Bulls don’t have school spirit. Or rent money.

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A roaring stadium of rowdy fans, fascinating lectures packed to the brim with eager young minds and lively homecoming events: a picture of the campus experience...

I remember when I worked my way through school, lived in a travel trailer with my roommate and cooked all our meals to survive on the cheap.  Of course, in those days we walked uphill to and from campus in the snow.... 

5 minutes ago, Bull Matrix said:

26 minutes ago, USF_Bullsharks said:

USF isn't going to the SEC guys. ACC when FSU leaves, if we make the CFP in the next few years, MAYBE the B1G gives us a look (if FSU goes to SEC), and of course the B12 SHOULD be interested but who knows, we aren't as additive to them unless we win our conference multiple times. 

Focus on winning, build + sell out stadium, and 5-8 years from now we will see how well we did. 

I agree. Be careful not to fall I do the delusion of grandeur trap. Realistically I believe USF to the ACC has the best chance at happening compared to other rumors. Maybe the big 12 if the ACC raids them of a few schools and ACC doesn’t want another Florida school. The big ten a lot of crazy events would have to happen but it is not impossible. SEC is not an option. Besides I don’t think USF is even close to a good fit for those schools.  

Some here seem to dream of a return to former "glory," so maybe...

If we were to get into a Bowl this year, given current circumstances, I would likely be unable to attend unless it is the Duke's Mayo Bowl.  Would love to see Coach Alex get the traditional mayo bath.

12 hours ago, CousinRicky said:

One movie we've watched multiple times over the years and we don't watch many movies. Laugh every time.

Loved it so much went to see it on Broadway with Kelsey Grammer and Douglas Hodge.  Won Hodge the Tony for lead actor in a musical in 2010.

17 hours ago, Triple B said:

Although I really don't have a clear memory of it, did that have a VooDoo 5 feel to it ... ?

Maybe we can transfer the voodoo curse to those guys.  In the words of Hedley Lamarr:

ECU is having one baaad season.  Their only win is against my adopted team, the Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs.  And I think the only reason they got that one was the pervasive funk of the Silverbull Jinx.

3 minutes ago, Gatorbull325 said:

I need a bye week myself. Im going to enjoy those 5hrs next Saturday.

Yes, but I'm not sure I like my odds for next Saturday.  I returned from my daughter's straight sets win in their first round of the NC state high school volleyball tournament (where I also won a 50/50 raffle) to find my Bulls and Noles both had comeback wins.  I think I may have used up all my luck in one weekend.

I have to say UCF was one horrible 2-pt conversion call away from ruining the Sooners' season.  Still if a win is a win, a loss is a loss.

Well, the Bulls beat my season wins forecast.  I know that is what has been really motivating them.

Now comes my favorite weekend of the season.

12 minutes ago, John Lewis said:

Great blocking on the game winning TD

I thought so, but it was funny to hear the crowd going nuts screaming for holding.

9 minutes ago, John Lewis said:

They can call it what they want.

Last years team would not have come back once UConn went up 21-10. 

I think folks are a little too sensitive and in denial.  While I do admire that the team hung in there and came back, for those who say "there are no ugly wins," I would send them a tape of that game.  It was not a case study in the art of football by either team, the coaches or the refs.  Still, a win is a win, and hopefully the Bulls will build off of it.

It's good to see that he is now donning the green and gold for a team that has a prayer.

16 hours ago, CousinRicky said:

16 hours ago, Outlaw said:

It would help the passing defense.

Only if a lightning bolt takes the football out of mid air.

Then let's all be Bolts fans.

Rice dismantled Tulsa last night.  Don't know if that bodes well for the Bulls or if teams have now just figured us out.

Also flipped over to watch Jordan McCloud lead JMU to another win, this time over Marshall.   More power to him, but it seems I can't turn on a game without seeing some ex-Bull player or coach having success elsewhere.

38 minutes ago, GoBulls84 said:

48 minutes ago, Bull Matrix said:

That **** Rutgers game! Bunch of corruption going on in Piscataway NJ during that game.

The image of that rat **** Schiano sprinting down the sideline to yell at the refs with his stupid  playsheet flapping around behind him is forever burned in my memory and what I associate with the letters IFP.

In the era now where the Bush Push, Tush Push or Brotherly Shove (or whatever you want to call it) is legal, I would like to revisit the legitimacy of "Illegal forward propulsion."

3 hours ago, Outlaw said:

The 160 point swing in that first game would have been truly disheartening.

Given the real results after that first year of preparation by the team, maybe we should take a year off to practice.

2 minutes ago, TheUpperHand said:

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

3 hours ago, MaltLiquorBull said:

You really have to love the title of the article.  I haven't read the article yet, but that title.  Wow.  Could you imagine if someone had told you back in July that there would be an Oracle article entitled "USF working to prevent another blowout loss this weekend" in mid October?  When will we stop sucking?

Yes, that is not exactly the standard that we want to set going into any game.

1 hour ago, Bull94 said:

BTW even in our "glory" years we were losing to programs like UAB, FAU and UConn

Not trying to be contrarian, but I really do wonder what qualifies as USF's "glory" years.

Prior to this year we had lost to UAB once by 3 points in 2003, when we went 7-4 and were in the middle of the pack in CUSA, and beat them by 25 in 2004 when we were 4-7 and near the bottom of CUSA.

And before this year we lost to FAU once by 18 points when we went 2-10 and near the bottom of the American, but that year we did at least beat UConn.

I wouldn't call any of those our "glory" years, though I'm not sure myself what I would consider truly "glorious" about any of our past seasons.  Some were pretty good, but it always seemed there was at least one agonizing memory in each.