MMW

We went to most of the home games this year.  The last 2 were mostly just tailgating events with the family and we weren't paying attention to when the game started (but somehow made it in for the seniors to whew) and left at halftime. 

We will not be season ticket holders next year but will attend games ad hoc.  We have had season tickets since the 2nd season but all the joy is gone.  

It has gotten harder and harder to justify going to the games.

28 minutes ago, puc86 said:

If it means less people are buying tickets to our next game he should definitely make a statement, why do we want UCF to have improved attendance?

This made me laugh.  

Yes, let's stick it to them.  I'm sure their ticket office is in pins and needles over this.

On 11/12/2019 at 4:21 AM, zarnozdabull said:

Dude just buy like two $5 ones at the Ray Jay box office and sit wherever the hell you want.

Is that so?

I'm actually looking for 6.

On 11/13/2019 at 2:48 PM, Gatorbull325 said:

Yes, another thread to rant about CCS.......we definitely don't have enough of those. But to answer your question, I assume he went back to focusing on our defense since it's his specialty. and you know what?....the defense is playing well. Once the offense gets better we should be a complete team. 

I'm assuming this whole thread is being facetious.

4 hours ago, Jonesy Bull said:

This may be unpopular. But I dont think bringing back JL would take us to the next level.  We never won a championship with him here.  He did a great job building a program from the ground up.  But he has a ceiling.

He has never gotten a HC job since he left here.  Hell he is not even a coordinator.  And dont give me that ******** about his reputation ********.

That ship has sailed.  Move the **** on.

I love CJL but hard pass.  We need new blood.  

We lost our mojo.  

17 hours ago, NewEnglandBull said:

 

There were 15 people left in the stadium at the end of the game.  This sounded like 5 of them.

I can't recall ever seeing the stadium so empty in the past 20+ years.

We brought a guest and I told him we once filled the stadium.  It was an amazing contrast.

It was like I was telling him how buffalo once roamed the plains.

1 hour ago, brybull1970 said:

Willie Taggart  = Raheem Morris

Young up and coming coach who can connect with players, enjoyed some success early, creating a heap of praise that never was really justified with results.

This is how I see it too.

He is a great recruiter that masked his lack of coaching ability once he got to a level where there was immense talent and depth on both sides of the ball.

Maybe as his career progress his coaching would have caught up to his recruiting but it was not there yet.

Anyway he got paid.

2 hours ago, USFBulls727 said:

Willie bolted WKU, USF, and Oregon before the bowl games that he got them to. I really don't see it as that big a deal that he didn't stick around to maybe win any of those. Plus, how many people on this board have called these bowl games meaningless anyway? I seem to recall them saying that about UCF beating Auburn. Skip and Charlie have won championships elsewhere, but nobody has won one here. Taggart has exactly as many championships as CJL as a Head Coach.

But there is something to be said for actually winning things.  

So he has never coached a team that won a championship at any level nor coached a team that has won a bowl game (his teams lost those bowl games). 

CJL never won a championship but he won MANY big games against teams we seemed outgunned against and bowl games (4 total if you count the Clemson bowl). 

I stopped paying attention to Willie taggart career after he left here. Did he ever win a bowl game or a championship?

On 10/6/2019 at 12:58 PM, jchem1995 said:

To further the point, do we keep two TE ‘s one to block and one to escape for the pass? Definitely different with a solid blocking scheme this past Saturday. 

As a spectator I don't see this as a collaborative process.

This is an interesting conversation.  

The word 'mascot' originates from the French term 'mascotte' which means lucky charm.  (wikipedia)

5 minutes ago, Friscobull said:

It was a derogatory remark about you still not being a real man, appears you are not real smart either.  

Boy I must have really hurt your feelings when i called ******** on your stupid army reference. 

Don't be so mad bro it's not good for your health. 

Just now, Friscobull said:

Some boys never become men but keep pushing little camper because your day will come.

I'm not sure what that is supposed to mean.   

10 minutes ago, JTrue said:

If a bunch of drunk grown ups had heckled me in college when I was getting yanked from a game, I’d have questioned their choices in life a lot more than my own.

I'm picturing that scene from Hoosiers when old drunk Shooter(Dennis Hopper) stumbled onto the court to yell at the team.  I bet he thought it had to be done. 

7 hours ago, Friscobull said:

I was in the Army one week after my 18th birthday, old enough to die for your country, vote and get charged as adult than you are a man  whether you feel like one or not.  Those men would definitely want to come up in the stands and beat the crap out of me and I would deserve it.  The decisions we make have consequences and this is a good lesson for those men, when you perform poorly and others pay to see this performance there are consequences, if you want to boo than boo, if you don’t than don’t.  I am too old to curse the coaches anymore but don’t see the big deal with others doing it. 

Wow, what a load of ****.   I was in the army around that age and I was not a grown man. 

I was 21 and even to me three 18 yo's were boys. 

Students still here.   Gotta give them credit. 

8 minutes ago, ArmyBull said:

I still think Blake is playing well.  Almost all on the receivers.  

He hasn't thrown a spiral all game.   

https://photos.app.goo.gl/8osqRcUnbg9XFDqBA

As someone with residual neck injuries in my 50's (likely from my football years) my advice to him is take care of yourself.

1 hour ago, CousinRicky said:

Yep. ____ Eats It.  But don't remember his real name.  

Yea, it became a jest but early on I think it was used to temper some excess optimism around here.  The funny thing is, back in those days, the optimism was sometimes warranted.  I think that is how it became a meme.

The only thing he said that I take issue with is "I hope USF honestly shows up with the belief they’ll win."

They better show up that way!

I also feel he is not as sure of himself as his bravado suggests "The Bulls might be able to keep it interesting because the game is in Tampa, it’s on their home field, the weather will be hot in their favor but none of it will be enough."

Kind of feels like he is setting up excuses.

Don't get me wrong, I agree that they will most likely manhandle us but I am a fan and am prepared to lose my voice over every first down.

Back in the CJL days I would have suggested that our defense was up to the challenge. 

The problem back then is we had zero offense or we were so 1 dimensional that we struggled.  Andre Hall would get his yards too but but we lost games.  As a lot of people are saying, they stopped the other 10 guys from making an impact.

On 11/19/2012 at 1:29 PM, Bulls1181 said:

RT @JFowlerCBS: ACC in talks with UConn, Louisville, USF and Cincinnati about 14th team to replace Maryland, source told @CBSSports.

**** just got real...

6 minutes ago, JTrue said:

Jesus... it makes me sad when someone from my own orbit reads any of this ****. At least get trolled by a pro like Tuxedo Yoda. Anyone know where @TigerJayis 

 At last count this thread is 1848 pages of troll bait.