TRUTH D. Antagonist

On 5/15/2024 at 12:02 PM, Jim Johnson said:

We're called a mafia, the Bills Mafia, not a cult.

 

whether youre choking on kool-aid or conference finals games, i guess choking is choking

1 minute ago, Outlaw said:

Add Selvie,Jenkins, Allen, Mitchell,  and webster.

all mentioned except Allen & Webster

RIP Mike.

one of the cornerstones of the best era in USF football…

a few names come to mind when i think about those days— Grothe, Jenk, Honeybuns, JPP, BJ, T-Mac, Jessie, Taurus, Trae, Carlton, Big Rich Kelly— but Mike will always be one of the first players that comes to mind when i remember those days in the student section

He was a cool dude off the field in his post-football days. being from the south side of the Skyway (Sarasota, Bradenton, Palmetto) we ran in circles with mutual friends & he was always good for a few words about his boxing career & other endeavors.

I really thought he was going to find a niche using his natural talent. Such a loss at only 38 years old.

Rest In Power, young man.

The Ford is offroading the great terrain in the sky

probably BS… I think this guy has said similar things about other programs.

I get the feeling there is going to be A LOT more shifting & adjustment before the dust settles.

schools that seem stable & settled are getting thrown into all kinds of 4 dimensional chess maneuvering.

my only concern is that USF catch a ride on ANY of these conferences & gets out of the AAC & imo *any* movement at all is good movement as status quo/no movement is the one thing that guarantees USF goes nowhere:

4 hours ago, Professor BullDawg said:

I’ve seen a lot of social media around Arkansas and Missouri lately.

this all comes back to the question of big minutes small school or small minutes big school… & how much smaller.

i dont follow SEC basketball (are Mizzou & TAMU even still SEC?), i dont know what the depth on those teams is or will be, but i imagine he would be more highly featured with the Bulls.

the allure of playing for a P2 school is real tho.

im glad we won.

ive always kinda respected UAB for bringing its football program literally back from the dead…

but theyre kinda starting to annoy me now.

On 4/16/2024 at 12:23 PM, Mission9 said:

I am sure you know, but for those that don't, their followers get so bent out of shape over that perceived slight. I know most of us just laugh at the ignorance over "Southern". Fortunately, their fans don't come here often so what they don't know about can't upset them.

ECU rhymes with happy.

24/7 Sports seems to think USC & USF are the teams to watch…

Cormani McClain transfer: USF, USC worth watching as former 5-star CB enters portal after 1 year at Colorado

247SPORTS.COM

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The latest buzz on the college football programs involved with Colorado CB Cormani McClain, the former five-star recruit who entered the 2024 college football transfer...

(feel free to merge/delete if this is redundant or doesn’t warrant its own thread)

18 hours ago, panchosanchez99 said:

The problem is that Pryor got visibility here. So, going to a bigger school would not necessarily give him more visibility. He got the attention after the Memphis game and scouts started paying attention. If staying here would have given him more playing time, then the visibility would be greater here as well because of the opportunity to see more of him.

the visibility at USF will never match Power Conference schools. i love this school & its athletics programs & have for over 2 decades but let’s be realistic. nationally speaking USF was a cute late season story. when the media talked about it they talked in generic terms about the team/program but rarely mentioned players by name & they hopped on it so late the run was over within a week or two of it finally breaking as a blip in national reporting… & it *always* came with the caveat that the computers hated USF & there was no way to make the NCAAT short of winning the conference tourneys auto-bid so even positive coverage was mitigated by negativity about the quality of competition USF was playing.

USF has fewer nationally televised games against lesser competition with all but a cap on postseason potential being the NIT. ppl just dont take wins over Tulane, Temple & East Carolina as seriously as wins against pretty much any Power Conference schools, so his contributions beating those teams for another season wouldn’t be as valuable as winning against opponents on a Big 10 or ACC or even Big East schedule.

similarly, nothing compares to the exposure of being a key rotation player on even a decent NCAAT run.

& again, the NBA is not the only option. overseas scouts are more likely to see nationally televised games from Power Conference teams.

again, i love USF but u just cant compare the benefit of playing for a midmajor to that of playing for a Power Conference & cant blame Pryor or any other player from gambling on themselves.

20 hours ago, Triple B said:

Serious question, have many P6 bench players been drafted by the NBA?

i have no clue, but there are 60 picks in the draft, Summer League invites, the G-League & of course international ball.

the draft is not necessarily the only way to make it to the NBA & the NBA is not the only option for athletes to make a living off basketball, which id imagine is the ultimate goal, even if not the ideal of an NBA roster spot.

some players (Rockets’ Jalen Green i believe) have bypassed NCAA eligibility & gone from high school to GLeague & eventually earned a spot on an NBA roster.

9 hours ago, BigSteve said:

Add a few scorers and see what happens...

easier said than done unfortunately.

On 4/10/2024 at 9:31 PM, Cmr3 said:

I could be 100% wrong about this, but I think Pryor will regret this move. I think if he goes to a power 5 team he will come of the bench.

the question is how many minutes does he get off the bench & whether or not playing bench minutes for a Power 5 team is better for his future aspirations than playing starter minutes at a mid-major.

u have to ask yourself— does playing 25-30 mpg as starter at USF with a few reg season games broadcast on ESPNU/ESPN+ and a NIT berth as the likely postseason ceiling get him more exposure than playing 15-20 mpg off the bench at a decent Power Conference school that has a few reg season games broadcast on national television (ABC/ESPN) & most of the rest broadcast on ESPNU/ESPN+ with the potential postseason ceiling being an NCAAT berth & all the national exposure that brings.

& that doesnt even address differences in NIL money.

classic big fish/small pond, small fish/big pond dilemma. 

does he want to be the best player on a minor league team with minimal national visibility & (possibly) less money or a strong rotation player/6th man at a power conference school that gets more national visibility with a higher ceiling & (possibly) more or at least the same money as he’d get at the former?

i think the answer is clear. this is a business, Kasean knows it’s a business & he understands that he could be Michael Jordan but if he plays at USF instead of UNC far fewer ppl are going to see it or take the accomplishments as seriously, especially the people he WANTS to see it (NBA & other pro scouts).

sucks. Kasean was my favorite player. my 13yo son’s as well. we bonded watching the Bulls play this year when he had never shown interest in attending live sporting events in the past.

but these kids are just doing what they think is best to actually make a career out of athletics. cant blame him for taking a chance on himself.

6 minutes ago, Grateful Dad said:

You made a memory.  Excellent Dad work!

my kid loved both of the games we attended, the win & the loss.

best part is seeing his reaction not just to the gameday experience but to being on campus of a major university. he loves it there. next step is to take him for a more thorough stroll around campus… maybe hit MOSI first then cross the street & take a lil tour, have lunch at MSC. 

19 minutes ago, Triple B said:

Heard on post game that KP came back out and was signing autographs so hopefully TDA's was one of them ...

yup.

my son & i were running up & down stairs cuz we stopped by the restroom & almost missed him.

very nice young man. appreciates his fans & never once felt rushed or like an inconvenience.

5 hours ago, Dave_Glaser said:

SCF - so you must be a Bradenton/Sarasota guy? You need to take a look at Saint Stephen’s - the best college prep school in the area! Full disclosure, I’m the marketing director there, but it’s fact. My daughter attended Saint Stephen’s and then USF’s Honors College - finished with two bachelor’s, Phi Beta Kappa, Fulbright Scholarship for master’s in the UK, etc. - and we paid almost zero. Saint Stephen’s is pricy, but we do offer financial awards to worthy students through our endowment. If you need more info, I’m happy to talk!

yes. my son currently attends the Catholic VPK-8 in the area (not putting the school out there for his safety). they push for Mooney but we are almost as far north as u guys & Mooney is quite a haul down.

St. Stephen’s is everyone’s first choice due to proximity & academic quality but unfortunately we can’t afford either. he has been a Step Up recipient virtually his entire life & also receives in-house assistance as we are parishioners…

he is a perpetual Principal’s list student & receives all A’s with an occasional B due to elevated classes (& Catholic teachers who think this is the 1950s & homework is a punitive tool rather than learning enrichment but i digress… lol). has won plenty of awards & academic contests that the school gets students involved in.

please message me so we can talk, possibly exchange emails/phone numbers.

thank u for the information!

7 hours ago, Mike Stuben said:

Easiest way is simply wait about 30 minutes after the game ends and every player ends up back in the arena to talk to friends and family. 

You can also try near the tunnel as the team comes on and off the court. (way before the game is best, once you get inside of 15 minutes on the countdown clock or in and out of halftime is very unlikely). 

Right after the game by the tunnel is also possible, but tougher to get in position. 

(Im not speaking for the player, just describing the best places to get autographs, up to the player to sign or not)

appreciate this, thank u

22 minutes ago, Bullfrog said:

Your son is awesome. Go Bulls!

Barely five minutes on campus walking around before the Tulane game & he says to me “I wanna go here.”

It’s amazing how mature (some) kids are these days. he’s a 7th grader, just turned 13 a couple months ago & he’s already thinking about college. & not just the vague “this is my dream school” that some kids have, he’s already talking about majors & asking which schools have the better programs for different fields of study.

AND he’s already taking freshman Algebra this year, Geometry next & will be on the waitlist for SCF’s dual enrollment program where he completes his AA with his diploma by taking advanced classes in high school.

…And he wants to stay on campus his 2 years at USF.

where did my lil guy go? feels like just yesterday i was changing his diapers & now he’s a teenager talking about COLLEGE u blink an eye & theyre not babies anymore.

from babies to Bulls! gotta raise em right!

3 hours ago, Ricky the Bull said:

Pryor is accessible after the game and poses for pictures with about anyone who asks. 

AWESOME! thank u!

whereabouts would i go to achieve that? is there a specific place i should be after the game?

thanks again!

And how would one go about doing that?

Since i took him to the Tulane game my son has been following the team on his own.

I saw the loss to Tulsa then UAB & didn’t say anything cuz I didn’t want him to think that was the end after all the hype, but he texted me the scores one day while I was at work & asked me what happens next. I said “probably NIT” & explained the difference between the big tournament & the NIT.

The day we beat UCF i had no idea they even played (been busy) but my son actually told me & said “I wish we could have been there so I could laugh in their face as we crushed their dreams” The kid is 13 & is very serious about wanting to attend USF.

Anyway, I came out of pocket last minute (literally this afternoon) to take him to the VCU game.

Is there any way he can get Kasean Pryor’s autograph at some point before or after the game? I know at NBA games there are those random moments where players sign stuff for fans, does that happen here or would it be frowned upon for my son to try & get an autograph before or after the game?

Thanks. I’ll be in 106 loud & hyped for this incredible team GO BULLS

On 3/7/2024 at 9:14 AM, Triple B said:

That is just awesome. Were y'all able to stay for the celebration afterwards?

yeah we stayed to watch them cut down the nets. the confetti was a nice touch, just wish it would have come down sooner after the final buzzer. would have been cool to have the crowd still in their seats when the confetti fell.

u didnt bet hard enough

it’s made by a brand called “IZAW” (In the Zone Athletic Wear)

i first saw an old head wearing one around 2006… but it cant be older than 2003 because it uses the OvarianBull logo.

early fan jersey that looks nothing like anything ever worn on-field, with the modern logo but ancient color scheme & jersey design (the seam across the clavicle with longer sleeves vs. seams on each sleeve).

i passed on one in my size that hit $80 on eBay at the height of USFFB success & regretted it ever since, searching for another one on eBay for years until USF sucked hard @$$ and nobody was really selling vintage stuff anymore…

somewhere along the way i grabbed this one for about $20 taking the ill-advised gamble that a youth XL might fit my Adult Smedium frame. it didnt & i saved it for years, unworn, until i bought Tulane tickets for my 13 year old son.

it is now his. fitting that a (potential) future Bull is now the curator of this relic of USF days past. IZAW, indeed.