widerberg

56. ****.

So not so likely with the bowl game thing, I’m thinking. Oy.

It’s a dangerous game, being a USF fan. ****.

Personally, that's what I'm afraid of. Yes, there's the danger of this thing being compromised by too much concern for cost, but I'm a lot more concerned about USF trying to be too cute or modern or whatever and coming up some bizarre trapezoid thing that isn't even identifiable as a stadium. That's not how I want us to differentiate ourselves. When I come back to campus, I don't want to walk onto the set of some weird sci-fi movie.

This one works for me, too. Football, much less futbol. (That leak, I just can't shake that it looks like some ultra modern take on a soccer stadium).

That's definitely closer to what I was hoping to see, i.e. something traditional, or traditional with a USF twist.

Add me to those that don't like it. Reminds me of a soccer stadium or, hell, maybe even a D2 stadium. Not an FBS one, even for us. If we want to create a more traditional on-campus football experience then I feel we need an actual traditional on-campus stadium.

I'm gonna quote myself, because why not. I retract my knee jerk reaction to this hire. Coach A isn't splashy, but after doing some reading on him, seeing the video released of him talking to the team, etc., I think he's a good fit and I think he can take us where we need to go. At the same time, after seeing the video of Deion talking to the CU team, good lord I think we dodged a bullet on that one. I'm all about setting a tone of excellence on day one, but basically trashing the whole existing team and telling them you hope they all hit the transfer portal because that's more room for his guys, ****, what a great way to lose the team. Not exactly classy.

It feels like USF isn't even trying anymore. I'm inching closer to the "fold the whole program" camp. We're not even being given a chance here. How many players will portal out now? How many recruits can this guy possibly get? I'm totally, completely confused. It's almost like VPMK was sent to USF to fold the program.

I don't understand this hire at all, if it's true. So every decent HC in the country said no?

Jumped in to check realignment rumors and found 10 pages of moaning about newspaper reporting. Ugh. It hurts being a USF fan.

Spoiler: it ain't gonna be us

I'd say bowls are and will still be a big difference (idiotic sponsorship/names of those bowls aside). That seems to be the one tradition we're still kinda holding on to in college football. And the greater number of schollies will attract slightly better athletes (on average). To be honest, though, D2 is starting to appeal to me more than FBS or FCS at this point. Real regional conferences, regional rivalries, etc.

Every time I read about west coast or midwest teams to the ACC, I die a little more inside. I know geography doesn't matter anymore (we're told), rivalries don't matter, etc., but shouldn't the name of the **** conference at least describe what it is? B1G and B12 are pretty neutral, location-wise, and SEC is pretty broad if you squint while determining where the line for South or East is. But, the A in ACC and all of PAC are pretty definite and specific. I really hope this crazy cross-coast conference crap dies out soon.