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9 hours ago, Corey lea said:

I guess all that noise died fast!!!

The glaring issue is personnel on both sides of the ball. 

CCS should get Atterbury off the field period. Sanders and Roberts have no business on the field. Davis, Burnett and Evans need more time and Hopple.

Roberts drilled a TE, forcing a fumble.  He sells out.  He's not the problem.

1) The winning team:  USF
2) The final score:  34-17
3) Bulls leading rusher:  Cronk...O line steps up/he finally sees SOME day light
4) Bulls leading receiver:  St. Felix...feed this dude!
5) Bulls total offensive yards (closest without going over):  369

5 hours ago, Rocky Style said:

Would you have punted with 4 minutes left and newfound momentum?  I am as conservative as they come but oddly enough I would have gone ride or die on that series. 

No way do I punt there.  You die fighting, not Skip Holtz'ing it, hoping for everything to work out so can have another shot to drive 75 yards to score your 2ND TD OF THE YEAR!

If you  go & miss, you STILL have to stop them.  Do that, they (maybe) kick a FG.  So, you have a chance for a big kick return, but you still have to drive most of the field.  Now, a TD doesn't win it, but take you to OT.

Instead, a BS targeting call; game over.  Even if that doesn't get called, we get the ball back with 1:35 or so.  Still a chance, but with no time outs, it's tough (did I mention only 1 TD all year?).

That just shows no stones for Coach Strong.

2 minutes ago, USFBULL_08 said:

I don't see how he couldn't get the ball out to Miller

He was rolling against his body, but you're right...that's simple pitch & catch.

Do we give McCloud a series?  GT rotated, and it worked.  McCloud has speed/energy.

this is the most anemic offense I've seen, since pre-Flowers.  GT isn't bad on D, but our O just does nothing long. Everything is poorly blocked/slow developing.

weak 2nd set of downs

wilcox time

game is on my ESPN...shocked

Signed up for free 21 day trial with YouTubeTV.  game shows ready at 2:04.

1) The winning team:  USF
2) The final score:  27-23
3) Bulls leading rusher:  Cronk
4) Bulls leading receiver:  St. Felix
5) Bulls total offensive yards (closest without going over):  269

Bulls come out pumped & angry and catch GT before they gel (or we're flat again & get smoked, and Strong is not permitted to fly back with the team).

11 hours ago, USFBULL_08 said:

How do we change things for the better?

Don't punish the players.  I'm sure this sucks for them more than it sucks for us.  GT will be a serious gut check time.

9 hours ago, Bausfkid said:

Tough to watch tonight.  I was in town for this one.  I thought we’d get beat, but not battered like we did.  Top to bottom no one played well on a big stage.

The dropped balls on the first two drives were really bad.

At the end of the day our D was no match for their running game.  Our O looked totally out of sync from play one. The fact that we didn’t cross midfield until late in the 4th quarter was really awful.

Lick your wounds and prepare for GT.

Go Bulls!

Macon did...he's a stud.  He's going to have a great season, if he doesn't get disheartened.

7 hours ago, Jim Lory said:

My question is this. If I have tickets in sections 135-136 2:35 or 2:36 do I automatically have access to the club area? I am not an alumni of USF or a donor

I would think that those sections are Club access, as I have it in Section 111.    But I believe the guys are right...your ticket would say Club Access.  I just checked my phone tix...says Club Access next to the QR reader.

9 hours ago, Brad said:

Appreciate the email nudge, Brad.  I've been caught up with work, and just staying active with our Bulls on Twitter.  But it's time to get set with the Bullspen to get  into the diehards' exchanges.  GO BULLS!

7-5, but +/- 2.  The D is my biggest unknown/concern...though I'm really hopeful some transfers step up in areas of needs.  I worry we have a drop off if Barnett gets hurt, but looks like he's bulked up a bit, and i'm hopeful the coaches will not put him in harm's way too much.

Much depends on health...I'm really looking forward to seeing Horne back at 100%, or even close.  He's a game changer.

1) The winning team: WiscyDicks
2) The final score:  45-27
3) Bulls leading rusher:  Ford
4) Bulls leading receiver:  St. Felix
5) Bulls total offensive yards (closest without going over):  369
 

Tough game to start with the D with many question marks.  If the O can dink/dunk/bomb (occasionally),  and the D can make some stops & get some turnovers, we can keep it close...or even win.

I was hoping for a hot game to wear their guys out, but since I'm going, I can live with a 7 PM Friday night game.  I'm looking forward to seeing what we're working with and how many folks we get out to the game...we need to fill up RayJay, or the argument that the stands are light due to foes goes away.  GO BULLS

I was hoping we'd get WVU in the Finals, so my wife & I could enjoy the rivalry again.

We're playing basketball in April.  Awesome!

I don't know the full economic impact of the CBI, but it seems like a great investment in this young team.  I hope we can keep Brian Gregory for a long time...he may wind up the best MBB coach we've ever had (he's already won more games than Antigua).

On 11/25/2018 at 10:08 PM, MikeG said:

not sure if you were serious but the only people who make money off the concessions and general parking are the Bucs via their deal with the TSA.

We make a little off the season ticket pre-sold parking and of course the main portion is from the event TICKETS themselves. Basically USF only benefits from butts in seats-- so we did pretty good on that-- meaning what you are saying is relevant.

sorry- had to correct that- and apologies if you knew it already and were just trying to make an entertaining (it was) post.

actually, I wasn't sure if there was any benefit to USF, so I appreciate you correcting me (I'm wrong more than I like...but rarely wrong on the same topic after learning

At least the Bucs got $$, and maybe local restaurants and maybe a few hotels.

On 11/24/2018 at 8:06 PM, NovaBull said:

I saw one UCF fan punch a baby, while another pushed an old lady to the ground and then a third say that Publix subs were trash and that they preferred Blimpie.

I was that baby...and it was a sucker punch, or I'd have busted his ankles.

On 11/23/2018 at 8:23 PM, George Jenkins said:

No complaints. Offered several of them jobs doing yard work tomorrow morning. No takers.

Dude, you can't expect them to work the fryers & grills all night and THEN do yard work. 

On 11/23/2018 at 8:07 PM, NewEnglandBull said:

Was everyone on good behavior? 

Not a bad word heard, but frankly, they were there in huge numbers and had no doubt they would lose.  No one wants to come into a Ray Jay, smoke our Bulls, then get their ace kicked by popping off at the mouth.

They came, drank beer & bought concessions...so hopefully while pooping on us, we made some $$ on them.  

As they pulled away, they went into full party mode.  I left with 8 left, which I NEVER do, but it was obvious we had no fight left.

On the upside, it was my friend's (from 1st grade, also an alum) bday.  He & his wife joined us at the game, and we hit a cool Lebanese restaurant in SoTampa and enjoy a great meal & drank a bit to numb that result.  Thankfully no UCFers stumbled in.

The game sucked so bad, but I was reminded there are other things in life that I need to focus on, or it's gonna be a rough few years.

On 11/23/2018 at 6:09 PM, UCFKnight04 said:

Never build an OCS - this is too cool 

This will change when the cycle changes, and UCF is 0-12 again.  Short memories, but those of us who have been around remember.

1) The winning team,  Bad Guy (CFU)
2) The final score, 48-16
3) Bulls leading rusher, Ford
4) Bulls leading receiver, McCants
5) Bulls total offensive yards (closest without going over) 269

7 minutes ago, JTrue said:

If I'm betting on a USF game, I always bet against us. We win and I'm happy. We lose and I'm richer. Win win.

Yeah, unless we lose AND don't cover.

4 minutes ago, JTrue said:

I don't touch the point spread. Then you can fall into lose lose territory.

Read this after my last post...good call.