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Gismo

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  1. I know some of you are saying he's slow, and won't be racking up sacks, but with his wrestling background I can see this guy putting some moves on the opposing o-line and breaking through a lot more than an average d-lineman... Even if he's slow it will be putting extra pressure on the QB having a 330# guy running right at you. I think he'll be great.

  2. Well it sounds like this guy can go anywhere he wants almost, so wherever he chooses to go should take it as a compliment to their program. As a bulls fan I hope he chooses to serve USF with his abilities and become apart of the USF family. It would be an exciting time to have our carrol of receivers led by Woulard and then to have a strong defense that could top the 2007 talent we had. Players like VHIII can make that a reality. With the right mix of athletes and coaches USF has unlimited potential and it sounds like a lot of the new recruits are buying into that idea and want to make something new here at USF. They want to show the world what they can do. No better place to do it than USF.

  3. Completely understand if someone is working full time and taking night classes, but do you think that is 50% of the students? I don't. My guess would be less than a quarter. Of course we will have a lower 4 and 6 year graduation rate than a college town university.college towns lack the industry and working demographic that would attend night classes for a career advancing degree. Being a city, yes we have a lot more people who may be working full time, mid career, and are taking night classes. It's not a fair expectation to have graduation rates as high as college town universities but it will always be used against us and I think we can do better than a 50% 6 year graduation rate.

  4. Engineering is 126 credits. Department graduation plan is 15 credit hours nearly every semester and 1 summer of 9 credit hours. This will have a student graduating in 4 years. If you were to take 12 credits per semester and 1 summer it would take 5 years to graduate. 9 credits per semester and two summers of class would take 6 years.

    Based on that, the statistics indicate that 50% of the students are taking on average 9 credit hours or less per semester and/or not taking classes in the summer. That's pretty terrible, the students should be capable of at least 12 if not working. This is why I am a fan encouraging the 15 credit hours per semester.

  5. My mom tells me not to eat microwave pop-corm based on medical journal articles she has read. She also says not to use non-stick cookware, apparently these things aren't as safe as we're led to believe.

  6. In the video opener he's wearing and Oviedo jersey.

    I don't understand why anyone would chose any of those schools over USF, especially being from Winter Park. I know if I was a recruit and had the option I would stay in the south. Any place that goes below 40 degrees in the winter I'm not a fan of.

  7. I'm actually looking forward to the NBE. I'm excited for Houston, Boise, and even a rivalry with UCF will bring some more excitement to the conference. These teams will see a recruiting and performance bump from the conference change in my opinion and are in good markets to increase the performance of their programs. Adds from Cali, TX, and FL will help the conference recruit and give coast to coast interest and maybe even benefit TV viewership with the 4 time zones. If the teams could just stick together the conference has great potential IMO, but in the immediate landscape anyone with a chance will leave unfortunately.

  8. I know it's different for each person and of course working part time and some full time may require a lower course load. I was able to find a way to graduate in 4 years while holding an officer position in an organization my last two years and working a few hours per week in a research lab my last two years. Also with an internship one summer.

    Now I don't mean to come off as better than thou, I know everyone is different in terms of what they can handle, but even with these other obligations 50% in 6 years is too low. The students are capable of more. I guess what I mean to say is that in my experience my peers chose 12 over 15 without much good reason except its easier.

    I do agree though that a 5 or 6 year time to graduate with a co-op or two and organization involvement in a leadership capacity may be more beneficial than 4 year graduation without those things.

  9. Actually I knew someone at USF that was hit by a car on 42nd street. He was on a bike and was ambulanced to the hospital. He was fine afterwards but he had a lot of scrapes all over, you could definately see something happened to him. I think it was a hit and run and I don't recall if they caught the person.

    Also a student like two or three years ago was hit and killed on BBD on the USF side at the light right before BBD and Fowler. Some of her friends cemented a "ghost bike" into the corner there in her memory, I wonder if it's still there, I remember seeing flowers left there from time to time. Tragic.

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