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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.

What does this have to do with VHIII?

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.

Idk when I replied yesterday my post wasn't bold but now it is bold. Weird.

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.

I see bold text. It seems like it automatically bolds the post. EDIT: okay looks like it was fixed.

I'm not saying anyone trying to play hardball with Boise. I'm saying it sounds like Boise is having a hard time finding a place for their other sports. Maybe they're not but if they aren't then where are their other sports going to play?

^^^ Ya I was reading on texags a thread about speculation Oklahoma leaving the Big XII for the B1G and all these other crazy scenarios. SEC will further expand, ACC will further expand, BigXII will expand, then PAC and B1G may try to expand as well... It may take 3 years, 5 years, or 10 years but I believe it will happen.

Sounds like Boise is in a tough place right now. Obviously we all hope this is sorted out and they join the BE.

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.

Once the dust settles these teams will still need to schedule easier non power conference teams on their OCC to try and guarantee OCC wins if their conference schedules are as tough a you claim. We'll just have to continue to upset them.

I like his attitude "I'm just going to keep working hard and the rest will take care of itself."

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.

Idk what our fellow bulls are doing that is taking them over 6 years unless they're co-oping for a few semesters but that's not 50% of the students.

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.

If you go look at the list on the right where the other QBs committed it's almost exclusively traditional powerhouses. Nice to see USF among those names. http://espn.go.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/honors/_/id/6/class/2013

This is impressive.

We only accept about 45% of students who apply according to USN&WR. Our main problems are student to faculty ratio and graduation rates. Yes, a lot of state schools accept like 50 to 60% of applicants.

I graduated in 4 but I knew tons of people that didn't and are still in school. I know people that are pushing their 6th and 7th year at this point. This is in engineering however which takes a lot of people 5 years. The problem I think is that taking 15 credits is not as encouraged as it should be. A lot of people I knew were just going through taking like 9 or 12 credit hours, some working part time and some not. My impression is they just don't care how long it takes them, they take a low course load so its easy and they have more free time. I think they don't want to graduate. I think the advisers are part of the problem. They should really push heavily the 15 credit hours more than they do.

I'm not trying to be difficult or ignorant, I just don't see how this the four game playoff system is any better for us. To me, it's the same dance, different song. The way I read it, the power conferences have a virtual strangle hold on the bowls and the NCG. If the teams involved in this new system are as I understand it, chosen by a selection committee - I'm being honest here, I just don't see how anyone from the NBE realistically makes the cut. It's too easy for the selection committee to stack the deck in the power conferences favor. Perhaps I'm wrong, but the way I see it, if the 'power conferences' do expand any further and take the remaining 'desirable' or semi-marketable programs with them (Louisville, BYU, etc.) I just don't see how a team not in the 'Big 4' SOS can measure up in the selection committee or presses eyes. Not only that, if the other conferences do expand, it will be more difficult to schedule 'quality' OOC games as there will be less room left on everyone's schedule. The B10 & Pac12's agreement and supposedly ND's arrangement with the B12 also squeeze out the other conferences as well, IMO. I hope I'm wrong, but I think the way things are lining up in the 'power conferences' are much worse for USF and the NBE than some of you care to admit or realize. It depends on who is on the committee. If every conference has equal representation on this selection committee it may not be as bad as you imagine. You raise a good point with the scheduling difficulties.

Not true unfortunately: http://www.cbssports...-playoff-format guess how many ACC teams would have qualified in the last 10 years if we go by BCS rankings before bowls? 1 #3 v -tech 2007-2008 guess how many BE teams? 1 #3 cincy 2009-2010 this list does not include miami as they were big east members at the time. guess how many BE members have played for the MNC in that time? 0 again doesn't include miami as a BE member. this system is better for us. adding 2 teams gives us a better chance. how is that not obvious?? While I agree the playoff is better, we'll just have to see how the money is shared in the end. I don't understand how they claim to be doubling the value of the BCS with this change. Where do they pull these figures from? Also from the Q&A it sounds like possibly the Big East could be the only conference to make less money in the new system, and only because the other power conferences chose the arbitrary number five instead of six. Why not 2 or 4 or 7? It's an obvious move to damage the Big East.

13 - 0 !

I don't really get hyped up over these favorable predictions anymore, give me some good wins and then I'll be excited.

I believe the conspiracy. NCAA makers all wear mouse goggles (ears?)

I'm really glad they are doing this. The USF library is pretty crappy compared to where I am now and the upper floors could really use a make over.