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The outline is more pronounced on the current helmet as you can see compared to the first generation of this design. 

Hopefully they don’t wait until the afternoon. I have work to do!

They said “South Florida” quite a bit. Better be a USF logo on the front!

23 minutes ago, 79 Bull said:

Maybe this has been discussed, but reading a part of the ITN cover document...

USF is seeking to Contract with a experienced Design/Build entity for the construction of an approximate 35,000 person On campus Stadium on the Tampa campus for the USF Football program and the Women's Lacrosse program.

Seems odd to single out Lacrosse as the only other sport for the OCS.  I thought it was announced they would be playing in Corbett or was that just for starting and then they move to the OCS?  I really don't understand if that's the case,  500 to 1000 fans would look ridiculous in a college football stadium.  UNC the best team in the country only draws over 2,000 fans a couple games per year.

GO BULLS!

I was thinking this could be a funding move for some state $$$.

Mine was like that earlier today. But looks normal now.

Working on a Saturday. That’s a good sign!

1 hour ago, Jim Johnson said:

This is quite likely... although we know the Pac 12 exclusive window for Fox & ESPN to bid for TV rights expires in early August... and the last Big 12 expansion happened in the month of August... and the Big Ten has not finalized their new contract that expires after the 22-23 academic year.

So there remains some possibility that we could see things happening in August.

I’m betting on PAC12 taking 2-4 teams from The MWC relatively soon.

On 7/5/2022 at 6:40 PM, Brad said:

 

 

So it looks like they flip-flopped the color scheme. Or do those panels still get painted later on?

Remember when this was going to happen? I don’t trust anything out there.

USF is screwed.

Can we ignore all posts by MHver3 and Tuxedo Yoda? They are 0-1000 on their predictions. 

10 minutes ago, hm101 said:

wow I see it now. Did anyone else miss it at first too?

Look carefully. 

It's what Will was alluding to as well.

 

Ooooo I see it now.

3 hours ago, bulloni said:

The price point and the size seem really similar to San Diego State's stadium thats opening this year. Seeing pictures of that now that its almost completed has me completely okay with our stadium being a USF version of theirs. Lots of luxury seating and a lot of different seating levels like mentioned in the ITN. Nobody would mistake it for a high school stadium either like certain school's rust buckets

Also built so its expanded to up to 55k (now 35k with a lot of standing room)

Wow, that looks way bigger than a 35k stadium. Love the design and it will look amazing on TV. 

Can you imagine a year ago arguing whether we should have a bull and a lagoon at our new OCS?! I’m so happy right now!

1 hour ago, bulloni said:

reading it in the initial post I got the idea the lagoon was supposed to be in the stadium instead of a berm. If its right outside the stadium that would be way cooler. Especially if it could be shaped like Bull horns: 

The “Horny Pool”. I like it.

That was a terrrrrrrible article. Yikes.

Once those documents get submitted, I imagine they would be open for a public records request.

Progress looks good and building looks great!

So I know Florida is getting crazy expensive, but wouldn’t the construction costs be lower here than in San Diego? I know they started building in 2020, but just in todays money.

18 minutes ago, puc86 said:

The last time we were at the very top of the highest part of the stadium in the endzone right beside the surface of the sun

I’m pretty sure I had a heatstroke that day.

10 minutes ago, Brad said:

@Steve,

I wasn't implying he was great, btw.  Whether he was great or not is a debatable point.  There are hundreds of threads on that.  Divided opinion.  He was clearly the most successful, but the "great" tag is an individual opinion.

As for Willie, I should have given him some credit too, he related well to players.  He did some "great" recruiting.  Again, had a number of issues with coaching as people have brought up.  There is no doubt he was in the top two of our four previous coaches.

With Leavitt I knew we were going to win around 8 games every year. Which looking back at now I really miss. Just looked up his head coaching record and he was 95–57. That’s pretty impressive. 

I think we might be getting invited to the Big East!

2 hours ago, Jim Johnson said:

Yes... the IPF was designed by HOK -- the pre-eminent stadium architect.  I would love it if they are the successful bid for the OCS... but I don't know if HOK does the build process.

Sports + Recreation + Entertainment - HOK

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HOK’s Sports + Recreation + Entertainment specialists design gathering spaces that build excitement, facilitate connections and leave fans wanting more.

 

I was thinking if that’s the case some “unofficial” conversation has been had to be had lol. Maybe a quicker process that way.

Who designed our IPF? Any of the big design firms like Populous?

25 minutes ago, Gatorbull325 said:

 

 

That’s a grown ass man!