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Now watching but MD 30-0 over WVU at halftime? Light the couches early eeers

I'll be happy for them and very impressed with Petrino knocking off two SEC teams in two weeks. Horrible person, helluva coach.

God they are hard to watch

Great start for AAC

If we get in, I'm buying a BIG 12 PACK and pulling out my USF beer funnel , this would be like getting freed from prison, except better

According to Yoda , we are in B12: Tuxedo Yoda â€@TuxedoYoda 47m Based on the way things are going, I think the B12 goes to 14 before the new league is created. UCF, USF, BYU (fball only) and a 4th team

Actually Ale and Witch no longer exists, they tore the building down and a new one is going up with a bunch of new businesses.

I'm staying a few nights at the Vinoy Hotel in St. Pete this week. This is a pretty awesome hotel! Good food, nice rooms. I used to live in the area in the early 70's when the Vinoy was shut down, it was not used for 15 years. There is a lot of money still going in to redevelopment of downtown St. Pete, new high rise condos and shopping malls under construction. USFSP is a pretty nice little campus as well. The Pier was shut down forever in May but I'm sure something cool will go in its place. The area still floods like hell so I can't plan golf today at the Vinoy's Golf Course, formerly Sunset Country Club when I lived here. Babe Ruth and other Yankee greats used to play golf at Sunset and 'raise a little hell' as I read on the website.

He'll get a shot at QB first. He may be short, but he has an oustanding arm. Better than many starting NFL QB's. I wonder if they are thinking a Russell He'll get a shot at QB first. He may be short, but he has an oustanding arm. Better than many starting NFL QB's. I wonder if they are thinking a Russell Wilson type of QB? Not a prototype but dangerous in the right (un Skippy like) offense , a runner with a cannon arm, but Wilson is very accurate

Shocker, do they think he's an RB or wildcat QB? Can he hit anybody ?

What would USF overall record be IF they did join the B12 next year? 6-6?

We are in an all sports conference with a brand new coach. We haven't won squat and deserve to be here. Time to kick ass on the field, smash some heads, make people pray they don't have to play us, and climb to the top of the conference so we are picked the next time around. Did I just say that? This blows, I'm going to ***** until I die or we get in a better conference!!!!

Forgettable name, forgettable conference

Latest from the Dude: Why The Wait? The question I get asked the most about conference realignment is about the timeline of future announcements. That’s not exactly true. The question I get asked the most concerns my intelligence and something about a “ fait accompli†statement I once made a long time ago. We best leave that topic alone. But the question about when we may see the next round of moves is a close second. Deadlines, both real and imagined, have come and gone for over a year now and the ACC keeps motoring along with all its really important parts still in place. Why hasn’t the Big 10 moved? Why hasn’t Jim Delany put his “Delany Doctrine†into place? What’s the holdup? Over the weekend I did some investigating into the matter to see what could be causing the delay. The consensus answer surprised me – the Big 10 just doesn’t feel any need to rush. The Big 10 isn’t being lackadaisical, the multitude of factors that comprise the motivations and deterrents driving realignment are just not as time sensitive as we think. Nothing has to be settled before 2015 when the NCAA implements the playoff format and playoff shares become important. Two years is a long time to wait for movement. Can we, as fans, endure two years of posturing and rumors of alliances and raids without going crazy? The truth is that only Jim Delany knows the Big 10’s timeline for expansion. All we can do is try and understand the contributing factors affecting the timeline. #1 Big 10 plans to expand to 18 – Michigan and Illinois still cool on FSU The people I speak to around the Big 10 and SEC agree that UVA is signed, sealed and delivered and that Georgia Tech is likely the same. There is much debate about #17 but I believe, again based on the conversations I have, that FSU is #17. FSU has the support of Ohio State and the time to convince Michigan and Illinois that the Seminoles will benefit the Big 10. The only question, and I believe a contributing factor in the delay, is who is number 18? UNC is Delany’s choice for #18 but the Tarheels are slow-playing both the Big 10 and SEC. I believe Jim Delany wants to announce the addition of the 4 schools at the same time, but is this enough to halt expansion until the Tarheels decide? No, but it is a factor. #2 UNC wants time to save the ACC UNC knows what everyone else does – the Big 10 is vastly superior to the SEC in two areas – academics and basketball. Everyone I speak to, including those in the SEC, believe that given a choice between both the B1G and the SEC that UNC picks the Big 10. UNC is engaged in talks with both conferences but, according to my sources, has only begun the paperwork for the Big 10. I believe the Tarheels are stalling and using the delay to explore every possible way to increase ACC revenues to the point where ACC schools, including UVA and Georgia Tech, choose to stay. The likelihood that the ACC can raise revenues to be within $10 million of the Big 10 or SEC in 2016 is farfetched in my opinion. Nothing I have seen or heard gives me reason to think that ESPN will go along with an ACC Network. What about the Big 12 – ACC alliance? Nothing I see, read or hear gives me reason to think the alliance brings in more than $4 million for the schools featured in the made-for-TV matchups of the alliance. UNC’s stall tactics are one reason for the delay but not the definitive factor. The definitive factor is money. #3 Everyone saves (except the ACC) money on the exit fee by waiting Here is where the ACC’s lawsuit against Maryland comes into play – everyone saves money on the exit fee by waiting. The ACC’s exit fee is currently $52 million. Maryland contends the exit fee is punitive and that the ACC violated its own by-laws in both the manner the fee was implemented and when it took effect. If Maryland wins, and it is likely they will, the exit fee is unenforceable. That means the exit fee reverts back to $20 million. It’s important to note here that if the fee is determined to be punitive the ACC must start from scratch to implement any raise and, according to ACC by-laws, any fee increase would not take affect until the beginning of the following academic year. So waiting for the inevitable Maryland courtroom victory means that UVA, Georgia Tech and FSU save at least $32 million each. The Big 10 saves many too. Assuming the Big 10 agrees to help each departing school with half of the exit fee the price tag for the Big 10 is $104 million. If the Big 10 waits until the Maryland lawsuit is settled that $104 million becomes $40 million. If money is the driving force behind conference realignment then money is also the primary driving force behind any delay. If that’s not enough for you then consider the money the schools save by waiting outside of the exit fee. #4 Realized Revenues The ACC is currently withholding Maryland’s ACC revenues against the $52 million exit fee the ACC claims the Terps owe. UVA, Georgia Tech, FSU and whoever #18 is cannot afford to have two years ($38 million) of TV revenue withheld to satisfy the ACC’s exit fee. By waiting for an outcome of the lawsuit the schools likely mitigate their losses from $38 million to $10 million (assuming help from the Big 10) and go from owing the ACC money to receiving revenue in both lame duck years. #5 Big 10 cashes in in 2016 The Big 10’s TV contract is up for renewal in 2016. Expansion south adds TV sets and dollars – enough dollars to pay for adding 6 additional schools. Here’s the important point – current Big 10 members will not take a cut in revenue and that’s why the Big 10 likely waits until 2016 to have UVA, GT, FSU and UNC join the ranks. Summing it up Money makes the world go round and money moves mountains. Money is the reason for conference realignment and money is the reason why everyone is content to wait until the Maryland lawsuit is settled. The fact is that schools, especially those in states who have reduced funding for higher learning, cannot justify a dime more than is required to leave the ACC. So be prepared to wait a little while longer. Notes: I continue to hear that FSU has the votes needed for membership in the Big 10. Reports that FSU had been notified that the Big 10 was not interested in the Seminoles appear to have originated from the Big 10 office in Chicago and are denied by those at Ohio State If UNC should choose to go with the SEC instead of the Big 10 then Missouri becomes the Big 10’s first choice for #18. Boston College is still on the Big 10’s radar and likely to be invited to join the conference as #20 should Notre Dame accept an invitation to join the conference in 2016 as #19. News has been hard to come by during the last week because most involved where at the NCAA basketball tournament. http://www.sportsmancave.com/why-the-wait/

We have never been there. I had a 10 y.o. girl and 6 y.o. boy. We are also going to Wet N Wild, then down to Longboat Key for a few days.

I was refunded my $25 application and given a cheap plastic Bulls license plate from our Alumni Assoc., nice!

It's not going to happen but USF, FSU, Miami and UCF to B12 would be our dream scenario. That would be one fun conference to be a part of. Should I ask Yoda, the Dude, et al to run it by the alignment gods at FOX?

Woolard didn't know how to run a football program when he got here (Judy's shaft) and hasn't learned JACK. If we end up landing in a better conference or playing a better better schedule it will be DUMB luck. Now if he used all the FREE money he gets when a coach wins ONE meaningful game to buy free beer at sporting events I MIGHT change my mind.

Prado is another one of Woolards stellar hires that have allowed us to rise to the top of intercollegiate athletics.

That would rock if we went to B12 with UCF and Miami, RayJay would be packed most weekends.

Have we ever had one tranfer from UF that wasn't flunked up and contributed more than a few tackles and or catches catches?

Thanks for the feedback folks. So far I have appts. set up at Vinoy, Don Cesar and Longboat Key Club

I'm planning a meeting in Jan. 2014, bringing 140 people. I'm also going to have a golf tourney. Thoughts?

Funny how none of Skip's stellar staff followed him to La Tech.

I know CJL didn't draft all those LBs but he coached 3 LBs to all pro and the other one could be one (according to Aikmen). I've never heard of a team that had 3 LB make it all pro the same year. That's one helluva job.