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5 minutes ago, raptorcj said:

Appreciate his enthusiasm for USF, but man it's been a while since I've heard that many mf adjectives.

He's got a box for the game tomorrow, so I imagine there will be a whole lot more of that going around 

4 minutes ago, The Great 8 said:

WTF are you talking about? UCF isn't close based on current rankings.

They were awarded the status recently: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/education/os-ucf-approved-preemenient-20160922-story.html

37 minutes ago, chrisdashley said:

Except people know who Uncle Luke is...

Actually, the two of them (Plies and Luke) have even worked together.

21 minutes ago, jasonb56 said:

Saw some gentleman who goes by Plies state he is throwing some HUGE tailgate for free for USF... 

Is he a former USF grad?

He's an Atlantic Records rapper that is from Fort Myers, but lives in Tampa. He played WR for Miami of Ohio and is a pretty big college sports fan.

Edit: He's also responsible for this meme/sports celebration: http://www.sbnation.com/2016/1/1/10700450/RAN-OFF-ON-THE-PLUG-TWICE-touchdown-celebration

Just gonna leave this here.

28 minutes ago, Triple B said:

Higher than Houston?? I'd love it but just can't see it ...

I'm with you. Optimistically, I love it, but I don't understand the non-fan perspective that came up with those percentages.

I know they are building a new sports store owned and operated by the Lightning parent group, so we should have better representation when that is finished:

http://www.83degreesmedia.com/devnews/tampa-bay-sports-international-airport-retail-store-08232016.aspx 

3 minutes ago, 79 Bull said:

At airport picking up a friend and I wander by the team store. They have zero USF shirts but plenty of FSU and Gator gear. Out of view are a few stuffed Rockys but that's it. Asked why no Bulls shirts and got a shrug. Not good at our airport.

What's the name of the store?

1 minute ago, Triple B said:

Just as a heads up, the Donor designation is not automatic. Brad has to push it and I think he said yesterday he was going to be pretty busy today so it may be a day or so before it shows up.

Brad doesn't owe me a donor designation. I was just joshing about it. Pass it along that if he's putting my donor designation on a to-do list, it should be somewhere after the very last item on the list. I appreciate the heads up, though. 

Just now, ___ Eats It said:

Dear sweet 8 pound baby Jesus, all sweet and innocent laying the crib, don't know nothing and yet omniscient and omnipotent... please make this happen.  

Before it came out, I thought that movie was going to be horrible on an epic scale. I was so, so, so very wrong.

12 minutes ago, Sellular1 said:

Still funny that they haven't beaten an FBS team in 660 days

I never thought of it this way. That is... incredible. Has it really been that long?

14 minutes ago, bullnupe said:

Now the Oliver garden gift cards don't work as well.

Does Oliver garden sell gruel? Mmmmm... delicious gruel.

4 minutes ago, Rizman said:

Here is a nice piece of garbage to line your cat box with.   Oh, my and they pay these people.

 

http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/news/louisville-florida-state-win-expansion-candidates-big-12-houston-cincinnati-ucon/bxiglvrydu981srjjf0wz1b54

"Mike DeCourcy is college basketball columnist at Sporting News, a position he has held for 20 years. He is a member of the US Basketball Writers Hall of Fame. He also write frequently about soccer."

Author seems TOTALLY qualified to be writing about football in regards to expansion.

Just now, NCBull said:

I've given some money a couple of times now...figure I spend enough time here to warrant it, and it pretty much is a charity out of the goodness of Brad's heart.  The donor avatar enhancement is new this year.  Donate a bit and you'll get the bling.  It's not exactly club access, but the prestige is certainly worth it.  

Interesting to know it is a new feature. I was just curious, that's all.

I think I was paying $35+ per month on Rivals, so I have no problem donating to this site (with or without donor bling). I still think Brad should make it a more prominent option/feature on the site.

Side note: Sent $100 your way, @Brad. From my line of work, I know how much effort goes into keeping something like this up-and-running; it's appreciated.

I hope that the second the fourth quarter ends, he suddenly recovers 10x stronger and not a second before that time period.

16 minutes ago, bullnupe said:

Dude  the amount can't be much  I just donate a few bucks when I have a gift card that I have something left on and I still got the cool  super duper Donor VIP front and top of the line avatar enhancer.   I really think its like Christmas should be  its the thought that counts and if everybody did something the bills would be paid easily.

To be honest, I was curious myself. I used to be a monthly donor when I transferred over here after leaving Rivals, but was never noted as such with the "cool super duper Donor VIP" lol.

I'm with you, though. It's the thought that counts.

14 minutes ago, MMW said:

I am also starting to waver on the OCS argument, although not completely.  Not only will 60K people come to the game but we have a venue that can easily accommodate them.  It works when we are winning but when nobody shows up it is bad.  

RJS is definitely a nice home to have until we have our own; it's a great stadium.

56 minutes ago, TimBulla said:

Dennis Dodd

Jon Solomon

Jerry Palm

Tom Fornelli

Robby Kalland

Ben Kercheval

Chip Patterson

 

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/features/writers/expert/picks

 

We should note that these picks are against the spread, but still, it's nice to see.

26 minutes ago, OcalaBull2 said:

If there's no "buzz" outside of Tampa then why was their an article recently written to not rule USF out, which came from outside of Tampa?

Odom probably meant that he can't afford to actually go outside of Tampa and check whether or not there's a buzz. Bus tickets are at least $10 nowadays -- can't afford that on a journalist's salary.

1 hour ago, USFBulls12 said:

Never heard of clucko before then...usually don't seek the predictions of a coin flip

If you're seeking predictions, maybe you should. Year after year, he has one of the better records on their panel.

9 minutes ago, dausfbulls11 said:

Surprised no one else brought it up......saw video saying they are playing in the "real south florida", Miami Knights.   Referencing them playing at FIU, seemed like a lil jab at us.

UCF has videos? Huh. That's kind of cute.

On September 21, 2016 at 0:07 PM, USFBulls12 said:

Doesn't Clucko sometimes use a coin flip to make the picks?

 

"...Clucko makes picks based on two feed dishes representing each team – or on a coin-flip."

Yes. Clucko is a coin flip.

I apologize... I thought that was common knowledge. For those who thought Clucko was a real life chicken, my sincere apologies.

2 hours ago, BurghBulltoo said:

Clucko the chicken is picking us. he better be right or I am going to Chick Fil a

 

http://collegefootballnews.com/2016/week-4-college-football-expert-picks-predictions

 

Clucko also made us one of his sure thing locks after the spread. His record, this year, for those picks is pretty good. It's excellent when you consider the records of his peers for this category.

19 hours ago, Bulls1181 said:

I pick Alabama..

Wow. I have never seen that one before. That's terrible. Hahaha