CPR

15 minutes ago, Capital H said:

Auburn didn't show up and the one big break (the wrong call on the fumble return for a TD) went the Knights way. 

Its what they have done all season play hard and get huuuuge breaks. 

Breaks usually go both ways. Auburn got a huge break too when Milton missed a wide open receiver for an easy touchdown.

4 minutes ago, snarling Bull said:

they didn't come to play

 

The majority of the P5 teams that get stuck in this bowl game never play very well. That's why I didn't know why so many on here thought Auburn would win so easily.

31 minutes ago, Hueyhog20 said:

So how did UCF do so far with their class w/out Frost? 

So far, they're doing better than us according to 247. Average rating:

UCF: 82.40

USF: 80.90

https://247sports.com/Season/2018-Football/TeamRankings?Conference=AAC

10 minutes ago, USFBULL_08 said:

The only thing I see is 0 espn top 300 commits.

Charlie was supposed to elevate us, right?

Taggart was a great recruiter for us. I didn't really hear anything about how coach Strong be be that much better than Taggart. I expected a team ranking from 40-50, just like where we were with Taggart.

3 hours ago, jasonb56 said:

Indiana is most likely, or us... FSU has backed off

Yep, he signed with Indiana.

58 minutes ago, Gatorbull325 said:

I'm good with our two current QBs. I we get him cool, if not, i prefer the two QBs who currently have USF in their heart anyways. 

 

Yea, my guess is FSU now. Oh well.

This would be the biggest pickup of the class. I think it's either us or FSU. Thanks for all these updates Mama_Bull.

16 minutes ago, BullFan98 said:

Of course we do.  We offer scholarships to 3, 4 & 5 star recruits in our backyard, tri-county area as an example, as does FSU.  It is a bigger concern, because of CWT's roots & relationships in this area.  

I could be wrong, but I don't think any of our 23 verbal commits have an FSU offer. Again, we very rarely beat FSU out in recruiting battles and the guys we do get with FSU offers, FSU has cooled off on recruiting them. Frost is the guy we need to be concerned about, not Taggart. FSU will continue to land top 5-10 recruiting classes with or without Taggart, nothing changes there. But, we'll get in some actual recruiting battles with Frost.

Isn't it very different since we had Taggart for 3 years, compared to them having him for what barely seemed like a year? I get some of the similarities, but it's not the same.

This is going to be a pretty close game. TTU could win 8-9 games in the AAC East.

12 minutes ago, Mama_Bull said:

Depends on how they do in their bowl game (if without Frost coaching), who they get as their coach and whether we win our bowl game and keep CCS.

The voters have a lot of respect for CCS and will probably believe he will be able to continue to improve our defense next year. We will likely be even more of a running team, with Cronkite, so whatever QB we have won't have to do it by himself to win our conference.

I know that seems far fetched now, but if we win our bowl game and both Memphis and UCF lose, we might be ranked in the preseason which would make us one of the favorites, since we will get UCF at home.  

 

 

 

Frost is supposedly coaching their bowl game.

4 hours ago, Mama_Bull said:

Me too.

Without Frost, USF may be the favorite to win the conference AGAIN.

Based on what though? We lose our best QB ever and UCF returns Milton for 2 more years. As long as they have Milton, they are the favorites in the East for the next 2 years. Our QB's haven't played any meaningful snaps. The media would be dopes to put us as the favorites next year.

7 minutes ago, George_Bullnard_Shaw said:

UCF 38-13.  Their turn around has been spectacular.

4 TO's today has a lot to do with that, but yes, they are a legit top 15-20 team.

3 hours ago, flsportsfan83 said:

Take it to the bank. If the spread is -21 or better then bet your house on UCF. I'll be there cheering the  on. I hope to be proved wrong, which rarely happens. 

If I didn't have any skin in the game, I'd bet UCF by 10-12 points. I can't see a rivalry game like this being lost by 21+ points.

2 hours ago, 206BULL said:

Kind of my thoughts. Either we are freeing up some space by letting some of these earlier guys know they may want to look elsewhere(Not sure that's the case with Peterson) or the recruits firmly believe that Strong is gone. Either way with the class as big as it already is an extra scholly for some of the bigger names out there isn't a bad thing. WIsh him well. 

Are there really P5 schools that are dumb/crazy enough to want Strong as HC?

32 minutes ago, NewEnglandBull said:

Means nothing. We beat ucf and Memphis it’s ours. 

Boise St is a bigger brand than USF. If we both win out, I could see the committee put an 11-2 Boise team ahead of us. Our schedule is horrible and we lost to the one team with a pulse so far. The committee has shown they don't care about the other polls, they do things differently.

7 minutes ago, USFStPete said:

USF: Humbled by 1 loss already, hungry from being knocked out of top 25, underdogs again, bye week coming up, offense showing positive signs at right time of year, 2 extra days rest before Black Friday

 

C.: Defense is looking worse every week, head coach distractions, CFP ranking distractions, playing way over their heads, offense not tested yet, USF game will be 10th straight week without bye, likely overconfident, USF game will be on short week

 

Not to mention the fact that we ALWAYS bring it against them even when we've had our most awful teams.  We're winning on Black Friday.

I hope so. I think Memphis is playing the best football right now. That could easily change though.

And coach Strong playing for a ******* field goal. At least throw the ball once. That made me lose my mind.

6 minutes ago, Bulls Are We said:

We will need OT to hit 30

Screw the streak, we just need a win. Doesn't look good.

nvm

46 minutes ago, charsibb said:

Gotta wonder if this is an equipment violation. If something like this caused us to void a victory, I would be really pissed.

 

Lol, I think he was being figurative, not literal.

BSU up 21-0 against #19 SDSU.

Hate to be a downer, but we wouldn't even pass 10-2 blue blood programs. The only way we would be top 4 is if every blue blood had 3 loses or more. Not gonna happen this year with 11 regular season games and our weak schedule. Hopefully, he pass WSU, but that's not even a given.

I just completed this quiz.

I doubt it, but you never know. Houston and USF could very well both be undefeated. Like you said, it all depends on the other match-ups and they don't look great.