Ghostbuster

I look at it as being incredibly tone deaf at best. "Hey USF fans want to know how the girl who dumped you is doing while you all are still at rock bottom?" Sure a "follow-up story" technically qualifies as news and sure maybe some USF fans will find it of interest; but if we're being honest and think of this in terms of a venn diagram, the crossover of USF fans put off by this article (rubbing salt in the wound) is going to be far greater than the number of USF fans interested in how Battie is doing. And if you make the call to still go with the story, it's like I said: tone deaf at best or poking the fanbase at worst.

Another "L" from their sports reporters. Maybe they need a new coach too.

Lol... this has gotta be my favorite breaking news: "something may happen by the end of the decade". Someone deserves a raise for that scoop. Like it or not, based on how many people attended last year's game the "rivalry interest" is there; so it makes financial sense for both schools to do it and fill up their respective stadiums.

Nothing wrong with giving a shout out to a QB who will likely take the field at some point this year. I don't think that means he's the QB1...just means the coach is hyping up his players.

As far as how I felt just before each new coach's season began: Holtz: -1/10, yes negative ranking simply because I hated what we did to Leavitt. Embarrassed to admit it but I didn't even go to his first few games because I felt it supported the firing. On paper he was a fine hire though. Taggart: 7/10. At the time I really liked what I saw in him, even tho track record wasn't long. Strong: 8/10 when hired, 4/10 as soon as he came out in his introductory conference and said "we need to slow the offense down so the defense can drink Gatorade". Exposing himself even more, he thought he *fixed* his mistake by saying "oh I mean Powerade not Gatorade". Scott: 0/10. Co-offensive coordinator that didn't call plays, only ever worked at one place and stayed with his old team throughout playoffs instead of focusing on USF. Kinda expected him to be a loser and he proved it along the way. Go: Ambivalent / 10. Last year absolutely destroyed my ability to be hyped for football. I do think Coach Go can actually turn us around bc he made such a difference at Tennessee, but I don't care enough for it to register on the scale yet.

Not what I was saying. ESPN has supposedly been a big driving force helping conferences pick which team is more desirable. So I was saying it's harder to convince a conference and ESPN to promote us (now) than it is to convince the AAU to accept us. To be clear, I'm not saying the AAU is less work to get, but I am saying there are more reasons for a conference to deny us a spot and there are no quantifiable metrics for us to achieve that automatically qualify us for any P5. Let's say we turn things around the next 5 years and are conf champs 3/5 years (in football). Would that qualify us for the SEC? Would going undefeated in the new AAC for 'X' number of years *ever* matter to the SEC? Probably not... My point is the P5 has finite spots, and even if you accomplish great (fleeting) results in athletics, there are lots of reasons for you to be denied. The AAU, unlike the SEC, doesn't care if it already has Florida. There are no limits to the number of seats because you don't start taking money away from the others once you join. (Technically there are incentives for AAU to stand still, but with sports the TV contract *is* the lifeline; whereas AAU grants you access to more funding and grants, but it is not the sole source)

No brainier, P5. AAU would have been there eventually. They're not inviting based on who ESPN tells them to take. Contrast that with the P5, where the musical chairs have pretty much been taken away at this point and we're SOL (nothing within our control). There's a 300+ million dollar gamble being played by the university that says not only can we quickly win enough to be attractive to a P5, but that a conference will have an opening for us. And I would not want to be on the losing side of that bet, making interest payments with AAC revenue.

Definitely would have preferred to see UCF win today to avoid the rematch with #1 seed (and their depth). Oh well, at least their game went long today. Maybe we can squeak one win out of two attempts...

Wait...You're gloating about someone being wrong for thinking/hoping USF could have more than 0 drafted? Christ Almighty this fanbase needs an enema....or some wins to get us off each other's backs. I mean seriously is this the point we're at? So starved for wins we're turning on each other just to feel like we've won an online argument?

The same UConn that did not get invited to a P5 conference while 3 AAC members (who were former conference mates) did. And don't get me started on the fact that comparing us to UConn is ridiculous because no conference in the world wants our basketball team. UConn went back to the BigEast because they have won Natty's before and oh look they did it again this year. Going independent would be the dumbest move in the history of dumb move for our program, and in fact I'm surprised Michael Kelly hasn't been advocating for it since a lot of his other decisions have been terrible. A conference EQUALS more money, more exposure, more recruits, etc. It's why Kennesaw State MBB players, who were in the dance this year, decided to follow their coach to USF which has been a dumpster fire. Now those players' games will at least be on ESPN3 as opposed to www.RandomSportsStreaming.com.

Lol I dunno, I think it might be a bigger problem if we were paying out during a year we did so bad our coach got fired.

Yeah which is why it's strange. If he still gets hired and they just wanted to spite the leakers by pretending it wasn't a done deal...no harm no foul. On the other hand if we don't land him and there really was interest on both sides at one point.....ooo boy did we (u-s-)F it up. I'm not a bball guy but this dude's resume sounded like a, oh what's a good metaphor... A touchdown hire? No no, a home run hire. Yeah that's the most fitting term here.

Was not prepared for that gut punch. I'm going to curl up in the corner and hope the math was off somewhere.

It goes without saying for UCF, but I'm willing to bet FAU also has had more success in the major mens' programs than us over the past decade. (I know their bball team is good this year) If our teams ever won enough to be shown and discussed more on TV...more people would know us. This is a symptom of athletics.

UCF Cincy and Houston stand to have roughly 30 million more reasons for thinking the P5 does matter. I'm astounded this is still an argument somehow....if you don't think the money disparity will create a huge gap leaving us in the dust then you're simply ignoring reality. Everything costs more today than at any point in the past. And any previous success USF had while in trailers or with previous coaches is irrelevant when college football has changed DRAMATICALLY since 1997. USF isn't going to attract/retain quality players when we play in front of 5000 fans against Rice or whoever else is in this conference now. And how many commits will be jazzed about playing for the streaming ESPN 3 masses when you can go to Orlando, Gainesville or Tally and play on national television and get exposure. Hey want to get drafted? Good luck showing the NFL your tape against UAB when others are playing against ranked teams. God the list goes on and on...."P5 doesn't matter" is about the most unrealistic take right now. It's never mattered more. And in a few years when the P5 decide to stop letting G5 into the playoffs, because their good players get injured during blowouts against G5 (or they simply want to keep more money), you won't even have the illusion of the playoffs as a G5.

BCS Level/P5 have been/are the measuring stick. We had that level, lost it and others are taking it. That equals getting passed up. Stating they have more donor $ just explains part of WHY they got a call up to the big leagues; it doesn't change the fact they are getting the promotion over USF who got sent to AAA(C).

They've got pills for that you can take any month

Talk about a hot take. - The Big 12 is going to have 2 teams that have played in the CFP next year. - The new Big12 (including ex-AAC members who I assume the karma remark is geared toward) will (eventually) earn 30 million per year with their media deal. Which for reference is more than even the ACC teams (locked into an old cheap contract) currently make. And of course it blows the AAC out of the water. Boy oh boy, what a disaster... it's practically the Titanic for those teams.

Clearly we just need an on campus basketball court to help with student turnout and then the wins will follow. Oh wait... Btw our new rival in the new AAC currently looks like this in men's bball: So no pressure but we should reaaaaallllly try to turn this franchise around within a year.

If by going "both ways" you mean top talent will always leave from a poor G5 to the P5 (or rich G5) and unproven/unwanted talent will always flow down from the P5 to G5.... Then yes. It will definitely go both ways.

Think it's a sign for me to stop paying so attention to college football because NIL is ruining the game. While these transfers happen to P5s too, it's going to disproportionately make G5s worse. The G5 has to really dig for talented recruits that got missed. But now when they find/develop one, the P5s can swoop in with no penalty and take em after a single good year. We lost a freaking kicker to the portal ffs....of course Battie was gonna leave. Hell Byrum Brown might have enough film out there to warrant a dive into the portal. But don't worry, our administration is on the case. They know if these kids were just playing in a smaller, cheaper stadium on campus we would be keeping them.

I just really don't think I need to explain why more money > less money. Sure some programs may have a harder time succeeding after a move up and some may not spend their money wisely....but I mean come on. We're out here getting excited for a 22 million dollar indoor practice field while UF just spent 88 million on a football center. Sorry but you will not be able to compete with that long term. Two Florida schools, both completed those projects in 2022. Now UCF will be closer to their ballpark of spending on facilities. As if there wasn't already more of an incentive for recruits to go to Orlando (given their recent on field success), they will now lap us in the revenue. There are only so many good players to recruit. And of those that we snag, there's yet a smaller subset that will stay (at a poor G5) after a breakout season if offered a chance with a bigger, richer school with more facilities to offer.

Those leaving the AAC for the Big12 are getting (I think) a 30 million per year revenue boost. And of course the Big12's tv contract is chump change compared to others....so that's a lot of leagues outspending and out-recruiting the G5. Beating a P5 team in one bowl game at the end of the season (when everyone is seeing players go to the portal or declaring for the draft) doesn't erase getting beat off the field the other 364 days of the year.

1) Win football games 2) Win football games 3) Win football games 4) Win football games Easy list because that's the only sport and only result that matters. That is hopefully the mentality of USF athletics right now... because if they don't immediately turn this around the discussion for the next P5 call up will be Tulane/whoever else wins big games.

So long quitter. I woulda benched him as soon as I had a replacement considering he sat out against UCF