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Of course they want this. 2 of their teams just played in the national championship. This would be a way to allow this to still possibly happen.

Can you copy the article. I know several of us don't get ESPN from work

You are right on the 2 road games. My bad. I think our nonconference schedule is better this year than in some previous years. FSU, Miami, and Nevada are pretty good games. If we are going to compete we need to be more proactive and get some more names

Most teams pretty much do this, so it's not just USF. I did like that Pitt has really tried to strengthen their non-conference scheduling for last season. We should do that since it seems like we get more wins against nonconference opponents than in BE competition.

Thanks. I hope we can make it respectable. If they put up a good fight and lose, I am okay with that. These girls deserve a lot of credit for making it this far. I am afraid of those illegal pitches as well. Hope they don't hurt us

As good as he may be, you would still think that some of these local recruits who list several instate schools would still have USF in a top 10-15. I also understand that some of these guys want to get away from home. Can't fault them for that

Early commitments drive me nuts b/c most of them open it back up at some point. We have time and I am excited to see who we get at QB come February

Northern Illinois was apart of the MAC at the time. Apparently they were once kicked out and then allowed to come back in 1997

I am not surprised that most of these analysts will pick Oklahoma. That is expected and let them. We will prove to them we deserve to be there and can hang in with the big time teams

You think we would have learned from last year and with most of our guys returning, we should turn several of those games into wins. If we can do that we will be fine.

Hopefully our strength of schedule is better next year, but if we don't have the same caliber pitchers as say Barbosa than it might not matter. Hopefully we can build off this season and be just as good if not better next season.

I think it's possible. Knowing that we tend to come up big against nonconference opponents, I think it can be done. Even better is that we actually get this opportunity on our turf. Most of the time we are away.

Or pretty much any game from last season Notre Dame game would be fine to watch

I like the good press he is giving us, but we need to deliver and prove him right. As for, UCF that is more of a dream than us winning a BE championship.

That sounds like a horrible idea. The stadium is expandable to 75k, but its impossible to move around when it is at the normal capacity. You will be fine. The more people in attendance rooting for USF the better

Definitely need hitters. Not pitchers

I am expecting to see some good things from him. He is definitely talented, just hope he has what it takes to do well

As expected when you goto the College World Series

Article in USA today, http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/story/2012-05-28/florida-state-big-12-meetings/55249830/1?csp=34sports Though it remains a hot topic in the billion-dollar business of college athletics, the rumored courtship between Florida State University and the Big 12 Conference has - at least publicly - been reduced to a junior-high romance. While neither side has formally marked the "yes" or "no" box, it appears this relationship is still in the "maybe" stage. "We have not heard a thing and we have not approached them and they have not approached us," said Andy Haggard, the chair of FSU's Board of Trustees. "If anybody approaches us, we are certainly going to listen to them. We have an obligation to Florida State to listen. You can't close the door." The door to a possible relationship may begin to open this week when the Big 12 conducts its annual meetings in Kansas City, Mo. Though it appears unlikely Big 12 representatives will offer any public acknowledgement of expansion talks, the meetings will allow the league to decide whether it wants to explore another round of additions just one year after accepting TCU and West Virginia as new members. Those additions helped offset the defections of Texas A&M and Missouri, which will compete as members of the Southeastern Conference beginning this fall. The Big 12 also saw former member schools Nebraska (Big 10) and Colorado (PAC 12) compete in their new conferences this past year. The meetings may also help shed some light on the league's revised television contract. Sports Business Journal reported two months ago the Big 12 had finalized a deal that would pay each of its member schools $20 million annually, but no deal has been announced. That has fueled rumors that the league may be waiting to see if expansion may add even more revenue to the contract. The Big 12's television contract - and its payouts to member schools - is certainly a topic FSU stakeholders will find interesting. The FSU athletics department's board of directors approved earlier this month a 2012-13 budget that contains a $2.4-million shortfall. Apparently, Florida State's money woes run even deeper than that. The Democrat has learned that the department is unlikely to balance its 2011-12 budget, which closes June 30. FSU's budget issues will get a boost from the Atlantic Coast Conference's new television deal with ESPN/ABC that will pay each school an average of $17.1 million annually - a significant jump from the $12.9 million league teams received this past year. But the ACC payouts will not jump to that $17.1 million payout in the first year of the contract and will instead escalate annually beginning with a $1.2 million increase this year. The Big 12's current contract pays out about $15 million annually. But according to the terms of their entry to the conference, new members West Virginia and TCU only receive 50 percent of what other league schools are paid this year. It will take several years of escalating payments until the two schools earn a full share. That revenue sharing - as well as a $20-million buyout from the ACC - would be a key focus of negotiations should FSU consider a move to the Big 12. In spite of the uncertainty of how FSU would fare financially with a conference move, several key decision-makers - including Haggard and head football coach Jimbo Fisher - are open to Big 12 talks because of their concerns with the ACC's position as a major player in the BCS. The BCS announced in April it would consider voting in a playoff system when its members meet June 20. Both Haggard and Fisher, multiple sources have said, are afraid that the ACC could be left out of a proposed four-team playoff. Their fear is based in part on the speculation that the conference champions from the Big Ten, Big 12, PAC 12 and SEC would have favorable placement in three of the four playoff spots. Haggard, however, repeated to the Democrat that he has had no discussions with the Big 12 and would not comment specifically on any rumors linking FSU to the Big 12. "There are so many rumors and so many things out there," Haggard said. "There's nothing to talk about really."

I guess we won't find out for quite a while, because USF is facing Oklahoma!!! Sorry, I meant I wonder for our sakes, is Golati better or about equal to the pitcher we will face on Oklahoma

If that is truly the case, he should be a hit w/ a lot of Bulls fans

We need to get this kid. Would be huge for our program and possibly help bring in other high rated recruits

I have to give a hats off to Golati. I thought she did a great job and really gave it to our hitters. Thankfully she got tired and we started to hit the ball well at the end of the 2nd game and 3rd game. I wonder how she fares vs the pitcher we will face against Oklahoma?

Perhaps being the 1st game will give us an advantage with more rest afterwards.

I am kind of w/ the sherriff on this. I was mored irked about the USF article blocking UCF that may have led to Pitt and Syracuse leaving. That gives bad press on the school versus just 1 individual.