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After last night's beating this puts a smile on my face. CBG has this team on the right track and they don't hold back anything. 

Only flaw I see is that Collins has been cold lately. Wonder what's going on with him. 

58 minutes ago, NJUSFBULL said:

Let's not forget that to win this game, we needed TWO kick-off returns for a touchdown and a lucky fumble recovery in the fourth quarter.  Not sure any of those were in CCS's game plan.

Fair enough but Terrence Horne was a guy CCS recruited and he actually played a role in the offensive game plan as well (caught a TD pass.) We won't take that away from Strong, he saw the talent, the talent came through. 

1 hour ago, usf97 said:

The administration has already signaled the plans. They already paid MF for their little PR campaign to set expectations. 

AD Kelly on 11/30/18:

"I think we do. I have confidence in my ability to find people, but I also like to build things with people who want to be here. … I think it's irrational to make a wholesale change."

"I just believe he's a good, good fit for us," Kelly said. "He's had a great career. Relates well to student-athletes. He recruits Florida well."

"I have confidence in my ability to find people, but I also like to build things with people who want to be here. … I think it's irrational to make a wholesale change."

"I could look at silly at any time, but I really believe he wants to be here," Kelly said.

"We have to build the football facility first. I would say that if Charlie went somewhere else, we'd still have to do it for any coach."

"As long as people are looking for ways to improve and wanting to be here, why wouldn't I build on it with someone who is a proven success, who has great contacts in the state of Florida?" Kelly said. 

"I think it' so easy to jump ahead in a society where everything is so instantaneous, everyone's reaction, and judgment. But I still believe in Charlie. I think we're a good team. "

 

So in a nutshell. Charlie Strong is going to be here as long as "he wants to be here". Also, CCS has convinced Kelly that we can't expect to win without an IPF so nothing that happens until that facility is built will be held against him. Or in other words, Clint Hurtt and Teddy Bridgewater made CCS Millions. 

Perhaps I'm reading too much into this statement, but I think he's trying to sell CCS to the fan base. Saying "I believe" is completely noncommittal. It's hoping, it's praying that CCS actually has the will and desire to be here. He hedged it with the "we'd still have to do it for any coach" and "why wouldn't I build on it..." comments. 

No, nothing is instantaneous, but CCS hasn't gotten our team in position to win football games. With the exception of the GT game (I will give full credit to CCS there, he beat a team that finished with a winning record, and it was a positive, exciting, generally well-called game), even the first half the season felt like we were playing 2014 SMU 7 weeks in a row (and that was a BAD football team). We looked good, we had an undefeated record, but it was as thin as wrapping paper. We hoped that it was just the team learning and trying to get better, but it didn't show up in the win column the last six games. The only highlights after the UConn win were leading at the half against Cincy and Temple, and hey, if we win those games, then we have something to sell and not all is lost.  But we didn't. 

1 hour ago, flsportsfan83 said:

Firing Stan Heath was te worst firing in the history of USF Athletics. 

After Leavitt won his lawsuit and proved he was not at fault, I find it hard to agree-they got rid of the golden goose. 

18 minutes ago, Calibull said:

Rideau and Durr need to improve his free throw shooting.  I mean everyone else has gotten it together.   

and it has already cost us two games

Yeah take that away from opponents and he'll be nigh unstoppable. 

Alcorn State and FDU won't be a problem, but I expect UConn to hack him all night long. 

All that foul trouble allowed fiu to stay in the game. They couldn't compete with us without it. Kill the turnovers and foul problems and this team has a chance at the NIT. it's like a game of whack a mole. Fix one problem and another springs up. Props to the excellent defensive play, FIU shot 37% from the floor and 16% from the 3 point line. 

At what point does FIU start fouling? Need to keep the lead up as they have several players with fouls available. 

1 minute ago, George Jenkins said:

Shooting 70% from 3 helps... a lot

As does essentially taking Brian beard out of the game. 

Just now, Triple B said:

69-60. 5:19

Q cramping up

At least he hit two free throws before his cramp. 

Just now, Triple B said:

67-58. 6:39.   

We may hit 30 turnovers

Need to stop wasting possessions. Law of averages favor us when we shoot. 

No lead is safe against teams that love the 3. The good news is the lead is so large that they will still use most of their energy coming back. Just tighten it up and slow the game down, and FIU will get frustrated. 

3 minutes ago, bcgruber said:

MK broke the net in delay

Oh my that's wild. 

That's more like it! 

12-2 App state run to open the second half. Get it together Bulls. 

13 hours ago, MaltLiquorBull said:

Believe me, USF football exists.  I renewed last week and I just saw my credit card statement.  Yes, USF football exists and according to VISA, it is a totally legit organization.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clearly we need to recruit some Nigerian princes to raise money for an OCS. 

5 minutes ago, ArmyBull said:

My only issue with this line of thinking is that it assumes that Gilbert would not have taken the Mcneese job had he had an outstanding year as OC?

No he wouldn't have. An outstanding year would have had him taking a job at a bigger school as an OC or as a G5 head coach. 

23 hours ago, Brad said:

No, they play in the tournament for their division.  

The G5 can start their own tournament in they want one.

My son plays 5A, they don't whine and complain about 6A.  Or worse, declare themselves champions of 6A although they don't play in 6A.

That, my friend, would be ridiculous.

The issue with that is that teams can make moves between 5A and 6A relatively easily. We've already seen how hard it is for a G5 team to move to a P5 conference. The only ones to do it in the past ten years would be TCU and Utah if I'm not mistaken. We won't count the BE since it was a power conference. 

1 hour ago, CousinRicky said:

You hate to take your starting PG out but it could turn into a Hack-a-Shaq thing.  

Maybe they should just run the offense through him the first 5-7 minutes of every half. Get their starting five in foul trouble and then we can capitalize down the stretch-and maybe in the mean time he'll learn to make free throws with how often he'll be shooting them. 

Oh, I'm still in a "let's make a difference" mode. There's no excuse for what's happened the past month. That not a single person has been fired in the last week is stunning to me unless they're waiting until after early signing day-and it's not like we have an amazing class coming in as is. 

1 hour ago, 79 Bull said:

Combined projections below.  I would LOVE Miami or Wake in Tampa.

https://247sports.com/college/south-florida/Article/End-of-the-season-bowl-projections-for-the-USF-Bulls-125372543/

 

Normally I'd be too. But Miami closed the season strong while we flamed out. Wake we may have a chance but Miami will roll us. 

11 minutes ago, Bulls Are We said:

Negotiations are a two way street. No highly regarded coach is going to agree to a low ball buyout. You can maybe get away with that with a young coordinator moving up the ladder, but not a guy who just got canned at Tejas.  

Except he's no longer the guy who got canned by Texas, he's now the guy who lost five straight to close the regular season at USF. 

I would argue there's leverage to renegotiate that buyout and a pay cut. 

If nothing else there should be the leverage to get CCS to take a paycut. Most around here were predicting a 7-8 win season back in July/August and that is what we got. The problem is how it happened. Had we gone 3-3 to the start the season and 4-2 to finish the season with wins over UCF, Tulane, UConn and one of Temple/Cincy I don't think anyone would have had a problem. It's the five losses in a low that show that most of the team wasn't developing and gelling as the year went on. 

Get rid of Gilbert/Mattox/Williams/Burke, drop Strong's salary next year to 1.5-1.8 million, and that's how Strong stays. And I'm still not sure with all that if he sees any progression to assure a 10 win season next year (which is what we should expect with a team of upper classmen). 

14 minutes ago, Rocky Style said:

They had actual enthusiasm and cheers and tradition gimmicks.  Our area was old, bored, and not making any noise while sitting.  

Oh and I can hear their band loud and clear and can never hear ours anymore.

This bothered me. I would hear our band and then UCF would repeatedly play over them. Can we get some louder music? 

15 minutes ago, CousinRicky said:

We really need for you to not jump ship.  As hard as this year as been we need fans to continue to show up.  It isn't easy but we don't need opening day vs Wisconsin to be 15k USF fans and 30k Wisky fans.  Also need to think long term as far as looking as a viable option if another conference does expand.  

Thank you! If we don't support our Bulls no one is going to do it for us. Win or lose, 12-0 or 0-12, they need us to grow as a program. 

38 minutes ago, USFBULL_08 said:

Oof, attendance is gonna be special if we are riding an 8 game losing streak with an FCS opponent at home.

I wouldn't assume anything. The good news is that a lot of the young guys will get a full off season of S&C. 

Besides, you never know-we might actually have a good hire at OC and OL in the offseason. Strong doesn't seem too pleased with his current duo.