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The energy's pretty good tonight. That makes me excited for what we'll see as the year goes on.

9 minutes ago, DELdaBull said:

Andrew,  you up in here?

Yessir! On the aisle near the top of one of the club sections.

St Leo players were introduced with The Lion Sleeps Tonight playing in the background. The AV crew's off to a strong start.

12 minutes ago, flsportsfan83 said:

Got mine, no gift like the football bobbleheads. Oh well.

No gift, yet.

I got an email from Athletics a few days ago that included the following line:

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Soon we will release details of an exclusive gift for both USF Basketball programs as another thank you for your support as a season ticket member.

While he develops younger players!?

What about the players he should have been developing for the past three years? What would change in year four that hasn't already happened?

#ThePortal is a single tool in a sea of tools for building and running a football program. It isn't the only tool and certainly isn't the most important one.

The draft is now over. Unless I missed someone while scanning through the picks, 6 Bulls were picked up:

Quinton Flowers - Tampa Bay Vipers
Sean Price - Dallas Renegades
Quinterrius Eatmon - Seattle Dragons
Deatrick Nichols - Houston Roughnecks
B.J. Daniels - Seattle Dragons
Reshard Cliett - Dallas Renegades

Of the players available in the draft pool, the following guys weren't picked up:

Tyre Mccants
Eric Mayes
Jeremi Hall
Lawrence Martin
Vincent Jackson
Devin Abraham
Elkanah Dillon (I know he transferred but he's still a Bull)
 

Along with a dozen or so other former players on the sideline. It's hard to know who the others are because most of them have towels over their heads to avoid the heat.

I have one more ticket available in 113. DM me first and it's yours

The tickets have been claimed.

I have a couple tickets available at the top of section 113 for anyone who needs them.

I received the tickets for free so I'm passing them along at that same price.

1 hour ago, NewEnglandBull said:

Those two wins were glorious....

And that third loss was brutal. I'm convinced those Ohio guards could've made those deep threes with blindfolds on.

TDS reported that the press conference was announced just 30 minutes before it happened. I suspect the small crowd was by design. 

31 minutes ago, Blackice12 said:

I am  well aware of the EEE Mosquito issue happening in the Northeast.  But... Does anyone believe this game was really moved due to the EEE issue or if it was moved because on a national stage neither one of these teams are moving the needle? Just curious.

The on-field performance has nothing to do with this move. The whole area has adjusted schedules to keep people from being outside in the evening.

3 minutes ago, USFBulls727 said:

This will be a really bad season no matter who the HC is at this point. 

Do something drastic for the rest of the year:

HC- King
OC- Lamar
DC- Sanchez
ST- Nadelman

What could go wrong? 

Paper bags may not be allowed into the stadium. The clear bag policy could be used to keep people from bringing the bags in.

4 minutes ago, hm101 said:

Its in strongs best interest to work a deal with USF. He is failing hard and will never coach again  save for a low level team as it stands - this is an abysmal fall from inheriting a top 20 taggart team to this. Walk away, recoop, and coach again somewhere else next year. Cause going from 11-2 to 2-10 means your career is over.

His head coaching career may be over but he'd still be wanted as a coordinator. He could leave now or leave at the end of his contract and still be in the same position. Head coaching failure doesn't necessarily translate to failure as a coordinator. Charlie may be the next enrollee in Bama's program for misfit head coaches.

4 minutes ago, BDYZR said:

Start with the radio show and boo his ass out of the room.

I've never been to one of the radio shows but you can count me in for this on the next one. Before last night, I was ready to wait out the season before jumping on the fire Charlie train. Last night settled it for me. Change is needed.

When's the next radio show?

2 minutes ago, CousinRicky said:

Since this season is basically over, why don't we just bench all the seniors on the O line and let the Fr get a chance to learn on the job.

Especially since the seniors seem to be the biggest problem spots on the line. I thought Atterbury and Norman were effective for us in previous years but they've been letting guys through as easily as the attendants at the doors to the club.

17 minutes ago, NewEnglandBull said:

According to the Daily Stampede. Best we could do is probably pay it off over three or four years. 

Where did they report this? I looked for it but don't see anything.

I saw a couple of these shirts around 6D during today's tailgate. This is a great way to pick out the people we spend our days arguing with in the wild. My shirt's doing great in this brutal heat.

Even with all the experience, we only have two seniors. Things are looking up for this program.

11 hours ago, Boomer said:

Only ‘cause you haven’t played ours yet! 

Tailgate ain't played nobody

17 minutes ago, DELdaBull said:

How was this mailed? USPS?

Yes. USPS

2 hours ago, mj796 said:

What are you even talking about? There is no way this is part of our culture but it could be. That's my point...would be a very sad day. Stop trying to make 'fetch' happen...it's not happening.

You're saying it isn't part of our culture but it's something that actually happens around the program unlike the things you responded with when asked what you think our culture is.

When it's still talked about over a decade later, it's something. Maybe not culture since you seem allergic to the idea of that but something.

18 minutes ago, mj796 said:

This is a weird thing. Every team has lots of weird traditions that fit into their own culture but they are usually interesting...if we don't stop this one soon, it will become part of our culture as well. Same thing with these hideous helmets. They are now part of our culture and people seem to like them (so weird). Our team fell apart when we switched to Adidas from UA. Adidas objectively sucks. Their uniform designs for every team they have are terrible. Their polo's and other gameday fan gear look like rejects from the Bealls Outlet. However, by the time the contract is up, cheap uniforms and gear will be part of our culture. CCS likes mediocrity...by the time he is gone, mediocrity will be part of our culture. Rising up against the 'stronger' teams used to be part of our culture...you could always count on us for at least one upset each year. Now that culture is gone and underperforming against expectations is our new culture. We squandered a good culture and let a bad culture take over. UCF was below us, not even worth having a conversation about as our rivals. Now they are the belle of the ball. Cool uniforms and gameday experience too. They developed weird things that are somewhat cool (to some people I suppose even though I find all of their traditions 'War Flamingo-esque'). The point is, bad things need to be crushed quickly and absolutely. If Robert Barathean ensures Danarys Targaryan is killed when discovered, she never rises to power. A bit of a rambling rant here but we need to stop doing this dumb **** and stop making these terrible decisions. The War Flamingo is a microcosm of the small time ******** that we need to grow out of. 

It's been 12 years since we played Auburn and this whole thing started. At this point, I think it's part of the culture (a very small part of it). The only way to stop it would be to get the flamingos banned from the stadium. Until something like that happens, the flamingo hats and inflatables will continue to be hot pink dots in the stands.