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Judy I hope your paying attention, Time to stand up and make a play. Go to FSU and the Fla Government to back us and push for us to get into the ACC, Get the ACC to kick Miami out and have them replace Miami with USF. Miami is nothing but trouble for the ACC and brings nothing of value to them. Miami is also a private college, whereas we are a State School like FSU so lets use it to our advantage. Get the Fla Goverment involved and on our side, Have FSU start to have Miami thrown out of the ACC and make room for us. Should be easy to get the State Government to support our cause. The more we make (ACC money) the less they need to give us each year. Dont play nice, Hit the canes while they are in trouble and dont let up until they are gone. Miami has been on the decline for the last 10- 15 years, while we have been on the rise. Time to take advantage of thier cheating and lack of institutional control. (repeat offenders).

I just dont see how the Media can put a good spin on ND in the BIg 12 for Olympic Sports only while bashing the BE for doing the same thing. If it is Horrible for the BE and everyone involved it should still be horrible for the Big 12 and ND. Cant have it both ways.

This chatter of ND to the Big for Olympic sports is kinda hypocritical to me. The BE constantly gets bashed because we have that deal in place now with ND and a few others, Yet now if they do indeed go to the BIg 12 it becomes a "great thing" So which one is it Great or does the Big 12 become another BE conference with split interest and will the media bash them like them have us over the years?

Really doesnt, If anything it helps with Conference scheduling and more money to split between the schools. We dont have to share with Pitt or Cuse anymore. We already have teams waiting to play next season, plus we have Navy in 2015 coming on board. We will need to add one more team at least before 2015 to even the schedule.

Not a suprise, Glad its over, Now we need to look forward to the upcoming season and winning our first BE FB championship. We get both Syracuse and Pitt at home this year(Pitt last game of the year) . So we need to send them to the ACC with UGLY losses. Time to pay Pitt back for last years horrible loss on National TV. Knowing that we get Pitt and Cuse at home thier last season in the BE, in addition to FSU at home, Miami on the Road, Nevada on the Road ,Rutgers in Sept and Temple in their First BE game(thier homecoming) should be easy to get this team up for this season. No let downs this year!!!! Go Bulls.

Like the commercial. Thing that worries me is, Season Tickets start at 75 a seat than move up from there. FSU fans will be all over this, 75 bucks is nothing to them. Im sure there are a limited number and section at that price? Also thought those who paid thier seat deposits and paid for their renenals before a certain date would have the opporunity to purchase more FSU tickets. So wondering if they are now trying to sell out the Ray Jay in all price points with season tickets,it would prevent us from getting the extra FSU tickets. Hate to see them out number us in our house.

Bottom line, if we want other conferences(esp with all the conference re-alignement) and bowl committees to take us seriously we need to do our part and pack the house. In two years there is no more BCS bowl tie, no quarantee to go to an Orange Bowl or the likes for winning the BE. This year is huge for USF Athletics moving forward, so lets do our part and be a part of something great. TV, conferences and Bowl committees look at attendance and fan support, which translate into ticket sales(money) and interest. If we do our part as fans, the team does thier part on the field and the court, than we will force them to take a look at us. This is the year of the Bull so Lets show the rest of the country what USF is about! No excuses this year in either FB or BB, The home schedules are two of the best we have ever had. FB we have FSU, Thursday night Rutgers game, along with Pitt and a few other good conference games. BB we have a great home schedule with power conference teams that should draw well along with UCF, Georgia.

Aware sudents are not to blame for lack of sell outs. That wasnt the question. The questions are do we need that big of a student section and what are we doing to ensure students fill it up? Years ago the student section for Football was smaller, than the school expanded the section( re-located many paying season ticket holders) only to see it sit empty. The reason given was we wanted to have the largest student section in the BE. Well that is great in theory, but hasnt really worked out. How do we create buzz on campus to get students to pack the dome and Ray Jay. Make it a great home field advantage?

I ask a few serious questions. Is the Student section in the Sundome to big? Reason I ask is based on seasons past. I dont see that many students showing up for every game, in fact dont see that many showing up for most games. So It would suck to have the whole end sit empty when they could sell the tickets. I know last year playing away from home was an excuse(not a good one but will accept it). But years past what was the reason? Same goes for Football. Yes I expect to see the student section full for FSU, but other than that game maybe Rutgers has a shot at being close to full. One last pet peeve is the students that do show up at football games sitting in my section, I cant tell you how many times students walk over and sit in season ticket holder seats and act suprised or worse when they are asked to move. Raymond James needs to do a better job at making sure people are in the right Section/ seats. Not hating on the students,I know Ill take some heat but asking honest questions here. I also understand why the school needs to block off that many( future growth and the potential) but it really is bad when we dont have them take advantage of it. Time to have the Student body start getting their peers excited and fill up the Student sections. Thought and hopefully good discussion.

I dont get the complaining about the schedule. Its a great schedule with quality teams. It gives the Fans something to get excited about. Its good for the players, the fans and the students. I quess they would rather see a schedule full of Seton Hall, Depauls and the likes? NOT ME!!! Go Bulls.

Got home from appointment , Got Section 206 Row N two seats. Row N is the first row in the section. Like the view, no one in front of me, no obstructions on the court, USF bench is facing me, so great view of the team. There were still seats avail in the lower level 108 but honestly like the view better from the corner than directly behind the basket. Also 99 a seat compared to 250 seat makes them even nicer. Very happy, The Dome looks great BTW!!!! Nice Schedule this year as well , Great Conference home games. Should be exciting year for Bulls fans. Thanks to John Lewis(he rocks).

My appointment is soon, cant wait. Was going over the schedule more closely, and noticed that the tournament in NOV is the same weekend as the Miami Away footbball game. So basically thats 3-4 games that will be sold,donated or not used. Bummed but as least they are not marquee games like Georgia and UCF. I suspect that alot of Bulls fans will be making the trip to Miami if we beat FSU and are having the Football season all of us are hoping for. Hate to choose between either sport but Football first , BB second. So look for me to have them posted as soon as schedules worked out.

Smart move by them, Its thier first BE game since coming back into the BE, they have a Bi week before they play us. We play them sandwiched in between FSU and Lousiville. This spells Trap game for us if we are not ready. We should win, We have more talent, however it could be alot closer than many expect. Skip better have them ready or it will end the BE title hopes.

Ill let ya know on Thursday, I have my appointment that afternoon.

OOC scheduling will be alot tougher now and the future. Conferences will go to 9 conference games, which leave 3 OOC games. Take the 1-2 Patsy/ cupcake games, and that leave one game to fill. Alot of schools have the Non conference Rivalry game like FSU/ UF, ND USC ect... so scheduling will be much harder in the coming years.

Boise come to Daddy, Seems like Boise needs the BE now as much as we need them. Esp if SOS is going to be used in the new playoff's. BE SOS will be better than that of the MWC. BE needs Boise for TV deal and the respect they bring.

True but if they sign with the BE/ACC they get 4 shots at a FLA school playing in the game if not 2 at a time. FSU, Miami from the ACC and USF, UCF From BE. So It increases the chances that they have increased attendance which has been hurting the Orange Bowl. Plus the BE needs to jump all over this, If we dont get this and we dont have a team in the 4 team playoff we will be left out looking in. The BCS bowls as we know them are gone with the new playoff. The Playoff will be in the Current Bowl system.

Id say the New BE, If u take into account USF, UCF in the mix. Either school would sell their share of tickets to the Orange Bowl. Than consider Louisville, Boise and a few others that travel well. We lost Pitt and Cuse , two fan bases that typically dont travel well to bowl games. So hopefully the Orange Bowl signs with the BE/ND like the Champs Bowl and Gator Bowl did.(Notre Dame avail once in a 3 year cycle). Time for the BE to be Proactive and get this signed. Also its time to add a few more schools(BYU, Airforce and maybe UNLV) We need to be the first to 16 football members. More members means we have to worry less about scheduling OOC games. Also pads us if the BE gets raided again which is likely if and when expansion happens. It also locks up the best of the rest(BYU, Airforce, UNLV and maybe look at ECU) before they disappear.

Hope Judy and Doug are working the phones, having face to face meetings and doing everything they can to get us in one of the Big 4 Conferences. This playoff could start the next wave of expansion. Boise now has to consider if it needs the BE or not as well. An undefeated BE team's best shot at the playoff is hoping that all the Super Conference leaders have 1 loss. If not They will all get the invite before any BE or most ACC schools.(FSU, Va Tech and Clemson might get in against some of the other Big conferences). BE is really in no better shape than the ACC or Conf USA in this new playoff system. Time for our Pres and AD to step up and get us in one of the Big 4.

Sounds about right, I do the trip Bi monthly and usually pay 200- 250 round trip Tpa to Newark. Just book in advance people. Would be nice to have a large group for the Temple Game. Its their first game in the BE since re-joining the conference. Its also thier homecoming. Lets represent and show them what BE FB is all about.

Tammy, Individual games havent gone on sale yet that Im aware or. Cpl things you may want to consider is buy from stubhub.com , there are lots of tickets there pretty cheap. Or Buy season Tickets from the Bulls Ticket office.(You can get the whole season pretty cheap as well if you dont care where you sit). Individual games usually are avail from the ticket office for most games later in the year(FSU Will be a tuff ticket) thats why I said buy the cheap Season Tickets.

a cpl of questions, Has anyone attended their meeting yet? Did they tell you the schedule ? Did they make you pay the full amount or will their be payments spread out and if so how many months and when will payments be due? Hard to get people to fork over money if they wont tell you who the schedule will include. Any info would be great.

Your rank is 2,600 out of the 27,000 ? What is your priorty point total?

Understand that, Im trying to fiqure out how or why those with a 3,000 and 4,000 rank already having appointments and those with a 7,000 rank not having an appointment as of yet? Confused here LOL If you go to the Bulls Club it shows points( which is a lower number) and rank(7,000 plus) and total amount of donors(27,000) So should I be calling someone?

Ok can someone offer some info? Are they going by Priorty Points or Priorty Rank? I havent heard anything yet, Not a heavy hitter but have supported since the first FB game. So not at the bottom. Rank is just over 7,000. That is out of 27,000 donors it says. Any info would be great.