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3 hours ago, ArmyBull said:

We sound like a bunch of intimidated pansies who don't understand rivalries.  Do you think Alabama fans are scared to tailgate at Auburn?  Florida fans scared to tailgate at fsu?  Michigan, Michigan state?  Gessh, grow a pair mates!  We should over take ucf's tailgating on memory mall, not go hide off campus.  Sad and disappointed.  

1 hour ago, ambienknights said:

lol you guys are over the top...ArmyBull gets it

 

Tailgating completely off campus is a huge overreaction. The Campus is massive, tailgate by the Library or near the Student Rec Center If you want a calm family friendly area

I agree with Ambien and Army on this.  No doubt there are scumbag fans for every team in the country but I've been to all of the games at UCF and tailgated in the middle of UCF groups and have never had a problem.  Maybe I'm the exception and should consider myself lucky...certainly sounds that way based on this thread.  Are there going to be drunk UCF fans that act like jerks, of course there are just like there are plenty of drunk, obnoxious USF fans on any given game day.  I'm not going to leave my flags and magnets on the car while in the game but I don't do that at Ray Jay either.  We typically do the Alumni Association tailgates at away games but since we can drive to this one and transport our tailgate gear we'll be setup on campus with USF flags flying.  Hopefully we won't be the only ones.   

4 hours ago, smazza said:

i was surrounded by such obnoxious usf fans.embarassing.cursing  the entire game

luck of the draw

at san jose i was surrounded by great fans

We had some of this in our area too....a few folks who had clearly had too many drinks and were being vulgar and inappropriate.  It happens but not a good look for us.  I tried to buy them bottles of water but they were not interested and my wife finally told me to mind my own business as she reminded me of times when she's had to deal with me in similar situations, lol.  I'm sure that was a small sampling of our overall representation because all of the Tulane folks we spoke to were complimentary of USF and surprised by how many of us were there.    

6 minutes ago, Triple B said:

Hard to totally judge a stadium like that until you get a feel for what passes for what's equivalent to our current Club situation. I fully realize it's not just going to be a virtual mini version of what he have now but it's going to have to be similar ....... and not cost a whole lot more to have access. The parts that I saw would be fine for those that only care about being on campus

I would totally trade seat backs and A/C to get to walk the campus to our stadium but I know many don't feel that way, including my wife. I think we might have gotten spoiled in some areas while missing out on others.

47 minutes ago, Bull Daly said:

Great cozy OCS. I’m pretty jealous of it to tell you the truth.

Their stadium might not be quite as big as we'd like but it was pretty cool to walk their campus yesterday and get the football vibe, even though they barely had any fans in the stands and the students my wife and I talked to didn't even know there was a football game happening yesterday. The campus was beautiful and the weather turned out to be nice. Great weekend for football on NOLA.

Wife and I are on the ground in NOLA. Flew out of Orlando this morning and saw 5-7 Bulls on our SW flight. Sitting at breakfast now and ran into another group of 8-10 while waiting for a table.

1 hour ago, Apis Bull said:

We have to be the bitchiest fans of a 6-0 team ever.  Yes, the red zone offense was lacking, but you do realize that the a lot of our runs are read options (some probably have a pass option), QF decided to hand it off instead of keeping it on most of those.  The game was well in hand, no need to do something that could turn the momentum, i.e. a pick six at the end of the first half.

This might be true but I'd prefer to think of myself as anxious, rather than bitchy.  We all know we shouldn't look past the next game on the schedule but the reality is we're going to face at least one team this season where we're going to have to play our best football to win and the red zone decisions against Cincy were clearly not our best football.  Whether those decisions were on Gilbert, Flowers, or a combo of both (most likely), reading his comments makes me anxious about how stubborn he will be with adjusting the game plan if/when needed.

13 minutes ago, Bull94 said:

“We have several options to go to, but part of us and who we are, what we are, is about physicality and being able to run the ball downhill," Gilbert said. "Punch it (into the end zone) that way.”

 

I'm not so sure that this is "part of us and who we are" with our current team but it is clearly Gilbert's agenda and he isn't willing to let it go yet.  Thankfully it hasn't cost us a game so far but it is certainly painful to watch at times. 

1 hour ago, ambienknights said:

Frost was offered the Colorado State, Syracuse, and possibly the Maryland job. Turned them all down for 0-12 UCF when that coaching carousel had a record number of openings.The Maryland offer wasn't confirmed but his parents let it slip in an interview they did for a Nebraska newspaper that he was in the mix there. There were also reports that Frost told some of his former teammates and coaches that he was eyeing the UCF opening for years. Todd McShay said today that he thinks Frost should stay at UCF vs going to Nebraska. 

 

 

What were McShay's reasons for suggesting that he stay?  Obviously there is less pressure and expectation at UCF but would be surprised that anyone would suggest that it's a better opportunity than Nebraska.  Regardless of whether it's UCF or any of the other G5 schools, seems like it would be hard to make a solid argument for sticking around in the current environment where there is a clear divide.

55 minutes ago, Triple B said:

At some point I'll try to find where I got this but I distinctly remember (as distinctly as I can remember) from conversations past about it being revealed that long before JK, the actual number wasn't "published" but was available if you contacted the TSA. At some point they said they were getting so many requests that they just started preemptively putting it out in a release. So now JK can use the excuse that he's just reporting something he's given, not that he's digging anything up.

Not questioning you on this but if true that is surprising to me.  I would have thought the exact opposite.  Curious who the people are that would proactively reach out to get this number other than those directly involved with the logistics of the arrangement.  I have seen JK tweet that he's "just reporting facts" but guess I underestimate how many people are interested in that particular fact.  To New England Bull's point, if we can just fill the dang stadium it becomes a nonissue.  Until then, JK will continue to annoy me each week. 

17 minutes ago, NewEnglandBull said:

Again... this is an issue for the Tampa government. Joey is just reporting it.

I get that we're required to document actual attendance numbers.  I just find it hard to believe that city leaders are using JK's twitter feed or articles as their official record of these numbers.  If they are, shame on them for not having a better system in place.  If they aren't, shame on JK for insisting on broadcasting a number that can be found somewhere else and unnecessarily makes us look worse. 

Wasn't Dungy a major part of our pitch to join the Big 12 last year?  Seems like it's less about dissing us and more about recognizing that Frost is a talented coach who has a connection to a Nebraska program that is currently struggling.  If anything it seems like he's calling out Nebraska, not us.  The only way I can see this being viewed as anti-USF is because the coach he mentioned happens to be at UCF.

Looks like 80% chance of rain in NOLA on Saturday.  Forecast shows it dropping to 20% in the evening but could make for a challenging commute to campus for fans and a wet field for the players to deal with.  Better pack your rain gear.

4 minutes ago, Mama_Bull said:

I agree.

But, for the first time he admittedly is starting to feel the HEAT:

Joey Knight‏ @TBTimes_Bulls  Oct 16

 

Joey Knight Retweeted Anthony Sr

Wouldn't say I "freak out," but yes, it wears on me from time to time. Actual fan turnout's a huge deal here. Not concerned w/rest of nation

Joey Knight added,

Anthony Sr @tampatony32

Replying to @jasonb56 @TBTimes_Bulls

There is no one else in the nation the reports actual ticket numbers.. that's why Joey freaks out everytime someone asks him about it

 

I admittedly don't follow JK that closely so the answer might be obvious to others but I'm curious why he thinks "actual fan turnout" is a huge deal here?  Is there a demand for that number that I'm not aware of?  Clearly the folks on TBP would prefer it never be mentioned but he obviously thinks (or knows) that someone has an interest.  What's that about?

Clearly CCS needs to reevaluate his "deterrent system" for penalties.  Whatever the punishment is, it doesn't seem to be working.     

I have a hard time believing we don't easily cover this spread.  It does appear Tulane plays better at home and I would completely agree that the guys in LV seem to know better than I do but Tulane just lost to FIU by 13 points.  I think we win big and we keep the 30+ streak going. 

1) USF

2) 37-13

3) Tice

4) MVS

5) 460

2 hours ago, Boomer said:

It’s because he was saving it for an article all to itself.

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/bulls/will-bulls-finally-see-an-attendance-boost-saturday-night/2341022

Should have known it was too good to be true.  He just can't help himself.

It is certainly easier on the nerves to win big every week but I would agree that it might not hurt for us to have to fight for a win in a close game before we play in Orlando.  No doubt our team can do it but would rather them not have to prove it for the first time against UCF.  I guess we'll cross that bridge if/when we come to it.  Keep winning Bulls! 

Who knew you could write an article about USF football and not have to mention attendance issues and/or weak scheduling...?  Kudos to JK (or the intern) for the positive publicity for our Bulls.     

4 minutes ago, Boomer said:

This is great. This is one season ticket holder that wouldn’t care if they gave away seats right next to me for free. I want to get the buzz going. 

I hope they’re filling up the east side.

I pulled up the link and the tickets it offered me were in 115 for Cincy and 206 for Houston, both west side of stadium.  Not sure how the system chooses the seats but it doesn't seem to be pushing people to the east side like we'd hope.  We can only hope the west side sells out so that people are forced to take seats on the east side.  I do like the creativity in offering a "flash sale" as well the overall effort to try to get more people to show up.

2 hours ago, Bourbon Bull said:

Weather forecast isn't good. We've changed the tailgate to our house and will drive down for the game. If the forecast changes we'll change our plans but I an NOT doing a UConn game from a few years back again.

That UConn game was awful.  Half our group never made it in the stadium and those of us who did kind of wished we hadn't.  If it rains like that on Saturday we'll be lucky to get 10,000 butts in seats. 

15 minutes ago, Bulls1181 said:

I am locking the doors to the indoor club area. We probably average 2k butts in there..

I think this would help as much as anything.  I can't help but shake my head every time I see people sitting in the club area watching the game on TV.  Unfortunately my wife is one of those people if the temp gets above 80 or the rain starts falling.

12 minutes ago, SpikeBull said:

Is this still officially "sold out"?

We have four that would interested but as of a week ago was sold out. 

 

 

I think it's just the full weekend hotel package that is sold out.  I used the link below when I bought tickets for the tailgate and just checked it again and don't see any mention of it being sold out.

http://www.usfalumni.org/s/861/02-alumni/index.aspx?sid=861&gid=1&pgid=2293 

So glad we avoided a noon EST kickoff.  Now there will be plenty of time to sleep off the Friday night party and get cranked back up for a Bulls victory in NOLA.

14 hours ago, BullTime said:

I challenge the alumni on this forum to reach out to your fellow alumni at work and inform them about the details on our homecoming game and how they can attend for $15 dollars.  I've reached out to 62 alumni; if you can beat that I'll give you one of my home brews while tailgating before the game

Kudos to you for the huge effort.  My wife and I are determined to get a few new faces to show up for our tailgate and the game but we haven't come close to contacting 62 people.