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I wrote this season off a year ago when we signed Tags. I like him far more than Skip and let's be honest the program Skip left to Tags was a fricking mess. Minimal high level talent and probably some character concerns too. With new staff and a new system I'm willing to give Willie T some time. He needs to find the right players for his scheme.

This season hurts but I do think we'll see a turnaround in recruiting and in quality of play. If UCF can be successful there's little doubt USF can as well. Step off the ledge, the good news is theres nowhere to go but up...

Congrats to the team and to Coach T. Hopefully the first of many victories for him at USF...

This thread is a perfect example of the direction of thebullspen.  Someone posts something funny and others have to get technical and start an argument.

My bad, I figured a little levity would be good and instead I inspired some threadshitting. It's all good...

Tires =/= wheels.

 

This.

 

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I reckon since we're a University and not a technical college I shouldn't expect everyone to distinguish axles from wheels. But hell, it's all in good fun.

Have the wheels come off the bus?

Spring Commencement was two weeks ago..

Building the foundation is the step we're on to reaching the stratosphere.

 

If it wasn't for Judy's vigorous effort to reach AAU, the University wouldn't be close to where it is in regards to the improvements that have been made since I graduated in 2007.  

 

Hell, I got a Chem E degree in 4 years with a 3.0+ GPA and I don't think I could even get in to the University at this point.  

 

Will we make AAU, I'd say it's unlikely,  but there's no fault in making it a lofty target.  We're a lot closer than we were even 5/6 years ago when I left.

I've only been in Tampa for 6 years and finished Grad work at USF recently.  It's good to hear they've made progress...

The intent of these lists be it Forbes or US News is solely to sell magazines.  The unfortunate part is that the public does value the opinions expressed in them. 

With that all said, USF has some problems.  The graduation rate needs improving, the ratio of Grad students to Undergrads isnt comparable to more reputable Universities, those PhD's that USF does produce are not in demand by other reputable Universities and lastly Judy and crew need to accept that USF will never be an AAU member.

I'm confident that the University has nowhere to go but up, but I think we should be focused on building a foundation before reaching for the stratosphere.

Cool avatar pic. Izzat your kid in the helmet? Or just photoshop?

That's my boy in the pic and it's very much real. He was 2 weeks old at the time, now going on 8 months. The photoshop magic was getting my hand out of the pic as I was holding the helmet to keep it upright...

Bulls tag on my vehicle...

Pretty funny....

Perhaps we can host an NCAA regional as clearly home field advantage isn't going to be a problem....

Yikes, not many econ and finance majors in this thread.

A few points, USF is by no means unable to meet its current debt obligations.  The $30M used to build the athletic village included major donations and also took on NO money from the state.  The reality is a considerable part of the tuition generated from students right now is paying for the athletic village.  Shhhh, its a poorly kept secret.  Unless you predict a significant decrease in enrollment I wouldnt worry about the ability to pay for the village too much at this time.

My concern is that the BE/NCAA contributed some $7M per year to the USF athletics budget which accounts for 20% of its total funding.  The $20M+ from the BE will go a long way toward building the program assuming we land in another conference with comparable payouts.  If we dont, that money may be needed to simply keep the athletic department funded in the fashion that we've become accustomed to.

Until such time as we land in a stable Conference and the realignment settles down I dont expect much if any of that money to be spent.

Gave up 54 in the second half plus a 5 min OT.... Good grief

I thought it was understood that on Rivals/Scout if you commit to Alabama they increase your star count and by committing anywhere else they reduce it?

I'm still coming to terms with losing a game in which you absolutely killed the opponent in turnovers...

I'm going to be very disappointed if this guy doesn't get voted Homecoming King...

I was a Tiger before I was a Bull. Let me assure you the LSU fanbase would take Cooper back in a heartbeat...

The chances of Leavitt returning to USF are only slightly worse than USF's chances of picking up Nick Saban in the offseason... Not going to happen...

I was at Goodwill yesterday and found a series of loosely bound d'nealian handwriting worksheets that had been written on in crayon. The document is titled "Top Secret USF offensive game plan 2012". It too has the initials SH written on it and a picture of Granny from the Beverly Hillbillies under which is written "I love you dad"...

Bidding starts at $20...

Davis is a short term solution, and Taggart is a long term solution. Given the rapidly changing college athletics landscape, I think we need to make an impression now, and Davis would be better in that respect.

I'm of the belief that as long as USF remains in the Big East that no Coach is more than a short term commitment. If a Coach has marked success as USF he will jump to the SEC, B1G, BIG12, or PAC after only 2-4 years. If the Coach isn't successful then recent history has shown they will be fired at 2-4 years.

That said, I'm not buying into the Taggart is a long term solution nonsense. We need a proven prospect to turn the program around and accept that as long as we are in the Big East we will never hold a high profile Coach for long. In which case Davis is clearly a better prospect and Taggart really shouldnt be in the conversation....

I cant take credit for the Photoshop work, a friend on another website put it together for me.

But I agree, looks darn good...

Petrino looks good in green... just saying...

I'd hire him just so the Bull's fan base can have unique ways to show support.

Could you imagine the student section being full and all of them wearing cervical collars?

Gold I tell you...

Make it happen Doug....

Press Conference is being held making the formal announcement... Sorry fellow Bulls, a pic like this is too funny not to share!

Tulane is regarded by LA residents as the rich kids school and for those that couldn't handle a large public University. Similar to how most Tampa residents feel about UT.

Tulane has no following, that is LSU country.

Not pleased with them as a addition, but what can the BE do?