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I know the last two weeks sucked. Too much hype, talking about running the table. Our path to 6 wins continues with a win over UConn this weekend. We aren't a good team yet, but we aren't a horrible team any more either. Good recruiting, things are looking up overall. Anyone who lived through the last 3 years would be wise to stick this out, as I think we can see the light on the other end of the tunnel that we have been in for too long already.
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Sometimes people say they "donated" but that includes their tuition, their kids tuition, they merch purchases, plane ticket to road games, tickets, donation to the college of business. I have no idea who the OP is, but I am curious is they are claiming they actually donated $100k to the Bulls Club or if they mean they spent $100k on usf. Either way, I hate to lose any fans, and will welcome them back when things are better (and they will be soon, really)
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It’s homecoming for ucan’t
Mike Stuben replied to Roaming Bull's topic in USF South Florida Bulls Athletics
I've been to most of our games up there. My memory is it feels like almost always uncomfortable. Snow, rain, wind, even the best days are just all gray. -
It’s homecoming for ucan’t
Mike Stuben replied to Roaming Bull's topic in USF South Florida Bulls Athletics
Twice non-Conference (including one on their campus, which no one seems to remember) .... then our whole time in the Big East, and most of our time in the American. Now back to non-conference. -
Lots of winning seasons, same issue. it is more than just wins and losses. But you are right, the more compelling the game, the more that find their way inside.
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Rice was expected. 3 weeks in a row, and it was clearly the least appealing game to students. Day game. Everything set up to have a weak student (and overall) crowd. FAU had the homecoming effect, was a great student crowd. Ever since day 1 in 1997, hundreds of students (if not thousands) tailgate and never go in. I was on a shuttle bus at WKU and listened to one of their fans complain about the same thing when I remarked about all the students tailgating. I don't have any answers, just saying that things haven't changed much. The same issues we battled in the first days of the program we are still battling now.
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Some Monday Morning Perspective
Mike Stuben replied to Bull Matrix's topic in USF South Florida Bulls Athletics
I think it is fair when the end of the year comes and say we got a small bump from the change in members of our conference. But, what I am seeing goes beyond that. Let me talk about the Fall teams: Women's Soccer last year was an anomaly. That program wins consistently, they just had a slight rebuild due to losing a lot of scoring. They are better this year than last year. Volleyball is way ahead of last year, huge gain in wins. This year we have played 2 top 20 teams, last year we played none (according to gousfbulls.com at the time of the match). Yes, the league is softer, but the win difference is going to be dramatic in this sport. Football last year beat the I-AA, this year beat the I-AA plus a returning league member and a new league member. We are already +2 in wins, I think we have 2-3 more wins in us. We were 0-11 vs I-A teams last year, and we lost some many good players to transfer. As long as we don't fold the rest of the season, this year is clearly better than any year in the Jeff Scott era. Men's Soccer - league is very tough, change in membership didn't make that much of a difference. UCF is mid, Houston and Cincy don't have teams. The other new schools were already admitted before last year. This one I can't figure out. No one has blown us out, but the wins aren't happening. Last year I though the coach was on the hot seat and won his way off it. Hope we can pull it together. -
Some Monday Morning Perspective
Mike Stuben replied to Bull Matrix's topic in USF South Florida Bulls Athletics
Just so we are on the same page. 3 of the 4 ticketed Fall sports will be up big in wins compared to last year. Last year Volleyball won 10, already won 13, with a bunch more to go. Women's soccer won 8 last year, already won 8 this year with a bunch more to go. Football won 1 last year, already won 3 this year with at least 5 games to go. Men's soccer is the only sport down. Those 4 sports should be up at least 10 wins combined over last year even factoring in the negative from men's soccer. I get this past Saturday sucked, and the last 2 weeks we learned the progress wasn't as quick as we though after Navy, but we are still making progress. -
Conference realignment "Rumors" "tweets" "etc"
Mike Stuben replied to Bulls1181's topic in USF South Florida Bulls Athletics
Focus people, we are so close to 3500 pages, it could be a homecoming miracle. I have it on good sources a former ACC Associate Commissioner will be at our game tomorrow. -
Conference realignment "Rumors" "tweets" "etc"
Mike Stuben replied to Bulls1181's topic in USF South Florida Bulls Athletics
I also think the cost of attending is rising faster than inflation, and people are opting to attend fewer live sporting events (in general). -
Conference realignment "Rumors" "tweets" "etc"
Mike Stuben replied to Bulls1181's topic in USF South Florida Bulls Athletics
Yeah, Which I think is crazy given the number of big name opponents that could come through. (unrelated side note: I caught the second half of a game at Northwestern, after the USF vs. Illinois game ended a few years ago) But, different animal of a team already in a big league vs. one hoping to gain admission. -
Conference realignment "Rumors" "tweets" "etc"
Mike Stuben replied to Bulls1181's topic in USF South Florida Bulls Athletics
I love the optimism, but we just need 1 good option. There are 4 leagues that = good option, just get us into one of those 4. -
Conference realignment "Rumors" "tweets" "etc"
Mike Stuben replied to Bulls1181's topic in USF South Florida Bulls Athletics
SMU reduced their share. They will make less in the ACC than the AAC, I am not saying we are going to do that deal, but I wouldn't assume. And, a we may be told our invite depends on having a larger stadium. The Big East mandated we renovate the YC, it wouldn't be unheard of for someone to say, you must have XXX number of seats if you want to be in our league. Not saying this to argue, just saying we don't know. -
Conference realignment "Rumors" "tweets" "etc"
Mike Stuben replied to Bulls1181's topic in USF South Florida Bulls Athletics
There are a lot of if's. We need to be ready for reduced earnings in a new league, If SMU is getting $0, and Oregon, Cal, Stanford, Washington all took deals with reduced payouts, we will probably have to take one too. -
Conference realignment "Rumors" "tweets" "etc"
Mike Stuben replied to Bulls1181's topic in USF South Florida Bulls Athletics
I'm not saying it will be low quality. But I also don't think there is any scenario where they have more money to spend, so if we needed a bigger stadium, I don't think we can just throw another 100 million onto the total. -
Men's Basketball Picked 9th
Mike Stuben replied to panchosanchez99's topic in USF South Florida Bulls Athletics
First: I am excited for this team and this season. Looking forward to basketball for sure. Now my rant: Over the last 10-15 years as our conference schedule has gotten softer our non-conference schedule has also gotten softer. It is time to bulk up the non-conference schedule (like the women do). (first year new coach, this complaint isn't about this year, just a bad trend we need to reverse) -
Conference realignment "Rumors" "tweets" "etc"
Mike Stuben replied to Bulls1181's topic in USF South Florida Bulls Athletics
Part of me wonders if the lack of stadium details has to do with conference affiliation. We have $350m to spend. $350m can buy a really nice 35,000 seat stadium, but it can also buy a decent 45,000 seat stadium. Where we trade in some bells and whistles for more capacity. Could it be that they don't want to show all the bells and whistles of the 35,000 seat stadium, because it may never get built, and they don't want people disappointed with the 45,000 seat version. (this is all from inside my head, and not me leaking sourced info, so just me wondering out loud) -
Memphis Game TV Consideration?
Mike Stuben replied to Rocky Style's topic in USF South Florida Bulls Athletics
Selfishly, I just want the Arkansas State game and the USF game to be noon and 7, so I can go to both. don't care which one is first and which one is later. -
Conference realignment "Rumors" "tweets" "etc"
Mike Stuben replied to Bulls1181's topic in USF South Florida Bulls Athletics
They would give back the three AAC schools in a heartbeat if they could. -
Oviedo CC Made the Bottom 10
Mike Stuben replied to LrdNorman's topic in State of Florida College Athletics
Not just UCF but also 3 of our future opponents this season. -
CFN Top 5 Surprising Teams
Mike Stuben replied to 79 Bull's topic in USF South Florida Bulls Athletics
Look again, they are there. -
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