Sanford Bull

Dirk Koetter will be available at the end of the year

1 minute ago, Roaming Bull said:

Does Les Miles want to coach again? Where does he land?

I doubt he ends up at UF.. and I think he's too big of a name for G5. I'd like to see him back in CFB though; he's one hell of a recruiter.

Just now, Skingraft said:

It's happening... this year or next.. make peace with it

If it does happen, it will be next year. I still don't think a program would shell out big bucks for Charlie Freakin Strong-- his brand is still damaged from UT. 2 good years at USF doesnt repair his name enough for a P5 job, unless it is a lesser P5 job (like Boston College, Wake Forest, Baylor, etc)-- and even then, I don't think those jobs are better than USF.

Either way, if he bolts, I think USF has elevated it's program enough that we can attract a decent enough coach to keep things rolling-- like a Charlie Strong-type that failed at the P5 level, or a Taggart or Frost-type coordinator who is up and coming.

if we lose strong (which I high doubt), I think we should look down the road at Butch Davis.

Biggest requirement to taking this job: being able to recruit Florida

6 minutes ago, footnfan1 said:

Its a stinking  mixed bag, come to USF/UCF and get well again, or come and use us as a stepping stone. 

I think USF, UCF, and Houston are basically in the same situation as being in recruiting hot-beds but unfortunately G5 members-- and will always be stepping stones for the FSU/UF/Miami/Texas/Texas A&M's of the world.

Still like our situations vs other G5 programs out there

Not sure if I am just getting older and my expectations are becoming more tempered, but I honestly think we should just be happy with what we have with CCS.

Let's not forget that it wasn't that long ago that we were struggling with Skip Holtz and the early years of Taggart. All we wanted was some consistency and what I learned from the Skip Holtz era is that being able to recruit around Florida is the #1 asset that a coach at a FLA program needs to have. CCS can do that; it's only been 1 yr so he hasn't had enough time to prove that he can't do it. We've seen him do it at UF and UL.

I doubt he moves on to a P5 program at this point in his career. He's a "retread" coach for P5 programs at this point, and he might be a little too old when compared to up-and-coming coaches like Frost. In other words, he's probably a perfect fit for us here at USF and is probably the best candidate to provide stability and long-term tenure.

I like how role model Mike Ford was on that video too.

Got this little blurb as part of email blasts from athletics and one thing stood out:

Bulls Start Spring in a Groove - Literally A new era of USF football includes pre-practice hip-hop jams and a team that's eager to impress new head coach Willie Taggart.Bulls Start Spring in a Groove - Literally A new era of USF football includes pre-practice hip-hop jams and a team that's eager to impress new head coach Willie Taggart.

First thing I thought of was Raheem Morris .... but the suspensions and the fact that CWT had head coaching experience before coming here helped to allay any fears I might have.

I always thought Raheem would be better as a college coach and wanted him as our DC. He and Taggart are young enough to relate to the kid' generation.

Ok, I'm confused, are or are we not going to img?

Yes.

Correct.

THis conference would be absolutely stupid not to sell the naming rights along with a generic name

Mastercard Big America

In all seriousness, a sponsor could have their logo on 12 teams' fields if they are willing be the highest bidder. Not to mention their brand will be mentioned on the news whenever our games our mentioned.

I can see our conference generating some serious cash with this agreement, which could trickle down and get each team some revenue.

Now is the time for Aresco and our conference to start thinking outside of the box to get money.

Hate to make this political, but with hyperinflation and our U.S. dollar depreciating every year, i say we spend the money NOW.  pay off our debts on former coaches salaries and built facilities

Get out of the red so that everything forward will be profit

 

No chance in hell Ray Jay becomes a neutral stadium.

 

Or the yellow seats at Heinz field turning blue when Pitt plays. And saying that Heinz field is 5 miles from Pitt. Ray Jay is just over double that from USF. Don't make it sound like its in the next county.

 

 

 

 

Come on man, Yellow is just little closer to gold than red is.

+1

that is why Pitt can get away with the "yellow" seats.. because they look gold-ish.  also, they don't have a Huge Pirate Ship in their endzone, as well as concourses that are unopposed with NFL themes.

I agree we wont see an OCS anytime soon, but my only hope is that RJS becomes more neutral.  I think it is a realistic possibility, considering the plethora of events and bowl games that RJS hosts, it would behoove of them to go towards a more digital signage throughout the stadium that can be changed depending on what event is going on (Bucs = red, Bulls = green, Super Bowl theme, Outback Bowl theme, monster truck rally theme).  HOwever, this would also include blowing up that pirate ship and many bucs fans who are non-Bulls fans may not like that

we might be strapped for cash at this point, but i think we can gather up enough $$$ to "lobby" enough leverage to get this done.

We have plenty of depth on DL and desperately need help on offense, especially considering our switch to a power running game. No brainer to have him on offense.

+1

If he wants playing time (he will), he will slide to fullback

I dont know if anyone else mentioned this but he looks like Richard Kelly. Unlike r.kelly, I hope swanson gets utilized now that we are a prostyle offense

Im all for canning Holtz and im happy taggart has got off to a good start with this past class.. and I know he pulled wku out of the gutter. But nothing out of his record has proven he can win a conference title. And for right now, thats all I really care about.

I think we all would love for USF to hold up a conference trophy. This attitude change and this good recruiting class is great and all, but I think most of us have seen all this before and just want a title of some sort (even if its in a watered down Big East)

Randy Shannon was a black coach in the same setting and couldnt capitalize. Howard S. was a white coach that went into the urban areas and built Miami. I think you are putting too much emphasis on Willie being black.. and his local ties (Shannon was a local Miami kid who went to UM too).

Its all about winning, thats it.

We can't even begin to imagine how things will look when Taggart gets a full recruiting cycle. Our biggest downer is our conference. If we were in any of the more respected leagues we would be killing it.

At this point i don't care if we are in a non-Big5 conference.. i am so hungry for a conference title of any sort that I hope our team finally gets it done, THEN get plucked to a bigger conference.  a part of me wants our program to earn it on the field

Im all for RJS but they need to make it less bucs themed and more neutral.. im a diehard bucs fan but they gotta blow up that pirate ship and village. Not just to make it better for usf games but for all the bowl games it hosts. Swap the permanent bucs decor with digital signage that can change for all the events

Well if he has to sit out a season, I hope they let him throw the football at Hootie during the half time break. Boy will Hootie get a big suprise.  LOL

 

That made me laugh.

On a more serious note. What happens if White wins the starting qb job this year and does relatively well? Does Ely just get stuck being the back up again? Or is it more likely that we RS White this year, and let the two of them compete for the job next year. 

Most people transfer because they think it is a better opportunity for them to start- even after they've weighed out everything at their new school.  If White beats him out at QB next year, it probably wasn't meant to be for him to start at QB.. sure can't be any easier to start at Bama vs USF.

Worst case scenario he is a backup QB at his hometown university where people he knows can see him at every home game.

Ely is in Tampa this weekend......

I believe he's the 2nd string QB at Bama, 2nd in line.  He played sparingly, so not sure if he can redshirt or get a hardship.  Worst case, he comes in 2014 as a RS Soph.  That'd mean we'd rely on Floyd/Eveld, and maybe White in 2013. 

 

Not sure if this affects White...hope not, as it's just a rumor at this point, and we can't afford to have zero QBs in this lot.

I dont think it will.. Ely will come in for his Jr+Sr yr.. White can take the reigns after that

imagine this gameday experience on our campus:

http://youtu.be/N_N306ajfxE

... just sayin'

I have a feeling taggart's offense will allow for 2 TE sets, so he has room here

Not sure, but I'm not a fan of pulling an offer from guys though. Reminds me of the Holtz and Carnes situation a few years back that pissed off the coach and he said he would never send any of his players to USF.

That high school that Carnes went to was ironically Manatee and the coach was Joe Kinnan.. where Willie Taggart is from.

Holtz pulled these shenanigans on Taggarts alma mater and now Taggart is pulling these shenanigans on Robinson. What a vicious cycle

The whole point of getting Taggart is because he can recruit and Holtz couldnt. Even DW said it in one of his interviews. Gotta give Willie a couple of years to get his guys in here.

look at our roster now compared to the leavitt years. it is obvious that we lack Talent. Let's hope this new coaching regime can manage games unlike leavitt, but recruit like leavitt

I remember when the Bucs has Rod Marinelli as their DL coach/Assistant HC.

the extra "Assistant HC" title was given to protect Marinelli because they thought so highly of him and it would prevent him from leaving for an DC position (techinically a promotion if you didn't have the "Assistant HC" title).. it guaranteed that if he were to leave, it could only be for a HC (which is the only promotion out there with his added "Assistant HC" title).