Breedwell

We have shown game in and game out that we can compete with a chance to win (a solid chance) against top 25 talent. The only game that was not in question so far with the Big East was Louisville. Ugly goes to Fitzpatrick. From the get go, he was terrible at guarding the paint, terrible at crashing the boards, wasn't shooting well from the perimeter, and he is such a bad post presence that we had GUARDS posting up instead of him. I believe that he is a liability overall. He's not playing with any gusto at all.

But we know we can't out-rebound BE teams, they're too big and too tall. So we have to out shoot and create less turnovers. I've said it before, a bad possession might as well be a turnover. a slow defensive mentality only works if you can capitalize when its "your turn" to score. Since we lower possessions, we have to make the ones we get count.

A picture of an empty chair. I hope we have students there, with Gasparilla being the same day. I probably wont be there because of it.

Best is Green Bay. Worst? The Vikings, of course.

I just wish the ND game wasn't the same day as Gasparilla.

Ugly: always having exciting home games when I have to work. But I will say this: we're going to get out rebounded because of our lack of size. As a result, we need to A) have quality possessions with good looks and (by following A) commit very few turnovers. And if they're doing those, which it sounds like we did tonight, we should be competitive in the games we play, regardless of who it is.

Look at his resume. Recruiting Coordinator and Recruiter of the year at an SEC team, florida roots, spent time at SCAR and Tenn. And he's a position coach. Ties to Cooper, our Asst. Coach. Again, all of that AND he's got Florida (Tampa) roots.

Tamiami, as well: Those are not the only two websites for stars and analysis. The only reason I'm actively advertising 247sports (http://southflorida.247sports.com) is because they also offer a composite rating of other site's ratings, and they are very active in providing scoop on USF's goings on. I can tell you from reading those forums who visited USF this weekend, who is visiting next weekend, who USF is visiting TODAY in fact, and much more. Slick, that's why I do monthly. Its a few bucks more on average a month, but I can cancel it if I have to without much loss.

I always wear USF apparel when I go up to Orlando (especially if my girlfriend and I go to a theme park there). We happened to go to a vendor at the Magic Kingdom and the guy running it was a '74 alum. We talked to him for a good 15 minutes or so, was pretty awesome.

This would be nice but we'll have to see if it happens.

You guys should join 247sports. Especially those wondering about recruiting. 30 day free trial, signing day in 23 days. Might as well, right? ----- On topic, class is shaping up a lot better than it looked like it would. Taggart is doing a good job. As for last year? Best pickup seems to be Price, far and wide. Definitely a talented kid. Nice family, too. Helped his grandfather start his car at the Steak n' Shake on Fowler after the syracuse game.

Tubby don' matter. I'd be more worried about Louisville this season. Earl Lane. That's his name. Was at USF with Leavitt and with Cooper at LSU for a bit.

WMU* Basically they said "screw this NFL nonsense (and Schiano)" and went back to comfort. Though you can't blame a guy for taking a HC job. That's an upgrade even if its at a non-BCS school. This is fantastic. Now speculate: what if we pickup Lane from Bethune Cookman?

Can't believe he pulled out like that.

White could fit into Taggart's offense pretty well.

HM, he's been picking up NFL coaches. I mean, they could always pitch that they "know what kids need to prepare for the NFL." It would be assumed that he'd take a role helping with our DBs. He could point to the fantastic LSU secondaries of the past few seasons, as well as his experience in the NFL.

He was being talked about as a potential DC before Brezzy got it. This would be great, considering his recent coaching expidentures.

Hey, we were all looking at Butch Davis as a potential head coach. He had some pretty good success with Miami in the early 00's, but he hasn't done much since (all conspiracies aside). We were pretty committed to giving him a shot if he was hired. How about this, Bulls: he's not Amato. -------- Also: speculated he'll coach a Tampa 2. If he can develop a tweak when facing the spread (for Louisville and Cincy) I feel good about this. We can recruit slightly undersized but fast guys. this makes our LB coach important.

Slick, I feel like Storm merely expressed that Holtz did not seem like the kind of guy to do this kind of thing. As a result, he enjoyed Taggart's company because it seemed new and innovative. A figure of power traveling through the masses, stopping to smile and greet them as if one of them. It isn't uncommon for students to get excited over. Now that you've proven him wrong (and me, too, for I was sitting next to Storm today), we can step back and say "hey, Skip was the same way." Congratulations. Skip took responsibility and hopefully learns from the mistakes he made here at USF. He's been handed yet another school with potential, we will all just have to see what happens. Meanwhile, Taggart (though doing "what has been done before") is doing and saying the right things for the public. The next step is to see how he fares with recruits (so far, so good from what I hear and read) and then how this translates to the field. ------ OT: I enjoyed how Taggart was going around looking people in the eye and shaking their hands. I like how he waved to me when I first pointed him out after they got him on the jumbotron. Threw a pair of horns right back at me. Felt great.

Gooooooooolllddddd!!!

I'm merely saying if he has 2 years if we redshirt him (which equates to 3 years overall?) That would also give both White and whomever we sign as QB a redshirt year PLUS two years on the bench. It would be a poor way to manage the talent we have coming in. Whether or not Brissett would fit better or White ends up being a great QB (or the other potential recruit) would be slightly irrelevant. Like you said Data, it would be silly to start a true freshman, then redshirt them for one year and bench them the next year. Especially if they're a good talent. We only really need him for one season, which would be next season, and he'd have to sit out anyway. So, we don't really need the guy. We could DEFINITELY use someone like him, some experience and most likely a better option than what we currently have, but we don't have a logical way to utilize him.

You seriously think that White or Woulard would come in here and start in year 1, then redshirt the next year to give the job to Brissett? LOLOLOLOLOL :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: Read my edit. Realized after I made the post that he'd have to sit a year. In which case he's incredibly not worth it.

WTFM, think critically about that. Brissett for 2 years equates to a red shirt year for White + other potential QB(s) and 1 year to be further mentored and be ready to start as a sophomore. Would give White and Woulard 3 starting years, potentially. E: if he can't win a transfer appeal, he would be pointless to pickup. We're better off getting JUCO that can play right away if not another freshman (like Woulard).

Outrunner, there were a couple of groups out there and a good amount peppered throughout the stadium. I was in the group of like 14 in section 202 behind the goal I think our main ugly is the interior defense. Several times Clanton got an easy pass from someone and he two-stepped to an easy bucket. Back to back in the 3rd, Sykes and Clanton were on the side of the goal, and they easily sidep-stepped whoever and put it in. Sykes had a rebound on one end and dunk on the other in the 2nd as well. Sykes is a good player, but we made him look great last night. Main pro: they have a nice atrium, but the Sun Dome is way better. From the condition of the court to the layout of the seats to the size of our logo in the center.

QB should have recognize that (it appeared) the CMU defense was entirely on the right side. Woulda faked a rollout to the right and sent the tight end to the left.