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1 minute ago, Jonesy Bull said:

Wonder why he wasn't successful at SC.  Although nobody seems to do well there, except for maybe Spurrier.  And even he, although somewhat successful wasn't able to win Championships there like he did at Florida.   Hard to compete in the top heavy SEC.

Never really followed SC football so I have no idea why. And totally agree with you that it's hard to compete in the top heavy SEC.

Just now, Bull Daly said:

Offense coach at FSU during their championship years. Graduate from USF. He went on to become South Carolina ‘s coach where he didn’t succeed 

Thanks for the reply. I wasn't aware of any of that. Certainly can't see how that would any kind of negative.

5 minutes ago, Bull94 said:

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Dabo is a heck of a coach. Love that we are going with an experienced guy from his staff. Coaching is in his blood. Dad was a P5 head coach in the south. Personally I think it will be a home run.

Keep reading in a lot of different threads about his father coming with him. Anybody got any information about his father and his career, or his achievements?

I hope auto correct hijacked his tweet.

Bull,

I really admire your passion but are the general contractor for the hoped for IPF?

Respectfully, lightening didn't stop Taggart's team from going 11-2 in 2016. It didn't even stop Chuckle's team from going 10-2 in 2017. Neither had an IPF at the time. Not saying an IPF won't be a nice thing to have, and I'm not discounting the danger lightening can pose, but I just can't wrap my head around an IPF being the only way we're going to come our of this mess. I'm not an impatient person and I have been a fan since the first game against Kentucky Wesleyan but if they don't get this mess sorted out soon, I can see myself finding other ways to spend what little time I have left on this earth.

5 hours ago, NewEnglandBull said:

I hope it is better than his radio announcing...

I thoroughly enjoyed watching Sam Barrington play. But listening to him on the radio, which is how I have to get the Bull's games, is just painful.

When I made the post I did earlier, I wasn't even thinking about using any IPF funds to buy out CCS. I don't know if that's even possible. I was just intrigued that so many felt the IPF was the ticket to getting better and was trying to figure out why they would feel this way. Would I like the kids to have an IPF? Sure I would. Personally I'm just not convinced that the lack of an IPF is our biggest hurdle right now. Does any one know just how much practice time is lost in a season due to lightning? If it's significant, I could certainly understand getting it done as soon as possible might help. I'm not as plugged into USF athletics like a lot of you but I'm still a fan and want the best for our athletes.

13 hours ago, Bull Daly said:

Lol whatever. I’m just telling you all the reality and you want to keep living in the past. The reality is that we can’t buy out CCS rn. We need to focus on getting the IPF built. I’m willing to sit through one more season of CCS and KB. It is just the best move we can do right now with the situation we are in. Rock bottom was with CWT and Holtz so I’m sure we can make it through one more season. Stop your crying and get over it. It is not as bad as the chicken littles make it out to be. CWT is the coach that will get his ass handed to them in the Miami Beach Bowl by WKU. He abandoned the program before USF beat So Carolina. You want to give him full credit for that go ahead. He still FN blew it against Temple when USF was the better team that season. So stop making it out like CWT was the best thing since sliced bread. At least FN CCS won some bowl games and beat top 25 teams. CWT lacks that. 

Ok. Going to admit up front that I'm an old geezer and I don't post a lot but I read TBP everyday. I read a lot on here claiming that an IPF is going to be the ticket to success moving forward and it is the top priority. I'm asking this as sincerely as I can, why do many on here feel that way? Is it because everyone else has one (whether they do or not I really don't know) and we want one too? Is an IPF going to improve the coaching that we've seen these past few years. Is it going to instantly make the the boneheaded moves some players make throughout the year disappear? If there was an IPF already in place, would that have made CCS a better coach and a season like this would never have happened. Admittedly I'm probably missing the big picture. Please help me understand what I'm missing. I only ask in this thread because I've seen it mentioned in multiple threads as I've perused the forum this morning.

We don't have any sports packages with our Direct TV. But ESPNU is available in our basic lineup. So I decide to tape it so I can FF through the commercials. I usually start to watch about an hour or more after the game starts. I started watching at about 5:30 last night. And sure enough there was the Harvard/Yale game. At least I could FF through it. Looking back I wish I had just deleted the whole recording.

Nice gesture. We live an hour east of you. We will be away for Thanksgiving this year. Not sure I really want to watch it after the Memphis game anyway. Enjoy.

I want to recruit offensive linemen from Wisconsin.

I very seldom get to watch the Bulls on TV. Not looking to start an attendance argument but the crowd looked kind of sparse. 

16 hours ago, Jonesy Bull said:

The real season starts NOW.  the rest of the schedule is not as daunting, although there are some pretty good teams sprinkled in like byu, memphis, cincy and ucf

As of right now, after that debacle on Friday night, I imagine even the likes of SC State, SMU, Connecticut, Navy, East Carolina and Temple chalking us up as an easy win.

On 8/15/2019 at 11:44 PM, Ryan said:

But .... this 

 

Good Lord that was painful to watch.

44 minutes ago, SilverBull said:

Blue Ridge is just south of my place in NC.   Nice placew.   There are so many Tampa expatriates living up there I have joked about opening a Bulls Bar there.

Yes. Please do. I'm surrounded by Bulldog fans up here. But that's to be expected.

19 hours ago, Triple B said:

It’s an option we’ll be looking at but as a lifelong Tampanian, it’s kind of hard to imagine a complete move. May end up the same route as Outlaw, a part time basis. 

Trip, I was a life long Tampanian too. Spent 54 years there. I have never regretted the move to where are now. It will be ten years this coming September. The only thing I miss in Florida is what's left of my family, some good friends and the ocean.

15 hours ago, Triple B said:

That area up there is a migratory destination for Floridians ....

Yes it is. I'm guilty. 

1 hour ago, smazza said:

when i applied to schools in florida in the 70s all the football team were horrible except the tampa spartans

Now that right there was some enjoyable football to watch. Sure wished this team had a Freddy Soloman, John Matusak, Noah Jackson, Paul Orndorff, Mark Wakefield etc... 

Well, one thing appears for sure. We should know next year whether the problem was Gilbert or Strong.

58 minutes ago, Aurelius said:

 

Not sure that young lady on the right could stop a pig in a ditch.

Just can't believe a back-up qb is lighting us up like this.

Now, can the DEFENSE hold them? I`m hopeful, but not totally confident in them doing so.

Watching ESPN3 on Sling TV. Is the quality as bad on regular cable on ESPN3? I'm getting a headache watching it.

Do we have back-ups on the D-line now? If so, put the 1st stringers back in. This is terrible.