raptorcj

2 minutes ago, lotsofbull99 said:

Western Kentucky Blocked for him.

yep exactly, better fit.

Although there's more potential after game 3 IMO, I don't feel any more sure that we could achieve that record. Looking forward to seeing if it clicks with SMU.

3 hours ago, lotsofbull99 said:

20 hours ago, Bausfkid said:

Always remember Mike White plays in the NFL.  Anything can happen.

Best Pro Style QB to ever come out of USF, it's a shame CWT couldn't coach him up.

It's a shame he didn't fit our style of play--I liked the kid a lot but there was never much of a pocket for him to work with and the kid couldn't run well. I know you're partially kidding/baiting but CWT would have had to coach up everyone else to support his abilities, there wasn't much he could do to change MW's skill set.

7 hours ago, Roaming Bull said:

So is BB staring in the prequel or sequel to the original? 

I think he'll be staring at 4th Q reps, if any right now.

^little Nat grew into such a beauty after that movie!

If he can keep that level of play, this is the first award of many.

Been a while since I had a reason to watch MNF. The Jets pants probably turned Brown when they heard DJ would play...;)

not to mention about a 2 hour flight from the game...okay so you're talking about something else...

12 minutes ago, CousinRicky said:

I ALWAYS hope we win.  And I am no expert in football.  But I didn't see much on offense to give any great hope. Some hope? Yes.  But that Offensive line is well, you know, offensive.  Looking at ESPN's play by play for the game we had 97 yards rushing in the last drive.  https://www.espn.com/college-football/playbyplay?gameId=401117866.  According to the box score we had 218 total.  Do the math.  In 56 1/2  minutes we ran the ball for 121 yards vs SC STATE.  People can draw their own conclusions after watching that game.  I saw a lot of the first half of last year. We won the games but they failed the eye test.  I'm not walking into Ray Jay expecting us to be within 17 of SMU and they may suuuck but they are probably better than the team we just beat.  

Hope to God I'm wrong and I really hope that McCloud is the answer offensively but I didn't see enough Saturday.

 

no argument with a knock on the O line. That's something they'll definitely have to plan around, but I think we have a mobile enough QB and KB is capable of options (as opposed to SG) if/until that unit pulls it together. Honestly feel we're in a better situation than last year--then I'll say it's still all hope til it's real...or not.

1 minute ago, bullstampede9922 said:

11 minutes ago, GaUSFBull said:

Um, yeah, that's literally not what I was saying at all.  For the contextually challenged, let's just say he certainly could have stayed and developed under some of the best coaches in college football.  His moving around was clearly to his detriment.  

That's actually what you said.  Look at Brad Johnson, he was a backup and made it in the NFL as if one example makes the whole argument.  I just said he wanted playing time, saw the better talent that was going to be starting and saw the writing on the wall.   Didn't mean it as a challenge to your intellect. 

Dude, he was comparing BJ's situation with BB's potential situation on being able to play in the NFL, not comparing QB to QB. Context indeed.

1 minute ago, bullstampede9922 said:

40 minutes ago, Bull Daly said:

What is crazy is that he is probably one of the few QBs that played for USF that has NFL potential. He will need to keep focus and be ready as I won’t be surprised if he gets more playing time before the season is done. Then I’m pretty sure NFL scouts will be looking.

He'll probably be one of those head-scratchers that get drafted because he fits the prototypical mold as opposed to his actual results in college. 

This. And I hope he friggin kills it at the next level...he's a strong young man to have survived the twists of the game this long, I really love to see guys like this turn it all around and break out.

not for SMU I hope...that's like a 3+ hr drive from Dallas

47 minutes ago, CousinRicky said:

48 minutes ago, raptorcj said:

Good, I like the confidence and I love McCloud's attitude. Get to business over the bye like Ford said, and hopefully we come out looking tight vs SMU. Go Bulls!

Because over the spring and summer they weren't getting down to business. But it the next 2 weeks.......by golly we'll show 'em.

I'm not selling rainbows, I'm selling hope--you're a great supporter, so you gotta look past the cynicism at some point and see where we are vs where we could be if we hadn't had that spark Saturday. Their confidence is higher, their focus is better. Without that game IMO we'd have minimal chance vs SMU.

You know as well as I do that spring & summer ball is mostly about conditioning and learning--rubber doesn't hit the road until real-time games. Believe what you want, but now especially with the bye and the chance to heal & address fixable issues, I think we'll have a chance in our first conference game.

24 minutes ago, CousinRicky said:

vs a team that lost to the Citadel.  Not quite excited over that.

Of course my point was that we were making a comeback and almost completed it. That's about as much excitement out of that situation as you could hope for, and gave them something to build on for the next game--like starting McCloud.

Good, I like the confidence and I love McCloud's attitude. Get to business over the bye like Ford said, and hopefully we come out looking tight vs SMU. Go Bulls!

56 minutes ago, TheGreatOutlaw said:

Where do we rank as a team is the real question..... My guess is around 100 . WE should be 2-1 but CCS refused to start McCloud in the 2nd half of GT.

Pretty close, CBS has us at #94 but I'm pretty sure we'd have been over the century mark before Saturday.

We had a stellar defensive game for turnovers, so our stats got a big boost from Saturday courtesy of FCS. I hope they can keep near those stats into the conference season!

We were bad the first two games, and yet still had a chance to walk off with a win in ATL. We sputtered a little with SCSt, but what's encouraging is we didn't have another McNeese--coaches figured out what to do, and the guys manned up and played ball--both sides. They were not having another self-inflicted defeat, and that's the kind of heart this team needs. It was fun to see. Now hopefully they can do it again...and again. Just gotta see them making strides, and maybe they surprise everyone and beat some good teams.

well, shots before > the whole bottle after. Here's to winning...

43 minutes ago, Brad said:

They'll get a good test next weekend...
 

Yep, we'll see. The horned frogs are typically a solid team.

No way he gets up and walks to the sideline with that much weight on the knee if it was something season-ending. Hopefully just a bruise.

"quiet confidence". Man, I loved that about QF and MM--great players don't need to hype & trash talk. Game talks, I like McCloud even more now.

11 minutes ago, NewEnglandBull said:

37 minutes ago, USFRaider said:

Marcus Norman has been a huge disappointment this season.  He has been thrown around for three games now, I just can't figure out how a guy who is 6'6 315 can get manhandled the way he does.

Yeah I mentioned this in the game thread. Last year there was NFL talk about him. It’s unreal how much he has fallen off. 

Sometimes kids just need to get pulled to wake them up to reality (don't just get things). Maybe this is just what he needed, or maybe he was just overrated?

9 minutes ago, Bulls On Parade said:

But I think id worry if the coaches thought that was a tough call to bench Blake.  It was so obvious to even fans that McCloud was the only one that was moving the offense during the game.

But im glad the coaches made the right call...cause a really stubborn coach keeps trotting Blake out.

Nah it was the clear call IMO, but it wasn't so much that Blake wasn't performing all that well to me, it was that the team didn't seem to click with him in there. It's like they weren't excited to play or something. That's what I'd say was the tough call--do you play your highly rated guy with an amazing arm, and somehow force the team to rally around him, or do you play the young kid that seems smart, confident, and energizes the team? The decision seems really easy at this point.

27 minutes ago, NewEnglandBull said:

31 minutes ago, Dave_Glaser said:

We have so many small guys that we hardly look like a division 1 team at times when I look at the field - Ford, Joiner, Sanders, Roberts, Phillips, Horne.

There are many reasons for this. But it is a growing (pun intended) problem on the O line. They did put on weight but it’s not enough and but don’t have the speed. I don’t mind the size issue if it’s at skill positions as that has been the case for a few long time with USF. 

I'm not sold on the whole "bigger is better" thing anyway. Seeing Ford, Joiner, Horne, and Sanders (the ones I remember) last night, I'll take their speed & agility all day over having a few more inches/pounds on their frame.

1 minute ago, Bulls On Parade said:

21 minutes ago, NewEnglandBull said:

We barely win this game if Blake had started...

What sucks is I know Blake starting cost us the win vs GT.  We left a win in Atlanta. 

What doesn't suck is that it at worst it was an OOC loss, and at best the coaches figured out what needed to happen and made the tough call to bench the 5-star.

lol first I've read through this thread. That's why you don't start one after the first possession. That start was predictable given their coming-in frame of mind, but look at the difference as the game wore on--McCloud got more comfy, receivers cut down the dropsies (mostly because they stopped throwing to St Felix ugh), D started getting aggressive again, coach started exploiting weaknesses, heck even the O line started blocking better. That was the game they needed to give us a chance.