Joey Knight strikes again...

[Bull-Hornz]

This might be the last negative piece that I post from JK. Lots to write about with the lack of coverage or opinions from local writers. My mock interaction with JK with me BH as the editor...

 

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JK: Here's my new piece.

 

BH: Let me guess another piece with a negative slant.

 

JK: Um well yeah I hate the bulls and you keep making me cover them.

 

BH: How about you switch the focus of the piece. Cover the Cherry transfer and inform Bulls nation about how this has the potential to be a great pick up with some background football information. Briefly touch on Cherry's controversy, and feed "the Herd" with useful information. 

 

JK: Go f*#% yourself. I don't care if anyone reads this s$%^. I am going to write how ticket sales are horribly several weeks before the season starts and burn this mother down!!

 

BH: Step away from the ledge JK, step away...

 

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Here is the article b/c I refuse to link out to his negative pieces any longer...

 

 

Bulls season-ticket sales down, but officals still encouraged

 

[Last modified: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 7:48pm]In the wake of a 4-8 season, USF has experienced a football season-ticket sales decrease of roughly 20 percent from 2014, the school informed the Tampa Bay Times on Tuesday.

As of July 16, the Bulls, who open their season at home Sept. 5 against Florida A&M, had sold 11,795 season tickets, approximately 3,000 fewer than last year's total (14,788). The figure doesn't include student tickets or corporate trade tickets. 

While attributing the decrease to the program's recent struggles (four consecutive losing seasons), school officials remain optimistic for a number of reasons. A new function on USF's website, which allows visitors to chat live with a ticket-sales representative, remains busy, senior associate athletic director Andrew Goodrich said.

Some 11th-hour ticket sales also are anticipated.

"Hitting 80 percent (of the '14 total), it's not our goal for the year, but to be honest, I feel pretty good about it," said Goodrich, the Bulls' external-relations chief. "All things considered, you know, I kind of like where we are. The other thing is, I feel pretty good about the positive momentum. We're seeing a lot more upticks in traffic to our website; we keep an eye on that."

In March, the school launched the Bulls club champion seating, which abolished the previous requirement of an up-front donation before a season-ticket purchase. The program automatically enrolls those who purchase season tickets in "donor areas" into the Bulls Club (USF's official booster organization). 

For most, the new policy lowered season-ticket prices, though some longtime donors -- who had paid a modest annual up-front donation for nearly two decades -- reported a significant increase.  

"We've never stopped trying to reach out to those (veteran season-ticket holders)," Goodrich said. "We've always tried to continue to get them on board. And quite frankly, a lot of them have renewed. And the truth is, we were able to identify seats where they could renew and actually pay less than what they paid last year.

"We really appreciate the fans that have renewed this year, we really do," Goodrich added. "Our fans have been through a lot the last several years, and we appreciate them. I want them to know that."

ANOTHER TRANSFER: Texas freshman ILB Cecil Cherry, a three-star recruit from Frostproof who spent only three days in the Longhorns' camp, reportedly is transferring to USF.

Cherry, who played last season at Lakeland's Victory Christian Academy, reported last week via Twitter he had been granted his release. On Tuesday, Cherry's father told ESPN.com he was transferring to USF. If he enrolls, he'll become the sixth player in less than a year to transfer to USF from a Power Five program.

SCRIMMAGE SETBACK: Upon reviewing Saturday's two-hour situational scrimmage, Coach Willie Taggart said the two quarterbacks dueling for the starting job -- sophomore Quinton Flowers and senior Steven Bench -- took a "step back." 

Neither finished with an exceptionally high completion percentage, Taggart said. Bench had two long TDs, including a 95-yarder to Tyre McCants when the redshirt freshman was in single coverage, but threw two interceptions. Flowers was picked once.

"We didn't do a good job completing passes, either one of them," Taggart said. "Both of them were really bad percentage-wise when it comes to completing passes. So we went back, studied that film and made sure our coaches are giving our guys what they can do...and not confusing 'em and making 'em something they're not."

On Tuesday morning, Taggart told radio station WDAE-AM he was nearing a decision on the starter. 

AUDIBLE: "He's a young guy that's still learning but he's a heck of a football player. He goes out and competes his tail off and knows exactly what to do. He shows what he can do as a football player, so it's going to be important that we continue to develop him and bring him along, and I wouldn't be surprised if Mitchell helps us out this year as well." -- Taggart on freshman TE Mitchell Wilcox, a Tarpon Springs alumnus who has taken periodic first- and second-team reps this preseason

Edited August 19, 2015 by Bull-Hornz

[deters-]

11,800? Wow, that's bad. Can't afford another terrible year, but i don't foresee many wins. Can we even afford a better coach after CWT fails again this year?

[Brad]

Sounds like the gamble on redoing the seats might not have paid off?

[Apis Bull]

Sounds like the gamble on redoing the seats might not have paid off?

 

In all honesty, it probably didn't hurt either.

[bullsfan27]

It might have helped a little but it's hard to sell tickets when a team has gone 5-7, 3-9, 2-10, and 4-8 over the last 4 seasons and may or may not make it to 6-6 this season

[GaUSFBull]

I personally don't see anything wrong with the article.  It's not JK's job to write feel-good articles for the readers.  

[Sellular1]

It might have helped a little but it's hard to sell tickets when a team has gone 5-7, 3-9, 2-10, and 4-8 over the last 4 seasons and may or may not make it to 6-6 this season

Even harder when the teams we play are no names for the most part.

Edited August 19, 2015 by Sellular1

[Bulls On Parade]

It might have helped a little but it's hard to sell tickets when a team has gone 5-7, 3-9, 2-10, and 4-8 over the last 4 seasons and may or may not make it to 6-6 this season

Exactly you really gotta love Bulls football to go to games now.

Win again and the fringe fans will come back.

[jasonb56]

I like the fact that this article laid it out for us. Things are tough for us right now.

 

Nothing wrong with this article IMO...

[flsportsfan83]

What's wrong with this article?