Time for USF to get serious about on-campus football stadium

[GaUSFBull]

so all those teams in the P5 that don't have an OCS are getting kicked out I suppose?

what a silly argument

You just made the most irrelevant argument ever ... 

to the OCS-at-any-costers.  

[Rizman]

You know if we build an on campus stadium, the first team to play us in it will be University of Florida..

Edited November 30, 2015 by Rizman

[Sellular1]

so all those teams in the P5 that don't have an OCS are getting kicked out I suppose?

what a silly argument

Schools listed below with off campus stadiums.  Those highlighted in BLUE are exploring or already announced an OCS

School	Campus Location	State	Home Games Played At	Distance (mi)
Massachusetts	Amherst	MA	Off-Campus Stadium (Foxborough, MA)	68
Connecticut	Storrs	CT	Off-Campus Stadium (East Hartford, CT)	19
Miami (FL)	Coral Gables	FL	Off-Campus Stadium (Miami, FL)	17
UCLA	Los Angeles	CA	Off-Campus Stadium (Pasadena, CA)	17
Texas-San Antonio	San Antonio	TX	Off-Campus Stadium (San Antonio, TX)	15
Hawaii	Honolulu	HI	Off-Campus Stadium (Honolulu, HI)	9
South Florida	Tampa	FL	Off-Campus Stadium (Tampa, FL)	8
UNLV	Paradise	NV	Off-Campus Stadium (Las Vegas, NV)	7
South Alabama	Mobile	AL	Off-Campus Stadium (Mobile, AL)	6
Temple	Philadelphia	PA	Off-Campus Stadium (Philadelphia, PA)	5
Washington ¹	Seattle	WA	Off-Campus Stadium (Seattle, WA)	4
Colorado State	Fort Collins	CO	Off-Campus Stadium (Fort Collins, CO)	3

Edited November 30, 2015 by Sellular1

[GaUSFBull]

LOL UMass plays 68 miles off campus.  

[Sellular1]

				Actually that was only for last season when they played at Gillette Stadium while their OCS was being renovated.  They shouldn't be on the list anymore

[Triple B]

Schools listed below with off campus stadiums.  Those highlighted in BLUE are exploring or already announced an OCS

School	Campus Location	State	Home Games Played At	Distance (mi)
Massachusetts	Amherst	MA	Off-Campus Stadium (Foxborough, MA)	68
Connecticut	Storrs	CT	Off-Campus Stadium (East Hartford, CT)	19
Miami (FL)	Coral Gables	FL	Off-Campus Stadium (Miami, FL)	17
UCLA	Los Angeles	CA	Off-Campus Stadium (Pasadena, CA)	17
Texas-San Antonio	San Antonio	TX	Off-Campus Stadium (San Antonio, TX)	15
Hawaii	Honolulu	HI	Off-Campus Stadium (Honolulu, HI)	9
South Florida	Tampa	FL	Off-Campus Stadium (Tampa, FL)	8
UNLV	Paradise	NV	Off-Campus Stadium (Las Vegas, NV)	7
South Alabama	Mobile	AL	Off-Campus Stadium (Mobile, AL)	6
Temple	Philadelphia	PA	Off-Campus Stadium (Philadelphia, PA)	5
Washington ¹	Seattle	WA	Off-Campus Stadium (Seattle, WA)	4
Colorado State	Fort Collins	CO	Off-Campus Stadium (Fort Collins, CO)	3

Not sure about the others but Miami and UNLV are not looking at on campus stadiums ...

[Sellular1]

Not sure about the others but Miami and UNLV are not looking at on campus stadiums ...

For UNLV, the new land will be part of the campus as it will house other UNLV facilities on the 42 acre site.

http://www.reviewjournal.com/business/stadium/unlv-officials-present-options-buying-stadium-land

and there are dozens of articles regarding Miami including the comments made by Donna Shalala before she retired a few months ago.  She acknowledged that finding enough land in Coral Gables was going to be a challenge but the goal should be to have it "as close as possible"

[Sellular1]

Maybe it's less than 3 miles away from campus?

[El_Toro_86]

I'll throw in my 2 cents.

Let me start by saying, I have 5 seasons tickets in not one of the high dollar donor sections at Ray Jay, however, I've had them for a while and will continue to have them even if we don't build an OCS.  With that being said, I hate everything about the experience at Ray Jay.  I hate walking up to stadium and seeing all the pictures of the Bucs, V. Jackson, L. David, J Winston, etc. all over the outside of the stadium and seeing one USF banner draped over the walkway.  I hate the stupid pirate ship in the N endzone.  I hate the Buc logos that are splashed all over the place.  At least now we get the endzones painted unlike before.  I'm not even going to mention the ridiculous red seats and how horrible that looks with 20k in the seats.  At least at Pitt and UM their colors sort of blend with the colors of the NFL team they share the stadium with so it doesn't look quite as ridiculous.  Oh, just for the record, I'm 51 and could care less about the comfy seatback chairs.  College football is different that the NFL and bleacher seats are more the norm than not because most people stand.

I'm not going to regurgitate all the benefits of an OCS, because other people in this thread have touched on all those benefits to having the stadium on campus and I agree with everything said.  I just don't see how most other teams, Division II, Division III, FCS, FBS, G5, P5 young and old can find ways to build an OCS and the Bulls still aren't even publicly discussing it.

College football is about passion and tradition.  Games at Ray Jay are antiseptic and sterile.  Yes, even when we're winning.  If I wanted the NFL atmosphere, I'd have Bucs tickets instead.  If money is an issue, I'd rather they add 20K seats to Corbett stadium and play the games there.  Anything but the CITS.

Sorry for the lengthy post but I had to get this off my chest.

[Bullgator863]

I'll throw in my 2 cents.

Let me start by saying, I have 5 seasons tickets in not one of the high dollar donor sections at Ray Jay, however, I've had them for a while and will continue to have them even if we don't build an OCS.  With that being said, I hate everything about the experience at Ray Jay.  I hate walking up to stadium and seeing all the pictures of the Bucs, V. Jackson, L. David, J Winston, etc. all over the outside of the stadium and seeing one USF banner draped over the walkway.  I hate the stupid pirate ship in the N endzone.  I hate the Buc logos that are splashed all over the place.  At least now we get the endzones painted unlike before.  I'm not even going to mention the ridiculous red seats and how horrible that looks with 20k in the seats.  At least at Pitt and UM their colors sort of blend with the colors of the NFL team they share the stadium with so it doesn't look quite as ridiculous.  Oh, just for the record, I'm 51 and could care less about the comfy seatback chairs.  College football is different that the NFL and bleacher seats are more the norm than not because most people stand.

I'm not going to regurgitate all the benefits of an OCS, because other people in this thread have touched on all those benefits to having the stadium on campus and I agree with everything said.  I just don't see how most other teams, Division II, Division III, FCS, FBS, G5, P5 young and old can find ways to build an OCS and the Bulls still aren't even publicly discussing it.

College football is about passion and tradition.  Games at Ray Jay are antiseptic and sterile.  Yes, even when we're winning.  If I wanted the NFL atmosphere, I'd have Bucs tickets instead.  If money is an issue, I'd rather they add 20K seats to Corbett stadium and play the games there.  Anything but the CITS.

Sorry for the lengthy post but I had to get this off my chest.

Well said, I feel the exact same way. It's really time for USF to build there own stadium. 

Edited December 1, 2015 by mlopez5