I cant remember a time

[NewEnglandBull]

18 minutes ago, smazza said:

clj wore out his welcome and could never get over the hump

hitting a player/student/child  was the last straw

" allegedly" hit a player

[NewEnglandBull]

7 hours ago, NavyUSFGuy said:

I will say 12-2 #13 finish with a loss to either FSU, or a random conference game, then a heartbreaking loss to Houston in the CCG, then a big bowl win!

The loser of the AAC Chapuonship game has little chance of finishing #13. We would have to be ranked in the top 5 before that game and have beaten FSU. Maybe finish 19 with a bowl win (and our bowls are weak) over P5. 

[206BULL]

2 hours ago, NewEnglandBull said:

" allegedly" hit a player

The alleged incident seemed more of a love tap to me. He'll hath no furry like a women's err players scorn, at that right Mr. Erskin?

Edited April 17, 2016 by 206BULL

[Calibull]

12 hours ago, smazza said:

clj wore out his welcome and could never get over the hump

hitting a player/student/child  was the last straw

I bet people weren't thinking that after the 2011 and 2012 when Skip crashed our program into a wall that was lower than mediocrity... he hit a wall of suck!  But I'm happy to have Coach Taggart.  So if getting rid of CJL got us a better coach in Coach T... then I'm ok with it.  But I wont pretend I was happy to see Holtz and I thought that entire fiasco that got CJL fired was shady at best.  I'll admit he couldn't seem to get over the hump... but I feel like if he'd coached that 2010 team he would have won the conference.  That was the team Skip won 8 games with... 

[ArmyBull]

9 hours ago, Calibull said:

I bet people weren't thinking that after the 2011 and 2012 when Skip crashed our program into a wall that was lower than mediocrity... he hit a wall of suck!  But I'm happy to have Coach Taggart.  So if getting rid of CJL got us a better coach in Coach T... then I'm ok with it.  But I wont pretend I was happy to see Holtz and I thought that entire fiasco that got CJL fired was shady at best.  I'll admit he couldn't seem to get over the hump... but I feel like if he'd coached that 2010 team he would have won the conference.  That was the team Skip won 8 games with... 

When you are bad for so long, mediocrity starts feeling good.  While CJL may not have gotten us over the "hump", and to this day I am not sure all fans have the same definition of the "hump" actually was, CWT has yet to win a bowl game.  In my mind, CWT is still somewhat on the hot seat this season, he has his own "hump" to get over.  Another decent season will be ok, a bowl win is expected, a CC win seems like a reasonable expectation, a non-bowl season and it is right back to fire CWT.  What I would't give to be dealing with CJL "humps" of not winning a much better Big East.  

I will leave this here - looking at it makes me kinda angry, not sure why, probably has something to do with hearing people talk about CJL humps:

2013	South Florida	2–10	2–6	8th
2014	South Florida	4–8	3–5	7th
2015	South Florida	8–5	6–2	2nd (Eastern)	L Miami Beach

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On 4/17/2016 at 11:47 PM, NavyUSFGuy said:

We may not get #2 in the country like we did in 2007, or have as many butts in the seats, but you can't always expect to break every record every year. I would be sooo thrilled to get 11 wins for the first time ever

10 wins for the first time would be fine with me as well.

[Fold FB Invest in BB]

22 hours ago, smazza said:

i go with the flow on the board

So which is it then Steve? Italian or Chicken Tender?

[MMW]

1 hour ago, ArmyBull said:

When you are bad for so long, mediocrity starts feeling good.  While CJL may not have gotten us over the "hump", and to this day I am not sure all fans have the same definition of the "hump" actually was, CWT has yet to win a bowl game.  In my mind, CWT is still somewhat on the hot seat this season, he has his own "hump" to get over.  Another decent season will be ok, a bowl win is expected, a CC win seems like a reasonable expectation, a non-bowl season and it is right back to fire CWT.  What I would't give to be dealing with CJL "humps" of not winning a much better Big East.  

I will leave this here - looking at it makes me kinda angry, not sure why, probably has something to do with hearing people talk about CJL humps:

2013	South Florida	2–10	2–6	8th
2014	South Florida	4–8	3–5	7th
2015	South Florida	8–5	6–2	2nd (Eastern)	L Miami Beach

CJL did seem to hit a plateau of mediocrity.  We never even had a winning record in the BE if I recall and feel apart every October.   I'm not saying he wasn't a good coach and would have gotten it figured out but beating ECU in the Papa Johns bowl is not my measuring sick for a good coach.   Just like I won't hold it against him that that win was sandwiched between losing to NC State and getting embarrassed by Oregon.

 

[NewEnglandBull]

One day CJL will have a statute at our on campus stadium I hope it is right next to the CWT one. 

[BullsFanInTX]

2007 had more hype.  Believe we started the preseason ranked #18 or something like that.  I think that was the year we actually dropped in the polls after beating UCF 64-12.

I do think we have a reasonable shot at sneaking it at #25 in one of the polls, but if not, at least receiving a lot of votes.

We'll win at least 10 games this year.

Edited April 18, 2016 by BullsFanInTX