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The AP has picked USF to win the American


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1 minute ago, Bulls1181 said:

Everyone has to prove it, nobody has played a game yet.. On paper we have multiple players on national watch lists, I thought that it would translate to more votes

Yeah but G-5 and recent history. I agree with you, I would have way more votes for USF than SDSU and Toledo, but that just goes to show you how much last year's ranking played vs media hype. 

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On 8/17/2016 at 2:25 PM, cougar king said:


Well USF would know all about typos considering your administration's most recent blunder.

 
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Note: this was tweeted the night that news broke about LGBT groups writing to the B12 about BYU.  Desperation.
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30 minutes ago, Brad said:

We're a very long way from that proclamation.

We've set a low bar. This is by far the best talent we've ever had.

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13 minutes ago, Ionbull said:

Yeah but G-5 and recent history. I agree with you, I would have way more votes for USF than SDSU and Toledo, but that just goes to show you how much last year's ranking played vs media hype. 

Too much hedging on your reply, I can't argue with you :GoBulls:

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43 minutes ago, Ionbull said:

Oh my head, I didn't expect any votes in the AP. JK was giving us high votes last year when no one else was, he will again once they prove it. He tweeted that if they start 3-0 they will be a play to enter the top25 and if they start 4-0, top 15. 

Remember how long it took for the AAC teams to make a move in the rankings? The same will happen here unless the 20-25 ranks are a revolving door. 

I defended that earlier as well. USF needs to start out 3-0 to gain more respect. 

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24 minutes ago, Ionbull said:

Yeah but G-5 and recent history. I agree with you, I would have way more votes for USF than SDSU and Toledo, but that just goes to show you how much last year's ranking played vs media hype. 

Which theoretically speaking it's not supposed to be as much about what happened last season. 

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Also many of the voters out west who voted for schools like SDSU don't really know anything at all about how USF is doing.  We never play out west, how do voters our there know what we look like?   Last time we were out here we beat Nevada on our way to a 3-9 season.  On the other hand... ucif has played a team out here nearly every season... I just thought I throw that last dig in... it does matter though.  

 

USF will be fine.  We'll be ranked after the NIU game if we handle business.  We'll be over-ranked if we are 3-0 going into FSU.  Then we'll make another jump and there will once again be national hype around USF.  This to me feels a little like 2007 with a better cast of characters.  Ones capable of finishing the job.  

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Oh what a year makes!  This time last year, we were in the 90s if I remember correctly...

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Being the hunted is entirely different than being the hunter. Our scheme won't be new anymore and teams will have a season's worth of tape on how to scheme for our offense. We're going to have to take some steps forward on both sides of the ball, bring our A game every week, and get lucky with injuries (or lack there of to be more accurate). Hopefully the team and coaches are ready to take the next step. 

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Just now, Bull Dozer said:

Being the hunted is entirely different than being the hunter. Our scheme won't be new anymore and teams will have a season's worth of tape on how to scheme for our offense. We're going to have to take some steps forward on both sides of the ball, bring our A game every week, and get lucky with injuries (or lack there of to be more accurate). Hopefully the team and coaches are ready to take the next step. 

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