Pre-Football Bulls: What was it like for you?

[Boomer]

‘92 graduate here.

Got my pre-USF football fix by following WVU.  My wife graduated from there so I grew to become a fan during the 9 years before USF.

The good news is that she went on to get her masters at USF.

Sure miss the Big East days and the USF/WVU games!

 

[BullEdD]

4 hours ago, MaltLiquorBull said:

He’s not kidding about the book store.  There was a small school “book store” in the old UC (where the Marshall Center now stands) that sold a small amount of USF gear, but the textbooks were in a steel building over by the water tower with a gravel parking lot.

I remember that gravel lot bookstore.....cars stuck in sand...but earlier that "small school bookstore" was the only bookstore.    Been season ticket holder since the beginning...Go Bulls!

[JTrue]

Well, since I was living in South Florida and in my teens, I was a Hurricane fan like everyone else who never went to Miami. 

[NYCbull]

Man these are some awesome stories. Thanks for sharing guys

[Sierra048]

11 hours ago, BDYZR said:

Tampa Spartans, TB Bandits, and Bucs. 

I remember my dad taking me to old Phillips Field to watch the Spartans duke it out with the likes of Quantico, and others I can't remember. Great memories. Who can forget John Matuzak, Freddie Soloman, Gabe Jackson, etc.. Wow, I'm really showing my age here. I've been a Buc's fan since the beginning. I miss the Bandits too.

Edited December 8, 2017 by Sierra048

[MaltLiquorBull]

11 hours ago, charsibb said:

I remember that. Let's see how many of you old farts remember all these...

For me it was:

AFL-NFL World Champions 1 and 2, then...

17-0, then...

0-26, then...

Banditball!, and...

Bulls Basketball, including CB, the inaugural 3-point line in Sun Belt play and big rivalries with UAB, VCU, and ODU.

 

Totally remember the banners hanging from the rafters in the sun dome for each of the Sun Belt conference schools.  UAB, VCU, ODU, Jacksonville, unc Charlotte can’t remember the others.

[Triple B]

2 hours ago, Sierra048 said:

I remember my dad taking me to old Phillips Field to watch the Spartans duke it out with the likes of Quantico, and others I can't remember. Great memories. Who can forget John Matuzak, Freddie Soloman, Gabe Jackson, etc.. Wow, I'm really showing my age here. I've been a Buc's fan since the beginning. I miss the Bandits too.

You should appreciate this ...

[79 Bull]

7 minutes ago, Triple B said:

You should appreciate this ...

 

Where did you find that photo, so awesome.  That's back in the day when Phillips Field was also used for stock car racing during the Florida State Fair when it was on UT's campus.

[El_Toro_86]

What a great thread!  Now if we only had about 20k more people like the ones on this thread, we'd have that OCS and IPF built already.  

[raptorcj]

I grew up Gator thanks to my mom, but USF was close and I graduated the first year of football...Jan 97 juuuust before they opened. It took me 2-3 years to let go of my Gator ties before I converted my mom & completely adopted robogoat

But that first game did a lot to energize me...very memorable!