New unis

[ArmyBull]

11 hours ago, Brad said:

From last year's media guide, in the media/communications section:

[206BULL]

1 hour ago, Triple B said:

Pretty sure the folks that release is aimed at are savvy enough to undertstand the circumstances around the name on the jersey compared to what we were asking. 

Wait, so you're saying we shouldn't be the only school to include "University of" on our jerseys too? 

[ArmyBull]

11 hours ago, puc86 said:

Hopefully we have changed our policy on that. It maybe confusing saying don’t under any circumstance call us what we put on our jersey. Maybe it’s like epithets and it means something different when we call ourselves South Florida.

It is really funny and sad actually - if this was my company's policy it would have been changed the second it was printed.

First - We are USF!!!!!

BUT, our preference is the University of South Florida.

However, feel free to use USF or the Bulls if you like.

But never call us South Florida, S. Florida, South, Fla, or anything like these three.

Huh, what, come again???

[Brad]

Perhaps the 2018 media guide will have different verbiage for the media?

[JTrue]

1 hour ago, puc86 said:

I wish I was savvy enough to understand the nuances between please refrain from referring to us as South Florida as we wear South Florida across our chest. It feels to me like if Kaitlyn Jenner’s people came in and explained to a group at a meet and greet to only refer to her as Kaitlyn and her and never Bruce or him and then in walks Jenner with a name badge that says hello my name is Bruce, maybe a savvier person could navigate it but that kind of mixed messaging would be unnecessarily confusing.

Kaitlyns confuse a lot of people, this South Florida/USF thing isn’t all that difficult.

[puc86]

19 minutes ago, ArmyBull said:

It is really funny and sad actually - if this was my company's policy it would have been changed the second it was printed.

First - We are USF!!!!!

BUT, our preference is the University of South Florida.

However, feel free to use USF or the Bulls if you like.

But never call us South Florida, S. Florida, South, Fla, or anything like these three.

Huh, what, come again???

Can you believe some announcers couldn’t navigate that?

[puc86]

3 minutes ago, JTrue said:

Kaitlyns confuse a lot of people, this South Florida/USF thing isn’t all that difficult.

If you tell people not to call you simply south Florida but you have that across your jersey you don’t think that could be confusing to most people? I get that the university of south Florida wouldn’t fit on a jersey but I also get that it’s a mouth full for an announcer as well, if we think it’s good enough for our main branding we should probably expect that it’s good enough to be called it by the media as well.

[JTrue]

3 minutes ago, puc86 said:

If you tell people not to call you simply south Florida but you have that across your jersey you don’t think that could be confusing to most people? I get that the university of south Florida wouldn’t fit on a jersey but I also get that it’s a mouth full for an announcer as well, if we think it’s good enough for our main branding we should probably expect that it’s good enough to be called it by the media as well.

I don’t see anyone calling us “U” and no special instructions were needed despite it being on our helmets. 

Edited July 27, 2018 by JTrue

[ArmyBull]

Brad is right, the 2018 media guide will probably address this.  While I hope we can get back to USF, I would certainly prefer to pick more of a solid direction on this.  No matter how your spin this, it has and will continue to create ambiguity.  Another reason why I hope CCS is not involved in this process as I simply do not believe he is here for the long haul.  This decision needs to be made by the administration that will be here for the next 20 years, this is our identity, it is important and should not be brushed off as "whatever!"

[puc86]

11 minutes ago, JTrue said:

I don’t see anyone calling us “U” despite it being on our helmets. 

It’s a symbol, I didn’t see many people calling prince his symbol probably because they wouldn’t know how to pronounce it and you can’t just call us the “U” because sadly that’s taken.

Edited July 27, 2018 by puc86