The thrill is gone....

[George_Bullnard_Shaw]

On 8/6/2018 at 9:01 AM, BrassBulls12 said:

yeah man we would have been champs if we wouldn't have lost all those game. 

 

[George_Bullnard_Shaw]

On 8/6/2018 at 10:52 AM, Bull Dozer said:

This.  

I'm in my 30's and so are most of my friends that are USF fans.   As we've all gotten older some peoples priorities have switched to kids, their own businesses, careers, new hobbies etc.   None of them have completely abandoned the program but they are lucky if they make 1-2 games a year. These are people that would plan all of their fall week's/weekends around going to home games and having a great tailgate and putting together watch parties for away games.  Around the last year of Skip's tenure and the first couple years of CWT's people started to drift away from the program as the team became hard to watch and we became resigned to our conference fate.  Add that in with the usual life changes that come in your late 20's-early 30's .  For some people planning 4-5 months of your life around for games that are basically irrelevant in the grand scheme of college football just isn't an option when your life is filling up with things that are far more important in your daily life.    It's hard for some people to "get up" to see USF play if there's a ceiling on the season's potential.  Not everyone is like me an others here who just want to see USF play and do well no matter our station in the college football world.   

The era of the legions of well-heeled older, homogeneous alumni taking their RVs to every game is probably coming to an end throughout all of college football.

[Brad]

If you can’t understand what Leavitt (and others in his tenure) did for this program, you can’t understand why some feel the thrill is gone.  But, we can move on.  This thread is reminding me of Groundhog Day.  

[BullsOnParadeTG]

2 minutes ago, George_Bullnard_Shaw said:

The era of the legions of well-heeled older, homogeneous alumni taking their RVs to every game is probably coming to an end throughout all of college football.

This year I turn 40 and am on my 4th year of having season tickets. I always went to games but I did it one off. Each year my tailgating for the games has gotten better. Year 1 I had a cooler and a chair and I had 2 tickets. Year two my buddy bought two tickets and we got a tent and a grill. Last year I added a TV, quiet generator, and a Giant fan. This year I am getting a trailer to rig out for tailgating and getting USF decals and flags all over it. I am steadily getting more and more. I will one day pull up in an RV. HAHAHA 

[George_Bullnard_Shaw]

On 8/7/2018 at 10:36 AM, Gatorbull325 said:

Nor does a Lion ever doubt himself like so many in this post. A lion makes himself king of wherever he is. whether it's in the jungle (P5) or a little encasement in a zoo (AAC) and this team and fans need to have a desire to dominate whatever conference we are in. 

Lions pretty much just sleep their lives away.

[BullsOnParadeTG]

2 minutes ago, Brad said:

If you can’t understand what Leavitt (and others in his tenure) did for this program, you can’t understand why some feel the thrill is gone.  But, we can move on.  This thread is reminding me of Groundhog Day.  

I loved the Leavitt days but it has been a long time since those days. He made a mistake and paid for it. That said he is not coming back. The administration has made some bad decisions and it feels like we are coming back. But it seems like everyone is not on board until we are in a P5 conference and are playing Bama for the national championship. Guess what at that point season tickets wont be a few hundred bucks. They will be thousands. Enjoy the team now and cheer on their growth. It happens in steps not always leaps. 

Also do you think a P5 conference is going to pay attention to a team who has season ticket buyers bailing on them? Just saying. Looking forward to another great season. Go Bulls!!!

[George_Bullnard_Shaw]

This was a great read on the first day I've had time to really look at the board in a couple weeks.

I'm not consciously excited, but as someone posted here a long time "I try to keep my emotional investment to just the times the game is on."

That said I had a dream where we beat Elon 95-3, and I didn't even remember Elon was our first game so I guess subconsciously I am somewhat excited.

[BDYZR]

24 days til we begin the GREEN - GOLD post!

If that ain't thrillin' I don't know what is.

GO BULLS!

 

 

[NewEnglandBull]

49 minutes ago, BDYZR said:

24 days til we begin the GREEN - GOLD post!

If that ain't thrillin' I don't know what is.

GO BULLS!

 

 

Already got some good ones lined up

Edited August 8, 2018 by NewEnglandBull

[BullFan98]

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