Papa_Bull Posted August 23, 2005 Group: Member Topic Count: 375 Content Count: 3,144 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/23/2001 Share Posted August 23, 2005 Denson Moves Ahead in USF QB RaceBy BRETT MCMURPHY Published: Aug 23, 2005 TAMPA - Sophomore Courtney Denson has moved ahead of junior Pat Julmiste and freshman Carlton Hill in the University of South Florida's competition for the starting quarterback position.Denson and Julmiste were virtually even last week, but Denson's performance in Saturday's scrimmage moved him past Julmiste with 12 days to go until the Bulls' season opener Sept. 3 at Penn State.HILL TO USF: Former LSU WR Amp Hill, one of the Tigers' top receivers until a knee injury as a freshman, said he will transfer to USF."It's definitely a program on the rise," Hill said. "Coach Lawrence Dawsey and I had a great rapport at LSU and that factored in my decision."When I decided to leave LSU, USF was the first name that came into my head. Coach Dawsey had a warm heart to me, he welcomed me with open arms. It made it easier to know they felt so deeply moved for me to transfer to South Florida."Hill was a prep All-American at Jacksonville First Coast. As an LSU freshman, he worked into the Tigers' four-man rotation, along with Bucs WR Michael Clayton, before suffering a season-ending knee injury that required two surgeries.Hill, who had four catches for 80 yards and a TD in LSU's spring game, said he left LSU because he wasn't getting a fair chance to compete."The coaching change didn't have a big thing to do with it, it was mostly the lack of playing time," Hill said.Hill must sit out the 2005 season and will have two years eligibility remaining. He is USF's fourth transfer in the past two months, joining QB Grant Gregory (Indiana), DE Maurice Webster (N.C. State) and RB Vince Wilson (North Carolina).ODDS AND ENDS: Freshman Mike Benzer moved ahead of Kyle Bronson in the battle to replace Santiago Gramatica as USF's placekicker, USF coach Jim Leavitt said. ... Information about events for USF's Sept. 10 home opener against Florida A&M are available at: www.famu-usf.comhttp://bulls.tbo.com/bulls/MGBKKQ4KPCE.htmlBrett...If you are reading this, have them change that to Maurice Charles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cee Posted August 23, 2005 Group: Member Topic Count: 41 Content Count: 562 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/03/2005 Share Posted August 23, 2005 all i care about is if he's more accurate than PJ.. if so,i'm happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USFPDiddy Posted August 23, 2005 Group: Member Topic Count: 17 Content Count: 1,334 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/15/2003 Share Posted August 23, 2005 all i care about is if he's more accurate than PJ.. if so,i'm happyWell, if he did better in scrimmage, he either threw better or he runs really, really fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotsofbull99 Posted August 23, 2005 Group: Member Topic Count: 114 Content Count: 6,744 Reputation: 912 Days Won: 17 Joined: 02/17/2002 Share Posted August 23, 2005 Well, if he did better in scrimmage, he either threw better or he runs really, really fast.I'd bet it's probably the fact he runs very fast ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S p e n c e Posted August 23, 2005 Group: Member Topic Count: 89 Content Count: 1,267 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/17/2002 Share Posted August 23, 2005 Its great to hear about Denson and Benzer stepping up. Hopefully he keeps progressing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewbull Posted August 23, 2005 Group: Member Topic Count: 479 Content Count: 1,991 Reputation: 15 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/04/2002 Share Posted August 23, 2005 There is a g-d, because if PJ started I do not know what the heck I would have done, I still stand by my statement that PJ would not start on many High School teams, he is horrible and cost us a ton of games last yr, hopefully Carlton Hill beats him out to be the #2 guy in the next 12 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mutt Posted August 23, 2005 Group: Member Topic Count: 238 Content Count: 4,139 Reputation: 39 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/20/2004 Share Posted August 23, 2005 Can't wait to see somthin outta Denson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullwark Posted August 23, 2005 Group: Member Topic Count: 483 Content Count: 2,923 Reputation: 29 Days Won: 1 Joined: 07/12/2003 Share Posted August 23, 2005 Denson with his mobility provides USF the chance to compete with PSU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beastiebull Posted August 23, 2005 Group: Member Topic Count: 135 Content Count: 3,809 Reputation: 82 Days Won: 4 Joined: 12/26/2001 Share Posted August 23, 2005 Based on coaches' comments regarding Saturday's scrimmage it sounds like the USF QB competition is starting to resemble a presidential election. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RHBullsFan Posted August 23, 2005 Group: Member Topic Count: 44 Content Count: 1,528 Reputation: 1 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/17/2003 Share Posted August 23, 2005 Finally! I have been waiting for this decision since we had the influx of talent at QB. I appreciate PJ's hard work and dedication but I have been a firm believer that he should not be on the field this season. He had his chances and didn't capitalize. Nice to see us moving on. Best of luck to Denson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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