Our Scheduling Philosophy is a Bad Look

[JTrue]

5 hours ago, FazaUSF said:

What good is playing them if we can't beat em? I miss the days when USF was a giant-killer. When the team could be counted on to get up for any game and had a legit chance to beat anyone on the field, accolades be damned. Leavitt put incalculable hours into watching tape and the team fed off his attitude. Now, I look at future schedules and get excited for a second, only to have that excitenent give way to wondering whether we should realistically be playing teams with a $30 million annual advantage and whose coaching staffs routinely outmaneuver the ones on our sidelines. I wish there was a light at the end of the new tunnel. 

[BDYZR]

3 hours ago, Grateful Dad said:

There is.  Faza, you have been on here long enough to take the long view.  Don't get caught up with all the negativity and bile that these "fans" are spewing.  Over the years, I have admired your undying love for USF.  I hate to see the Debbie Downers on here affect that great attitude.  We are going to again have the excitement and fame that some on here need in order to lead a complete life.  Maybe not now, maybe not soon.  But true fans are in it for the duration.  Those who need immediate satisfaction in order to feel complete will never be happy either in fandom or in life.

I don't have a problem with people criticizing our play.  Even to holding people to standards on coaching and playing.  I occasionally do the same.  But the ridicule, bile, and personal insults to our own people are not the hallmark of a mature fanbase.  Maybe it is the hippy in me, but I don't have time for the negative personal insults, especially when the posters have not had the cajones to insult the person to their face.

Keep the faith, man.  The Ws are not all that counts.  Having fun and treating people well while putting on a good buzz and enjoying our team is much more fun. 

 

2 hours ago, NewEnglandBull said:

Nice post Faza. I think at the end of the day one has to alter their perspective a bit when it comes to the current state of USF football. We, as a program, went through a consequencial shift that left us at a peg or two lower than before. Because of that many on this board live in the past (especially repeating that 07 game vs WVU over and over) as they compare what once was to what is today. It simply is not a fair comparison.  There not only has been a shift to our program but there has been a shift all through college football. I believr thst these changes cannot and will not be reversed. Thus, I believe, one has to look at USF football from a micro level (or the alternative is to be depressed by comparing today with the past). Take USF football game to game. Enjoy each week when we play not only big programs but the smaller ones too. Keep your eye on the small pictures. Embrace the fact we are actually playing in a bowl game. Does, all of this mean a lower of standards? Maybe a little bit I think it is more of a different way of looking at things. 

Very well put by both of you.

[Ned A Starr RIP]

4 hours ago, BDYZR said:

Speaking of schedules, why does the AAC wait so long to announce schedules?

Due to budgetary constraints, they are using a Commodore VIC20 to determine scheduling.

Edited December 12, 2018 by NAS Gone to Paradise

[BullsWinBucsWin]

20 hours ago, chapelbull said:

because the greatest love of all is happening to me

**** that boy can sing!

Edited December 12, 2018 by BullsWinBucsWin

[usf97]

17 minutes ago, NAS Gone to Paradise said:

Due to budgetary constraints, they are using a Commodore VIC20 to determine scheduling.

[BulledOver]

23 hours ago, ArmyBull said:

So I ran into this today while playing on the interwebs:

https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/sec-football/first-and-10-its-not-just-lsu-vs-ucf-its-the-sec-vs-ucf-with-reputations-at-stake/amp/

It's an SEC blog, relatively well written and we were mentioned.    

Florida athletic director Scott Stricklin said last week he’d play UCF if the Gators get two home games for the Knights’ one. White doesn’t want that, and says UCF has established itself to deserve a one-for-one deal.

Realistically, if UCF hasn’t yet established itself to get those deals with the SEC, when will it? Florida recently agreed to a two-for-one with USF, and it might as well have been highway robbery.

The Gators are paying $750,000 for two games in Gainesville (total, not each) and receiving $250,000 (and 12,000 tickets; about 4-6,000 above typical road games) for the game in Tampa. That’s a net of at least $1 million over the three seasons because guarantee games typically costing Power 5 schools at least $750,000.

Here’s another reason Florida is playing at USF: the Bulls play in an off-campus, NFL stadium, and the 2023 USF home game will likely be at least half-full of Gators fans.

I remember when we made this deal.  I did not like it because I think two for ones are stupid but the chance to beat UF three times did have an appeal; however, I did not realize the deal was as lopsided as it appears.  Also, figured this would also turn into a nice OCS thread!  

So, I guess if we win the first game against UF I wonder how much we will get when they pay the cancellation fee for the next two games. 

[Gatorbull325]

You can’t put a price on beating the Gators. We have three chances to do so. Once we beat UF then we will have officially beaten all of the “Big 3” from Florida. UCF haven’t beaten any of the Big 3.

[Bull94]

I'm not sure why people don't understand that this is great for us financially

1 gator sellout home game + 1 aa home game + 2 roadies > 2 home and homes with most p5 programs

guarantee our season ticket sales spike that year just like they did against FSU

[John Lewis]

Just announced that the series with the Gators will begin in Tampa in 2021.

[Apis Bull]