mutt Posted October 27, 2005 Group: Member Topic Count: 238 Content Count: 4,139 Reputation: 39 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/20/2004 Share Posted October 27, 2005 Ah yes...it is apparent that the two budding journalists have been having speaks with the bulletin board for a story line...you know? "The old OCS Ploy..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull-by-Marriage Posted October 27, 2005 Group: Bull Backers Topic Count: 355 Content Count: 4,741 Reputation: 127 Days Won: 3 Joined: 02/25/2004 Share Posted October 27, 2005 It's about 14 minutes.  OOOOOOOHH!  I thought you said we're the old farts yet you can't do a 15 minute drive 6 times a year?  What will your back be bothering you after being in the car that loooooooooong?  : : : : First of all I am all for an OCS, however there is no way that Ray Jay is 15 miles from Campus. It may be a 15 minute drive, but it is not 15 miles. None the less, it really isn't an excuse for not going to the games. As I understand it there is a free shuttle to and from the games to campus. On a side note, Great now I am in agreement with WWW. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OracleCamunas Posted October 27, 2005 Group: Member Topic Count: 5 Content Count: 102 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/10/2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 12 miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 12 miles.Good estimate, Mike.11.2 miles -- per Yahoo! Maps.http://maps.yahoo.com/dd_result?newaddr=4202+E+Fowler+Ave&taddr=4201+N.+Dale+Mabry+Highway&csz=Tampa%2C+FL+33620-8001&country=us&tcsz=Tampa%2C+FL&tcountry=us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbi Bull Posted October 27, 2005 Group: Member Topic Count: 110 Content Count: 3,103 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/14/2002 Share Posted October 27, 2005 Adding a stadium doesnt make us a non-commuter school. Only adding dorms will do that.and just how many dorms do you want USF to add? we have now at least 17 and thats not including each building in holly, and each building in cypress, maple and magnolia, we have plenty of dorms and most of the students live within 3 miles of campus, how much closer do we need to get before we aren't considered a commuter school? also don't forget about greek village which itself close to 100 beds if not more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OracleCamunas Posted October 27, 2005 Group: Member Topic Count: 5 Content Count: 102 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/10/2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 Jim,Do you really think you are the only one who knows about Yahoo! Maps? ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Commuter Police Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 and just how many dorms do you want USF to add?  we have now at least 17 and thats not including each building in holly, and each building in cypress, maple and magnolia, we have plenty of dorms and most of the students live within 3 miles of campus, how much closer do we need to get before we aren't considered a commuter school?  also don't forget about greek village which itself close to 100 beds if not more.The general cutoff for what is and isnt a commuter school is 10% of the student body living on campus. Its not my cutoff. I think with the number of students who live within 1 mile of campus we probably reach close to 25% of the student body... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted October 28, 2005 Group: Member Topic Count: 185 Content Count: 3,307 Reputation: 12 Days Won: 1 Joined: 01/26/2002 Share Posted October 28, 2005 News flash for Tony "I Love Penn State!" Marquis: Most of the schools in the Top 25 aren't in cities that have an NFL team. Let's see...1. USC - Los Angeles - NO2. Texas - Austin - NO3. Virginia Tech - Blacksburg - NO4. Georgia - Athens - NO5. Alabama - Tuscaloosa - NO6. Miami - Miami - YES (use another off-campus stadium)7. LSU - Baton Rouge - NO (but it's good enough for the Saints this year)8. UCLA - Los Angeles - NO9. Notre Dame - South Bend - NO10. Florida State - Tallahassee - NO11. Penn State - State College - NO12. Ohio State - Columbus - NO13. Boston College - Boston - YES (on-campus stadium)14. Oregon - Eugene - NO15. Wisconsin - Madison - NO16. Florida - Gainesville - NO17. Texas Tech - Lubbock - NO18. West Virginia - Morgantown - NO19. Auburn - Auburn - NO20. TCU - Fort Worth - NO (the Cowboys don't count in this situation)21. Northwestern - Evanston - YES (I'll count the Bears - on-campus stadium)22. Fresno State - Fresno - NO23. Tennessee - Knoxville - NO24. California - Berkeley - NO25. Michigan - Ann Arbor - NOLet's see, that's three out of 25, and if you want to get really lenient with TCU, then it's four out of 25. No wonder they all have on-campus stadiums. Otherwise the city wouldn't need one at all.The real question is how many schools in NFL cities went ahead and built themselves a new stadium after an NFL stadium went up? SMU and Minnesota for sure, and maybe Houston. That's it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sitting_BULL Posted October 28, 2005 Group: Bull Backers Topic Count: 111 Content Count: 2,527 Reputation: 3 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/12/2002 Share Posted October 28, 2005 That's the main point I've been trying to get people to see all along.  Most schools build them because THEY HAVE NO OTHER OPTIONS!We don't need to play "follow the leader" when those we are trying to follow don't have as many options as we do.  They all wish they had stadiums as nice as we do.I've heard coaches from Texas, UF and Arizona talking, they were saying what a great recruiting tool RJS must be. and how they wish they had that.We've had players with offers from Okla and other big programs decide on us when they got taken on a tour of RJS.We need to realize how lucky we are and that we can be leaders (not followers.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripleB Posted October 28, 2005 Group: Member Topic Count: 99 Content Count: 4,517 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/28/2003 Share Posted October 28, 2005 That's the main point I've been trying to get people to see all along.  Most schools build them because THEY HAVE NO OTHER OPTIONS!We don't need to play "follow the leader" when those we are trying to follow don't have as many options as we do.  They all wish they had stadiums as nice as we do.I've heard coaches from Texas, UF and Arizona talking, they were saying what a great recruiting tool RJS must be. and how they wish they had that.We've had players with offers from Okla and other big programs decide on us when they got taken on a tour of RJS.We need to realize how lucky we are and that we can be leaders (not followers.)With the Glazers' business sense you'd think they'd see the opportunity here to appease everyone and make more money. Build some nice dorms in a corner parcel of the mall lot where they're building the training facility. They could use these for their training camp and then in the fall rent them out to students on Fridays of game weekends. They could get **** faced and then stumble over for the game on Saturday.Heck, even rent them to them on Saturday nights of Buc home games too so they could get **** faced again and then stumble over to the stadium on Sunday. Apparently this is the most important part of the experience since some seem too put out to drive 15 minutes to actually attend the game ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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