Forbes/Layberger: South Florida, Left Out Of Big 12 Expansion, Is Building For A Better Day

[John Lewis]

1 minute ago, puc86 said:

I just think bringing it up when the plan is to eventually have a plan is a bit tone deaf to the history of the idea. 

I certainly see where you are coming from.

I'll be happy to see your reaction when we begin moving forward with it.

[Rocky Style]

3 minutes ago, puc86 said:

I just think bringing it up when the plan is to eventually have a plan is a bit tone deaf to the history of the idea. 

I think they needed to say something even if this was a kick in the pants to change some politics behind the scenes.  

[puc86]

1 minute ago, John Lewis said:

I certainly see where you are coming from.

I'll be happy to see your reaction when we begin moving forward with it.

You should put out feelers to me for a week as I’m sure my reaction would be quite different from one moment to the next, but mostly I think my feelings will be dictated by what exactly the plan is, how realistic I find that plan, and how realistic I believe our path towards relevance is at that time. 

[CousinRicky]

3 minutes ago, John Lewis said:

I'm not part of those discussions, but once we know and can share we definitely will.

I cannot believe I forgot Jay Stroman. He is also very key to this project.

I heard this a couple months ago before Currall left.  

[Brad]

1 minute ago, John Lewis said:

I certainly see where you are coming from.

I'll be happy to see your reaction when we begin moving forward with it.

We'll put a pucCam® on his monitor to capture the terrifying glee.

 

Thanks for sharing information John.  Also, I don't see why anyone would want to or need to wait for a formal way to donate to an OCS.  The link for the IPF donation is still functioning.  The more we do in the present, the better.

[John Lewis]

1 minute ago, CousinRicky said:

I heard this a couple months ago before Currall left.  

I know you and I had this conversation at lunch last month.

We finally have the right people in the right places to get this done.

[puc86]

2 minutes ago, Rocky Style said:

I think they needed to say something even if this was a kick in the pants to change some politics behind the scenes.  

Maybe, I think it definitely made some people on here excited. Most people I have discussed it with irl dismissed the idea as more USF athletics doing USF athletic things and I think it contributed to the frustration and disillusionment. The ipf was a real tangible reason for excitement I don’t see how a new idea without a plan added to that.

[E.T.]

9 minutes ago, John Lewis said:

I certainly understand everyone's pessimism based on our past whenever the OCS was a topic.

There is going to be a realistic plan for the OCS. I can't tell you exactly when that will roll out, but it will be rolled out, so that those interested in helping with that project can do so.

I've been here a long while and I don't think I have ever heard the Board of Trustees Chairperson ever talk about an OCS the way it is being discussed now.

I don't have as strong a group of my campfire as I have in the past, but I have heard the site is "pretty much" chosen and it is not the 4 originally speculated back in 2017.

Just what I hear around my campfire. I have not heard any time table.

Go BULLS !!!

[John Lewis]

I have to dust off that old feasibility study to see where the 4 sites were.

I only remember 2 of them.

[BulledOver]

1 hour ago, Brad said:

Yeah, I won't lament again until they bring up the Sun Belt and C-USA teams and then tell us how good the conference is.

Our P6 sticker needs to go away and the Medium 12 needs to have a similar P5 for that cluster.

Maybe we could go with P 5.25 or  P V.IIV**in Roman numerals just to screw up the big guys in the P5. (** subject to change by language scholar or monk) but you get the jest.