GoUSFBulls.com: USF HEALTH FEATURE: Kevin Patrick Has A Passion For USF That Traces To The Program's First Game

[Bullsbot]

Defensive Line Coach Has Guided Some Of The Top Players In USF History.

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[Brad]

Another look back to the good days.  Hopefully Patrick can create some tough guys. You’ll like that talk within the article.  

[flsportsfan83]

I enjoyed reading this. Thanks for posting @Bullsbot

[OhioBull]

Awesome!!  I remember those early years and that defense flying around.  I never doubted that defense and knew the play would be made when it had to be made.  The last few years if a game would require a stop or a play I would just turn off the TV and know it wasn't going to happen and I was right.  I have a feeling things are turning around.  Let's get dirty and gritty and make it happen.

[Sk00b]

Good stuff! They have hard job ahead of them in the current USF/CFB climate. Might work out that we have some guys that remember the tougher times.

[GoBulls84]

23 hours ago, OhioBull said:

Awesome!!  I remember those early years and that defense flying around.  I never doubted that defense and knew the play would be made when it had to be made.  The last few years if a game would require a stop or a play I would just turn off the TV and know it wasn't going to happen and I was right.  I have a feeling things are turning around.  Let's get dirty and gritty and make it happen.

It's gotten exhausting when any time we have somebody in 3rd and long, I say  (almost jokingly), "Oh man, they've got us right where they want us" and then they end up converting a 3rd and 14 because our corners are 20 yards off the line, or they run a draw up the middle and nobody is around the ball until 20 yards downfield

[DELdaBull]

I feel like Patrick has been a DLine coach FOREVER. Has he never had a DC chance in his career? 

[GoBulls84]

28 minutes ago, DELdaBull said:

I feel like Patrick has been a DLine coach FOREVER. Has he never had a DC chance in his career? 

Not sure if he's ever been offered a DC gig, but could just be that he enjoys coaching along the trenches. His bio page says he was a LB coach at FAU, but obviously the rest of his experience is DL-related, which is something he's done exceedingly well at in the past.

[Gatorbull325]

1 hour ago, GoBulls84 said:

It's gotten exhausting when any time we have somebody in 3rd and long, I say  (almost jokingly), "Oh man, they've got us right where they want us" and then they end up converting a 3rd and 14 because our corners are 20 yards off the line, or they run a draw up the middle and nobody is around the ball until 20 yards downfield

3rd & 4th downs have been our Achilles heal since the CCS days. Even when we give a good effort to stop it.  It's like we are cursed. 

Edited March 15, 2023 by Gatorbull325