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[Bullfrog]

12 minutes ago, Bull Matrix said:

I wonder how the attendance figures stack up against the rest of G5?

This is reported attendance vs actual so take it with a grain of salt 

[Rocky Style]

Ah the potential of the Bulls.  

[M50_BULL]

10 minutes ago, Bullfrog said:

This is reported attendance vs actual so take it with a grain of salt 

I believe it, the stadium was pretty full at least the West side. We don't deserve nice things. I feel the athletics dept is trying literally everything in their power to drive fans away. Wonder what Temple will look like.

[belgianbull]

11 minutes ago, Bullfrog said:

This is reported attendance vs actual so take it with a grain of salt 

No doubt students came out and represented. Just feel  the fact that the team put out one of our worst performances ever against an instate team was a missed opportunity for the program.

If the students don't come out against Temple and Charlotte after such a showing I don't know if you can blame them.

Its up to Golesh to turn this team around in the next two games in order to get some goodwill back.

 

[Chardizard]

12 minutes ago, belgianbull said:

No doubt students came out and represented. Just feel  the fact that the team put out one of our worst performances ever against an instate team was a missed opportunity for the program.

If the students don't come out against Temple and Charlotte after such a showing I don't know if you can blame them.

Its up to Golesh to turn this team around in the next two games in order to get some goodwill back.

 

Agree with this sentiment...I hope students show up for last 2 games, but think they get a little bit of pass from criticism for rest of season...this game was a big opportunity to rope some in to fandom, but it turned out to be a top 5 worst USF loss 

[Bull Matrix]

38 minutes ago, Bullfrog said:

This is reported attendance vs actual so take it with a grain of salt 

 Not too bad. 

[FazaUSF]

On 10/16/2023 at 10:08 AM, Outlaw said:

If they want anyone besides diehard fans to show up the team needs to earn the fans interest back. Last two games have did the complete opposite. Anything short of a win this week against the huskies is setting up for bad attendance for the remaining home games. The last two games and homecoming was so embarrassing it driving away super fans like @FazaUSF.  The coaches have to get more creative on offense, the defense needs to get back to the basics  they are lost, and please for the love of God show some us you want to play to win again. Looks like the coaches and players were just going through motions  for the most part. 

Show us something and anything to bring back the hope we had for two games. 

Yes, this time, I plan to stick to my guns. I have never deliberately missed a home USF football game. 

Tomorrow, I will deliberately skip the game against Temple. I am not even sure I will watch it on TV; I didn't watch the last few away games.

You can all revoke my USF fanship card or tell me I'm "fairweather" though I would argue that the past 23 years' worth of evidence says otherwise. I won't stop donating, I won't cancel my membership as an Iron Bull, and I really do hope this is a blip in the grand scheme of my fanship. 

That FAU game was the absolute worst game I've ever endured as a USF fan. We've lost worse. We've lost harder. We've lost to even more lowly opponents (McNeese). We've lost much more over the past decade.... shoot we've done just about nothing BUT lose over the past 6 years. The team has lost heart before too - most of them didn't give two  for Charlie Strong's final year. You could hear them smacktalking their coaches and even the fans on the sidelines during the games, particularly during the Wisconsin game. 

I didn't lose heart then, though I did lose confidence in the team having a winning season for every year since Strong's first. Winning isn't what keeps me a fan.

The team and the coaches claimed ahead of the FAU game that "it's just another game on the schedule." Yeah, we've heard that before, and it usually means "we don't have any special interest, or really, any particular interest at all in winning that game." Some might even say it was stated to lower expectations and that coaches saw a loss coming, I don't know. I don't think I've heard that statement about any other games we've played this year. It certainly wasn't stated ahead of the game against Alabama. But that team against FAU showed little to no preparation, little to no fight, little to no heart, and certainly had no fire for anything but exiting the field that game against FAU. The coaching staff stuck to the same terrible playcalling that every team has had figured out since game 4, and did the team no favors in coming up with answers to help the players be put in positions to better succeed in the chess match against the FAU coordinators. That didn't hurt. The team showing no heart hurt, especially in the only game outside of Alabama that they should have shown out for. In front of a well-populated Homecoming crowd, for fans that don't come to every other game. Their chance to show all those fans how great our team is - the chance to persuade them the team is worth showing up for more games. Nope. No interest. No effort. If the effort was there beyond showing up and going through the mechanics, it wasn't the least bit apparent.

An in-state opponent. One our school is supposed to be decades ahead of - in age, in football, and in Athletics prowess. Of course that may not mean we win on the gridiron every time we play them.

56-14 is every bit as bad as 64-12. 

It's worse. At least UCF had been around a lot longer and had a much more established football program. 

As far ahead of UCF as we were when we beat them 64-12, FAU is ahead of us now. They showed it on the field in direct competition.

Our coaches couldn't come up with the lamest of game plans. Our players couldn't come up with a lick of interest in beating FAU on the field. They showed it, over and over, play after play. They didn't care to be there, they didn't care to be playing FAU, and they didn't care that they utterly failed to show up for their fans.

Team didn't care to show up for its fans. That's where I draw the line. Tomorrow, I don't care to show up for the team. It's the first time that's happened, and I hope it's the last.

Because for once, USF Football is going to have to earn my attendance back.

 

[Outlaw]

5 minutes ago, FazaUSF said:

Yes, this time, I plan to stick to my guns. I have never deliberately missed a home USF football game. 

Tomorrow, I will deliberately skip the game against Temple. I am not even sure I will watch it on TV; I didn't watch the last few away games.

You can all revoke my USF fanship card or tell me I'm "fairweather" though I would argue that the past 23 years' worth of evidence says otherwise. I won't stop donating, I won't cancel my membership as an Iron Bull, and I really do hope this is a blip in the grand scheme of my fanship. 

That FAU game was the absolute worst game I've ever endured as a USF fan. We've lost worse. We've lost harder. We've lost to even more lowly opponents (McNeese). We've lost much more over the past decade.... shoot we've done just about nothing BUT lose over the past 6 years. The team has lost heart before too - most of them didn't give two  for Charlie Strong's final year. You could hear them smacktalking their coaches and even the fans on the sidelines during the games, particularly during the Wisconsin game. 

I didn't lose heart then, though I did lose confidence in the team having a winning season for every year since Strong's first. Winning isn't what keeps me a fan.

The team and the coaches claimed ahead of the FAU game that "it's just another game on the schedule." Yeah, we've heard that before, and it usually means "we don't have any special interest, or really, any particular interest at all in winning that game." Some might even say it was stated to lower expectations and that coaches saw a loss coming, I don't know. I don't think I've heard that statement about any other games we've played this year. It certainly wasn't stated ahead of the game against Alabama. But that team against FAU showed little to no preparation, little to no fight, little to no heart, and certainly had no fire for anything but exiting the field that game against FAU. The coaching staff stuck to the same terrible playcalling that every team has had figured out since game 4, and did the team no favors in coming up with answers to help the players be put in positions to better succeed in the chess match against the FAU coordinators. That didn't hurt. The team showing no heart hurt, especially in the only game outside of Alabama that they should have shown out for. In front of a well-populated Homecoming crowd, for fans that don't come to every other game. Their chance to show all those fans how great our team is - the chance to persuade them the team is worth showing up for more games. Nope. No interest. No effort. If the effort was there beyond showing up and going through the mechanics, it wasn't the least bit apparent.

An in-state opponent. One our school is supposed to be decades ahead of - in age, in football, and in Athletics prowess. Of course that may not mean we win on the gridiron every time we play them.

56-14 is every bit as bad as 64-12. 

It's worse. At least UCF had been around a lot longer and had a much more established football program. 

As far ahead of UCF as we were when we beat them 64-12, FAU is ahead of us now. They showed it on the field in direct competition.

Our coaches couldn't come up with the lamest of game plans. Our players couldn't come up with a lick of interest in beating FAU on the field. They showed it, over and over, play after play. They didn't care to be there, they didn't care to be playing FAU, and they didn't care that they utterly failed to show up for their fans.

Team didn't care to show up for its fans. That's where I draw the line. Tomorrow, I don't care to show up for the team. It's the first time that's happened, and I hope it's the last.

Because for once, USF Football is going to have to earn my attendance back.

 

I get it andI have been there with this program especially the last 3.5 years. I still think Jeff Scott was by far the lowest point of the program. When we fired the dud, and we have finally shown a little progress. The FAU and UAB games were embarassing, and if we can beat Temple we can be one game away from bowling. I really hope this team doesn't do the usual USF thing and break our hearts tomorrow.

[CousinRicky]

6 minutes ago, Outlaw said:

I get it andI have been there with this program especially the last 3.5 years. I still think Jeff Scott was by far the lowest point of the program. When we fired the dud, and we have finally shown a little progress. The FAU and UAB games were embarassing, and if we can beat Temple we can be one game away from bowling. I really hope this team doesn't do the usual USF thing and break our hearts tomorrow.

Oh, they'll break our hearts. Deep inside you know it.

[Outlaw]

2 minutes ago, CousinRicky said:

Oh, they'll break our hearts. Deep inside you know it.