TromBull12 Posted November 26, 2023 Group: Member Topic Count: 19 Content Count: 953 Reputation: 607 Days Won: 6 Joined: 09/28/2014 Share Posted November 26, 2023 I cut my USF football teeth starting in the 2006 range. I've always been of the belief that the only substantive difference between the 'haves' and the 'have-nots,' was history and money. I honestly thought that if given the chance, we could go toe to toe with anyone (when we were consistently good). Our former football conference mates are making me rethink that. Those who shall not be named 6-6 Cincinnati- 3-9 Houston 4-8 What happened to them?!?! I thought they were all solid programs that would transition just fine. Did they all lose a lot of talent or is this the future we all pine for...? To be fair I did look up... Rutgers 1 winning season out of 9 Louisville 6 winning seasons out of 9 I didn't include Pittsburgh or Syracuse because they never made it to the AAC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted November 26, 2023 Group: Admin Topic Count: 13,332 Content Count: 97,087 Reputation: 10,858 Days Won: 469 Joined: 05/19/2000 Share Posted November 26, 2023 South Florida transitioned to BCS football better as an eight year old. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puc86 Posted November 26, 2023 Group: Member Topic Count: 147 Content Count: 19,272 Reputation: 6,158 Days Won: 255 Joined: 10/13/2002 Share Posted November 26, 2023 5 minutes ago, Brad said: South Florida transitioned to BCS football better as an eight year old. But at least they aren’t plateauing at 8-9 wins a year… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00Bull Posted November 26, 2023 Group: Member Topic Count: 2 Content Count: 454 Reputation: 196 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/08/2021 Share Posted November 26, 2023 49 minutes ago, TromBull12 said: Those who shall not be named 6-6 Cincinnati- 3-9 Houston 4-8 What happened to them?!?! They stepped up in competition. The AAC is the minors. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sk00b Posted November 26, 2023 Group: TBP Subscriber Topic Count: 19 Content Count: 3,417 Reputation: 1,193 Days Won: 3 Joined: 09/09/2010 Share Posted November 26, 2023 We were built better defensively when we made the move. I feel like they were all in down years playmaker wise in the transition year as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smazza Posted November 27, 2023 Group: Member Topic Count: 9,898 Content Count: 66,091 Reputation: 2,434 Days Won: 172 Joined: 01/01/2001 Share Posted November 27, 2023 who you play matters 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Style Posted November 27, 2023 Group: Member Topic Count: 109 Content Count: 21,140 Reputation: 4,642 Days Won: 39 Joined: 09/14/2007 Share Posted November 27, 2023 2 hours ago, smazza said: who you play matters Yes number of wins is not a like to like comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TromBull12 Posted November 27, 2023 Group: Member Topic Count: 19 Content Count: 953 Reputation: 607 Days Won: 6 Joined: 09/28/2014 Author Share Posted November 27, 2023 My follow up question is, are the pundits right in regards to them/ eventually us, being big fish in a little pond? When they say beating/facing a top 25 opponent once a season is the only reason we can/do show fight and the ability to win when we do? Is the 'who we play" in other conferences doomed to make us a Vanderbilt of our future conference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smazza Posted November 27, 2023 Group: Member Topic Count: 9,898 Content Count: 66,091 Reputation: 2,434 Days Won: 172 Joined: 01/01/2001 Share Posted November 27, 2023 our conference mates hit the lottery and we are stuck in the favela 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowdown Posted November 27, 2023 Group: Member Topic Count: 5 Content Count: 993 Reputation: 121 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/05/2007 Share Posted November 27, 2023 13 minutes ago, TromBull12 said: When they say beating/facing a top 25 opponent once a season is the only reason we can/do show fight and the ability to win when we do? Yea, basically. It's not that a team isn't good it's just a different beast to do it every week over the course of the season facing injuries, depth, most teams play poorly at some point, etc against strong opponents every week 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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