Rocky Style Posted January 15 Group: Member Topic Count: 109 Content Count: 21,119 Reputation: 4,625 Days Won: 39 Joined: 09/14/2007 Share Posted January 15 37 minutes ago, Ten Toed Sloth said: Doesn't seem like a huge stretch to me! It's not. The pieces are there if we can shore up a fatal flaw. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMW Posted January 15 Group: Member Topic Count: 39 Content Count: 2,125 Reputation: 923 Days Won: 6 Joined: 09/14/2007 Share Posted January 15 3 hours ago, Jim Johnson said: 247 Sports Writer projects USF as the AAC champion and highest G5.... as the #11 seed! https://247sports.com/longformarticle/early-college-football-playoff-major-bowl-projections-for-2024-225422712/#2347453 We would have to beat Alabama at home to reach 11 imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjlovecub Posted January 15 Group: TBP Subscriber III Topic Count: 127 Content Count: 2,118 Reputation: 522 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/27/2007 Share Posted January 15 2 hours ago, Ten Toed Sloth said: Tulane went from 2-10 in 2021 to 12-2 the following year and won the championship. Why is it such a stretch for USF? Both SMU and Memphis finished the 2022 season 7-6 and then went on to finish 11-3 (and won AAC championship) and 10-3 respectively. Doesn't seem like a huge stretch to me! I guess because we’ve never even come close to winning a championship before. Don’t get me wrong I’m all for it I just think people are slightly overreacting to our bowl victory. I’m just curious what upgrades we’ve made to take that next step to compete with Tulane or Memphis for the conference title? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullsaficianado Posted January 15 Group: Member Topic Count: 22 Content Count: 245 Reputation: 94 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/19/2016 Share Posted January 15 I was so stoked to see this! We brought in the best recruiting class in the g5 including: a fantastic receiver, a load of talent on d and even shored up the O Line…depth shouldn’t be an issue…anything is possible! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull Matrix Posted January 15 Group: Member Topic Count: 604 Content Count: 16,485 Reputation: 2,940 Days Won: 43 Joined: 01/04/2003 Share Posted January 15 Hell yeah!! Now we are getting more Bulliever’s on board!! Gonna be a wild ride to the top when you rock & roll!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple B Posted January 15 Group: Moderator Topic Count: 1,615 Content Count: 74,714 Reputation: 10,932 Days Won: 424 Joined: 11/25/2005 Share Posted January 15 1 hour ago, jjlovecub said: I guess because we’ve never even come close to winning a championship before. Don’t get me wrong I’m all for it I just think people are slightly overreacting to our bowl victory. I’m just curious what upgrades we’ve made to take that next step to compete with Tulane or Memphis for the conference title? Twice we have come down to winning two games at the end of the season to win a championship. I'd call that kinda close. Do agree that there's some overreacting to Boca but I also thought that predicting 5 wins last year was crazy talk .... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Style Posted January 15 Group: Member Topic Count: 109 Content Count: 21,119 Reputation: 4,625 Days Won: 39 Joined: 09/14/2007 Share Posted January 15 35 minutes ago, Triple B said: Do agree that there's some overreacting to Boca We are just venting all the positivity we have saved up for X number of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple B Posted January 15 Group: Moderator Topic Count: 1,615 Content Count: 74,714 Reputation: 10,932 Days Won: 424 Joined: 11/25/2005 Share Posted January 15 19 minutes ago, Rocky Style said: We are just venting all the positivity we have saved up for X number of years. I can accept that ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm101 Posted January 16 Group: TBP Subscriber Topic Count: 173 Content Count: 7,004 Reputation: 2,260 Days Won: 12 Joined: 06/11/2010 Share Posted January 16 Next play 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoBulls84 Posted January 16 Group: Member Topic Count: 43 Content Count: 3,899 Reputation: 871 Days Won: 8 Joined: 12/10/2006 Share Posted January 16 22 hours ago, Ten Toed Sloth said: Tulane went from 2-10 in 2021 to 12-2 the following year and won the championship. Why is it such a stretch for USF? Both SMU and Memphis finished the 2022 season 7-6 and then went on to finish 11-3 (and won AAC championship) and 10-3 respectively. Doesn't seem like a huge stretch to me! I think the biggest different in the transition that we'd be making in comparison to Tulane's big turnaround is that prior to that 2-10 season, Tulane had been steadily building under Fritz, just hadn't broken the .500 barrier yet. The 2021 record was an aberration compared to the rest of his time there. Same could be said for Memphis. They've regularly been one of the top teams in the conference. 2021 and '22 were kind of outlier seasons for the program over the last decade. That said, if Goach can get the defense improved and the offense even progresses a little (think more consistency), the sky could be the limit for this team. And I believe we've got a shot in any game as long as Byrum is healthy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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