Playoffs? Don't talk about - playoffs? You kidding me? Playoffs?

[Rocky Style]

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.  

[MMW]

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.

[jjlovecub]

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? 

[Bullsaficianado]

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!

[Bull Matrix]

Hell yeah!! Now we are getting more Bulliever’s on board!! Gonna be a wild ride to the top when you rock & roll!!!

[Triple B]

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 ....

[Rocky Style]

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.

[Triple B]

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 .....

[hm101]

Next play

[GoBulls84]

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