Your keys to a successful 2008 FB season

[NormalBull]

What are some of your keys to the 2008 football season?  What needs to happen for the Bulls to succeed?  Why?

Here are mine:

1.  Grothe stays healthy.  Grant has come a long ways, but as Grothe goes, so goes the Bulls.  This guy is our heart and soul.

2.  Continued maturity of our younger players, especially the freshmen.  We need Zach Hermann, Mike Ford, Jamal Taylor, Bogan, Love, Alcner, McClain, McQueen and others to move their games up a notch.

3.  A little more consistency from the kicking game; especially FGs.  Kick coverage could be better, and better production from our return game would be nice.

4.  Our 'playmakers' need to produce.  Mr. All-American, George Selvie needs to be a force every game.  Ford needs to hang on to the ball and shows signs of dominating.  Matt could improve his decision making.  McKenzie needs to be the defense.  Taurus and C. Mitchell need to be consistent.  And Nate Allen needs to become a big time ball hawk.

5.  To steal one from Bien, rapid development of either Q. Washington or The American Dream.  We are gonna need a good second cover corner when we hit Louisville and Rutgers.  An injury to J. Murphy would almost be as disastrous as one to Grothe.

6.  A quiet, productive summer would be nice.  No arrests, grade issues, deaths, injuries, et al would help us get ready for 2008.

7.  Good weather in August.  Please, no d@mn hurricanes!

Go Bulls.

Normal

[mev]

What he said, and i think mike ford will have a beastly year too.

[nobull.Bulls]

Dont drop the ball, and excellent O-line play

[Jihme]

special teams!!!!

and mike ford needs to be the leading rusher for the year, at about 1000 yds.  THEN we'll have the balance we need to more effectively run our spread.

[IncrediBULL]

how about calls from refs that aren't so crappy....  the BEAST refs sucked last year, and cost us two games at least.

[Rizman]

Consistency

1) We lack it year in year out.  We need consistency

2) Less Grothe runnning and more from our backs.  

3) Better run blocking up front.  Our O-line will be key to keeping Grothe from running the ball.  If our line leaks he will have to run.

4) Kicking

5) Special teams - picking up fakes and creating opportunities.

[usfbullcpa]

1.  Grothe is no longer a surprise coming out of the backfield.  Play calling has to be stronger to not rely on 8 getting out to the flats.

2.  Dile and Schmidt (huners?), need to stay healthy and create a strong left O line.

3.Selvie has to come in even stronger, quicker, defense needs to step up around him to give him inside opportunities.  If the DT can be strong to take a double team, Selvie will lead the country in sacks.

4.  Kicking game, I have no doubt both will be stronger this year.

5. Kick return has to give us good field position.

6.  WE have to be the 12th, 13th adn 14th man on the field to bring it all together and override the referees.

[Jake_Ryan]

It's simple for me - no injuries on the Offensive Line and develop depth at CB.  And Grothe stays healthy.

[smazza]

Consistency

1) We lack it year in year out.  We need consistency

2) Less Grothe runnning and more from our backs.  

3) Better run blocking up front.  Our O-line will be key to keeping Grothe from running the ball.  If our line leaks he will have to run.

4) Kicking

5) Special teams - picking up fakes and creating opportunities.

best package but usf needs to diversify the offense

grothe can do it all anymore

teams are wise to usf that is why usf finished so poorly

[postmortem]

best package but usf needs to diversify the offense

grothe can do it all anymore

teams are wise to usf that is why usf finished so poorly

while he sounds like a **** saying it he's right. more diversity in the offensive play calling would be huge this year.