Tom McEwen - "USF Football. You've Come a Long Way".

[Ricky the Bull]

Some interesting history in this article, including a plan for an OCS in the original plat.

http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/sports/comments/usf-football-youve-come-a-long-way/

[HOTMello2005]

This is just the tip of the iceberg....More national (positive) attention to come as the season continues!

GO BULLS!!!

[Sitting_BULL]

"....He beat those of us who favored more sports—football and basketball—[glow=red,2,300]me,[/glow] other writers...."

The guy is a lying douche bag!

I remember a long time ago, he wrote an article that said something like.......with uf, fsu & miami, USF trying to play football would be like opening a mom & pop discount store next to 3 Walmarts!

Don't get me wrong, I'm not giving him a hard time for not being able to see into the future, just for trying to act like [glow=red,2,300]he[/glow] was all for it.

[E.T.]

The Tampa press has been good for us this weekend ... oh, they gators were off 

But seriously, we made national news last season and fell a bit. We started the season ranked and beat a higher ranked team in week 3.

Future is bright  8)

[nobullaboutit]

The Tampa press has been good for us this weekend ... oh, they gators were off 

But seriously, we made national news last season and fell a bit. We started the season ranked and beat a higher ranked team in week 3.

Future is bright  8)

E.T. I agree, the Tampa press has been giving us some love despite the Gaytors.  One step at a time but I'm happy with the progress!!! and enjoying the ride!

[Sunil]

It's amazing how USF has burst onto the national scene these last two years at the exact time when two of the Big 3 are struggling. We couldn't have written a better situation for our program to really have a chance to capture the hearts and imaginations of the local area. The day is coming soon when Bulls Country in terms of recruiting, fans, and merchandise will extend as far north as ocala, south to naples, and east to lakeland. To think...when I started on campus in '95...you couldn't even buy a USF t-shirt anywhere outside of the campus bookstore ...

[SRQ]

McEwen is late to the Bulls bandwagon.  He has always preferred his beloved Gators and this may play a small role someday in the Times putting the Trib out of business.  Trib had an opportunity long ago to become the source for all news about the Bulls.  They forfeited that franchise, allowed the Times to become equals and gave up one more bullet in the battle to be the last daily standing in Tampa Bay.

[usfbulls2004]

pretty good article.

[Guest]

McEwen is late to the Bulls bandwagon.  He has always preferred his beloved Gators and this may play a small role someday in the Times putting the Trib out of business.  Trib had an opportunity long ago to become the source for all news about the Bulls.  They forfeited that franchise, allowed the Times to become equals and gave up one more bullet in the battle to be the last daily standing in Tampa Bay.

Right. Because college football coverage is THAT big of a reason why papers are failing....  :  :  :

Not saying you are wrong about McEwen...

But you are really stretching to say that the Trib would be so much further ahead because of their Bulls coverage.  The Times was always going to have a beat reporter... and their sports section has been better than the Trib's since way before USF had football.

[BigShoop]

It's amazing how USF has burst onto the national scene these last two years at the exact time when two of the Big 3 are struggling.

Well, when 80ish of Florida's best players are playing at USF instead of being distributed among those other 3 schools...