This game was big for USF!!!

[Bull Matrix]

I cant tell you how big this win was on national TV. The annoucers did a great job on selling USF to the potential recruits IMO. They really did their research about the USF football program in citing the history and new facilities. This has to be one of the best broadcasts for a USF football game IMO. Look at it this way, if you are a recruit you would have been impressed about the direction of the USF program. Winning that game was just icing on the cake because just about everyone expected USF to lose.  Anyway, I know Bien can agree that this game will do wonders for our recruiting because it was the only football game on national TV. There was no competition from other games are High School games. This win has to be one of the biggest for our young program that will help us grow. The only negative was the penalities and that Royal incident with Coach Leavitt.  Anyway, USF will get a much needed rest before they take on ECU which I believe will be televised across the whole state on the SUNSHINE NETWORK. USF needs to come out and dominate ECU to impress.

[Rabbi Bull]

isn't this our first win on national t.v.?  if i'm not mistaken, we have lost every other one, if i'm wrong my bad, this is only what i remember

[Bull Matrix]

No, actually we beat Cincy last year on national TV/ESPN. However, that game was on a Friday night and it was Halloween. Also, I believe there may have been another game on ESPN2. I think it was a BIG 10 game with Minnesota playing on the same time as we were that night. So, this was really our first time that we won a game when there is not much competition except the lame NBA games. This win will no doubt help recruiting in a major way. In a way, you knew the whole coaching staff was so glad to get this win. As a matter of fact, Carl Franks was quoted this week as saying this is a big game to do well on national TV.

[Jim Johnson]

Wasn't the Pittsburgh game also on ESPN? or was it ESPN+ ?