Jim Johnson Posted October 14, 2009 Group: TBP Subscriber III Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 5,468 Reputation: 1,781 Days Won: 13 Joined: 12/02/2018 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Bulls must show they can handle successBy JOE HENDERSON | The Tampa TribunePublished: October 13, 2009TAMPA - It was a long summer for University of South Florida football coach Jim Leavitt. After watching a midseason slide take his Bulls out of Big East contention for a second consecutive year, Leavitt ordered a detailed study of every aspect of his program - from the pace of practice, to conditioning, to meeting schedules, you name it.Everything.He didn't like what he saw."We changed a lot, a lot," Leavitt said. "I spent a lot of reflection time. It's not that what we were doing before was wrong, but I just wanted to see if we needed to make changes."We'll get into the details of those changes in a minute, but the question for the 21st-ranked Bulls now is whether all that made a difference. It's hard to say for sure that it has just yet.Read the rest... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSSMOOTH Posted October 14, 2009 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 849 Reputation: 6 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/19/2007 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Getting to 7-0 I think will be a big measuring point for us, I don't think we've ever gotten to 7-0, every time we've approached it we've lost.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 2008: 5-0 ... lost to Pitt2007: 6-0 ... lost to Rutgers2006: 3-0 ... lost to Kanasas2005: lost opener to Penn State2004: 1-0 ... lost to South Carolina2003: lost opener to Alabama2002: 2-0... lost to Arkansas2001: lost opener to Northern Illinois2000: 1-0... lost to Kentucky1999: lost opener to San Diego State1998: 5-0... lost to Western Kentucky1997: 1-0... lost to the Citadel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griggsy Posted October 14, 2009 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 808 Reputation: 9 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/09/2005 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Getting to 7-0 I think will be a big measuring point for us, I don't think we've ever gotten to 7-0, every time we've approached it we've lost....In my mind, the following is the minimum we'd have to achieve for me to consider this year successful:-10 win season-#2 or higher in the Big East-End the year rankedThe other criteria I had was to get at least one win from the FSU and Miami games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.