"Just call them South Fraudula"

[Bull Dozer]

I think some of you are missing the point. Who cares that Brian Bennett predicted that USF would only finsh 7-5 this year. That is not the point. I can and will comfortably predict that this will not be the last time we as Bulls fans hear comments like this from various media outlets.

"Once Is Chance, Twice is Coincidence, Third Time Is A Pattern" USF is building a reputation for fast starts and bad finishes.  If this type of reporting continues from ESPN and other media outlets, which it will, it will start to impact recruiting. Do you not think other schools will use this against USF to pull recruits? Do you actually believe that current and future recruits do not read articles like this?

Perception and potential is what pulls recruits to a school. Right now the perception is that USF consistently has end of the year collapses and typically does not compete for the Big East championship. This will become a distraction for recruits. A USF coach can go into a recruits home and say, "USF competes for the Big East title every year and has the potential to go to a BCS game," but the current perception is that the football team has not come close to doing that in the last couple of years.

This is exactly what happened to MSU......