Sporting news college preview picks USF .....

[IncrediBULL]

To finish 2nd behind wvu,and toto pinstripe bowl.  Just picked up a copy at public.    Decent big east coverage.  Going to settle in for a read.

[South_Florida_Flip]

That sounds like a very fair pick.

[hm101]

a 5- or 6-win season in conference

a bowl against another big6

wvu leading the pack

ill take it.

[Guest]

Hard to believe they would send USF to New York City for the inaugural bowl game.  They'll want Syracuse or U Conn or Rutgers or even Pitt before they want USF at Yankee Stadium. 

More likely we'd end up in Orlando...

[Mama_Bull]

They have:

WVU #22

USF #32

Pitt #36

They just released #35 on their countdown.

http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/feed/2011-07/preseason-rankings/story/top-50-countdown-maryland-terrapins

[Danm1983]

Hard to believe they would send USF to New York City for the inaugural bowl game.  They'll want Syracuse or U Conn or Rutgers or even Pitt before they want USF at Yankee Stadium. 

More likely we'd end up in Orlando...

inaugural? syracuse played kansas state last year in that bowl. i think they would still want a shot at uconn or rutgers if possible, or even pitt or wvu if they aren't at the top. there are some usf nyc alumni though, and i'd head up there for it for a few days.

orlando depends on notre dame. if they are eligible for the champs sports bowl, they'll probably get picked because with the old gator bowl deal, notre dame was "good", and the gator passed on them one year, then they sucked so hard they weren't even eligible the other 2-3 years. ha!

i think the big east also gets the liberty bowl this year (maybe we're giving up birmingham this year for that). it's confusing.

[Guest]

Hard to believe they would send USF to New York City for the inaugural bowl game.  They'll want Syracuse or U Conn or Rutgers or even Pitt before they want USF at Yankee Stadium. 

More likely we'd end up in Orlando...

inaugural? syracuse played kansas state last year in that bowl. i think they would still want a shot at uconn or rutgers if possible, or even pitt or wvu if they aren't at the top. there are some usf nyc alumni though, and i'd head up there for it for a few days.

orlando depends on notre dame. if they are eligible for the champs sports bowl, they'll probably get picked because with the old gator bowl deal, notre dame was "good", and the gator passed on them one year, then they sucked so hard they weren't even eligible the other 2-3 years. ha!

i think the big east also gets the liberty bowl this year (maybe we're giving up birmingham this year for that). it's confusing.

Man where was I... totally missed that the game started last year. HA!  I clearly stand corrected, sir.

Still doubt that USF would head up there yet... You're right that Champs would jump at Notre Dame - but I'll go out on a limb and say that Notre Dame will not get that chance.  They'll start out at least 1-3 in their first four... not sure they can win 6 more total.  Just a guess tho... won't know until we see them play.

But if WVU is in the Orange Bowl (they get the last pick, but WVU would travel well to Miami), then #2 Pitt would be in Charlotte for Belk? 

We get the Liberty one year out of four... swapping out the B'ham game.  Now, I would love a trip to Memphis... cheaper than NYC.

[&rew Bull]

Hard to believe they would send USF to New York City for the inaugural bowl game.  They'll want Syracuse or U Conn or Rutgers or even Pitt before they want USF at Yankee Stadium. 

More likely we'd end up in Orlando...

inaugural? syracuse played kansas state last year in that bowl. i think they would still want a shot at uconn or rutgers if possible, or even pitt or wvu if they aren't at the top. there are some usf nyc alumni though, and i'd head up there for it for a few days.

orlando depends on notre dame. if they are eligible for the champs sports bowl, they'll probably get picked because with the old gator bowl deal, notre dame was "good", and the gator passed on them one year, then they sucked so hard they weren't even eligible the other 2-3 years. ha!

i think the big east also gets the liberty bowl this year (maybe we're giving up birmingham this year for that). it's confusing.

Man where was I... totally missed that the game started last year. HA!  I clearly stand corrected, sir.

Still doubt that USF would head up there yet... You're right that Champs would jump at Notre Dame - but I'll go out on a limb and say that Notre Dame will not get that chance.  They'll start out at least 1-3 in their first four... not sure they can win 6 more total.  Just a guess tho... won't know until we see them play.

But if WVU is in the Orange Bowl (they get the last pick, but WVU would travel well to Miami), then #2 Pitt would be in Charlotte for Belk? 

We get the Liberty one year out of four... swapping out the B'ham game.  Now, I would love a trip to Memphis... cheaper than NYC.

Notre Dame starting 1-3? Their games are against us, Michigan, Michigan State, and Pitt. Two of the schools have first year coaches and the other two (us included) have a 50/50 shot, imo.

[South_Florida_Flip]

Hard to believe they would send USF to New York City for the inaugural bowl game.  They'll want Syracuse or U Conn or Rutgers or even Pitt before they want USF at Yankee Stadium. 

More likely we'd end up in Orlando...

I forgot which thread it was in, but I put this scenario in there and it does make sense based on:

1) USF finishing second in league at 10-2 or 9-3 overall and potentially within the Top 25

2) ND taking the spots in the Champs Bowl

3) Because of 2) the next pick would be Charlotte and they will not want USF back for a second straight season

[Jihme]

if we don't win BE then i bet we'll end up in a crap bowl, bc i doubt ND will go to a BCS game.