Welcome to the ESPN.com Bottom 10 poll

[BiggTipp]

SO EVEN ESPN IS TELLING US HE IS A GOOD COACH....

"The Devil's Advocate": Based on the opener, USF fans might have a hard time believing Taggart is a good football coach. But hear us out: He inherited a Western Kentucky program that went 0-12 the season before he arrived and turned it around by Year 2 to finish 7-5 in back-to-back campaigns.

[MaltLiquorBull]

Wow.  how times change.  i can remember when they put Louisville on this list at #5 (back in 2005) for getting blown out by some nobody college football team called USF.

[raptorcj]

Generous to only have us at #10 after that performance. Hopefully redemption is near...hopefully

[Bear]

We hit #2 in the BCS poll! And stayed there for a week... Now that we are at the bottom... We should rise to the top. How crazy would it be if we lost the out of conference play, and then went undefeated during the conference schedule. A complete reversal of the 2007, 08, 09, 10 season! lol

[raptorcj]

We hit #2 in the BCS poll! And stayed there for a week... Now that we are at the bottom... We should rise to the top. How crazy would it be if we lost the out of conference play, and then went undefeated during the conference schedule. A complete reversal of the 2007, 08, 09, 10 season! lol

 

It would be crazy awesome! But then if the first game didn't do enough to set our expectations, I'm afraid we may get a reminder or three throughout the season. Definitely a reversal though, let's hope the reverse continues in-conference this year!

[cophbulls]

Hey, at least we made a poll somewhere. it's like the real heavy guy who gets free food at Heart Attack grill because he weighs more than 350. And getting below 350 is sort of like getting out of the bottom ten. C'mon! We can do it!

[hightechbull]

Yes we are #10 in the ESPN Bottom 10.  Not only that, but we are the headline story for the Bottom 10 poll.

 

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/page/bottom10130903/willie-taggart-usf-bus-makes-stop-bottom-10

 

USF better keep that bus movin'

Originally Published: September 12, 2012

By Mark Schlabach | ESPN.com

 

 

The Bottom 10 inspirational thought of the week:

 

 

 

 

Howard Payne: "You think I wouldn't have been prepared? Two years I spent setting up that elevator job, two years I invested in it. You couldn't understand the kind of commitment that I have. You ruined a man's life's work and you think you can walk away? You got blinders on to the world! But I got your attention now, didn't I Jack?"

 

 

Jack Traven: "Why didn't you just come after me?"

 

 

Howard Payne: "No, this is about me! This is about my money. This is about money due me, which I will collect! 3.7 million dollars! It's my nest egg, Jack. At my age you have to think ahead."

 

 

Jack Traven: "When I find you..."

 

 

Howard Payne: "Pop quiz, hotshot. There's a bomb on a bus. Once the bus goes 50 miles an hour, the bomb is armed. If it drops below 50, it blows up. What do you do? What do you do?"

 

 

-- Dennis Hopper and Keanu Reeves, "Speed"

 

 

In the 1994 movie "Speed," Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock spent most of the film's two hours trying to get off a commuter bus in Los Angeles that was rigged with a bomb.

 

 

Pop quiz, hotshots: Who wanted to get off a bus more than Reeves and Bullock?

 

 

South Florida Bulls fans.

 

 

After new coach Willie Taggart spent the summer urging USF fans to "get on the bus," its wheels came off in Saturday night's opener against FCS foe McNeese State. The Cowboys scored 40 consecutive points, causing USF fans to boo their team midway through the second quarter. The Bulls snapped the ball over the punter's head, lost a fumble at their own 5-yard line, and threw a pick-six.

 

 

During a weekend in which FCS opponents upset defending Big 12 champion Kansas State, UConn, Iowa State and San Diego State, the Bulls' 53-21 loss might have been the most embarrassing.

 

 

No. 25 Oregon State wasn't far behind, losing to Eastern Washington and earning the Beavers the coveted No. 5 spot in our rankings.

 

 

Taggart will try to right USF's bus before Saturday's road trip to Michigan State. If the Bulls can turn things around, they might work their way out of the Bottom 10. Miami (Ohio) plays at Kentucky in this week's Pillow Fight of the Week, and the loser can expect to occupy a spot next week.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[GaUSFBull]

We deserve to be there.

[raptorcj]

Last week's news. We should slip off that list after the MSU game.

[Triple B]

 

Yes we are #10 in the ESPN Bottom 10.  Not only that, but we are the headline story for the Bottom 10 poll.

 

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/page/bottom10130903/willie-taggart-usf-bus-makes-stop-bottom-10

 

USF better keep that bus movin'

Originally Published: September 12, 2012

By Mark Schlabach | ESPN.com

 

 

The Bottom 10 inspirational thought of the week:

 

 

 

 

Howard Payne: "You think I wouldn't have been prepared? Two years I spent setting up that elevator job, two years I invested in it. You couldn't understand the kind of commitment that I have. You ruined a man's life's work and you think you can walk away? You got blinders on to the world! But I got your attention now, didn't I Jack?"

 

 

Jack Traven: "Why didn't you just come after me?"

 

 

Howard Payne: "No, this is about me! This is about my money. This is about money due me, which I will collect! 3.7 million dollars! It's my nest egg, Jack. At my age you have to think ahead."

 

 

Jack Traven: "When I find you..."

 

 

Howard Payne: "Pop quiz, hotshot. There's a bomb on a bus. Once the bus goes 50 miles an hour, the bomb is armed. If it drops below 50, it blows up. What do you do? What do you do?"

 

 

-- Dennis Hopper and Keanu Reeves, "Speed"

 

 

In the 1994 movie "Speed," Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock spent most of the film's two hours trying to get off a commuter bus in Los Angeles that was rigged with a bomb.

 

 

Pop quiz, hotshots: Who wanted to get off a bus more than Reeves and Bullock?

 

 

South Florida Bulls fans.

 

 

After new coach Willie Taggart spent the summer urging USF fans to "get on the bus," its wheels came off in Saturday night's opener against FCS foe McNeese State. The Cowboys scored 40 consecutive points, causing USF fans to boo their team midway through the second quarter. The Bulls snapped the ball over the punter's head, lost a fumble at their own 5-yard line, and threw a pick-six.

 

 

During a weekend in which FCS opponents upset defending Big 12 champion Kansas State, UConn, Iowa State and San Diego State, the Bulls' 53-21 loss might have been the most embarrassing.

 

 

No. 25 Oregon State wasn't far behind, losing to Eastern Washington and earning the Beavers the coveted No. 5 spot in our rankings.

 

 

Taggart will try to right USF's bus before Saturday's road trip to Michigan State. If the Bulls can turn things around, they might work their way out of the Bottom 10. Miami (Ohio) plays at Kentucky in this week's Pillow Fight of the Week, and the loser can expect to occupy a spot next week.

 

 

 

 

Interesting ... Mark Schlablah/ESPN publishes an article talking about CWT 3 months before he was hired.