JupiterBull Posted November 30, 2013 Group: Member Topic Count: 85 Content Count: 5,431 Reputation: 770 Days Won: 16 Joined: 02/08/2009 Share Posted November 30, 2013 This loss is going to hurt for a while. Kloss's missed FG (that I suspect cost him the Groza, unless voting is already in); White's silly INT; Taggart's questionable 4th down play (I support it); wasted 5 TOs; and blown big plays (kick returns, final TD). But I submit that this is a recruiting win. Hear me out. Had UCF smoked us as predicted, O'Leary and his staff would be pointing to the gap between our teams with any recruit on the fence between UCF and USF. As it is, they can't use this game at all. In fact, I'd argue that Taggart & Co would say that we're a few players away from beating the top team in the AAC, and that young players were on the field making a difference (both INTs were by freshmen). Had UCF drilled us, our main argument would be playing time. Now, we can show that UCF isn't the powerhouse in the league, and that with USF, you can play early, and be a part of the plan to quickly recover dominance over UCF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogma Posted November 30, 2013 Group: Member Topic Count: 303 Content Count: 5,550 Reputation: 866 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/07/2009 Share Posted November 30, 2013 I agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull-Hornz Posted November 30, 2013 Group: Member Topic Count: 78 Content Count: 1,978 Reputation: 333 Days Won: 7 Joined: 04/19/2007 Share Posted November 30, 2013 I think a better recruiting win would have been...a win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEnglandBull Posted November 30, 2013 Group: Member Topic Count: 1,518 Content Count: 42,125 Reputation: 8,834 Days Won: 344 Joined: 11/29/2009 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Of course they will show those BCS rings, that does not help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leviathan Posted November 30, 2013 Group: Member Topic Count: 83 Content Count: 1,720 Reputation: 207 Days Won: 3 Joined: 02/11/2011 Share Posted November 30, 2013 The Orlando school is going to a BCS bowl and USF only has 2 wins. There isn't a way you can spin this as a positive for recruiting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm101 Posted November 30, 2013 Group: TBP Subscriber Topic Count: 173 Content Count: 7,008 Reputation: 2,262 Days Won: 12 Joined: 06/11/2010 Share Posted November 30, 2013 I hope you're right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carolina_Bull Posted November 30, 2013 Group: Member Topic Count: 40 Content Count: 2,213 Reputation: 69 Days Won: 3 Joined: 11/26/2006 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Our power sweep had to open some hs kids' eyes. . . . . That play looked like all it needs is better linemen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaUSFBull Posted November 30, 2013 Group: Member Topic Count: 263 Content Count: 24,750 Reputation: 3,107 Days Won: 87 Joined: 12/15/2009 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Good post, Jupiter, I hope you are right, the logic is there ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull Dozer Posted November 30, 2013 Group: Member Topic Count: 343 Content Count: 13,697 Reputation: 2,041 Days Won: 45 Joined: 09/04/2006 Share Posted November 30, 2013 The real recruiting positive was the freshmen making key plays. The staff can point to if you're good enough you will get on the field and have an opportunity to make plays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USFbulls24 Posted November 30, 2013 Group: Member Topic Count: 17 Content Count: 1,516 Reputation: 175 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/20/2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 What happened tonight was encouraging and much better than I think many of us anticipated. But I think you're completely reaching saying it's a win for recruiting. I mean come on lol. You're a 18 kid sitting in the living room and Willie Taggart says "come to USF, we almost beat UCF" and O'leary says "come to UCF, we dominated the conference, were conference champions, and went to and possibly won a bcs game" Not to mention he can also talk about how USF is now 6-27 or whatever we are now in our last 33 games. Which one are you going to be more impressed with and lean towards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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