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5 days to kickoff - The top at each number, jersey #5


Who is the greatest USF Player to wear #5?  

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Not trying to be pushy.... just amped up for the season and I've been using this daily poll to guide me to August 30th like a cool little countdown.

 

This will probably be the last competitive number, too.  Maybe #1 but the others seem straight forward.

 

I know Kawika Mitchell and Nate Allen wore #5 and they would be my top two.  Any others noteworthy that people might vote for?

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Brian Fisher all the way

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For each day of the countdown, I will list the players that played wearing the jersey number that corresponds to the days remaining until kickoff. Each day will count down a jersey as the days pass. Tomorrow will be jersey 98, then 97, etc.

Look at the list of players (and years played) and declare the best to ever wear that number, or, your favorite. Perhaps there is a special play or moment you recall. Log your thoughts in the thread to be held in our archives of Bulls information and comment. Also, vote above for the greatest player to wear the number.

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#5

Bryan Freese  1997

Kawika Mitchell  2000-02

Brian Fisher  2003

A.J. Brant  2004-05

Ricky Ponton  2005-2006

Nate Allen  2006-09

A.J. Love  2008

Lindsey Lamar  2009-12

 

 

 

 

 

Previous Polls:
Greatest Player to wear #99 - Tevin Mims 2012-2013
Greatest Player to wear #98 - Aaron Harris 2006-09
Greatest Player to wear #97 - Terrell McClain 2007-2009
Greatest Player to wear #96 - Sampson Genus 2008
Greatest Player to wear #95 - George Selvie 2006-09
Greatest Player to wear #94 - Craig Marshall 2008-10
Greatest Player to wear #93 - Lee Roy Selmon, Jr. 1999-2004
Greatest Player to wear #92 - Luke Sager 2010-13
Greatest Player to wear #91 - Keith McKaskill 2008-11
Greatest Player to wear #90 - Jason Pierre-Paul 2009
Greatest Player to wear #89 - Taurus Johnson 2005-08
Greatest Player to wear #88 - Shawn Hay 1997-2000
Greatest Player to wear #87 - Jessie Hester 2005, 2007-09
Greatest Player to wear #86 - Mike McFarland 2011
Greatest Player to wear #85 - Andrew Ketchel 2007-10
Greatest Player to wear #84 - Will Bleakley 2004-06
Greatest Player to wear #83 - Trevor Hypolite 1997-98
Greatest Player to wear #82 - Ben Busbee 2006-09
Greatest Player to wear #81 - DeAndrew Rubin 1999
Greatest Player to wear #80 - Ean Randolph 2006
Greatest Player to wear #79 - Chaz Hine 2008-11
Greatest Player to wear #78 - Marc Dile 2005-08
Greatest Player to wear #77 - Jake Griffin 2005-08
Greatest Player to wear #76 - Richard Clebert 2004-07
Greatest Player to wear #75 - Walter Walker 2004-07
Greatest Player to wear #74 - Kenyatta Jones 1997-2000
Greatest Player to wear #73 - Damien Edwards 2009-12
Greatest Player to wear #72 - Jerome Springfield 2004-05
Greatest Player to wear #71 - Matt Huners 2005-08
Greatest Player to wear #70 - Larry Scott 1997-99
Greatest Player to wear #69 - Nick Capogna 2007
Greatest Player to wear #68 - Michael Walsh 2008-11
Greatest Player to wear #67 - Eric Setser 2007
Greatest Player to wear #66 - Kevin McCaskill 2008-11
Greatest Player to wear #65 - Ryan Schmidt 2006-08
Greatest Player to wear #64 - Jacob Sims 2007-10
Greatest Player to wear #63 - Therrimann Edwards 1997-2000
Greatest Player to wear #62 - Sampson Genus 2007, 2009-10
Greatest Player to wear #61 - Zach Hermann 2007-09
Greatest Player to wear #60 - Danous Estenor 2008-12
Greatest Player to wear #59 - Ben Moffitt 2004-07
Greatest Player to wear #58 - David Bedford 2008-10
Greatest Player to wear #57 - Jacquian Williams 2009-10
Greatest Player to wear #56 - Terrence Royal 2002-05
Greatest Player to wear #55 - Jeremiah Warren 2008-11
Greatest Player to wear #54 - Patrick St. Louis 2003-06
Greatest Player to wear #53 - Brouce Mompremier 2005-08

Greatest Player to wear #52 - Zack Bullock 2012
Greatest Player to wear #51 - Stephen Nicholas 2003-06
Greatest Player to wear #50 - Jason Butler 1997-99
Greatest Player to wear #49 - Kawika Mitchell 1999
Greatest Player to wear #48 - Mike Ruegger 2002-05
Greatest Player to wear #47 - Brandon Baker 2002-05
Greatest Player to wear #46 - Cory Grissom 2008-12
Greatest Player to wear #45 - Demetrius Woods 1997-98
Greatest Player to wear #44 - Vassay Marc 1997-2000
Greatest Player to wear #43 - Sabbath Joseph 2008
Greatest Player to wear #42 - Kion Wilson 2008-09
Greatest Player to wear #41 - Shurron Pierson 2001-02
Greatest Player to wear #40 - Craig Kobel 2001-04
Greatest Player to wear #39 - Anthony Williams 1997-2000
Greatest Player to wear #38 - Joe Morgan 1998-2000
Greatest Player to wear #37 - Ryan Hearn 2000-02
Greatest Player to wear #36 - Sam Barrington 2009-12
Greatest Player to wear #35 - Tony Umholtz 1997-99
Greatest Player to wear #34 - DeDe Lattimore 2010-12
Greatest Player to wear #33 - Hugh Smith 1999-2000
Greatest Player to wear #32 - J.R. Reed 2001-03
Greatest Player to wear #31 - Jay Mize 1997-2000
Greatest Player to wear #30 - Benjamin Williams 2005-08
Greatest Player to wear #29 - Sam Miller 2004
Greatest Player to wear #28 - Maikon Bonani 2008, 2010-12
Greatest Player to wear #27 - Tyrone McKenzie 2007-08
Greatest Player to wear #26 - Mike Ford 2007-09
Greatest Player to wear #25 - Delbert Alvarado 2007-09
Greatest Player to wear #24 - Glenn Davis 1997-2000
Greatest Player to wear #23 - Bernard Brown 1997-2001
Greatest Player to wear #22 - George Baker 2008-12
Greatest Player to wear #21 - Trae Williams 2004-07
Greatest Player to wear #20 - Marcus Shaw 2011-12

Greatest Player to wear #19 - Bruce Gipson 2001-04, Aaron Lynch 2013

Greatest Player to wear #18 - Amarri Jackson  2005-07

Greatest Player to wear #17 - Danny Verpaele  2004, 2006, 2008

Greatest Player to wear #16 - Mistral Raymond  2008-10

Greatest Player to wear #15 - Huey Whittaker  2001-03

Greatest Player to wear #14 - Terrence Mitchell  2010

Greatest Player to wear #13 - Bobby Eveld  2010-13

Greatest Player to wear #12 - Anthony Henry  1997-00

Greatest Player to wear #11 - A.J. Love  2009-11

Greatest Player to wear #10 - Marquel Blackwell  1999-02

Greatest Player to wear #9 - Evan Landi  2010-12

Greatest Player to wear #8 - Matt Grothe  2006-09

Greatest Player to wear #7 - B.J. Daniels  2008-12

Greatest Player to wear #6 - Kayvon Webster  2009-12

 

 

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Nate or Kawika. Both excellent choices. Different times for USF football

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Might be the toughest one of them all. I went with Lamar. Yes, over Kawika.

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I had to choose between Allen and Mitchell. Lamar was one of our players who was really under-utilized. Could've done so much more I feel, not his fault.

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Don't forget Lindsey Lamar. Coaches could never figure out what to do with him but he was money every time he touched the ball. Wish Taggart could have had a year with him.

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Lamar was definitely a solid Bull. Unfortunately for him, he's going against two good NFL players. Nate for me.

 

Thanks feardabull...

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Alright so I had to steal this from V5 because they said it better than I could, but let me make the case for Fisher:

"Let's just get this out of the way at the beginning. Off the field, Fisher was a serial bad-decision-maker. He was such a train wreck that it finally led to him being removed from the team before the 2004 season, and rightly so. But in his short time on the field, Fisher was concentrated awesome. He wasn't an every-down player by any means, but when he did get on the field, good things usually happened.

The 2003 season was a weird one. It was the Bulls' first year in Conference USA, but halfway through it USF found out it was leaving for the Big East. That led to two absolute blood-lust road games against East Carolina and Memphis, both of whom were livid that USF got the nod over them. (Just to twist the knife even deeper, the Bulls won both games in soul-crushing fashion.) Then-athletic director Lee Roy Selmon accidentally scheduled two teams that wins against them couldn't be used for bowl eligibility, which meant the 7-4 Bulls couldn't go bowling at the end of the season. And we found out quickly that Ronnie Banks, who had the already unenviable task of following Marquel Blackwell as USF's starting quarterback, just wasn't up to the challenge. Fisher was going to take some snaps at quarterback that year anyway, but after TCU broke Banks's brain by knocking him down about 80 times in a single game, Fisher actually started the next week before Pat Julmiste worked his way into the mix.

Fisher was barely 5'9", and there was no way he actually weighed the 190 pounds that the media guide said he did. But he was quick and elusive, he specialized in improvisation, and he could run the option, which turned out to be crucial in a game that might have altered the course of the entire history of the university.

October 4, 2003. Louisville vs. USF in the Bulls' first C-USA home game. 36,000 people showed up, the second-largest crowd in program history at the time. Both teams scored quickly, and then the game settled in. USF had a 14-7 lead going into the final quarter, but the Cardinals struck for two touchdowns in less than two minutes to grab a 21-14 advantage. In the waning moments, though, the Bulls put a drive together and worked their way down to the goal line. (Fisher kept the drive alive with a 15-yard reception on 4th and 6 near midfield.) Then the drive stalled, and USF was faced with a 4th and goal at the 1-yard line with only 13 seconds left.

I was at this game and had snuck into the student section, so this fateful play unfolded right in front of me. Fisher lined up under center for the first time and ran a perfect speed option with Clenton Crossley. Right before he got hit, Fisher pitched to Crossley, who strolled into the end zone to tie the game with 10 seconds to go, leading to total chaos among the students. USF ultimately won the game in the second overtime as the students all rushed the field, and later Mike Tranghese, who was also in attendance, cited it as proof for him that USF wouldn't be in over its head in the Big East. The invite came one month later, and we've all seen the explosion of growth and prosperity (both athletically and for the University as a whole) stemming from that day. So for playing his small role in that pivotal moment for USF, Brian Fisher is a favorite player of mine."

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