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USF - anything to learn?

Jetskies said:
respectfully, I said nothing of syracuse and this past weekend.

to clarify, I am saying these guys are ranked. they did it by beating 2 solid football brands back-to-back, whose names carry weight. To me, that is a big deal and something you can absolutely put in your resume book next time your AD calls a P4 conference commish, asking for a sit-down with them.

Even if they lose the ranking later this year, to have gotten it at all is still noteworthy and surely something USF will milk the heck out of, should they be lucky enough to get into a room with the ACC or Big12.
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USF was ranked #2 in national poll in week 6 of 2007 under Leavitt. They are not a Johnny come lately. They have been in and around a breakthrough for awhile. UCF hurdled them to get inside track for P4/5/6 membership into the B12.
 
B1GEast said:
It's one game, congrats to USF, but honestly, let the season play out and they probably lose to Navy.

If the ACC back fills with USF that's not a conference anyone is going to be excited about.

The ACC soon might have a lot of holes to fill and we'll probably be one of those teams along with Memphis, but USF is not getting into the 10, 12 or SEC.

I don't get why everyone is making this out to be something huge, last year Memphis beat Florida State in a down year, nobody was knocking on their door.

The college football landscape is going to look very different. No one really knows what will happen.
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This is a very bizarre post

If UConn beat the likes of a Florida, we would be over the top ecstatic! We would hold a damn parade! We would absolutely lose our freaking minds!!!

If the ACC gets to the point where it backfills with UConn, we will be excited but it won't be a conference anyone else is going to be excited about. USF is not a worse addition than UConn and if/when UConn gets invited to the ACC, it is going to be a glorified American Conference. We will be excited because it will include other cast-offs cuse, bcu, wake.....

I could see USF being invited to the Big XII. In fact, I think the Big XII is asleep at the switch for not already inviting USF. When the dust settles, the Big XII and USF will be fine.

Memphis is another program who is likely ahead of UConn for an invitation. Memphis is in the SEC footprint and investing in football.
 
Kolumbo said:
This is a very bizarre post

If UConn beat the likes of a Florida, we would be over the top ecstatic! We would hold a damn parade! We would absolutely lose our freaking minds!!!

If the ACC gets to the point where it backfills with UConn, we will be excited but it won't be a conference anyone else is going to be excited about. USF is not a worse addition than UConn and if/when UConn gets invited to the ACC, it is going to be a glorified American Conference. We will be excited because it will include other cast-offs cuse, bcu, wake.....

I could see USF being invited to the Big XII. In fact, I think the Big XII is asleep at the switch for not already inviting USF. When the dust settles, the Big XII and USF will be fine.

Memphis is another program who is likely ahead of UConn for an invitation. Memphis is in the SEC footprint and investing in football.
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We beat Notre Dame in South Bend. Big programs losing to smaller ones happens every once in a while, but it doesn't typically propel the smaller program as much as is embarrasses the bigger program.

In 07, Michigan got beat by Appalachian State, what ever happened to them?

I get that it's a big deal, it really is, but in the grand scheme of college football the lines have already been drawn.

Let USF enjoy their victory, they earned it, but let's also be real, it's good publicity for them, they can beat their chests, I don't think it's going to open many doors unless they go undefeated this year, go to a major bowl and beat another big conference team. Like I said, they might lose to Navy. We'll see.
 
AllHusky said:
USF was ranked #2 in national poll in week 6 of 2007 under Leavitt. They are not a Johnny come lately. They have been in and around a breakthrough for awhile. UCF hurdled them to get inside track for P4/5/6 membership into the B12.
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USF is the obvious ACC backfill if Miami gets poached by the SEC OR B1G. But if it’s not a backfill for Miami scenario, I think UConn (assuming FB keeps improving) or Memphis would still have the inside track over them for B12 or ACC expansion.

But until the next realignment happens, USF benefits from being in a G5 conference, even if the conference is mediocre. They’re in the driver’s seat now for the automatic G5 playoff spot - just that prospect gives them a big advantage for national exposure & recruiting.
 
B1GEast said:
whos every once in a while, but it doesn't typically propel the smaller program as much as is embarrasses the bigger program.

In 07, Michigan got beat by Appalachian State, what ever happened to them?

I get that it's a big deal, it really is, but in the grand scheme of college football the lines have already been drawn.

Let USF enjoy their victory, they earned it, but let's also be real, it's good publicity for them, they can beat their chests, I don't think it's going to open many doors unless they go undefeated this year, go to a major bowl and beat another big conference team. Like I said, they might lose to Navy. We'll see.
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Correct, we'll see. USF was ahead of UCF and then UCF came out of nowhere to leapfrog USF. UCF got ranked a couple of times and then broke through with its 13-0 season. It took 6 more seasons to get a Big XII invitation. USF can tell players that Florida and FSU are the old guard but times have changed, a lot. We're a better school than FSU, we compete with P4, Tampa is a better location than Tallahassee or Gainesville, and you can take your brand new MasterCraft down the Gulf any time you'd like. Now if USF beats Miami this weekend...whoa nelly!
 
cellocgg said:
My point was they won't be a priority to conferences that already have camp setup in Florida. CR is about expanding footprint and reaching new markets. Plus, their Floridian contemporaries will rally against them.
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Depends on how you think of markets (and there is not just one way). But forget the state of Florida — the greater Tampa metropolitan area has more people than the entire state of CT (and over 1/4 of nutmeggers are in a different TV market).
 
businesslawyer said:
Depends on how you think of markets (and there is not just one way). But forget the state of Florida — the greater Tampa metropolitan area has more people than the entire state of CT (and over 1/4 of nutmeggers are in a different TV market).
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Larger emphasis on the latter part of my original comment. Existing Floridian schools in those conferences will fight hard against USF

UConn (as well as Tulane and Memphis) wouldn't have those strings attached. It's free real estate for the ACC/Big 12
 
AllHusky said:
USF was ranked #2 in national poll in week 6 of 2007 under Leavitt. They are not a Johnny come lately. They have been in and around a breakthrough for awhile. UCF hurdled them to get inside track for P4/5/6 membership into the B12.
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respectfully, i believe that their 2007 ranking is not a relevant point - they were in a power conference/ bcs conference back then, so those achievements have nothing to do with their current situation. Same way we made it to a BCS bowl back then too, and look at us now.

the only feathers in a cap that matter toward USF/our candidacies is our accomplishments in this era of college football.
 
I don’t think there’s anything too complicated to learn from them. It’s as simple as 1) win games, 2) fill seats, 3) spend the resulting money to improve the program

We went from 1-3 win seasons and being a national laughingstock to winning a bowl game and assuming all non-P4 games are free wins (which is a very risky assumption btw). That’s major progress

The next step is to win some of the P4 games too. Syracuse was a great opportunity to do that. We had it, then we threw in the garbage. Not the end of the world, but it sure doesn’t help

Just win games. Do #1, then #2 and #3 will take care of themselves. That’s the easiest way to be set up favorably in CR
 
USF attendance against perennial power #25 BSU one year removed from the playoffs, also home opener and playing in the massive Tampa Bay metro: 34,707

UConn home opener attendance against a nobody FCS school in a college football deadzone: 37,594, largest of the G5
 
cellocgg said:
USF attendance against perennial power #25 BSU one year removed from the playoffs, also home opener and playing in the massive Tampa Bay metro: 34,707

UConn home opener attendance against a nobody FCS school in a college football deadzone: 37,594, largest of the G5
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It depends on if USF reported attendance or distributed tickets. Then it's apples to apples. Ours was tickets distributed and not attendance.

Our stadium seats 38,000.
 
cellocgg said:
UConn home opener attendance against a nobody FCS school in a college football deadzone: 37,594, largest of the G5
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I was at the game. Any interest in a bridge I have for sale?
 
cellocgg said:
USF attendance against perennial power #25 BSU one year removed from the playoffs, also home opener and playing in the massive Tampa Bay metro: 34,707

UConn home opener attendance against a nobody FCS school in a college football deadzone: 37,594, largest of the G5
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And USF played at Raymond James which has a capacity of around 75K.

I saw one schedule where UConn will play USF away in 2028. Is that still valid?
 

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