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USF & Illinois discussing moving their game to Champaign

First time logging in today after 3 different hockey practices and.....holy crap!!! If Serano and Whaler are making sense on the same thread I either need counseling or need to begin self medicating with some Tito's immediately! I firmly believe that AD Dave will work this out... But in the mean time we need to relax and watch more NFL Football! I will say that considering the travel multiple travel schedules for other USF teams.... The optics don't look good for them right now.
 
upstater said:
The more information I have, the fact that other teams traveled, the more this reeks.

Aresco has to step in here.
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Don't hold your breath waiting for that to happen. Aresco might as well be decked out in Bulls apparel waving green and gold pom poms for the cover photo on next season's USF media guide. He now commands the same level of respect as former Big East commish Marinatto...none at all.
 
Dream Jobbed 2.0 said:
Did the Rays cancel their series in Boston this weekend so they could be safe and sound in the middle of a hurricane?
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Does Major League Baseball prohibit the Rays from paying for players' families to travel with the team to safety as the NCAA explicitly prohibits USF from doing? Do the Rays players not get paid a single dollar, as the USF players don't, or do they make hundreds of thousands if not millions per year which gives the individual players far more ability to fly their families out of Tampa and to safety?
 
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huskypantz said:
In this situation, I would find it hard to believe that playing in Solider Field limits the ability to move that game. There is pretty good evidence that the game can be moved.

My guess is that USF cancelled the game game due to concerns that they'd be flying back on Saturday evening with extreme wind conditions present at the airport. I don't know why they felt it was important to be on campus (or possibly in a shelter) while the hurricane passed through, but whatever. The storm eye is leaving Florida in the afternoon on Monday, so they'll have several days to recover and reassess. If the florida airports are wrecked, then the game's off either way.
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If USF accepts the Illini's offer to move the game to Champaign-Urbana, watch them move heaven and earth to get there. No useable airport in Tampa? No problem. They'll take the train, buses, RVs, airport rental car vans, hitchhike, whatever it takes to get to that game in Illinois. Just watch.
 
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Doggie Style said:
First time logging in today after 3 different hockey practices and.....holy crap!!! If Serano and Whaler are making sense on the same thread I either need counseling or need to begin self medicating with some Tito's immediately! I firmly believe that AD Dave will work this out... But in the mean time we need to relax and watch more NFL Football! I will say that considering the travel multiple travel schedules for other USF teams.... The optics don't look good for them right now.
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Yeah remember when me and Serrano thought Diaco was awesome.
 
brasssbonanzaa said:
Does Major League Baseball prohibit the Rays from paying for players' families to travel with the team to safety as the NCAA explicitly prohibits USF from doing? Do the Rays players not get paid a single dollar, as the USF players don't, or do they make hundreds of thousands if not millions per year which gives the individual players far more ability to fly their families out of Tampa and to safety?
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Do the Rays, Panthers and Marlins players actually own tens of millions of dollars of property in those locations? Oh yeah they do.

Are you proposing that the Bulls' football players are home with their families and not on campus? Let's see that evidence.
 
UConnNick said:
If USF accepts the Illini's offer to move the game to Champaign-Urbana, watch them move heaven and earth to get there. No useable airport in Tampa? No problem. They'll take the train, buses, RVs, airport rental car vans, hitchhike, whatever it takes to get to that game in Illinois. Just watch.
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It will be tough driving 90 minutes to Orlando.
 
whaler11 said:
Do the Rays, Panthers and Marlins players actually own tens of millions of dollars of property in those locations? Oh yeah they do.

Are you proposing that the Bulls' football players are home with their families and not on campus? Let's see that evidence.
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I am not proposing that, but as far as I can tell from reading NCAA rules allowing players' families to shelter on campus with them in university facilities (dorms/football facilities/etc.) is not against NCAA policy. Paying for them to fly to CT with the team and stay for X period of time is against NCAA policy.
 
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brasssbonanzaa said:
I am not proposing that, but as far as I can tell from reading NCAA rules allowing players' families to shelter on campus with them in university facilities (dorms/football facilities/etc.) is not against NCAA policy. Paying for them to fly to CT with the team and stay for X period of time is against NCAA policy.
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I guess all the other athletes sent off for meaningless soccer and golf matches should be really upset.
 
Karma would be for the NCAA to decide to move the championship week back one week and allow all games from this past weekend to be made up that weekend. USF would get to travel to CT for a snow game.

That said, karma hates us as evidenced by conference realignment.
 
pj said:
No way they would have tried to fly back Saturday. They would have stayed in Connecticut and returned Tuesday morning.

I can understand the concerns over disrupted schedules, but it clearly demonstrates that USF places a low priority on football games against UConn. We can't get out of this conference soon enough, there is no willingness to sacrifice for a conference mate.
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THIS. ^^^^^^^. 1000X
Get us out of this Winn Dixie C-USA inbred conference please
 
UConnNick said:
Don't hold your breath waiting for that to happen. Aresco might as well be decked out in Bulls apparel waving green and gold pom poms for the cover photo on next season's USF media guide. He now commands the same level of respect as former Big East commish Marinatto...none at all.
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If he's anything like Marinatto, then he's got tomato sauce on his tie and garlic bread in his pockets.
 
Rocktheworld said:
Look how safe the team is

Tampa is suddenly in Hurricane Irma's path - CNN

Mayor of Tampa "We're about to get punched in the face"
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Is that story 3 days old? Turns our ol' Bob Buckhorn wasn't right.

Thankfully the storm died quickly. But unless you are an insurance adjuster all is well.

Watching the news try and pump this thing up like it's a category 5 is amazing.
 
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whaler11 said:
Is that story 3 days old? Turns our ol' Bob Buckhorn wasn't right.

Thankfully the storm died quickly. But unless you are an insurance adjuster all is well.

Watching the news try and pump this thing up like it's a category 5 is amazing.
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My bad if old, I just saw something on tv how Tampa took a somewhat unexpected direct hit and googled lazily. Was probably duped by said media sensationalism. Saw tweets in the other thread of officials tweeting in caps ALL IS WELL
 
whaler11 said:
Is that story 3 days old? Turns our ol' Bob Buckhorn wasn't right.

Thankfully the storm died quickly. But unless you are an insurance adjuster all is well.

Watching the news try and pump this thing up like it's a category 5 is amazing.
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"Florida can thank Cuba, where it did hit as a Category 5 storm, said Maue and Jeff Masters, meteorology director for Weather Underground.

Irma would probably have hit Florida as a Category 5 hurricane if it had missed Cuba, Masters said.

The storm briefly trekked over Cuba’s low populated coast Friday evening through Saturday afternoon. That weakened Irma enough that when upper level winds from the west eroded some of the storm’s top and also blew in dry air, it had the combined of effect of making Irma more ragged, Masters said. It was at that point, he said, that Irma’s southwest eyewall sort of came apart, no longer a perfect circle on satellite imagery.

Slightly weakened from Cuba, the storm got caught up in competing weather systems a little longer, delaying its northward right turn into Florida. And that delay pushed the track further west, making it more of a threat to Florida’s west coast than its east."
 
Just got back to my house after staying in a shelter at USF.

Thankfully, no major damage just a big mess to clean up from down trees.

There are some street lights out on various intersections.

IMO, we should be able to host Ill at RayJay on Friday or Saturday, but I don't make that decision.

Mark Harlan‏ @MarkHarlanUSF 49m 49 minutes ago
Mark Harlan Retweeted rick isenbeck
Too early-will see how Tampa looks today, assure we can get our practices in & work w/ our partners( AAC, Ilini, TSA).Will let all know asap
 
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uconnbill said:
My issue is FAU stayed in Wisconsin after their game. Still not sure why USF couldn't do the same as I know UConn would have made accommodation as would have the AAC.
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FAU received $1.2 million for that game which more than covers the yearly salary for Kiffin.

Their conference gets much less money than the AAC.

I figure they were going to play that game under any circumstances to get that much needed money.

Under those circumstances, having to pay for a hotel room for a few extra days, is no big deal.
 
USFMB said:
FAU received $1.2 million for that game which more than covers the yearly salary for Kiffin.

Their conference gets much less money than the AAC.

I figure they were going to play that game under any circumstances to get that much needed money.

Under those circumstances, having to pay for a hotel room for a few extra days, is no big deal.
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So USF cancelled based on cost, not safety?
 
USFMB said:
FAU received $1.2 million for that game which more than covers the yearly salary for Kiffin. Their conference gets much less money than the AAC. I figure they were going to play that game under any circumstances to get that much needed money. Under those circumstances, having to pay for a hotel room for a few extra days, is no big deal.
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... and Wisconsin picked up the tab for hotels/meals.
 
uconnbill said:
My issue is FAU stayed in Wisconsin after their game. Still not sure why USF couldn't do the same as I know UConn would have made accommodation as would have the AAC.
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zls44 said:
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Well that and there's a difference between a one off pay game and conference game, but I'm sure that UConn would have accommodated USF if they had to stay in CT, including access to facilities.
 
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