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OK, this kills me, but here is a USF thread to brag about anything USF.

I'll start it off.......USF is the highest ranked team in FL.

Now, question 1......on the basis of talent accumulated, where do the 7 Division 1 schools currently stand?

Rank em based on talent alone.....

1- Florida
2- FSU
3- Miami
4- USF
5- UCF
6- FAU
7- FIU

Question 2........Now rank the coaching staffs, meaning which team performs closest to their talent level each and every week.

1- Florida
2- USF
3- UCF
4- FSU
5- FAU
6- Miami
7- FIU

Question 3........now rank the teams in their final power rankings at the end of this season.

1- Florida
2- FSU
3- USF
4- Miami
5- UCF
6- FAU
7- FIU

Game time for the UCF/USF game has been moved to a noon kickoff.

ESPNU will be showing the broadcast live.

USF travels to FAU.

FAU is much improved, and beat Minnesota at home a couple of weeks ago.

USF should have a relatively easy time if they stay mistake free.

Prediction USF 38 FAU 7

USF in a struggle against FAU, tied 7-7 at the half.

TO's are a persistent problem, and Mike Ford is not dressed (either injured or in trouble w/coaches.....maybe a fumbling problem?).

Sloppy effort by USF.

Bulls eke out the W, winning 35-23.

Some questionable calls, some porous defense late, and too many turnovers against a jacked up FAU.

I don't understand why the receivers seem incapable of holding on to the ball.

USF moves up to 5th despite the less than spectacular showing against FAU.

Coach O'Leary was quoted today that Mike Greco (RS-Soph) could see playing time and possibly even start against USF.

Greco is 6'3, 220 and runs a 4.37 40....and is a dual threat QB.

Yes , he has a gun for an arm. He transferred from NC State.

Tough time to make a first start, if that is really the case.

The Bulls crushed UCF on saturday, 64-12.

The Bulls were better prepared, coached, and superior to UCF in every facet of the game.

George O'Leary ought to be ashamed of his (he never admits to coaching screw ups) performance along with that of his team.

USF is ranked second behind Ohio State in the BCS standings that were released on Sunday. They are 3rd in both polls.

Congrats.

Tampa area is becoming consumed with USF.

It's kind of funny to listen to local less than knowledgeable sports show hosts ( Ron and Ian) bash the polls.

USF has an arguable claim to to being #1, but that just isn't the way it works with newbies in the polls.

If either LSU and/or Oklahoma run the table , along with the 2 current unbeaten teams (OSU, USF) , then I'll bet anything that USF gets leapfrogged by a one loss team.....particularly LSU.

The polls will always favor the big trains...........always.

Prediction......

USF 27 - Rutgers 23.

Boy, the more I think about it the more I think USF does not run on all cylinders tonight.

Could there be an emotional and executional letdown tonight?

Maybe........I'm smelling upset here......forget the earlier prediction.

craig01 wrote:Boy, the more I think about it the more I think USF does not run on all cylinders tonight.

Could there be an emotional and executional letdown tonight?

Maybe........I'm smelling upset here......forget the earlier prediction.

Well Crap!

Well, there was an executional letdown.

Special Teams were killed by Rutgers.

O'Line had too many holes to fill.

Grothe is a beast, although he needs to throw the ball away sometimes.

USF needs to develop a running game besides Grothe. There 3 quality rb's.


These are all obvious and longstanding observations.

USF expected to drop to top 15 in polls released today.

USF is ranked 10th in the BCS poll.

There will be a lot more movement in the next 4 weeks.

Who needs a playoff. This month is the playoffs in Div 1.

Boston College came back and beat Va Tech, neither team is top ten worthy IMO.

USF has a wet roadie game against UCONN.

May not be easy.............