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‘respect usf now’

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by ski @ 1:08 am

West Virginia, Louisville, and Rutgers. You are all on notice.

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9 Responses to “‘respect usf now’”

John Says:
September 9th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
I had all intentions on posting last night (see Boltsmag for proof) when this happened. I didn’t get shocked by the win but enthused because I knew they could do it. Tim? If you’re reading this comment, please let us know the mood on campus. THAT has to be a story unto itself.

Anyone want to put odds on the Bulls cracking the top 25 for the first time?
tommy Says:
September 9th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
The polls are out.
http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball/polls

AP: Others receiving votes - South Florida (#26)…

Coaches Poll: Others receiving votes - Auburn (#26); South Florida (#27)…

CBS Sportsline Poll (yeah - it means nothing) #18 South Florida…
ski Says:
September 9th, 2007 at 8:12 pm
mildly surprised by the lack of respect from pollsters for usf, although you have to wonder how many of the pollster only saw the usf-auburn boxscore and ignored the game?

at this pace it will likely take a usf victory over louisville to get the bulls ranked.
tim Says:
September 9th, 2007 at 8:50 pm
I’ll be able to report on the on-campus attitudes once I get to work tomorrow. I actually watched the game from Gainesville, after attending the UF-Troy game. I’m astonished we didn’t break the top 25, but I have an enormously low opinion of the AP and Coaches’ polls because I think they’re unbelievably uneducated and corrupt for all they control (namely, which teams get to be national champion).
John Says:
September 9th, 2007 at 8:59 pm
Vying for the Big East title will help… The immediate problem is who is Elon? If that had been Michigan State or some other team with a national reputation, we’d have seen the Bulls take a seat in the top 25
james Says:
September 10th, 2007 at 12:05 pm
Great game! The next two games will be interesting. If we can go 4-0 for September, we gotta be in the top 10!
John Says:
September 10th, 2007 at 12:28 pm
James, I gotta repeat some of Tim’s skepticism… Not because I think USF is a bad team, I do think there is a bit of a conspiracy in the ranking system. Top 10 may be a stretch. Top 20 I could believe.

But 4-0 in the big east would put the Bulls in BCS contention when those rankings came out.
Jim Johnson Says:
September 10th, 2007 at 3:16 pm
The West Virginia game on Friday, Sep 28th will go a long way to cementing USF in the national polls this year.

The game could potentially be the largest crowd to ever see a USF Bulls home game. The lower bowl (which seats just over 41,000) is almost sold out.

Buy your tickets now if you haven’t yet.
Carl Cronan Says:
September 10th, 2007 at 3:44 pm
This just in: USF was named Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the Week for taking out AU in OT. So they got that going for ‘em, which is nice.

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