(08-28-2020 05:53 AM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote:  Will be there fans permitting.

This would be a good year for overweight fans who normally watch from home to try going to games, due to the increased spacing of crowds.

(08-28-2020 04:52 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  Didn't see a post on this, apologies if there has been one.

Coolest thing is it will be part of a 2 for 1 that will bring the Irish to Tampa at a future date.

Congratulations to the USA Athletic Department for making this happen!

https://www.google.com/amp/s/247sports.com/college/south-florida/Article/OFFICIAL-USF-and-Notre-Dame-schedule-three-game-series-150711325/Amp/

(08-28-2020 08:53 AM)usffan Wrote:  

(08-28-2020 04:52 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  Didn't see a post on this, apologies if there has been one.

Coolest thing is it will be part of a 2 for 1 that will bring the Irish to Tampa at a future date.

Congratulations to the USA Athletic Department for making this happen!

https://www.google.com/amp/s/247sports.com/college/south-florida/Article/OFFICIAL-USF-and-Notre-Dame-schedule-three-game-series-150711325/Amp/

(just busting your chops)

Yep, great get for USF. We now have future home games with Bama, Florida and Notre Dame. Not everybody agrees with our scheduling philosophy, but as a season ticket holder, I'm pretty stoked about it.

USFFan

(08-28-2020 08:58 AM)bill dazzle Wrote:  Strong for USF and the AAC. I like it.

(08-28-2020 09:30 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(08-28-2020 08:58 AM)bill dazzle Wrote:  Strong for USF and the AAC. I like it.

The only time USF has played Notre Dame was a one-shot game nine years ago, on September 3, 2011.

What I remember was, there is someone who posted to this board who is an Irish fan and lived in Baton Rouge at the time, and I asked him if he wanted to get together and watch the game, my USF vs his and my Irish. He politely declined.

So I watched at home by myself. Notre Dame was a large favorite but as it turned out, USF won 23-20, and the way we won was in the most frustrating way possible for an Irish fan - Notre Dame dominated the game, rolled up like twice as many yards, moved up and down the field, etc. but USF scored on some crazy plays like a 90 yard fumble return. Basically, ND lost because they made a number of mind-boggling turnovers that USF capitalized on. I remember we also got at least one interception in their end zone when they were deep in our territory.

There was also IIRC a big lightning delay in the game, the first time that had ever happened at Notre Dame, which must have added to ND ire.

I remember thinking after it was over - "if I were him I probably would have thrown a shoe through my TV set", LOL.

(08-28-2020 09:53 AM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote:  



Video includes lightning delays.

(Love watching Notre Dame games when their field was natural grass, no logo, etc. before Swarbrick sucked away the stadium's personality.)

(08-28-2020 11:39 AM)usffan Wrote:  

(08-28-2020 09:53 AM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote:  



Video includes lightning delays.

(Love watching Notre Dame games when their field was natural grass, no logo, etc. before Swarbrick sucked away the stadium's personality.)

I was there for the whole thing, including the multiple building evacuations. It was a long day, but completely worth it! Gave birth to the red faced Brian Kelly picture:



I will not go this year, but would probably make the trip for the future game. South Bend for a Notre Dame football game should be on everybody's bucket list.

USFFan

(08-28-2020 08:53 AM)usffan Wrote:  [quote='quo vadis' pid='16966015' dateline='1598608320']
Didn't see a post on this, apologies if there has been one.

Coolest thing is it will be part of a 2 for 1 that will bring the Irish to Tampa at a future date.

Congratulations to the USA Athletic Department for making this happen!

https://www.google.com/amp/s/247sports.com/college/south-florida/Article/OFFICIAL-USF-and-Notre-Dame-schedule-three-game-series-150711325/Amp/

(08-28-2020 09:16 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(08-28-2020 08:53 AM)usffan Wrote:  

(08-28-2020 04:52 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  Didn't see a post on this, apologies if there has been one.

Coolest thing is it will be part of a 2 for 1 that will bring the Irish to Tampa at a future date.

Congratulations to the USA Athletic Department for making this happen!

https://www.google.com/amp/s/247sports.com/college/south-florida/Article/OFFICIAL-USF-and-Notre-Dame-schedule-three-game-series-150711325/Amp/

(just busting your chops)

Yep, great get for USF. We now have future home games with Bama, Florida and Notre Dame. Not everybody agrees with our scheduling philosophy, but as a season ticket holder, I'm pretty stoked about it.

USFFan

USF hasn't won much on the field the last couple of years, but I think our scheduling philosophy, our willingness to do 2-1 deals *with big names* has beaten the defiant "nothing but home and homes with P5" that others, like that school to the northeast, have tried to push.

Great job by our Athletic Department.

(08-28-2020 12:48 PM)Pervis_Griffith Wrote:  USF, positioning themselves nicely to be team #16 in the ACC ...

(08-28-2020 08:14 PM)whittx Wrote:  

(08-28-2020 09:16 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(08-28-2020 08:53 AM)usffan Wrote:  

(08-28-2020 04:52 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  Didn't see a post on this, apologies if there has been one.

Coolest thing is it will be part of a 2 for 1 that will bring the Irish to Tampa at a future date.

Congratulations to the USA Athletic Department for making this happen!

https://www.google.com/amp/s/247sports.com/college/south-florida/Article/OFFICIAL-USF-and-Notre-Dame-schedule-three-game-series-150711325/Amp/

(just busting your chops)

Yep, great get for USF. We now have future home games with Bama, Florida and Notre Dame. Not everybody agrees with our scheduling philosophy, but as a season ticket holder, I'm pretty stoked about it.

USFFan

USF hasn't won much on the field the last couple of years, but I think our scheduling philosophy, our willingness to do 2-1 deals *with big names* has beaten the defiant "nothing but home and homes with P5" that others, like that school to the northeast, have tried to push.

Great job by our Athletic Department.

That school to the NE has an on-campus stadium and more than double the season ticket holders. You need the one to sell season tickets and to break even for the year, since you're charging over $100 for upper deck tickets for that game.

(08-28-2020 09:51 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(08-28-2020 08:14 PM)whittx Wrote:  

(08-28-2020 09:16 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(08-28-2020 08:53 AM)usffan Wrote:  

(08-28-2020 04:52 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  Didn't see a post on this, apologies if there has been one.

Coolest thing is it will be part of a 2 for 1 that will bring the Irish to Tampa at a future date.

Congratulations to the USA Athletic Department for making this happen!

https://www.google.com/amp/s/247sports.com/college/south-florida/Article/OFFICIAL-USF-and-Notre-Dame-schedule-three-game-series-150711325/Amp/

(just busting your chops)

Yep, great get for USF. We now have future home games with Bama, Florida and Notre Dame. Not everybody agrees with our scheduling philosophy, but as a season ticket holder, I'm pretty stoked about it.

USFFan

USF hasn't won much on the field the last couple of years, but I think our scheduling philosophy, our willingness to do 2-1 deals *with big names* has beaten the defiant "nothing but home and homes with P5" that others, like that school to the northeast, have tried to push.

Great job by our Athletic Department.

That school to the NE has an on-campus stadium and more than double the season ticket holders. You need the one to sell season tickets and to break even for the year, since you're charging over $100 for upper deck tickets for that game.

But UCF isn't getting any big P5 opponents. IIRC, they have only been able to wrangle programs like Georgia Tech, UNC, Pitt, and Louisville.

(08-28-2020 08:57 PM)otown Wrote:  

(08-28-2020 12:48 PM)Pervis_Griffith Wrote:  USF, positioning themselves nicely to be team #16 in the ACC ...

Absolutely, with all their accomplishments over the years. Such a strong resume of conference championships and marquee bowl game wins. USF to the ACC book it