Let me help you with the troll tradecraft.

See, your first sentence states that you think USF is laying the groundwork to go independent.

Then you provide no actual action on USF's part, just a very weak list of potential reasons they should go indy.

Great idea for a troll, terrible execution. 0.5/10.

(01-03-2020 06:21 PM)the1sttransport Wrote:  Feel free to call me crazy, but I think USF is laying the groundwork to leave the conference.

1. Fewer home games, but major home games against name opponents. Instead of hosting the tulanes and ecus of the world that their fan base doesn’t care about, they could rent their stadium for fewer dates but against name opponents with more 2 for 1s.
2. Fan interest shot in arm after demotion to a lesser conference.
3. More likely to make NCAA tournament in a lesser conference in basketball (let’s say A-Sun).
4. Differentiate from UCF.
5. Overall effort to differentiate from other options if and when P5 (Big Xii specifically) expands.
6. Bowls more meaningless than ever.
7. Enough other Indys to fill out schedule.

End game: bigger, fewer home games in football. More tournaments in basketball. Potentially more attractive overall.

This is most moronic thing I've read since UCONN decided to do this.

(01-03-2020 11:52 PM)jaredf29 Wrote:  I’m all for it. Don’t let anyone tell you, you can’t make it usf.

Amigo you spent a decade wanting to be in a conference with USF.

i award you no points.

(01-03-2020 06:21 PM)the1sttransport Wrote:  Feel free to call me crazy, but I think USF is laying the groundwork to leave the conference.

1. Fewer home games, but major home games against name opponents. Instead of hosting the tulanes and ecus of the world that their fan base doesn’t care about, they could rent their stadium for fewer dates but against name opponents with more 2 for 1s.
2. Fan interest shot in arm after demotion to a lesser conference.
3. More likely to make NCAA tournament in a lesser conference in basketball (let’s say A-Sun).
4. Differentiate from UCF.
5. Overall effort to differentiate from other options if and when P5 (Big Xii specifically) expands.
6. Bowls more meaningless than ever.
7. Enough other Indys to fill out schedule.

End game: bigger, fewer home games in football. More tournaments in basketball. Potentially more attractive overall.

Looks like another state legalized weed and now we must suffer with low iq post.

This was the "Howard the Duck" of troll posts.

If true... What in the world is USF thinking... YIKES... SMH.

(01-04-2020 08:46 PM)BigHouston Wrote:  If true... What in the world is USF thinking... YIKES... SMH.

This is just a bad troll job, it’s not true lol

(01-04-2020 08:50 PM)BraveKnight Wrote:  

(01-04-2020 08:46 PM)BigHouston Wrote:  If true... What in the world is USF thinking... YIKES... SMH.

This is just a bad troll job, it’s not true lol

Damn now I have to rethink my future two...uconn n usf... target replacements... Hehe

A troll thread, not worth an opinion.

If anything, I’d guess they are lifting their skirts up for the ACC. They do get a lot of ACC teams on their schedule. Not a bad idea to get visiting fans, ADs and other movers and shakers to check out what you got and they may go to bat for you if expansion happens again.

(01-04-2020 07:16 PM)UCF_SystemsEng Wrote:  This was the "Howard the Duck" of troll posts.

I just had a thought that it might have been a pretty good movie if they’d just replaced Howard the Duck with Howard Stern.