Great read and worth a few mins of your time.

Sort of.

South Florida Coordinators Todd Orlando and Joel Gordon talk about WKU and answer one question about FAMU.

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I would not be surprised if the coordinators media avails are canceled. Very poor turnout. Just 3 people who don't work for USF: Leo (guy who often has insufferable questions), student from the Oracle (he rarely asks the coaches questions but will ask players questions) and me.

Ranked UF #1 as they have magic textbooks. FIU and Miami in top 100. FSU is 102.

Guess AAU doesn't matter to them

https://www.tampabay.com/sports/bul...ons/?outputType=amp&__twitter_impression=true



In Thursday’s meticulously orchestrated meeting, he introduced all 10 assistants, each of whom spoke briefly with a screen shot of their families in the background. Scott then noted that collectively, the assistants had coaching opportunities at other schools including Miami, Oregon, Ole Miss and Clemson.

But like Scott (courted seriously by at least one Power Five and one Group of Five school in December), all chose USF.

“Every one of you in this room, you’re my players,” Scott said. “I’m your coach.”



“We’re gonna work harder than you’ve ever worked in your entire life playing football,” Scott said. “But you’re gonna have more fun than you’ve ever had at any level.”

For some, the work comes immediately.

Scott ordered 200 “floors” of StairMaster work for those Bulls who didn’t inform him they’d be absent from Thursday’s meeting. For those not wishing to adhere to his demands and philosophy, Scott said he’d assist them in entering the NCAA transfer portal, but cautioned them it’s a one-way door.

“Those that stay,” Scott said, “will be champions.”

I’ll just leave this here in case you need some good reading

SMU’s Pursuit of P5

Personally, I would have saved the PAC or bought my way into the SEC or Big1G. I’m thinking the ACC showed how desperate they are to keep FSU et al that they took the scraps from the new 3 just to buy a little time.

What could have been if you had guts to get it finalized

That Buffs team would run wild in the AAC

I’ll eventually let it go

Great to see the biggest horses ass in college football have his ass handed to him by the Noles. Brian Kelly is a jerk of the first water. I think this year will show Kelly is not worthy enough to be an SEC coach. You can't treat everyone like dirt and expect to be successful in the long run. Kelly started out humble and coached well. But success went to his head and he lost perspective. I've had my fill of Brian Kelly.

Mike Norvell was a monster hire by FSU. In a very narrow window he has put together a team that could be in the playoffs. I suspected that would be the case based on the Bulls experience of playing against his Memphis teams. Once Norvell gets his system in, he just reloads each year. Norvell knows talent as good as any coach in the game. His first two seasons at Memphis were losers and then he had a run of 1st place finishes in the AAC west with 2 seasons as a top 25 team.. Same Pattern at FSU. Norvell not only knows talent, but he knows how nto game plan and coach. His treatment of his players is exemplerary. It reflects in his players attitude and demeanor. Jordan Travis was a first class gentleman after the LSU win, praising LSU's ability.

The best part for me is seeing Brian Kelly's face looking like he just sucked a lemon late in the 4th quarter. 😂 🤣🤣😂

South Florida fades in the second half at Western Kentucky ruining Alex Golesh's head coaching debut.

INSTANT ANALYSIS

I was reluctant last week to make any prediction, but this week I am going all in…

USF 54
FAMU 13

…and it won’t be that close.

Quick without looking it up: What was the last time USF was 0.500?

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. –– Florida A&M football started the season on the right note with a 28-10 win in the Orange Blossom Classic to start the season 1-0, and Marcus Riley set the tone with his 96-yard opening kick return touchdown.

Riley's performance helped him earn the week one Southwestern Athletic Conference Newcomer and Special Teams Player of the Week awards.

Riley started the game with a bang for the Rattlers, returning the opening kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown. Riley finished with 120 return yards off two returns and a touchdown. Riley's return abilities forced Jackson State to avoid kicking it to him later in the game.

The PFF grades illustrates where there was success and what we all saw that South Florida needs to work on.

STORY

It’s only halftime

Timmie McClain in for UCF and leads them to a TD.

FAMU head coach Willie Simmons talked about building off the win over Jackson State and preparing for South Florida.

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Once the USF Athletics department uploads Alex Golesh's weekly press conference video I will post it.

Since FAMU doesn't have a Rivals site, we won't have a Behind Enemy Lines feature on Thursday.

Intern Jack Ward will have a game preview on Friday.

Has just been appointed to the CFPlayoff committee

https://www.sltrib.com/sports/utah-utes/2023/09/04/utah-ad-mark-harlan-joins-college/

Was able to watch the majority of the game live on TV. There were a few players that walked off the field after an injury time out. No noticeable limp. Any lingering injuries from this game that might linger into the next game?

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Brown to star an GB still out with injury. Archie to back up per pregame show.

Opened up at -13.5 with an over/under of 57, and has now been bet down to -11.5 about a week ago. and amazingly the over/under has moved all the way up to 70.5.

That's alot of points for a defense that I suspect will be better, and a brand new offense missing its best two weapons from last year.

The Alex Golesh era of USF football kicks off today at Western Kentucky.

Please keep all game chatter in this thread.