he is down to USF and Louisville as of now. Louisville ppl don’t feel great about it. Will keep you all posted.

Bulls making 12th bowl appearance in 24 seasons of FBS football



TAMPA, DEC. 3, 2024 – University of South Florida football will make its second-straight bowl appearance under second-year head coach Alex Golesh at the Hawai‘i Bowl in Honolulu, Hawai’i on Tuesday, Dec. 24.



The Bulls (6-6; 4-4 American) will take on San Jose State (7-5; 3-4 MWC) out of the Mountain West Conference in the 21stedition of the Hawai‘i Bowl set for a Christmas Eve kick at 8 p.m. ET (3 p.m. HT) from the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex on the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa campus. The game will be televised by ESPN.



The 16,909-seat Ching Athletics Complex, the home stadium for the University of Hawaii, will play host to the Hawai‘i Bowl for the third consecutive year. Last season, Coastal Carolina defeated San Jose State, 24-14.



“We are excited for the opportunity to compete in the Hawai‘i Bowl against a very good San Jose State team,” Golesh said. “Hawai‘i is a unique and beautiful destination that our players are excited to experience, and we look forward to productive bowl practices and a great game as we continue to build our program.”

It will mark the 10th different bowl destination for the Bulls and the sixth different state or province (the Bulls played one bowl in Canada) for USF to compete in a bowl game in. The second meeting ever with San Jose State will mark USF’s first-ever game in Hawai‘i and, at over 4,200 miles from Tampa, the farthest destination the Bulls have ever played away from home. USF won at San Jose State 42-22 in the first game of the 2017 season in the first meeting between the programs.



USF won four of its last six games to close the 2024 regular season. The Bulls have won seven of their previous 11 bowl appearances, including three of the last four and a 45-0 victory over Syracuse in the 2023 Boca Raton Bowl. USF’s 12 bowl appearances in its first 24 FBS seasons mark the fourth-most for any program since 1980. San Jose State will mark the first Mountain West Conference opponent for the Bulls in a bowl game. USF is 2-2 all-time vs. the conference.



San Jose State posted a 34-31 victory at home over Stanford to close the regular season, winning two of their four games in November. The Spartans are led by head coach Ken Niumatalolo in his first season. Niumatalolo is the former head coach at Navy and faced the Bulls three times (2015, 2016 & 2019) while leading the Midshipmen. San Jose State will be making its 14thbowl appearance and is 7-6 in bowl games, but has lost its last three in 2020, 2022 and 2023. USF will mark the first American Athletic Conference opponent for the Spartans in a bowl game.

Bulls -15

got offered and committed almost immediately after his OV was done.

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IRVING, Texas – Student-athletes from Army, UTSA, UAB and Tulsa claimed major individual awards as the American Athletic Conference announced its 2024 players of the year and all-conference selections as chosen by the league’s 14 head coaches.



Army quarterback Bryson Daily was chosen as The American’s Offensive Player of the Year, while Black Knight head coach Jeff Monken was selected by his peers as Coach of the Year. UTSA linebacker Jimmori Robinson was named as Defensive Player of the Year, while UAB kicker Jonah Delange was chosen as Special Teams Player of the Year. Tulsa wide receiver Joesph Williams was tabbed as Freshman of the Year.

2024 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE FOOTBALL AWARDS

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Bryson Daily, QB, Army

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Jimmori Robinson, LB, UTSA

SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Jonah Delange, K, UAB

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Joseph Williams, WR, Tulsa

COACH OF THE YEAR
Jeff Monken, Army

This is who actually showed up. I think it is usually better to just give you who was actually there instead of who said they are coming as sometimes they don't overlap.


2025 Targets with offers:
RB- Sean Cuono (Calvary Christian Academy- Clearwater, FL)
RB- Kwasie Kwaku (Mainland- Daytona Beach, FL)
RB- Shane Marshall (Irwin County- Ocilla, GA)
OL- Gavin Blanchard (Jesuit- Tampa, FL)
DE- Eli Jones (Venice, FL)
DT- Eric Thomas (East Lee County- Lehigh Acres, FL)
Travares Daniels (St. Thomas Aquinas- Hollywood, FL) Indiana commit dude literally visited the day after committing to Maryland lol
LB- Jake Thorner (Walton- Marietta, GA)
S- Jermichael Gillis (St. Frances- Baltimore, MD)
S- Maliki Wright (Dr. Phillips- Orlando, FL)
CB- Serious Stinyard (Gaither- Tampa, FL)
ATH- Dante Alexander (Monsignor Pace- Opa Locka, FL)
ATH- David Rodriguez (St. Frances- Baltimore, MD)


2025 Commits:
DE- Andrew Hines (Tohopekaliga- St. Cloud, FL)
DE- Brooks Williams (St. Lucie West Centennial- Port St. Lucie, FL) committed during his visit

Crazy story if you can get to it.

Thought it would be a good time to get a feeling for where everyone stands with a vote. The expectations are your own- think of what you thought as reasonable for 2024 and whether you think those expectations will be met in the 2025 season.

Bummer for the kid

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Big game for the Bulls today with a chance to finish strong

Jerry Palm CBS: Cure Bowl South Florida vs Texas State 12/20
Mark Schlabach ESPN: Cure Bowl South Florida vs. Marshall 12/20
Athlon: Cure Bowl South Florida vs Coastal Carolina 12/20
Brad Crawford 247: 68 Ventures Bowl (Mobile, AL) South Florida vs Texas State 12/26
Kyle Bonagura ESPN: Boca Raton Bowl: Arkansas State vs. South Florida 12/18
CFB News: Boca Raton Bowl: South Florida vs Arkansas State 12/18

I'd probably cover the Cure or the one in Mobile, I wouldn't go back to Boca.

Had a chance to run through the end of your weak schedule and build some confidence for next year and you’ve come out against the equivalent of the Geeks and Nerds High and look like shit

And people wonder why we lose the top half of our recruiting class and have to backfill with Toledo recruits.

The gimmick is up.

I cannot imagine many players want to continue to play here and that may not be a bad thing.

USF comes in 3rd in NET Rankings in the AAC through November and at #78 overall. Theis will change over the course of the season, but here are USF's completed and upcoming Quad 1 and 2 games the rest of this season where there will be lots of opportunity improve on our NET Ranking. The loss to Middle Tennessee State (289) comes in as our worst loss - a Quad 4 loss.

Quad 1

• vs. Florida (29) - L
• at Utah State (38)
• at Florida Atlantic (39)
• at Memphis (75)

Quad 2

• at College of Charleston (98) - L
• at Loyola -Chicago (85)
• at Charlotte (114)
• Memphis (75)
• at UAB (104)
• Florida Atlantic (39)

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Watching Memphis vs Tulane. Memphis has looked good so far. Tulane is right there too.

Tigres 17
Tulane 10
2nd qtr