...Brandon Bass Jr.

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He also holds offers from Houston, Illinois, LSU, St. John's, Stanford, UCF and Wichita State.

Imo, Bass is currently one of the five best 2026 prospects in Florida and that a couple of Florida kids ranked ahead of him by Rivals will eventually be ranked below him.

He's a lefty guard who can really score it, knows how to play without the ball, a reliable shot maker, better than average athlete, father was SEC POY in 2005 and a 12-year NBA player.

I hope Coach Orlando is working hard with the defense in shedding blocks this week. As I watched the game Saturday, it seemed like on their explosive runs, we had guys near the runner, but everybody was engaged with a blocker. I did not see our guys disengaging to make the tackles. It was like they were all expecting the other guys to get off their blocks and make a play, instead of all of them fighting to get off their blocks and make the play. We simply have to do a better job at all three levels of shedding blocks and making tackles. Hopefully we will see improvement this week or it will stay ugly on that side of the ball.

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Joey Knight back to posting turnstile counts. USF must be back.
We're back baby!

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A victory in Birmingham would mark the first three-game winning streak for USF since 2018 when the Bulls started 7-0, and the first three-game winning streak in AAC games since the 2017 season when USF won four straight and finished 6-2 in the conference.

Game time is 4 p.m. ET on ESPN2.

Please keep all game chatter in this thread.

Btw, Jack is at a wedding today so we won't have post game content from him.

....tells the State he would "love" to coach at Clemson again. As if moving back to Clemson wasnt the ultimate run away with your tail between your legs move, now he wants to go back to the womb.

This guy will never get another FBS head coaching job again, not just due to his awful record here, but because he doesn't want to leave the womb.

South Florida Coordinators Todd Orlando and Joel Gordon preview FAU.

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USF reached the halfway point of the season after stinging defeat at UAB last Saturday.

Expectations/Outlook

• Has the team met, surpassed or not met your your expectations going into the season ?
• What has you excited going into the 2nd half of the season?
• What Concerns you?

Players

• What position group has surprised?
• Disappointed?
• Offensive MVP?
• Honorable mentions?
• Defensive MVP?
• Honorable mentions?
• What transfer has had the biggest impact?

Coaching

• What coach stands out the most?
  • Bonus points if you mention someone besides CAG
• Who concerns you?

Predictions

• Wins: How many more games does USF win in the regular season?
• Bowling: Does USF make a bowl game?
• True or False: USF will finish among the top 4 teams in conference.

South Florida head coach Alex Golesh previews Florida Atlantic. Center Mike Lofton and defensive tackle Rashad Cheney followed Golesh at the podium.

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Favorite two weeks in a row.

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IRVING, Texas (Oct. 9, 2023) – For the fourth straight year, the University of South Florida women’s basketball program has been picked to finish first in the American Athletic Conference (AAC) preseason coaches poll, as announced by the league office on Monday.

South Florida men’s basketball program has been picked to finish ninth.

1 Florida Atlantic

2 Memphis

3 Tulane

4 UAB

5 East Carolina

6 North Texas

7 SMU

8 Wichita State

9 South Florida

10 Tulsa

11 Rice

12 Temple

13 Charlotte

14 UTSA

June 15 is the first day Division I coaches can contact class of 2024 prospects. In this thread I will list any offers or contact I notice.

Jacksonville Providence School guard Chris Arias, a native of Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, was offered by the Bulls today.

Arias also has offers from Jacksonville and North Florida.

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Pro Football Focus (PFF) grades the South Florida Bulls performance at UAB.

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Scoring : https://usfgolf.leaderboardking.com

Live stream: College Golf Network

Byrum Brown threw for two scores, rushed for two more but South Florida's defense couldn’t slow down UAB in Birmingham.

INSTANT ANALYSIS

WR Sean Atkins -- recorded eight receptions (for 91 yards) on the night and now has 36 receptions on the season, passing his previous career total before this season of 29 in four seasons at USF. Atkins has recorded at least four receptions and 42 yards in every game this season, continuing that streak Saturday.

WR Michael Brown-Stephens -- recorded three receptions for 27 yards and one TD, which was the second receiving TD of his career.

QB Byrum Brown – his 60-yard rushing TD was the fifth-longest rushing TD by a USF QB (behind Q. Flowers 62 yards vs. UCF 11/26/16). The run was tied for the 21st-longest TD rush in program history. Brown now has 25 total TD accounted for in eight career starts, a USF record. His 136-yards rushing Saturday marks the third time in his career he has rushed for 100-yards, tying QB Matt Grothe for the third most 100+ rushing yard games in a career by a USF QB.

LB Jhalyn Shuler – recorded 10 tackles (eight solo, career high) on the day, his second most on the season behind his 11 (two solo) against Alabama. Also recorded one sack while forcing an intentional grounding penalty in the second quarter.

DB Logan Berryhill – career-high 10 tackles (six solo) and had nine by halftime (previous career high was seven vs. ALA).

CB Braxton Clark – First career INT with USF (second of career), returned for 38 yards.

K John Cannon – knocked down all five extra points on the season, continuing his perfect streak to begin his career, (23-for-23 on XP and five-for-five on FG through six games).

USF 41-28

Alex Golesh and select players react to South Florida's loss to UAB.

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Maryland up 10-0 on oh st

Unusual spot for both teams as UAB has only been a home underdog once since 2018 (0-1 ATS), and USF has been a road favorite once since 2020 (0-1 ATS, 0-1 SU). We will learn alot about USF today as they are beginning to believe they can and should win, but can the eliminate the mistakes and win as a favorite on the road. UAB, picked to finish 8th in the preseason poll, is a bit of a mess with Trent Dilfer losing his mind on the sideline last week.

UAB ranks 130th nationally in points allowed (43.5 ppg) while USF comes in at 82nd (29.3 ppg) and both give up yards - UAB 131st (502 ypg) versus 82nd for USF (399 ypg). UAB's rush defense is one of the worst in the country and their pass defense is only slightly better, and while they do not out pressure on the QB they will turn over the other team.

UAB struggles to run the ball (bottom quartile in most metrics), which USF has shown its capable of stopping at times. UAB's offense throws alot and they are effective at it (Top 20 in passing attempt and yards per game), while USF has struggled against the pass.

This feels like a game that USF matches up well in most phases of the game (except defending the pass) but are they ready to play as a road favorite? Expect there to be plenty if points and both defense get worn out with as fast as these offense like to play.

Pick: Over 66.5
2023 Record: 2-3

Golesh and UTSA’s Jeff Traylor are tied for second at $2.5M/year behind Tulane’s Willie Fritz at ~$2.8/yr.

Interestingly, Golesh makes more than GusBus, who is the lowest paid P5 coach at $2.3/yr. Overpaid, if you ask me.

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The Bulls' Thursday practice was open to the media for 15 minutes. Jim Louk and I were the only members of the media to show up. Jim has the call for all USF MBB games that are streamed on ESPN+.

Our message boards and Instagram have a tricky relationship but if you click on the image it should take you right to my IG post that has some videos from practice.