This press conference almost killed my will to live. The Sports Information Director let it continue until people ran out of questions but after about 20 minutes the questions just became time wasters. Leo Haggarty asked two questions that made me almost stand up and walk out. Both questions had preambles. The first preamble didn't have anything to do with his question. Alex Golesh was so confused that he said he didn't understand the question. Leo's second question had a preamble that started off with -- and I'm not even exaggerating -- Leo mentioning Admiral Yamamoto and paraphrasing his quote: “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant..."

Pro Football Focus (PFF) grades the South Florida Bulls performance against Florida A&M.

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Has anyone heard of this kid? He is a QB commit for ASU. He was just crystal balled to flip to USF at the same exact time CAG tweeted an emoji commit.

havent seen his name listed anywhere, high ranked QB as a 5.7 on rivals. Would be very interesting knowing how tight the QB room is...

Also Jey'Quan Smith has a future cast & a crystal ball to USF

Do we bring a lot in to visit? Have them see an environment where our fans are outnumbered and we likely are not very competitive (trying to be nice).

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Why did they schedule this game? What is their compensation, a percentage of ticket sales? They don’t care about money and make plenty by just inviting a team like USF to their campus.

Do they have that many alums in the Tampa area?

I guess an easy way to get some FL recruits to a game but again they have no recruiting budget constraints.

I see that UConn lost their starting QB for the season Saturday in their loss to Georgia State. Might be note worthy since they are on our schedule. Now back to Bama talk.

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Thought there would be more discussion about him from the first couple games.
You can tell he's young at the position, see the stupid pass interference against FAMU.
But made up for it with the 2 INTS and generally solid play. 6'4" safety that is just learning the position? He's got a high ceiling.

The claw officially closed Labor Day weekend. Good nostalgic article on the founding golf team’s memory of when they first broke ground on the claw and some good pictures.

There are three names I'm holding back to make sure they show up that are committed elsewhere and a few underclassmen I have to build profiles for, but here are the important ones minus the surprises that may or may not be there.

South Florida vs. FAMU at 7 p.m. on ESPN+. Please keep all game chatter in this thread

The TBT has three reporters credentialed for this game but so far only Joey Knight is here.

Let’s hope the ahole yelling in this video doesn’t travel to Tampa this weekend.

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4 PM ET on ESPNU

Would prefer a 7 PM kick but TV makes the rules. Could be worse and kick at noon though.

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“Under terms of the proposed arrangement, the top 16 teams in the Big 12, Big East and Big Ten that did not qualify for the NCAA tournament — as ranked by the NET — would be required to play in the Fox event even if they are invited to the NIT.”

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South Florida's defense shut down the FAMU run game while Bryum Brown threw three TDs and ran for two in a Bulls win.

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Somehow Charlotte gets on NBC tonight at Maryland. The Big 10 couldn't find a better game?

South Florida aims to bounce back from its week one loss when it faces FAMU Saturday night. @jackward9 with the story.

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To those who seem bitter that we didn't pound a Top 25 FCS team; official basketball practices begin soon. The first game is less than two months out. Save some venom for hoops, man. Sheesh...

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South Florida forced four turnovers, had 12 tackles for loss and Byrum Brown accounted for five TDs in a win.

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