Florida schedules USF for three-game series in football

[BMF]

We are hoping to get back into the Big Four in Florida.

I'll settle for the Big Six at this point!! :D

 

[MADGator]

Played MSU down there in 89, it was an MSU "home game".

Wow. I was at both of those games and had forgotten them. Gator Band in '84, drunk alum in '89.

 

[GR8 2B]

We are hoping to get back into the Big Four in Florida.

UCF refused to play us?

 

[InstiGATOR1]

We gain absolutely nothing from this. We should be scheduling big neutral site pay days. Why is the eff would we wanna build usf up?

I am at a loss to understand this too. This smacks of Mississippi State not UF scheduling and you know where UF got its AD.

 

[soflagator]

Have since Syracuse ran us out of the gym in 1992.

It's less about being run out of the gym, and more about "what are we gaining?giving up". In that case, we had just played a ranked Alabama team, had a ranked Msu team the following week, ut shortly after. All in all, 5 ranked opponents out of 11 games, (not to mention road games at Aub and Lsu who happened to be unranked), ending with the noles, is plenty. That game made no sense and derailed a great season.

As was pointed out, Alabama has no true OOC rival. So their playing Penn State or Mich or Usc to start--then paying a few cupcakes to round out their schedule--should be seen no differently than our SEC slate and fsu, with a few cupcakes. Why it's viewed differently is beyond me.

I don't have a problem playing a team like Usf, but also don't see a lot that we gain either.

 

[TheDouglas78]

It's less about being run out of the gym, and more about "what are we gaining?giving up". In that case, we had just played a ranked Alabama team, had a ranked Msu team the following week, ut shortly after. All in all, 5 ranked opponents out of 11 games, (not to mention road games at Aub and Lsu who happened to be unranked), ending with the noles, is plenty. That game made no sense and derailed a great season.

As was pointed out, Alabama has no true OOC rival. So their playing Penn State or Mich or Usc to start--then paying a few cupcakes to round out their schedule--should be seen no differently than our SEC slate and fsu, with a few cupcakes. Why it's viewed differently is beyond me.

I don't have a problem playing a team like Usf, but also don't see a lot that we gain either.

So what you are saying is the risk rewards doesn't equate, which we both agree on . But doesn't change my statement in the slightest.... So how does this statement relate to mine? We got ran out of the gym in Syracuse . The administration saw the risk was far larger than the reward.

 

[soflagator]

So what you are saying is the risk rewards doesn't equate, which we both agree on . But doesn't change my statement in the slightest.... So how does this statement relate to mine? We got ran out of the gym in Syracuse . The administration saw the risk was far larger than the reward.

Yeah, I read that too quickly and thought you were implying something else. So uhh...

 

[TheDouglas78]

Yeah, I read that too quickly and thought you were implying something else. So uhh...

It's ok... I know your just an Eagles fan....

 

[soflagator]

It's ok... I know your just an Eagles fan....

*Yore.

Thanks, cowboy.

 

[Okeechobee Joe]

USF has everything to gain and nothing to lose by playing UF. We gain nothing by playing them. We already have one in-state rival. -- FSU. We could resume an old rivalry with Miami and that could create a lot of interest. But playing these Florida directional schools -- USF or UCF or FAU -- does nothing for us. But if they beat us then they gain and we lose. If we beat them then we gain nothing.

 

[soflagator]

USF has everything to gain and nothing to lose by playing UF. We gain nothing by playing them. We already have one in-state rival. -- FSU. We could resume an old rivalry with Miami and that could create a lot of interest. But playing these Florida directional schools -- USF or UCF or FAU -- does nothing for us. But if they beat us then they gain and we lose. If we beat them then we gain nothing.

The problem I have with the potential miami series is that we clearly have no interest in playing them annually, and rightly so as it would cost us a lot of home game revenue. But it seems like whenever we've arranged these arbitrary '02-'03 type of series, we've caught them at the wrong time with either us being really bad, them being really good, or both. Even in bowl games. Outside of 2008, I don't think we've played them on what I would consider level or superior ground since the early-mid 80's. In the other games, they've had the luxury of facing Zook twice, Muchamp once, interim Strong once, and Spurrier once, but with a miami squad that probably should've been playing OU(aN) for the title. In doing so, we just keep adding to the head to head deficit. Even the 2019 game doesn't exaclty set up well for us as we're quite possibly starting a RsFr QB week 1, against Richt in his 4th year.

Until we're officially back and have a stable program again, I don't see any gain from that one either.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

In that case, we had just played a ranked Alabama team, had a ranked Msu team the following week.

BS

I heard on this very website that Mississippi State was like Kentucky prior to Mullinz.

 

[soflagator]

BS

I heard on this very website that Mississippi State was like Kentucky prior to Mullinz.

I know. You've been right all along.

Kentucky football is 597–608–44 all time in football. Msu is 555–573–39.

Miss State is #46 in all time weeks ranked in the AP Poll. Kentucky checks in at #67.

Head to head record is 22-23 with the bulldogs boasting a nearly insurmountable lead(fyi, Barnhart has them doubling that edge within the next 6 months, just to further emphasize who's boss).

As I said, I was hoping you'd forget my assertion that the two programs are quite comparable. But alas, here we are.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

I know. You've been right all along..

Yeah, Ive heard Kintucky used to be good when they had Bear Bryant in the 60s and as late as the seventies. Im too young to remember any of that. I mostly remember the last 40 years when they consider themselves lucky to avoid being last and for the occasional bowl eligibility.

I do remember the coach at Cowbell in the 90s who won the west and competed for it most years, but maybe you are too young for that.

 

[78]

Yeah, Ive heard Kintucky used to be good when they had Bear Bryant in the 60s and as late as the seventies. Im too young to remember any of that. I mostly remember the last 40 years when they consider themselves lucky to avoid being last and for the occasional bowl eligibility.

I do remember the coach at Cowbell in the 90s who won the west and competed for it most years, but maybe you are too young for that.

I'm beginning a count of the number of Sherrill references. You're up to at least three in the past 10 days. You really love that old cheater, don't you?

 

[soflagator]

I'm beginning a count of the number of Sherrill references. You're up to at least three in the past 10 days. You really love that old cheater, don't you?

What’s not to like? The guy was 43-59-1 during his stellar time at Miss State, which, btw, coincided with Alabama and Auburn each having stints on probation and the wildly successful Dinardo era at Lsu.

You think beasts like that grow on trees?

 

[78]

What’s not to like? The guy was 43-59-1 during his stellar time at Miss State, which, btw, coincided with Alabama and Auburn each having stints on probation and the wildly successful Dinardo era at Lsu.

You think beats like that grow on trees?

Coached Pitt the year Dorsett corrected the nation on the pronunciation of his last name and won the Heisman. Then he just sort of faded ... until MSU and Law rediscovered his magic.

Edit: Just checked. It was Majors who coached Pitt that year. Then what good was Sherrill?

 

[soflagator]

Coached Pitt the year Dorsett corrected the nation on the pronunciation of his last name and won the Heisman. Then he just sort of faded ... until MSU and Law rediscovered his magic.

Granted, I’m not as familiar with his time at MSU, or the probation that followed, but I believe the “discovery” took place after his tenure.

 

[gardnerwebbgator]

ZERO to gain from this....Strychnine strikes again. What Gator fan wouldn't want to see a straight up home/home with say Clemson, Texas, or Southern Cal (see 1982-83, win and tie for reference)?

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Granted, I’m not as familiar with his time at MSU, or the probation that followed, but I believe the “discovery” took place after his tenure.

No I think he managed to get them on probation once while he was there, too, like early 90s.

Of course, so did Mullinz.

Hell I think EVERYONE in the SEC West was on probation at some point in the 90s and Barn and Bammer landed twice.