TAMPA ? For the first time in program history, USF Athletics is featuring the fans in its upcoming advertising campaign for the 2009 season.

USF is hosting Can You Feel It? Spirit Showdown on Saturday, June 6 and is calling all colossal Bulls fans! This is your chance to strut your stuff and show us your biggest... baddest... Can U Feel It? spirit. We're holding an open casting call to find fanatical Bulls fans to feature in our new ad campaign. You could be a star!

What: Can You Feel It? Spirit Competition to be the face of the 2009 ad campaign
When: Saturday, June 6 from 9 a.m. to Noon
Where: BIG EAST Room within the USF Athletics Building on the Tampa Campus (MAP)
Directions:  Off of Fowler Avenue heading West, make a right hand turn on Bull Run Road and the street runs directly into the USF Athletics Building.  Off of Fowler Avenue heading East, make a left hand turn onto Bull Run Road and the street runs directly into the USF Athletics Building. (Mapquest)
Parking: FREE

Come decked out in your Bulls' finest. Paint your face... paint your chest... paint your buddy's chest. Just bring your spirit and show us why you deserve the spotlight. Originality applauded and enthusiasm expected. Go big!

Meet Rocky. Mingle with the USF players. Get autographs and have fun.  Show us how you tailgate, how you celebrate and what it really means to be a Bull. You could be in a TV commercial or on billboards throughout Tampa Bay!

“We are very excited about the 2009 football season, but we are even more energized by the groundswell of momentum that is provided by the great community of Tampa Bay,”  said USF Executive Associate Athletics Director Bill McGillis. “We are able to do more for our fans than just about any BCS program. We are already offering the best game day deal in major college football and that value just increased with the unveiling of the Eat For Free Season Tickets. 

“We recognize the tremendous and growing support of Tampa Bay and our 2009 ad campaign will give credit to the fans that have been hand-in-hand in the unbelievable story of USF football.”