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• Gary Shelton of the St. Petersburg Times
lists the top-10 awards won by Tampa athletes, with Lee Roy Selmon getting the top nod with his enshrinement in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
He writes, "Whatever else a local athlete has won, he'd trade it for entrance into the Hall of Fame of his sport. Selmon accomplished it despite a shortened career, and despite the fallen image of the franchise by the time of his induction."
• Brian Bennett of ESPN
ranks the top stadiums in the BIG EAST, with Raymond James Stadium coming in third. "It's a really comfortable place to watch a game in all aspects, and when the Bulls have a big game at night, the crowd can really get loud and rowdy."
• Jordan Loperena of the PRISM Press Group
completes its four-part coverage of the
USF Youth Impact Program, this time interviewing the teaching staff that has been involved with the program. He writes, "Hicks mentioned the content of the camp, through the eyes of a teacher, was very beneficial for the camp participants. 'The program, in general, approaches a couple things,' said Hicks. '[but emphasizes] the academic side of things...[it is] good for a lot of these guys to get that connection over the summer.'"
• Brett McMurphy
finishes his countdown of the top football players to wear each jersey number, from No. 1-99.
• Auman
informs us that the USF Bookstore already has t-shirts available for the USF-Florida State football game on Sept. 26. "The Twitter.com page of the USF Bookstore had a Twitpic on Thursday, saying '
Never too early for a little t-shirt trash talk.' The pic shows a green Bulls T-shirt that says 'Sorry, Florida State: Crying Isn't A Sport.'"
• Auman also reports that USF offensive tackle Mike McGowan will be unable to resume his career after a knee injury.
• Auman runs us through several links before we hit the weekend.
• McMurphy also reports about USF's tough new academic policy, in which players will be suspended for missing a certain amount of classes as opposed to other punishments such as running laps at practice.• Greg Auman's
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July 16 |
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• Brett McMurphy
comments on a
story by Jim Henry of FanHouse in which Henry interviews USF quarterback Matt Grothe. In the story, Grothe believes he has tried to put too much on his shoulders, and as a result the senior is determined this year to take it one play at a time and play the game the way he knows how. Grothe also states that this summer has been the Bulls best summer of workouts since he has been here. "We've been so close, but our goal is to win the Big East. I believed we really had a good chance last year but certain things didn't go our way. But you can't make excuses or worry about last year. We are going to try our best this year.
"We've really been putting in the time this summer to help accomplish that goal."
• Jonathan Harrell of The Oracles
interviews former USF track star Damu Cherry with a quick Q and A updating us on her life on and off the track
• Greg Auman
updates us an update on how all the current USF baseball players participating in summer leagues are doing.
• Auman also
reports that George Selvie was honored with the Emmitt Smith Athletic Achievement Award, given by the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity. "The award, named for the former Gator and Cowboys running back who is the NFL's career rushing leader, goes to a fraternity member who best combines athletic and academic success with fraternity and community involvement," writes Auman.
• McMurphy also
continues his countdown of the top players for USF at each numerical jersey, as he now as gone through No. 40-99.
• Auman
posts some random notes from around the college football world, including an article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution by Mark Bradley that ranks what he believes are the top-15 coaches in college football, with USF head coach
Jim Leavitt appearing at No. 12, the only BIG EAST coach Bradley has in the ranking.
• Brian Bennett of ESPN
runs us through all the start dates for fall practice for all the BIG EAST teams.
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July 15 |
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• Greg Auman
reports that former USF wide receiver S.J. Green had a breakout game for the Canadian Football League's Montreal Alouettes. "Former USF receiver S.J. Green, patiently waiting for most of two seasons on the Montreal Alouettes' practice roster, got a big break last week, catching five passes for 113 yards and a touchdown and making a name for himself in the CFL ranks."
• PRISM Press Group
releases part III of its coverage of the Youth Impact Program, this time highlighting how assistant athletic director for academics and student-athlete development
Justin Miller and Paige Battcher, the curriculum coordinator for the Youth Impact Program, helped to bring the camp to the USF campus.
• Auman
discusses whether having a running-back-by-committee, or having a team's rushing yards spread out among several player as opposed to one featured back, helps or hurts a team's record. He writes, "Establishing a consistent running game, to be sure, is a huge advantage in college football -- the top seven teams in the BCS (the best 10 percent) in rushing yards last season went a combined 68-25; the bottom seven went 29-56 by comparison."
• Brett McMurphy
takes a look at the past five football seasons for USF and where the school ranks among the other BIG EAST schools in a number of categories.
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July 14 |
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says that since
Mike Canales returned as an assistant coach, the USF 7-on-7 Sling & Shoot football camp has increased dramatically in the number of teams playing. "It's turned into a mega mega-tournament, a great event," he said. "It gets a lot of kids on our campus and gives them all a chance to play. We've really had a great turnout."
• Brett McMurphy
counts down the best football players to wear each uniform number, beginning with 80-99. He writes, "The best part for me is since I've covered the Bulls since 1999, I've been fortunate enough to see each of my 99 best Bulls by number play in person."
• PRISM Press Group
released part II of its four-part series about the USF Youth Impact Program, this time detailing the program's impact on non-football athletes here at USF. "Why would all of these athletes be participating as mentors in a football camp? The answer to that question is easy: These are all student athletes. In a camp focused on getting inner-city kids on the right track, it is important to let the participants know that football is not the only option there is to become a student-athlete at a big-time, up-and-coming program like the University of South Florida."
• Auman also
gives us a glimpse of the new Under Armour basketball shoes, as spotted on rookie Brandon Jennings on the Milwaukee Bucks website.
• Auman
offers us an array of thoughts, notes and links going on with South Florida, from former USF graduate assistant
Jared Davis taking a job at Gibbs High to an update on former USF center Will McDonald in the NBA Summer League.
• ESPN
has five games ACC teams should fear, with one of them being the USF-Miami matchup on Nov. 28.
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July 13 |
Daily Links • Greg Auman
reports that current USF running back Mike Ford has been spotted on the main page of Xbox Live, where NCAA Football 2010 by EA Sports is set to be released Tuesday. He writes, "One Bulls fan on Twitter.com posted a Twitpic screengrab that shows a USF running back wearing No. 26 -- that'd be Mike Ford -- running away from what appears to be a UCF defensive player."
• Phil Neary of The Oracle starts
counting down the top 10 athletes of the 2008-09 season, beginning with numbers 6-10 today.
• Jordan Loperena with the PRISM Press Group
writes the first of four articles concerning the opinions and thoughts of those involved in the USF Youth Impact Program.
• Auman keeps us up-to-date on all the news concerning former USF players and personnel who attained graduate assistantships elsewhere, while former defensive G.A. Jared Davis accepted a position at Gibbs High School in St. Petersburg.
• Larry Blustein of the Miami Herald has high praise for this weekend's 7-on-7 USF Sling & Shoot tournament. He writes, "Held during the second weekend of July on campus, it has now become a two-day tournament that attracts not only the local Tampa Bay area programs, but have routinely brought in some of the best across the state of Florida."
• Auman and Brett McMurphy inform us more about last week's appearance for USF in the Tank McNamara comic.
• Auman also rounds out his weekend's notes, including a conversation he had with the Philadelphia 76ers' Samuel Dalembert, brother of Melissa Dalembert, who will be a senior center on the USF women's basketball team this upcoming season.
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