Daily Links•
Read all about men's soccer standout Zak Boggs on USF's official school website, and how he has excelled on the playing field for the Bulls, but has also done just as well if not better in his studies. Says head coach George Kiefer on Boggs, " He has an unlimited amount of potential. If he runs his own medical practice or becomes a surgeon or a doctor, he is going to do it first class. That's just this way."
• Auman
has a whole bunch of links for your Friday morning, including a link to a
story on slamonline.com about Dominique Jones, "the best Big East player you've never heard of," the publication says. He also carries a link to a
story on collegehoopsnet.com in which the site previews the BIG EAST race this season, picking USF to emerge from the pack in 2009.
• GoUSFBulls.com's 54 polls in 54 days is going strong, with Auman
giving fans a quick rundown on how some of the polls have voted so far, including the poll for who will have the most yards on the ground in 2009. "As to who will be USF's leading rusher, fans expect a healthy Mike Ford to end Matt Grothe's three-year run atop the rushing stats. Ford has 57 percent, with Grothe getting just 20 percent."
•
According to the Tampa Tribune's Nick Williams, says Brett McMurphy, Jesse Salters, a former forward at USF, has been named the athletic director at Blake High School in Tampa.
• With football media right around the corner, Brian Bennett of ESPN
posts the storylines that people could be talking about for each of the BIG EAST teams.
• Auman
offers a quick view of how former USF players are doing in NFL training camps this year.
• McMurphy
continues the countdown from his BIG EAST media poll, as he details his No. 3 pick for the conference this season, West Virginia.
• Greg Auman's
Blog• Brett McMurphy's
Blog• ESPN.com's Brian Bennett's BIG EAST
Blog• Oracle Sports
Blog
| GoUSFBulls.com Daily News Wire |
July 30 |
Daily Links• Catch head coach
Jim Leavitt on "The Lineup" tonight at 6 p.m. on Bright House Sports Network, as he sits down with Joe Girvan,
writes Greg Auman. Fans can also hear more from the interview Friday night, as Leavitt discusses the upcoming season for the Bulls.
• Brett McMurphy continues his countdown of his BIG EAST media ballot, with No. 5
Cincinnati followed by his No. 4 pick,
USF. He writes about USF, "The skill players on offense are in place for USF to have a big year: Grothe, WRs Jessie Hester, Dontavia Bogan and Carlton Mitchell (to name a few) and RBs Mike Ford, Jamar Taylor and Mo Plancher."
• With preseason camp just around the corner for the USF football team, Auman
offers 10 football questions for the month of August as the team prepares for the season opener Sept. 5 against Wofford, including which freshmen could make an impact on the team this season and who will emerge at outside linebacker for the Bulls.
• Brian Bennett of ESPN
gives us three of his predictions for USF this season, including his belief that the Bulls will be in the thick of the BIG EAST title race in 2009.
• McMurphy
reports that USF track and field signee Neamen Wise won the decathlon at the USA Track and Field Junior Olympic Championships in Greensboro, N.C.
• Tomahawk Nation
previews South Florida's defense in preparation for the USF-Florida State game Sept. 26 in Tallahassee.
• Auman
writes that the USF men's basketball team is looking for a marquee non-conference home game to complete the 2009-10 schedule.
• Greg Auman's
Blog• Brett McMurphy's
Blog• ESPN.com's Brian Bennett's BIG EAST
Blog• Oracle Sports
Blog
| GoUSFBulls.com Daily News Wire |
July 29 |
Daily Links• Former USF baseball star Ross Gload
delivered a pinch-hit, two-run walk-off home run to give the Florida Marlins a 4-3 win over the Atlanta Braves last night. Catch a recap of the game and watch Gload's blast and the celebration afterwards.
• Brett McMurphy
offers up several links and notes, including all the links to the voting for USF's top defensive players, as well as a link to former Tampa Tribune sports editor Tom McEwen's
interview with head coach
Jim Leavitt. McEwen writes, "The Bulls
Jim Leavitt head coaches with extraordinary and demonstrative vocal sideline enthusiasm once more are in the'thick of it,' as he says, in advance, for the championship, and pleased to be. 'Heck yes,' he said yesterday."
• Greg Auman
reports that former USF basketball star Chucky Atkins was traded from the Oklahoma City Thunder to the Minnesota Timberwolves.
• Staying in the NBA, former basketball star Solomon Jones was signed to a two-year deal by the Indiana Pacers,
writes Auman. He also adds several other links to stories and articles about Jones.
• Auman also offers up a pageful of links and notes for USF fans, including how 2009 opponent Wofford has been
picked to finish second in the Southern Conference as well as Collegefootballnews.com's BIG EAST
preview.
• Greg Auman's
Blog• Brett McMurphy's
Blog• ESPN.com's Brian Bennett's BIG EAST
Blog• Oracle Sports
Blog
| GoUSFBulls.com Daily News Wire |
July 28 |
Daily Links
•
Brett McMurphy and
Greg Auman report on the recently announced plans by USF for the "Athletics District" initiative, which will include improvements and facilities for basketball, baseball, softball, football and recreation, as well as additional projects including soccer and tennis facilities.
• Auman
extends his coverage of the initiative by asking when the projects could be completed and what type of cost the projects would entail. He writes, "It's reasonable, from a distance, to think construction on baseball and softball could start after the 2010 seasons, in May or June of next year, and with a quick turnaround, the Bulls could potentially be in their new homes by 2011."
• McMurphy
continues his BIG EAST preseason countdown, this time detailing his No. 6 pick, UConn. You can also catch his No. 7 and 8 picks with the link.
• Now that the voting is done for USF's all-time offensive players, McMurphy
tells us it's time to vote for the all-time best players at each defensive position as well as at punter.
• Auman also
reports that USF and Florida A&M are talking about possibly playing at the beginning of the 2011 season.
• Greg Auman's
Blog• Brett McMurphy's
Blog• ESPN.com's Brian Bennett's BIG EAST
Blog• Oracle Sports
Blog
| GoUSFBulls.com Daily News Wire |
July 27 |
Daily Links• The USF Kickoff Tailgate Party at Capogna's Dugout Sunday drew a large crowd and saw coach
Jim Leavitt speak in the rain,
reports Lee Diekemper of the Tampa Tribune. According to the story, Leavitt told the crowd kicker Maikon Bonani may not play during the 2009 season, but the white helmets worn last year will be back in 2009.
• Greg Auman also was at the event, and
posts several thoughts on the season and the position battles based on what he heard from Leavitt. He writes, "Leavitt was asked about the white helmets. Will they return? "Yes," Leavitt said. "I don't know when." The most popular speculation from fans seems to be the Friday night home game against West Virginia, with the Miami game a close second."
• You can also catch this
link from Bull Hoop Talk, which was also at the event. "The connection with the event and the alumni association is a great partnership. I was once inspired to join and have continuously called on others that I know who graduated from USF that are not members to join forces. The benefits are outstanding and the networking and friend-building process is a wonderful way to increase awareness and build a portfolio of
USF bred business associates and contacts of your own."
• Brett McMurphy
gives us the rundown on how the voting went for the top players for USF at each offensive position, with Matt Grothe edging out Marquel Blackwell by just 11 votes for USF's all-time quarterback. McMurphy writes, "Grothe and Blackwell seemed to swap the lead every other day during the week long voting. The votes were actually deadlocked at 6 p.m. Sunday until Grothe narrowly pulled away during the final six hours of the voting Sunday night."
• Auman
offers up a link to a story on SouthernPigskin.com, in which the author ranks USF at No. 13 in its preseason poll. He writes, "Senior quarterback Matt Grothe is posed to lead the Bulls to their first Big East championship. The gutty senior has weapons all around him on offense and a defense led by arguably the nation's best edge rusher in George Selvie."
• McMurphy begins to detail his picks for the BIG EAST media poll, starting with his No. 8,
Syracuse, followed by his pick to finish seventh in the league,
Louisville.
• Kickoff times for both Wofford and Charleston Southern will be at 7 p.m., write both
Auman and
McMurphy.
• Greg Auman's
Blog• Brett McMurphy's
Blog• ESPN.com's Brian Bennett's BIG EAST
Blog• Oracle Sports
Blog
