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RE: USF switches to "South Florida" on jerseys to remove confusion with UCF
(08-14-2018 11:30 AM)wavefan12 Wrote:  
(08-14-2018 11:22 AM)HuskyU Wrote:  Just change the names to the University of Tampa and Orlando University.

Our very own UT and OU! #P6

There already is a University of Tampa. I do like the Orlando University idea.

Tampa State?

An innovative approach is allowing an entity naming rights for a fee (e.g., Mickey Mouse U).
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RE: USF switches to "South Florida" on jerseys to remove confusion with UCF
Bring back teh Citronauts


(damnit, now I am spelling based on teh Rivalry)
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RE: USF switches to "South Florida" on jerseys to remove confusion with UCF
(08-13-2018 08:55 PM)FonzKnight Wrote:  UCF has out-paced them so much that they’re changing their name?

Wow. Did not realize we owned them like that. I actually kind of feel bad.

Nope...never gonna feel bad for USiF. There are a couple of clowns on Twitter trying to convince the word that their victories over .500 teams like Fla State and Notre Dame are better and make them more relevant and successful than UCF's BCS/NY6 wins over Top 10 Baylor and Auburn, two Top 10 finishes, and three conference championships (since we have been in the same conference). 01-wingedeagle
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RE: USF switches to "South Florida" on jerseys to remove confusion with UCF
Pretty sure the two Top 10 finishes by UCF pretty much cleared up any confusion between the two
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RE: USF switches to "South Florida" on jerseys to remove confusion with UCF
(08-14-2018 02:41 PM)ShoreBuc Wrote:  Pretty sure the two Top 10 finishes by UCF pretty much cleared up any confusion between the two

You would THINK so. But not in the minds of some usf fans.
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RE: USF switches to "South Florida" on jerseys to remove confusion with UCF
USF should go all-in on the pirate ship and use that as their logo.
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To avoud confusion and emphasize the significance of this institute, I would rename it World-Tampa Florida University.

WTFU
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RE: USF switches to "South Florida" on jerseys to remove confusion with UCF
(08-14-2018 04:52 PM)mikeinoki Wrote:  To avoud confusion and emphasize the significance of this institute, I would rename it World-Tampa Florida University.

WTFU

South-Tampa Florida University.

Just drop football already, it's inevitable.
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RE: USF switches to "South Florida" on jerseys to remove confusion with UCF
(08-14-2018 05:04 PM)firmbizzle Wrote:  
(08-14-2018 04:52 PM)mikeinoki Wrote:  To avoud confusion and emphasize the significance of this institute, I would rename it World-Tampa Florida University.

WTFU

Just drop football already, it's inevitable.

I'm sure everyone will be telling you guys the same thing in a couple years when you go through another winless season 04-cheers
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(08-14-2018 10:49 AM)wavefan12 Wrote:  Unfortunately the USF and UCF monikers are a huge detriment to marketing the schools. Realistically both schools deserve huge respect, but nationally people still see them as regional commuter type schools, still way behind the other three FL big boys. Simply keeping the Florida Tech name might have done wonders for UCF.

Geez, and you guys give MTSU grief over being named "Middle" Tennessee. 01-wingedeagle Maybe UCF can become University of "Middle" Florida and USF can be University of "Southwest Central" Florida. Or, like our cousins, the former West Tennessee Normal School, now called Memphis; maybe USF could appropriate the Name "Tampa" and UCF can be DisneyWorld03-lmfao?
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(08-14-2018 03:43 PM)Square Knight Wrote:  
(08-14-2018 02:41 PM)ShoreBuc Wrote:  Pretty sure the two Top 10 finishes by UCF pretty much cleared up any confusion between the two

You would THINK so. But not in the minds of some usf fans.

Or ESPiN commentators. I can't remember how many times I have heard them incorrectly say the wrong school during a game.
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I think a great slogan for the USF football would be "BULLS HIT".

"BULLS HIT"... would look great across the front of a jersey.
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(08-15-2018 07:24 AM)BlueRaiderBoy Wrote:  
(08-14-2018 10:49 AM)wavefan12 Wrote:  Unfortunately the USF and UCF monikers are a huge detriment to marketing the schools. Realistically both schools deserve huge respect, but nationally people still see them as regional commuter type schools, still way behind the other three FL big boys. Simply keeping the Florida Tech name might have done wonders for UCF.

Geez, and you guys give MTSU grief over being named "Middle" Tennessee. 01-wingedeagle Maybe UCF can become University of "Middle" Florida and USF can be University of "Southwest Central" Florida. Or, like our cousins, the former West Tennessee Normal School, now called Memphis; maybe USF could appropriate the Name "Tampa" and UCF can be DisneyWorld03-lmfao?

You do understand that my post inferring that "central" is a more educated term than "middle" was just joking around right? Geez, I can't wait for football season to finally begin....
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At the end of the day, from a national perspective, the names don't really matter.

The national media is going to push down the schools they don't view as the elite.

Rutgers and Temple will never be treated the same as UCLA. The narrative is pre-written regardless of what happens in reality. It is kind of like wrestling.

The schools on the outside just have to keep doing what they can with winning and increased ratings to change that narrative. Schools like Boise State have made some progress in the past but the NCAA and the big conferences just keep changing the rules to put things back to the way they think things should be.

In the grand scheme of things, it is probably a losing battle for schools like UH, UCF and USF but it is still entertaining to watch them make the attempt.
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(08-14-2018 10:49 AM)wavefan12 Wrote:  Unfortunately the USF and UCF monikers are a huge detriment to marketing the schools. Realistically both schools deserve huge respect, but nationally people still see them as regional commuter type schools, still way behind the other three FL big boys. Simply keeping the Florida Tech name might have done wonders for UCF.
yup that was a big mistake. Florida Tech would be in the ACC.
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(08-15-2018 09:03 AM)The Brown Bull Wrote:  At the end of the day, from a national perspective, the names don't really matter.

The national media is going to push down the schools they don't view as the elite.

Rutgers and Temple will never be treated the same as UCLA. The narrative is pre-written regardless of what happens in reality. It is kind of like wrestling.

The schools on the outside just have to keep doing what they can with winning and increased ratings to change that narrative. Schools like Boise State have made some progress in the past but the NCAA and the big conferences just keep changing the rules to put things back to the way they think things should be.

In the grand scheme of things, it is probably a losing battle for schools like UH, UCF and USF but it is still entertaining to watch them make the attempt.

Boy, ain't that the truth! There is one reason, and ONE reason only, why the computer polls were dropped in the switch from the BCS to the CFP. Outsider teams like Boise St and (at that time) TCU were getting ranked too high and too close to the Top 2 under the BCS system.
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(08-15-2018 07:24 AM)BlueRaiderBoy Wrote:  
(08-14-2018 10:49 AM)wavefan12 Wrote:  Unfortunately the USF and UCF monikers are a huge detriment to marketing the schools. Realistically both schools deserve huge respect, but nationally people still see them as regional commuter type schools, still way behind the other three FL big boys. Simply keeping the Florida Tech name might have done wonders for UCF.

Geez, and you guys give MTSU grief over being named "Middle" Tennessee. 01-wingedeagle Maybe UCF can become University of "Middle" Florida and USF can be University of "Southwest Central" Florida. Or, like our cousins, the former West Tennessee Normal School, now called Memphis; maybe USF could appropriate the Name "Tampa" and UCF can be DisneyWorld03-lmfao?

Very clever, you win the originality post award.
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(08-15-2018 06:58 AM)jlcolvin Wrote:  
(08-14-2018 05:04 PM)firmbizzle Wrote:  
(08-14-2018 04:52 PM)mikeinoki Wrote:  To avoud confusion and emphasize the significance of this institute, I would rename it World-Tampa Florida University.

WTFU

Just drop football already, it's inevitable.

I'm sure everyone will be telling you guys the same thing in a couple years when you go through another winless season 04-cheers

We could do it all again and usf would still be trophyless, without any championships, and no facilities.
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(08-14-2018 11:34 AM)HuskyU Wrote:  
(08-14-2018 11:30 AM)wavefan12 Wrote:  
(08-14-2018 11:22 AM)HuskyU Wrote:  Just change the names to the University of Tampa and Orlando University.

Our very own UT and OU! #P6

There already is a University of Tampa. I do like the Orlando University idea.

Tampa State?

But Tampa is not a state. Tampa Tech?
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(08-15-2018 06:16 PM)jaredf29 Wrote:  
(08-15-2018 07:24 AM)BlueRaiderBoy Wrote:  
(08-14-2018 10:49 AM)wavefan12 Wrote:  Unfortunately the USF and UCF monikers are a huge detriment to marketing the schools. Realistically both schools deserve huge respect, but nationally people still see them as regional commuter type schools, still way behind the other three FL big boys. Simply keeping the Florida Tech name might have done wonders for UCF.

Geez, and you guys give MTSU grief over being named "Middle" Tennessee. 01-wingedeagle Maybe UCF can become University of "Middle" Florida and USF can be University of "Southwest Central" Florida. Or, like our cousins, the former West Tennessee Normal School, now called Memphis; maybe USF could appropriate the Name "Tampa" and UCF can be DisneyWorld03-lmfao?

Very clever, you win the originality post award.

You're welcome. I majored in trivial wit at MTSU.
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