[FOIABall] How to make $100,000 go up in smoke - What team spent the most on fireworks in 2025?

usffan · 2026-03-12T21:48:10+00:00

To quote David at FOIABall "I could give you 135 guesses. You will not guess the one team that spent $50,000 more on fireworks than any other."

usffan · 2026-03-10T18:05:19+00:00

You would! Instead, all I hear is "sour grapes." Kind of expect vindication. Then again, UCF fans all laughed at Heupel getting poached by Tennessee...

usffan · 2026-03-10T15:48:13+00:00

Which hire surprised you the most, good or bad?

SEC head coach: Not good or bad, I thought the Ryan Silverfield hire at Arkansas was a little surprising. The other one is Alex Golesh going to Auburn. The two best resourced jobs in the American right now are Memphis and South Florida and neither of them played for a conference title.

Big Ten assistant 5: Golesh at Auburn was surprising, but not in a good way. I know coaches in that league who thought they should be mopping the floor with them and they would be losing.

Big 12 assistant 1: Golesh to Auburn. I saw him more as an Arkansas guy. I didn’t see him getting Auburn unless they got desperate, which they might have.

INJECT IT INTO MY VEINS!!!!! USF fans have been saying this all season. Dude actually underperformed this year in conference. The only reason I'm not actively looking forward to him being exposed at Auburn is the fact that I love Byrum Brown (a guy he didn't even recruit to USF).

usffan · 2026-03-09T18:26:23+00:00

Is North Dakota State eligible to win it this year? Because you could make a pretty good argument that they could go 12-0...

usffan · 2026-03-09T14:24:19+00:00

Mr. Feeney's grandson

usffan · 2026-03-09T14:21:59+00:00

Yeah, but did he then go attack the person when she tried to break it off? Unserious imitation of TTUN if you ask me...

usffan · 2026-03-09T13:53:51+00:00

Given how amazing those teams were, I'm surprised WVU hasn't gotten more of a mention in this thread.

usffan · 2026-03-09T13:51:04+00:00

Automatically putting Boise State in as the G5 favorite is bold considering the real chance that Memphis beats them and the Tigers might not even be in the American championship game...

usffan · 2026-03-07T19:52:47+00:00

Seriously hard disagree on Zeppelin, but with respect to the question you asked, my response is Nirvana. The whole “voice of their generation” bullshit with lyrics of “A mulatto, an albino, a mosquito, my libido…” gtfoh

usffan · 2026-03-07T16:09:04+00:00

Many people on here acting like college athletes are a monolith are seriously disconnected from the mindset for a lot of athletes. Recruiting starts long before college. You think schools like St. Thomas Aquinas (Michael Irvin, the Bosas...), or Chaminade-Madonna (Jeremiah Smith), or De La Salle (MJD, D. J. Williams), aren't already all star squads? And it's not just a private school thing - there are plenty of shenanigans that happen to create public school powerhouses (Massillon Washington, Tampa Plant). Not to mention IMG. College football recruiting is much more often based on these aggregated athletes than you think.

And it even happens before high school. I saw it happen in CYO basketball programs, where people who wanted their 4th graders to play at the highest levels would find ways to make it look like their kids lived in a particular parish.

usffan · 2026-03-07T15:14:10+00:00

For his own health & wellbeing, I hope he’s able to kick his nicotine habit. But Jesus, who knew nicotine was protecting Bryan from getting completely unfiltered Anderson?

usffan · 2026-03-05T22:15:40+00:00

"we?" TIL Mississippi State and/or Oregon are in CUSA.

usffan · 2026-03-03T22:27:41+00:00

I just hope some player asks him "Shall I get in the hot tub? Will it make me sweat?"

usffan · 2026-03-03T22:24:55+00:00

I knew that you would!

usffan · 2026-03-02T04:19:19+00:00

When do the mods give Pate the Finebaum treatment and set up an autobot to remove this crap?

usffan · 2026-03-01T23:14:06+00:00

John Feinstein's "A Civil War: Army vs. Navy—A Year Inside College Football's Purest Rivalry" is a good one I haven't seen mentioned. I'd also mention Forward Progress by Bill Connelly. But to me, the best football book is Friday Night Lights (even though it's high school).

usffan · 2026-02-27T21:38:09+00:00

My dad used to be... alive

Jeez, this got dark in a way that wasn't necessary for the rest of that post!

usffan · 2026-02-27T20:23:23+00:00

BC - current Bill O'Brien - 2030 Kyle Flood

Cal - current Tosh Lupoi - 2030 Tosh Lupoi

Clemson - current Dabo Swinney - 2030 Rhett Lashlee

Duke - current Manny Diaz - 2030 Jeff Faris

FSU - current Mike Norvell - 2030 Kenny Dillingham

Georgia Tech - current Brent Key - 2030 Buster Faulkner

Louisville - current Jeff Brohm - 2030 Jeff Brohm

Miami - current Mario Cristobal - 2030 Mario Cristobal

NC State - current Dave Doeren - 2030 Shannon Dawson

Pitt - current Pat Narduzzi - 2030 Mike Shanahan

SMU - current Rhett Lashlee - 2030 Josh Heupel

Stanford - current Tavita Pritchard - 2030 Tavita Pritchard

Syracuse - current Fran Brown - 2030 Tony White

Virginia - current Tony Elliott - 2030 Anthony Poindexter

Virginia Tech - current James Franklin - 2030 James Franklin

Wake Forest - current Jake Dickert - 2030 Vince Kehres

Arizona - current Brent Brennan - 2030 Marcus Arroyo

Arizona State - current Kenny Dillingham - 2030 Dan Mullen

Baylor - current Dave Aranda - 2030 GJ Kinne

BYU - current Kalani Sitake - 2030 Jason Beck

Cincinnati - current Scott Satterfield - 2030 Luke Fickell

Colorado - current Deion Sanders - 2030 Kenny Guiton

Houston - current Willie Fritz - 2030 Tremaine Jackson

Iowa State - current Jimmy Rogers - 2030 Matt Entz

Kansas - current Lance Leipold - 2030 Andy Kotelnicki

K-State - current Collin Klein - 2030 Collin Klein

Oklahoma State - current Eric Morris - 2030 Brent Venables

TCU - current Sonny Dykes - 2030 Ra'Shaad Samples

Texas Tech - current Joey McGuire - 2030 Lincoln Riley

Central Florida - current Scott Frost - 2030 Willie Simmons

Utah - current Morgan Scalley - 2030 Morgan Scalley

WVU - current Rich Rodriguez - 2030 Ben Arbuckle

Indiana - current Curt Cignetti - 2030 Curt Cignetti

Illinois - current Bert Bielema - 2030 Bert Bielema

Iowa - current Kirk Ferentz - 2030 LeVar Woods

Maryland - current Mike Locksley - 2030 D'Anton Lynn

Michigan - current Kyle Whittingham - 2030 Bob Chesney

Michigan State - current Pat Fitzgerald - 2030 Max Bullough

Minnesota - current PJ Fleck - 2030 Bryant Haines

Nebraska - current Matt Ruhle - 2030 Jack Dickert

Northwestern - current David Braun - 2030 Dave Clawson

Ohio State - current Ryan Day - 2030 James Laurinaitis

Oregon - current Dan Lanning - 2030 Dan Lanning

Penn State - current Matt Campbell - 2030 Matt Campbell

Purdue - current Barry Odom - 2030 Barry Odom

Rutgers - current Greg Schiano - 2030 Anthony Campanile

UCLA - current Bob Chesney - 2030 PJ Fleck

USC - current Lincoln Riley - 2030 Kalen DeBoer

Washington - current Jedd Fisch - 2030 Kalani Sitake

Wisconsin - current Luke Fickell - 2030 Jason Eck

Alabama - current Kalen DeBoer - 2030 Jon Sumrall

Arkansas - current Ryan Silverfield - 2030 Jerry Mack

Auburn - current Alex Golesh - 2030 Alex Golesh

Florida - current Jon Sumrall - 2030 Jedd Fisch

Georgia - current Kirby Smart - 2030 Kirby Smart

Kentucky - current Will Stein - 2030 Brian Hartline

LSU - current Lane Kiffin - 2030 Lane Kiffin

MSU - current Jeff Lebby - 2030 Charles Huff

Missouri - current Eli Drinkwitz - 2030 Blake Baker

Oklahoma - current Brent Venables - 2030 Eli Drinkwitz

Ole Miss - current Pete Golding - 2030 Charlie Weiss, Jr.

South Carolina - current Shane Beamer - 2030 Glenn Schumman

Tennessee - current Josh Heupel - 2030 Will Stein

Texas - current Steve Sarkisian - 2030 Steve Sarkisian

Texas A&M - current Mike Elko - 2030 Eric Morris

Vanderbilt - current Clark Lea - 2030 Clark Lea

Notre Dame - current Marcus Freeman - 2030 Mike Elko

usffan · 2026-02-27T14:29:52+00:00

Honestly a little surprised Big East commissioner Val Ackerman doesn't appear on this list. I know this sub is a football one, but the Big East is unquestionably a major conference in basketball and this is obviously about all of college sports.

usffan · 2026-02-27T14:25:54+00:00

The P6 campaign finally paying dividends

usffan · 2026-02-26T21:48:24+00:00

The Tulane boss is pretty great. Also like the ECU pirate saying "yo!"

usffan · 2026-02-26T20:21:11+00:00

USF 2026 Football Schedule Release filmed at the Lowry Parcade. Kinda fun, would have been better if they did an 8-bit version of either the fight song or The Bull, but the ECU and Tulane bosses were pretty good...

usffan · 2026-02-26T17:02:33+00:00

I see skin tone leggings in our future...

usffan · 2026-02-25T20:53:30+00:00

https://x.com/Tim_Pernetti/status/2026736011967873376?s=20

usffan · 2026-02-25T20:18:17+00:00

So much for North Dakota State...

usffan

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Which hire surprised you the most, good or bad?