News and Notes Before the Weekend

Head coach Claire Lessinger and staff will have to find a new home for the 2011 season. (Picture: www.gousfbulls.com)

The weekend is finally here, but USF news is always emerging (no day off, we like that).

Recruiting never stops and reaching out to young high school talent is always a must for any program. USF understands this and made a verbal offer to a local talent. Defensive tackle Derrick Calloway, the 6-1 294-pound junior was at the Sling-n-shoot last weekend and has picked up a verbal offer (part of the 2013 class) (according to Rivals).

Calloway, the the product of Bradenton, Florida (Manatee High School) is a rising star and USF is the first program to offer him a scholarship. He has been to other camps, even up to Tennessee, where he impressed coaches, but Holtz and staff are the first to make an offer. This would be a big signing in the future for the Bulls as he would come in behind Chandler and Watson in the coming years. Let's see where he ends up in the next two years.

Here is some game footage from his sophomore season. The young man has a high motor and can get to the QB easily, might be a monster in the near future.

Another note, from Greg Auman yesterday, broke the news on the volleyball season and where head coach Claire Lessinger and her team will call home this season.

With the $35 million dollar renovations going on inside the Sun Dome, the adjacent Corral, the home of the Bulls volleyball team, will not be usable for the 2011 season. There had been hopes it would be available, but the construction is moving along and now they will have to move their home court to the Rec center.

Playing in the Rec center seems odd to me personally and will have an effect on home crowds this year. While it is understandable and the options for a home court are limited for the team, playing in the Rec center just doesn't make it feel like a D-1 program, but hopefully the team will play at a high level and put any thoughts about the facility behind us (not being mean to the Rec center, it's awesome, but for a D-1 program to play it's matches there, not the best place).

The ladies open the season on August 26th at New Mexico and open the home portion of their schedule on September 2nd when they host Eastern Kentucky.