Urgent News for USF Students, Alumni, and Supporters: Save Our School!

We don't venture far from sports usually, but it appears now that our university is in a bit of trouble as far as funding. Admittedly, I am not too big on the political side, so you'll have to forgive me if some of these things are not properly stated. I will, however, not be posting any opinions on here. You all are welcome to post what you feel in the comments or anywhere else, but this post is meant strictly to inform those who aren't up to date on the whole situation.

Yesterday it became apparent that the Florida state senate had entertained a proposition by state Senator J.D. Alexander to cut an egregious amount from the state of Florida's financial contribution to the state public university system. You may have heard Alexander's name in the recent months in the talks of the potential, and now probably impending, split of the USF Polytechnic satellite campus from the University of South Florida system. If you've heard of the cuts, you've surely heard that USF is the one shouldering a very significant amount of the load, suffering a cut of over 58% of their state funding. USF released an illustration of what they plan to do to cope with the losses this morning. I'll explain the situation after the jump.

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USF's Quest for a Rival

Over the last week, I, as I'm sure many of you, heard about Pitt and Penn State renewing their rivalry. Later on, I was reading a post by the guys at Big East Coast Bias talking about a collection of rivalries they'd like to see either renewed or created for Big East teams. Unfortunately, the only one including USF was, you guessed it, renewing the rivalry with Central Florida. Oh yes, they went there. Don't worry, though, there are plenty of comments at the bottom of the page discouraging the suggestion.

However, the post did get me thinking about teams that could be potential rivals for the Bulls. Now, if you've found your way to this website by yourself, you probably know that USF doesn't really have a true rival. A team that's been around for less than two decades and has been a conference nomad has no reason to have established a legitimate rivalry with anyone. But College Football is all about rivalries. It's what sells tickets and makes kids want to apply to school. With all that being the case, I've put together a collection of potential rivals for South Florida after the jump.