USF Offers 2012 Tampa Safety

The Bulls have offered a local talent this time in the never ending world of recruiting. USF has recently offered 4-star (according to Scout.com) safety Nelson Agholor. Agholor, the 6'1" 175-pound star out of Berkeley Preparatory School in Tampa, Florida is a high rising star that will pose a huge challenge to the Bulls to keep home.

Agholor was named 1st team All-Hillborough County by the Tampa Tribune, playing as a receiver, a return specialist and as a lock down defender. He has incredible speed and can fly to the ball carrier. He could play cornerback, but will probably stay at safety. He needs to add a few pounds of muscle and work on his overall tackling ability, but his incredible speed and athletic ability make him a prime player and the competition for his services is at an all time high and will only grow.

USF joins a very elite group of offers for Agholor. Programs such as Auburn, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Notre Dame, Michigan, TCU, Texas and even USC (west coast coming to Florida now?) have all offered, meaning Coach Holtz and staff will have to work their miracle to keep the fence up in the backyard and keep Agholor at home (hard to see him staying in Tampa unless USF is simply his dream school).

Check out some of his game footage from last season. Agholor is simply all over the field and would be a huge, huge signing for the Bulls. The competition is tough and he will only get more offers in the near future, but who can blame other programs, a talent like Agholor would be a huge addition to any team.

Dominique Jones Wins a Ring with Mavs

Congratulations to the Mavs and Dominique Jones on winning the NBA title.

While the USF Bulls basketball team didn't win much this season, one of their former players got to celebrate last night with the world champion Mavericks.

Rookie Dominique Jones, Mr. DoJo, won a ring with the Mavericks after they beat up the Heat and won the series 4-2 and take home their first NBA title.

DoJo, the best player in recent history at USF, played sparingly this season with the Mavs, averaging just 2.3 points a game before sitting out the rest of the season with a foot injury. The Mavs are very high on DoJo and with several older players on the roster now, like Jason Terry and Jason Kidd, Jones will be a key factor in the coming seasons.

While he didn't contribute on the court in the playoffs, he still gets a ring so that is something special for the young man from Lake Wales. Congrats to Jones and the rest of the Mavs team on an incredible series and incredible victory last night.

Top 5 Players of 2010: Number 1

Well, it's here. Number 1 on our countdown of most important players of the 2010 USF Bulls football team. But before we get into who we think was the most important player on the team, let's recap on the other four guys on the list.

Matt's top 5

5. C Sampson Genus

4. RB Moise Plancher

3. LB DeDe Lattimore

2. WR Dontavia Bogan

Mike's top 5

Honorable Mention: Patrick Hampton, Dontavia Bogan

5. RB Demetris Murray

4. C Sampson Genus

3. CB Mistral Raymond

2. KR Lindsey Lamar

Now that you're good and anxious, see who we thought were the most important players on the 2010 USF football team after the jump.

Top 5 Players From 2010: Number 2

Here are the number players on our top 5 player count down. Yesterday, Matt selected DeDe Lattimore as the number three player while Mike decided to pick Mistral Raymond. Who is number two?

USF Offers 2012 Running Back

From Scout.com - The Bulls, never taking day off, have recently offered 2012 running back prospect MacGarrett Kings out of University School of Nova in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

The 5'10" 180-pound start is rated as the 44th best running back prospect in the class of 2012 (rated as a 3-star recruit). In his junior season, Kings helped lead the way for his team to the state title, rushing for 30 touchdowns, showing his incredible ability to find the endzone.

Kings already has a large numbers of offers on the table including Bowling Green, Buffalo, Cincinnati, FSU, Louisville, UCF, Wake Forest, WVU, Wisconsin and now USF.

Kings is a very fast and shifty running back, making him an ideal player to line up in the backfield or simply throw the ball to in open space. The competition is already thick for him and there are plenty of other schools that will offer this highly productive running back.

Check out some of the footage of Kings from his sophomore season. As you can see he has great hands and can get downfield in the passing game, using his body well and bringing the ball into his body. He is also a threat in the return game. He has 4.4 speed and incredible footwork. He is an electric player that the Bulls should watch carefully.

We'll Take It: USF Did Nothing, but Is One Step Closer to a BCS Game

You know what they say about the offseason regarding your team: No news is good news. Unfortunately for West Virginia, there is a lot to talk about in Morgantown. Our WVU friend Jim has been avidly following this entire situation for weeks, and has come out now with a series of posts regarding a fiasco involving current Mountaineer head coach Bill Stewart and Offensive Coordinator and coach-in-waiting Dana Holgorsen. Most of the links I'll be posting will head back to Jim's page, and it should be noted here that he is a heavy supporter of the immediate removal of Stewart and allowing Holgorsen to take the reins as soon as possible.

Obviously, there has been a bit of tension for a good while, but this all started coming down about a week and a half ago when Holgorsen got booted out of some casino in Charleston. While the rest of us Big East members had a good laugh at WVU's expense, AD Oliver Luck was not amused. Soon after that went down, things started looking a whole lot worse for West Virginia's coaching staff. It turned out that long-time Defensive Coordinator Jeff Casteel was looking to bail on the program after it became apparent that the offensive coaches and defensive coaches don't even talk to each other. A day later, more evidence came piling on, as much of the information printed by a local newspaper about the program's turmoil was leaked by none other than Bill Stewart. As of the latest news, it seems that Bill Stewart had talked with West Virginia beat reporter Colin Dunlap to "dig up some dirt" on Holgorsen in December in hopes of saving his job.

I know it's not right to kick a team while they're down, but I think this is an appropriate time to celebrate USF's impending BCS berth. As I said in my preseason preview of WVU, I think they're the only team standing between USF and their first Big East title. Now, it seems like West Virginia has effectively taken themselves out of the picture with this whole "Stewmageddon" situation.

So, in hopes for USF's sake that this pot continues boiling for many weeks to come, I'd like to prematurely get even more excited for football season to begin. However, for the sake of the Big East's football profile and how this may look nationally, I'd like to hope Rich Rodriguez will come in and guide the Mountaineers to a 9-4 season.

Top 5 Players From 2010: Number 3

Here are the number three players from 2010, see if you agree with us!

USF Offers 2012 Athlete

The Bulls have offered another in-state athlete. USF has offered 2012 athlete A.J. Legree out of Fort White, Florida.

Legree, the 6-foot 180-pound star athlete plays both defensive back and at wide receiver, displaying great hands and speed, making him an ideal player with great versatility that the coaching staff could take advantage of and move around the field.

Legree currently has three offers on the table, FIU, FAU, and now USF (most recent).

Check out the game footage from his 2010 season. Legree displaying good quickness, catching the ball in space and getting up the field quickly, moving well with the ball. He will probably be a wide receiver at the college level and would be a nice signing if the Bulls can win him over.

Top 5 Players From 2010 - Number 4

The short countdown continues as we list our top 5 players from the 2010 season. Yesterday, Matt had Sampson Genus at number five on his list, and Mike had RB Demetris Murray. Today, we're still keeping it on the offensive side of the ball with our number 4. [keep reading]

USF hires new basketball assistant coach

Stan Heath added a solid member to his coaching staff today.

From Greg Auman - The Bulls have filled their coaching void after assistant coach Jeremy Cox left for Nebraska. The Bulls announced today the hiring of former Lamar University head coach Steve Roccaforte.

The former head coach finished last season at Lamar with a 13-17 record and finished his head coaching career with a 76-78 record.

The biggest plus for Roccaforte is his ability to recruit. Roccaforte earned national attention as a great recruited while working under John Calipari when he was the head coach at Memphis. Roccaforte was part of a staff that was able to put together top-10 recruiting classes successfully over the years and will try to do the same for the Bulls.

Roccaforte was quoted saying "I am excited to work for Stan Heath...I think he is on the verge of something very big at USF"

This seems like a very solid pick up for the USF basketball program as they continue to undergo a bit of transition this off season. Cox was a solid recruiter for the Bulls and will need Roccaforte to continue his past success. With a new stadium in the works, the new Muma Center and a growing campus in the middle of the Big East, Heath and Roccaforte should be able to recruit well and bring in excellent talent to the team. Hopefully they can get a few more wins next season and get off to a better start.