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(Probably going to end up needing a South Florida thread at some point.)
Bradden has experience with Nebraska and the KC Chiefs. Verpaele is a Foorida native and USF alum with a poet extensive DB resume since 09. Good hires to start out with.
Bradden has experience with Nebraska and the KC Chiefs. Verpaele is a Foorida native and USF alum with a poet extensive DB resume since 09. Good hires to start out with.
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I posted the information below in the Cotton Bowl thread but since it may have bearing on the implication of your question, I am copying it here.
Interesting nugget picked up from Austin Ward at On3. The CFP playoff committee requires that participating teams, hold a pregame press conference that makes available the offensive and defensive coordinators for each team. Failure to comply results in fines. Ohio State is holding their press conferences today. The lineup provided by Ohio State yesterday has Matt Patricia leading the defensive press conference. However, Ohio State has listed that Ryan Day and not Hartline will be speaking at the offensive press conference. Implication being that Ryan Day will be calling plays going forward.
If true, I think I like it.
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Hartline is still going to be calling the plays. We went over this already. "Calling plays" isn't nearly what fans think it is...
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It's also a funny boogey man. I thought Day calling plays was the bad thing that caused us to lose whatever games we lost before we had Chip. Now it's a good thing again......till we lose.
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Skull Session: Austin Siereveld and Luke Montgomery Among ESPN’s Top NFL Draft Prospects in 2026, Brian Hartline Ranks the Top Five Wide Receivers He Coached at Ohio State
Austin Siereveld and Luke Montgomery are among ESPN's top NFL draft prospects in 2026, and Brian Hartline ranks his top five Ohio State wide receivers.
BRIAN HARTLINE’S TOP FIVE. Last week, Brian Hartline appeared on Steve Smith’s 89 podcast, where he joined Smith and James Palmer to discuss his journey to becoming USF’s head coach, wide receiver non-negotiables, transparency in the NIL era, and his evaluation of Jaxon Smith-Njigba.
Perhaps most interesting for Eleven Warriors readers was Smith’s list of the top 10 wide receivers Hartline coached at Ohio State, which we’ll examine below (Smith only ranked former Buckeyes, so Jeremiah Smith is not included):
- Marvin Harrison Jr.
- Garrett Wilson
- Chris Olave
- Jaxon Smith-Njigba
- Emeka Egbuka
- Devin Smith
- Michael Thomas
- Parris Campbell
- K.J. Hill
- Terry McLaurin
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Brian Hartline drops bold statement on how South Florida will operate like the Ohio State Buckeyes
Former Ohio State offensive coordinator Brian Hartline isn’t shying away from how he’s trying to run the football program at South Florida.
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Brian Hartline drops bold statement on how South Florida will operate like the Ohio State Buckeyes
Former Ohio State offensive coordinator Brian Hartline isn’t shying away from how he’s trying to run the football program at South Florida.
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Hartline himself on the other hand, is working on leveling up a South Florida program that has seen some G5 success lately. The former Buckeye isn’t shying away from what he’s trying to do there.
Brian Hartline is very open about his plans at South Florida
“The best form of flattery is to replicate,” Hartline said via On3. “I’m not shy about it — I played at Ohio State for four years and coached there for the last decade. We’re going to do a lot of similar things with our own touch. We’re not going to fake it or pretend to be somebody we’re not, but the expectations and the operation will resemble Ohio State.”Hartline played at Ohio State from 2005 to 2008 and developed into a fourth-round NFL draft pick. After seven seasons in the NFL, Hartline took a couple of years off before joining the coaching staff at Ohio State in 2017. From 2018-2025, Hartline served as the wide receivers coach in Columbus where the Buckeyes have had first-round picks like Garrett Wilson, Chris Olave, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Emeka Egbuka, and Marvin Harrison Jr.
Though South Florida isn’t going to have the NIL backing or the expectations that the Buckeyes do, Hartline hopes to carry some of the same ways the program is run over. Building a good culture is the key to any successful football program, and it’ll be a necessity for Hartline at South Florida.
Hartline isn’t taking over a slouch of a program, either, as Alex Golesh led the Bulls to nine wins last season. South Florida won a combined 23 games in the last three seasons after having just four wins total the previous three years. Hartline has his work cut out for him, but carrying some Ohio State ways with him will certainly help.
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