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JULY 26, 2007

A few more odds and ends ...

Lots of notes today -- I'll start with an update from the Times' Joe Smith on some of Pinellas County's top basketball recruits for next year. That includes Mike Morrison, a 6-foot-9 forward from Lakewood who got a scholarship offer from Stan Heath this summer. The Bulls are the first team from a major conference to offer Morrison, who will play in the AAU nationals this weekend. Other things worth noting ...

-- The LeBrandon Glover saga is over. USF has agreed to release the freshman linebacker, allowing him to transfer to Division I-AA Elon, which is the Bulls' opponent in next month's season opener. He's transferring with the understanding that he won't be allowed to play against the Bulls. "I have to sit that one out, but I'm real excited," he said. "I'm ready to play football again."

-- We've told you about the slew of kids trying to walk on with the Bulls, and how the team is bumping up against the roster limit of 105 players. The newest name to add to the list is J.P. Moriarty, a quarterback and cornerback from Orlando Bishop Moore, who has turned down I-AA scholarship offers to enroll at USF. There's no room for him on the roster this fall, but he's content to have a shot at open tryouts in February, where his 6-foot, 190-pound frame is probably best suited at defensive back. He's working out this summer with Apopka quarterback Andy Summerlin, who also hopes to join the team in spring.

-- USF's Student Government has an official game-day T-shirt drive going, with nearly 2,000 already sold this summer. The "OUR Shirt" campaign hopes to have 10,000 T-shirts sold by the West Virginia home game, with the count Thursday standing at 1,886 shirts sold. The cost is just $6 ($5 for USF students) and shirts are available at the Marshall Center on campus, at Bulls Heaven in Tampa, and at Helinger Advertising on Central Avenue in St. Petersburg. Helinger does the T-shirts for the Times as well, and I've been wearing them for years. You can buy the shirts online at bullsheaven.com, but the shipping costs more than double the cost for a single shirt.

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