USF feels at home, for now

Click on the pic to go to link

An on-campus stadium is a nice thought, but unlikely for some time.

Florida Atlantic just approved plans for a $62-million stadium in Boca Raton, and Central Florida last month proudly unveiled a $55-million stadium in Orlando.

Even as they're surrounded - geographically and on their schedule - by schools savoring that new-stadium smell, the Bulls have no immediate plans to change their renting of Raymond James Stadium, home of the Bucs, 12 miles south of campus.

"There are several programs that have had great success without an on-campus stadium," athletic director Doug Woolard said Tuesday, pointing to Southern California, Miami, UCLA and Pittsburgh. "I still think at the end of the day, that at some point, an on-campus stadium would be a real benefit, for any university, but certainly for a young university like us."

GREG AUMAN: St Pete Times