By: S. Dean: A mere few years ago, only a handful of people knew who the USF “stubs” and “babes” were. Five years ago, the club of student USF fans who paint themselves green and gold and who wear hoola skirts and horns, began with only 4 crazed guys. Today, the club boasts a membership of nearly 100 - guys and gals combined.
As the USF Bulls have risen in the AP football polls and have beaten nationally ranked teams, the “stubs” and “babes” (who stand and cheer during the entire game), are earning increased national attention just like the team for which they cheer. The Babes and Studs have become so well known that they gave an ESPN interview before USF’s win over West Virginia.
The club was started by Brandon Faza, who told the Tampa Tribune he wanted the USF Bulls to have the kind of crazy student fans he sees at other large nationally-ranked schools: "I saw the UF [University of Florida] games with the students painting their faces and going nuts for the Gators. And I watched the Cameron Crazies at Duke painting their bodies. And I asked myself, ‘why doesn't anybody do that here?’"
Faza approached the Dean of the Honors College who offered his support and gave Faza $50 to buy body paint.
They’re Crazy But Not Naked: The Studs and Babes are no doubt crazy. They throw drinks, scream and high five, and generally draw attention to themselves, but there is a commonly-held perception that they would like to clear up: Sometimes you can’t tell because of their body paint, but they want you to know they aren’t naked. The Babes always wear sport bras and shorts and the studs all wear shorts.
The Search Is On For A Live Rocky The Bull: Meanwhile USF Bulls Booster John Massaro is spearheading a mad effort to get a REAL Rocky The Bull Mascot on the field. Massaro, who graduated from USF in 1989, has long envisioned a live bull as a mascot, much like Chief Osceola at FSU. Massaro purchased a calf to train for this year’s season, but the animal grew too big (850 pounds) to house while it was training, so it’s unfortunately living back on it’s original pasture in Riverview, Florida.
Currently, Massaro is on the hunt for a gentle, trainable bull calf, a place to board it, and Bulls fans who are willing to train it. He’s told that in order to effectively train a mascot, someone needs to be with it every day and start taking it to games while it is young so that it eventually used to being around crowds.
That’s key, because it’s highly likely with the Bulls’ recent ascent to the top of the football charts, any USF Bulls mascot would be around very large and crazed crowds for a long time to come.
As the USF Bulls have risen in the AP football polls and have beaten nationally ranked teams, the “stubs” and “babes” (who stand and cheer during the entire game), are earning increased national attention just like the team for which they cheer. The Babes and Studs have become so well known that they gave an ESPN interview before USF’s win over West Virginia.
The club was started by Brandon Faza, who told the Tampa Tribune he wanted the USF Bulls to have the kind of crazy student fans he sees at other large nationally-ranked schools: "I saw the UF [University of Florida] games with the students painting their faces and going nuts for the Gators. And I watched the Cameron Crazies at Duke painting their bodies. And I asked myself, ‘why doesn't anybody do that here?’"
Faza approached the Dean of the Honors College who offered his support and gave Faza $50 to buy body paint.
They’re Crazy But Not Naked: The Studs and Babes are no doubt crazy. They throw drinks, scream and high five, and generally draw attention to themselves, but there is a commonly-held perception that they would like to clear up: Sometimes you can’t tell because of their body paint, but they want you to know they aren’t naked. The Babes always wear sport bras and shorts and the studs all wear shorts.
The Search Is On For A Live Rocky The Bull: Meanwhile USF Bulls Booster John Massaro is spearheading a mad effort to get a REAL Rocky The Bull Mascot on the field. Massaro, who graduated from USF in 1989, has long envisioned a live bull as a mascot, much like Chief Osceola at FSU. Massaro purchased a calf to train for this year’s season, but the animal grew too big (850 pounds) to house while it was training, so it’s unfortunately living back on it’s original pasture in Riverview, Florida.
Currently, Massaro is on the hunt for a gentle, trainable bull calf, a place to board it, and Bulls fans who are willing to train it. He’s told that in order to effectively train a mascot, someone needs to be with it every day and start taking it to games while it is young so that it eventually used to being around crowds.
That’s key, because it’s highly likely with the Bulls’ recent ascent to the top of the football charts, any USF Bulls mascot would be around very large and crazed crowds for a long time to come.
