Here's South Florida's 2014 roster for reference. If you're used to identifying players by the names on their jerseys you're going to have to adapt for the Bulls.
Instead of player names on the back of South Florida's jerseys, each jersey will simply say "The Team" above the back numbers. Here's the photo proof.
If coach Willie Taggart's motivation philosophy is going to work it will have to go over better than Bronco Mendenhall's attempt to remove names from BYU's jerseys did. Mendenhall wanted to put "Spirit," "Honor" and "Tradition" on the back of BYU's jerseys before the 2013 season. The players were not happy with the decision and after a player meeting to discuss the issue, the decision was reversed.
We also have to ask what the removal of names from the back of the jerseys actually does for a team. Sure, there's the adage that the team is greater than the individual and that a player should play for the logo on the front of the jersey rather than the name on the back. But is a player who is viewed to have selfish and team-unity ruining tendencies going to immediately change his ways because names have been removed from the jerseys?
South Florida was 2-10 last year.
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