Greenlight for green and gold
TAMPA -- On a week where local support for the University of South Florida' s nationally-ranked football team has reached a fever pitch, even some downtown Tampa architecture is getting in on the action.
The pyramid-shaped cap of the SunTrust Tower, shown here glowing in radiant green and gold, was illuminated overnight.
Times sportswriter Greg Auman, who covers USF, will post news and thoughts on the Bulletin and we invite your participation in the comments area.
Tampa only has 1-star electricians. A real football city would light up the entire building !
Posted by: cee's grandpa | September 28, 2007 at 08:52 AM
We are like a bumblebee.
Fly bumblebee, fly!
Hotdog en-vi-ron-ments rule!
Posted by: Steve Stacy | September 28, 2007 at 09:18 AM
Greg,
You should pass this on to whoever you can. Its an instant classic, delbert alvardo rapping about matt grothe. It would be hillarious if they could get this into the espn broadcast tonight. http://www.mattgrothe.com/music/grothe/grothe.swf
Posted by: Timothy | September 28, 2007 at 10:14 AM
Tim; Not bad. He probably raps better than he kicks. Maybe a future there for him as opposed to the NFL.
Posted by: VOR | September 28, 2007 at 10:34 AM
Tim; Not bad. He probably raps better than he kicks. Maybe a future there for him as opposed to the NFL.
Posted by: VOR | September 28, 2007 at 10:34 AM
Although I want USF to win, I think just getting the Tampa Bay area excited about Bulls football helped the bulls in the future. Go Bulls!!!!!
Posted by: Tad | September 28, 2007 at 11:04 AM
WAR BUMBLEBEE!
Posted by: Jamie | September 28, 2007 at 11:39 AM
I drove in yesterday from West Palm, and the building looked great! Good Job Suntrust!
Posted by: JL | September 28, 2007 at 12:08 PM
Wow! If Delbert could kick as well as he can rap, he would win the Gritza award!
Posted by: DELdaBULL | September 28, 2007 at 01:47 PM
It's a nice gesture, for sure. I was surprised when I saw it lit up last night- it looked pretty cool, to me.
Posted by: Dave | September 28, 2007 at 03:42 PM
Oops I meant Grotza!
Posted by: DELdaBULL | September 28, 2007 at 04:33 PM
Groza. Groza.
Posted by: G.A. | September 28, 2007 at 04:42 PM
lighting up a building in the town of a crappy program that most oddsmakers will be chosing against is not a good business move. we need to stop with these wise-guy marketing ideas and stick to the basics-- recruiting and player development. with jim at the helm, we can do a lot better than where we're at... A LOT better.
Posted by: cee | September 28, 2007 at 04:50 PM