Welcome to the first of many conversations from the Bulls247 Roundtable, where the Bulls247 staff goes in-depth to talk about the USF Bulls and give its thoughts on topics surrounding the USF Athletics teams.

Our first conversation kicked off on Saturday night via Zoom (to promote social distancing) with Bulls247 publisher Will Turner and staff writers JJ Garrett and Nolan Brown. We were also joined by a pair of guests from Spectrum Bay News 9 in Kenny Morales and Chris Torello.

With Noah Johnson's transfer to USF from Alcorn State having been announced days before, we spoke on a couple of questions - the first: Who is your Day 1 starter walking into Austin to face the Texas Longhorns?

JJ Garrett: "I'm going to go with Jordan, right? Just because he's the starter from the previous year, playbook in hand right now. We don't know Cade Fortin - Jeff Scott keeps saying that he hasn't watched previous game film, but come on, you have to peek at something, you have to know his abilities. And I'm going to say Jordan because of that. My 1B would be Noah Johnson. But just because of previous experience - Noah has experience as well, Noah has SWAC experience, you know? He has success against Arkansas - but with this D1, going into Austin, returning starter, Jordan has to start at least the first play of the game, I think."

Nolan Brown: "JJ, you brought up a good point with Jordan already having a playbook in his hand, he was the starter for last season, I think it's honestly a tossup between him and Noah Johnson. Noah has that experience he can bring and that veteran, sort of status to him and then yes, you also do have Jordan, he's already implemented into the system already. It's a different offense, it's going to be run differently, so between the two, it's pretty much a toss-up, I think."

Kenny Morales, Spectrum Bay News 9: "I don't think you could go wrong either way. I'd probably go with Jordan, just because of the familiarity, the fact that he has a playbook. I liked what Jordan did last year. To be fair, I haven't watched a lot of Noah, I've seen a couple of plays here and there, I've seen him play in person several times. A couple plays, here and there, freshman mistakes. I was also really impressed with his pocket presence and his escapability - I mean, that line, that offensive line wasn't very good and he was pretty impressive turning nothing into something. Evading sacks and things like that, he knew when he needed to take off. He could feel when a guy was coming. I think he'd be your guy, I like Noah, too, I don't think you can go wrong with him, but I think you start with Jordan.

Chris Torello, Spectrum Bay News 9: "Now we talk about, we're talking about playbook, here. And I keep hearing this over. It's not like this is Kerwin Bell's playbook. Because I was there in - it was that Thursday before the recruiting period kicked up, I had a chance to go 1-on-1 with Jeff Scott that day. I remember as I was walking up it was Zion Roland ... and it was Cade Fortin. For the life of me, I just think it's Cade Fortin. I like Noah, I kind of go back to what JJ was saying that 1B is Noah. With Cade, people forget that he was part of the Trevor Lawrence recruiting class and was in that still-dual-threat-pro-passer, however the hell 247 does it, he was considered one of the top 25 dual-passers. I think Cade Fortin is in this more than people think. This is such an aligned group with Charlie Weis Jr. and Jeff Scott ... that playbook is going to be very creative, it's going to have a lot of Power Five tendencies, because of his dad, their experience together and his creativity. I think Cade Fortin has an advantage, I like what y'all are saying about Jordan McCloud and I think Noah is going to push both of them. So, that's why I keep going back to...Noah makes this a three-horse race, and at the very least, Noah's going to find the best out of everyone because Noah has urgency ... he told me, 'I don't have time to waste, I just want my fair shot.' They're going to give him a fair shot. I think Cade is really in this, and I think Cade will take the first snap."

Kenny Morales: "The only reason why I'm hesitant on [Cade] is because he hasn't thrown any significant pass in two years. I'm sure he's talented, like he wouldn't be at North Carolina if he wasn't talented."

Will Turner: "Here's the thing that I look at with Cade - I think that USF has really always been at their best when there has been a dual-threat quarterback running their offense. We've seen it with B.J. Daniels, Quinton Flowers, we saw it in flashes with Jordan McCloud last year, we saw it when Blake Barnett picked it up and ran. Go back - Marquel Blackwell, all these guys that have been dual-threat quarterbacks in this program's history. I don't know how well Cade can run, I know he's listed as a pro-style, but I'd have to go deeper to see his running ability. And we looked at Blake Barnett a couple of years ago - he's 6-foot-5, he's not able to run and then he's running for his life half the time and picked up first downs. Maybe, who knows what Cade's running ability is. The reason why I think Noah or Jordan takes that first snap is because of the fact that - Noah said straight up to JJ and I that Coach Weis' offense on film is extremely, extremely similar to what they did at Alcorn State and I think that plays a big piece into it. Noah is a 1,000-yard rusher, he did it once ... I look at Noah with the experience, I kind of concerned about the jump from FCS to FBS, you walk into DKR and he's never played in that environment before ... you've never played in a 100,000-seat stadium before, that's why I lean more towards Jordan McCloud as the starter day one with Noah 1B, but until we see Cade live for a significant amount of time, I'm right along with Chris, I think Cade has a fantastic shot to take this. I think this is more wide open than the the three-way quarterback race was two years ago."

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