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USF MEDIA
ESPN.COM
When the seconds ticked off, and No. 18 South Florida had upset No. 5 West Virginia, 21-13, the Bulls ran off their sideline toward the students, and the students hopped the end zone wall and ran toward the Bulls.
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CBSSPORTSLINE.COM
"The possibilities are endless," said defensive end George Selvie. "We're on top of the world." That world includes not only the greater Tampa-St. Petersburg area but the Big East and college football. The program that began 11 years ago -- operating out of trailers -- beat No. 5 West Virginia 21-13.
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RIVALS
A school-record crowd of 67,018 yelled itself hoarse while chanting, "USF, USF, USF." Students stormed the field even after the public-address announcer warned them not to. A crew held aluminum poles on the cross bars of the goal posts to ensure they would not be torn down. A brunette co-ed held up a sign reading "Human Grothe Hormone" in tribute to quarterback Matt Grothe. And with thousands among the crowd flashing a hand gesture like the "Hook 'Em Horns" sign popularized at Texas, Raymond James Stadium seemed a lot like Austin.
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NEW YORK TIMES
The South Florida fans poured over the walls at Raymond James Stadium as the bucket of Gatorade was being poured over Coach Jim Leavitt. Security had to surround the goal posts, and there was the obligatory pleading from the public-address announcer for the fans to behave and to be orderly. The euphoria and chaos are familiar for more mature college football programs, but for 11-year old South Florida, the spectacle here Friday night was a right of passage to the big time.
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TAMPA TRIBUNE
In the past week, Tampa enthusiastically jumped on the University of South Florida bandwagon. Don't look now, but it's really going to get crowded.
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When the University of South Florida fans finally woke up Saturday, they found a new pecking order in the Big East.
With USF on top.
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Three weeks ago, the University of South Florida was unranked and virtually unknown throughout the nation. That all changed Friday night. In a big way.
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The state of West Virginia's slogan is 'Wild and Wonderful,' but it was University of South Florida quarterback Matt Grothe and the rest of the Bulls having the wild and wonderful time during USF's 21-13 win against the Mountaineers on Friday night in front of a sellout crowd at Raymond James Stadium.
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University of South Florida athletic director Doug Woolard said he was overwhelmed by the support the school received from the Tampa Bay area.
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The noise began in the lower bowl, in the green-and-gold student section, almost as a primal chant.
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ST. PETERSBURG TIMES
University of South Florida president Judy Genshaft got the news of her football team's new ranking Sunday, and her first call was to athletic director Doug Woolard.
"He said, 'You mean six, as in after five?' " she said. "I said 'Yes.' I'm so proud. It's been a fun afternoon."
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And in the 11th year, he created a contender.
An honest-to-goodness, who-would-believe-it dark horse for the national championship.
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With apologies to the Mohawk haircuts that several USF players proudly sported Friday night, the most impressive makeover in the Bulls' upsets of ranked Auburn and West Virginia teams this month has been the ballhawks playing defense.
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Biggest game in USF history? Make that the biggest win in Bulls history. Playing before their first sellout and a national TV audience, the No. 18 Bulls got a dominating defensive effort, forcing six turnovers in a convincing 21-13 win Friday against No. 5 West Virginia.
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Years from now, they will recall the night as 90-some degrees of magic. They will close their eyes and remember that the moon was nearly full.
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Linebacker Ben Moffitt has made an impact in every big game USF has been a part of for three seasons.
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Will Webb, executive director of the Meineke Car Care Bowl in Charlotte, N.C., was asked Friday night if he would be attending another USF home game this season, and he replied that he would make a decision in a few weeks.
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SARASOTA HERALD TRIBUNE
USF quarterback Matt Grothe was planning to enjoy the Bulls' 21-13 victory over West Virginia on Friday night a little longer than his head coach Jim Leavitt.
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That is what most University of South Florida fans were saying Saturday afternoon, less than 24 hours after the football team's historic win over fifth-ranked West Virginia.
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Don't you just love those Bulls? More than 65,000 screaming fans who packed Raymond James Stadium showed they did while watching 18th-ranked South Florida earn a 21-13 victory over fifth-ranked West Virginia on Friday night.
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Horns-wearing, face-painting and tailgating Bulls fans surrounded Raymond James Stadium hours before the Friday night kickoff of the University of South Florida-West Virginia football game.
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BRADENTON HERALD
Finish strong? Not exactly. But they finished, and that was the goal, really.
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LAKELAND LEDGER
Several preseason prognosticators had pegged the University of South Florida Bulls football team as a sleeper in college football this season.
They were wrong. The Bulls aren't a sleeper. They're one of best teams in the country, and the entire nation now knows it.
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There are times when something that is hyped doesn't quite live up to expectations. There are times when a team is not quite ready for its 15 minutes of fame. The University of South Florida Bulls football team felt it was its time to shine.
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ORLANDO SENTINEL
The University of South Florida looked right at home in college football's big time Friday night.
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FORT MYERS NEWS PRESS
Every college football program has its defining moment. Notre Dame won one for the Gipper. Boston College had “The Hail Mary.” California had “The Play.” Years from now, South Florida may well remember the night the Bulls went out and defeated No. 5 West Virginia 21-13 on national television in front of a school-record crowd of 67,018 at Raymond James Stadium.
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It's not common for a true freshman to see much game-time action for the fifth-ranked team in the country. So, it should be no surprise that in West Virginia University's 21-13 loss to South Florida on Friday night at sold-out Raymond James Stadium, North Fort Myers High School graduate Noel Devine spent most of the game on the sideline as a spectator.
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Nate Allen wanted to take a minute to explain how he felt at what he called the biggest moment of his life.
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CHARLOTTE SUN
In a battle of Big East football heavyweights Friday night, the underdog was getting the best of the champion much as the underdog challenger did 43 years ago on the other side of Florida.
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WEST VIRGINIA MEDIA
BECKLEY REGISTER HERALD
The University of South Florida proved Friday night that last year's 24-19 upset of West Virginia was no fluke.
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CHARLESTON DAILY MAIL
The University of South Florida proved Friday night that last year's 24-19 upset of West Virginia was no fluke.
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CHARLESTON GAZETTE
Well, that was fun while it lasted, wasn't it? All the talk of undefeated seasons and a national championship. For West Virginia it all came to a crashing and emphatic end Friday on a night that belonged to South Florida and its precocious program.
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West Virginia's national championship chances went out with the tide on Friday. When South Florida bottled up WVU ? yes, again ? those chances sank on a balmy night like a bejeweled treasure chest in the nearby Gulf of Mexico. Steve Slaton's Heisman Trophy hopes were more than likely shipwrecked. Ditto those of Pat White, who left injured early.
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West Virginia's 21-13 loss at South Florida Friday night was everything the Mountaineers feared and everything South Florida ever could have hoped for.
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PARKERSBURG NEWS AND SENTINEL
No. 5 West Virginia's high-powered offense roared into Raymond James Stadium and for the second year in a row ran into a stonewall by the name of the University of South Florida.
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PITTSBURGH POST GAZETTE
Gored again.
The running of the Bulls of South Florida, combined with too many self-inflicted Mountaineers turnovers, gave a stomping to West Virginia's BCS-bowl aspirations in a game eerily similar to last November. This time, the score was 21-13.
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PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE REVIEW
In a game hyped as the biggest event in South Florida football history, the 18th-ranked Bulls jarred No. 5 West Virginia, 21-13, in a hard-hitting, defensive struggle Friday night at Raymond James Stadium.
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