USF News Wire: Friday Morning Football Recap
October 31, 2008 | The Bullhorn - Your USF News & Social Me
| GoUSFBulls.com Daily News Wire | October 31 |
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? Greg Auman of the St. Petersburg Times writes about last night's loss to the Bearcats.
? St. Petersburg Times correspondent Joe Rienzi writes that "USF found its running game Thursday night, but despite rushing for 182 yards, the Bulls couldn't run when it mattered."
TAMPA -- After being upset by the Louisville on Saturday, the University of South Florida football team dropped to No. 23 in the USA Today/Coaches Poll, No. 23 in the BCS Standings and No. 24 in the AP Poll. The Bulls were previously ranked No. 14 in both polls and No. 16 by the BCS.
USF is the only BIG EAST team in the top 25, but West Virginia, Pitt, Connecticut and Louisville are all receiving votes.
The Bulls don't have much time to recoup before their next game. They hit the road for a Thursday night game at Cincinannati. Chris Fowler, Erin Andrews and company will call the action on ESPN. The game is scheduled to kickoff at 7:30 p.m. Eastern.
Daily Links
? USF-Cincinnati photo gallery courtesy of GoUSFBulls.com.
? Brett McMurphy of the Tampa Tribune writes that it will be tough for the Bulls to win the BIG EAST title after their loss to Cincinnati.
? Joe Reedy, Tampa Tribune correspondent, writes about USF's defense.
? Brett McMurphy's USF-Cincinnati notebook.
? Joe Reedy, Tampa Tribune correspondent, writes about USF's defense.
? Brett McMurphy's USF-Cincinnati notebook.
? St. Petersburg Times correspondent Joe Rienzi writes that "USF found its running game Thursday night, but despite rushing for 182 yards, the Bulls couldn't run when it mattered."
? Greg Auman's USF-Cincinnati notebook.
? Bill Koch of the Cincinnati Enquirer writes about the Bearcats upset win over the Bulls Thursday night.
? Bill Koch of the Cincinnati Enquirer writes about the Bearcats upset win over the Bulls Thursday night.
| GoUSFBulls.com Daily News Wire | October 30 |
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? Greg Auman writes his USF at Cincinnati Scouting Report
? Ryan Boyd of the Brandenton Herald writes,"There's a trend that South Florida's defense would like to stop. When the Bulls needed to shut down Pittsburgh's offense to preserve a two-point win, they didn't. When USF needed a final stop to secure a three-point victory over Louisville on Saturday, they couldn't. The Bulls fell to Pitt by five points and Louisville by four points.
? Brett McMurphy previews today's game in Cincinnati
? Auman also compares the 2008 Bulls to Bulls from a season ago.
? Alan Dell of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune writes,"Matt Grothe doesn't allow a loss to linger in his head. After a defeat, almost immediately he is thinking about the next opponent. But there is one exception to this Grothe rule. When it comes to Cincinnati, the University of South Florida quarterback doesn't forget."
? Tom Erdington of the Examiner writes,"Two former Bulls....Anthony Henry (2000) and Mike Jenkins (2007), were the starting cornerbacks for the Dallas Cowboys in their Sunday victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
? Tom Zebold of The Ledger writes,"Despite coming up empty-handed in his first road test against Cincinnati, USF quarterback Matt Grothe is anxious to go back. He called Nippert Stadium his "favorite place to play."'
? ESPN.com's BIG EAST blogger Brian Bennett writes that Bulls-Bearcats a must-win game for both and and favors the Bulls in his Big East Week 10 picks
? AthlonSports.com Previews Tonight's Game
What They're Saying in Cincinnati...
? Bill Koch of The Cincinnati Enquirer writes that the Bearcats "need to win at Nippert Stadium" and as well as, "USF has the best quarterback in the league in Matt Grothe, who leads the league in passing yardage, passing efficiency, total offense and passing touchdowns. He offers a combination of skills that no other Big East quarterback can match.“He gives you from a defensive perspective so many things that you have to concern yourself with,” Kelly said. “There's a lot of detail things that he causes you that maybe the average drop-back quarterback doesn't cause. When Matt scrambles, he's not looking to dump it off to the back. He will if he needs to but he wants to put the ball down the field. He wants to make big plays.”'
? Ryan Boyd of the Brandenton Herald writes,"There's a trend that South Florida's defense would like to stop. When the Bulls needed to shut down Pittsburgh's offense to preserve a two-point win, they didn't. When USF needed a final stop to secure a three-point victory over Louisville on Saturday, they couldn't. The Bulls fell to Pitt by five points and Louisville by four points.
? Brett McMurphy previews today's game in Cincinnati
? Auman also compares the 2008 Bulls to Bulls from a season ago.
? Alan Dell of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune writes,"Matt Grothe doesn't allow a loss to linger in his head. After a defeat, almost immediately he is thinking about the next opponent. But there is one exception to this Grothe rule. When it comes to Cincinnati, the University of South Florida quarterback doesn't forget."
? Tom Erdington of the Examiner writes,"Two former Bulls....Anthony Henry (2000) and Mike Jenkins (2007), were the starting cornerbacks for the Dallas Cowboys in their Sunday victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
? Tom Zebold of The Ledger writes,"Despite coming up empty-handed in his first road test against Cincinnati, USF quarterback Matt Grothe is anxious to go back. He called Nippert Stadium his "favorite place to play."'
? ESPN.com's BIG EAST blogger Brian Bennett writes that Bulls-Bearcats a must-win game for both and and favors the Bulls in his Big East Week 10 picks
? AthlonSports.com Previews Tonight's Game
What They're Saying in Cincinnati...
? Bill Koch of The Cincinnati Enquirer writes that the Bearcats "need to win at Nippert Stadium" and as well as, "USF has the best quarterback in the league in Matt Grothe, who leads the league in passing yardage, passing efficiency, total offense and passing touchdowns. He offers a combination of skills that no other Big East quarterback can match.“He gives you from a defensive perspective so many things that you have to concern yourself with,” Kelly said. “There's a lot of detail things that he causes you that maybe the average drop-back quarterback doesn't cause. When Matt scrambles, he's not looking to dump it off to the back. He will if he needs to but he wants to put the ball down the field. He wants to make big plays.”'
| GoUSFBulls.com Daily News Wire | October 29 |
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? Greg Auman writes,"On Saturday, USF coach Jim Leavitt initially sent his offense out, then used all three timeouts ? Louisville also used two ? before deciding to send Maikon Bonani out for the kick from the Louisville 8. To oversimplify things in hindsight, he settled for three points and his Bulls wound up losing by four."
? Brett McMurphy Blog
? Joe Rienzi of the USF Oracle writes,"After losing its second game of the year ? and seven players to injury ? Saturday night against Louisville, the No. 23 South Florida football team received some good news Tuesday as it prepares to face Cincinnati on Thursday."
? ESPN.com blogger Brian Bennett's Big East internal affairs
? Tom Zebold of the Ledger writes,"Positivity and focus will help the Bulls. But the bottom line comes down to the USF needing all wins and even more luck the rest of the way to finish a once-promising season on top of the Big East."
? Brett McMurphy Blog
? Joe Rienzi of the USF Oracle writes,"After losing its second game of the year ? and seven players to injury ? Saturday night against Louisville, the No. 23 South Florida football team received some good news Tuesday as it prepares to face Cincinnati on Thursday."
? ESPN.com blogger Brian Bennett's Big East internal affairs
? Tom Zebold of the Ledger writes,"Positivity and focus will help the Bulls. But the bottom line comes down to the USF needing all wins and even more luck the rest of the way to finish a once-promising season on top of the Big East."
? The Sporting News in their 2009 NFL Draft mock first round has USF junior defensive end George Selvie as No. 5 pick, projected to the Kansas City Chiefs. TSN's Russ Lande has Selvie as the No. 2 defensive player taken in the 2009 Draft
What They're Saying in Cincinnati...
? GoBearcats.com Daily Blog
? The Ohio Record Previews the game
? Bill Koch of The Cincinnati Enquirer writes,"But he didn't anticipate the slide in the Big East from first to a tie for last in turnover margin at minus-six, which is where the Bearcats stand today. "The only stat that really matters to me relative to turnover-takeaways is the plus-minus, and we're on the wrong side of that with six turnovers against UConn," Kelly said. There's no question the six UC turnovers vs. the Huskies' none pushed the Bearcats to the bottom of the league in that department, but even without that game, this defense has not been as opportunistic as it was last year.
| GoUSFBulls.com Daily News Wire | October 28 |
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? Greg Auman writes,"USF has its share of injuries to deal with in Thursday night's game at Cincinnati, but defensive end George Selvie is back to his old self, racking up two sacks and four tackles for loss in Saturday's loss at Louisville."
?Auman also takes a look at USF men's basketball. He writes,"USF's season opener for men's basketball is still 18 days off, and none of the current injuries may extend that far ahead, but Stan Heath doesn't like practicing with eight or nine players, as he did Monday morning."
? Brett McMurphy writes,"University of South Florida linebacker Tyrone McKenzie said Monday he was surprised he was penalized for defensive holding on a last minute Louisville field goal attempt and said the call was "awful."
? Gregg Becnel's Daily Notebook.
? McMurphy's Blog
? ESPN.com blogger Brian Bennett writes, his Biggest November games in the Big East and his Week 9 Big East mailbag
? CBSSportsline.com Previews Thursday's Game
?Auman also takes a look at USF men's basketball. He writes,"USF's season opener for men's basketball is still 18 days off, and none of the current injuries may extend that far ahead, but Stan Heath doesn't like practicing with eight or nine players, as he did Monday morning."
? Brett McMurphy writes,"University of South Florida linebacker Tyrone McKenzie said Monday he was surprised he was penalized for defensive holding on a last minute Louisville field goal attempt and said the call was "awful."
? Gregg Becnel's Daily Notebook.
? McMurphy's Blog
? ESPN.com blogger Brian Bennett writes, his Biggest November games in the Big East and his Week 9 Big East mailbag
? CBSSportsline.com Previews Thursday's Game
? Ryan Boyd of the Bradenton Herald writes,"It was bad enough USF lost a see-saw battle 24-20 at Louisville on Saturday in a pivotal Big East matchup, but seven players left the game with injuries, including running backs Mike Ford and Jamar Taylor, leading to the Bulls' record low of eight yards rushing."
? SI.com's Top 45 Draft Prospects
What They're Saying in Cincinnati...
? Bill Koch of Cincinnati.com writes,"Kelly said he wouldn't know until just before game time if Pike, who had to leave Saturday's game at UConn with numbness in his left hand, will be able to play."
? Koch also writes,"This time, following their 40-16 defeat at the hands of Connecticut on Saturday, they had only four days before taking the field again Thursday in a crucial Big East Conference game against South Florida at Nippert Stadium."
? SI.com's Top 45 Draft Prospects
What They're Saying in Cincinnati...
? Bill Koch of Cincinnati.com writes,"Kelly said he wouldn't know until just before game time if Pike, who had to leave Saturday's game at UConn with numbness in his left hand, will be able to play."
? Koch also writes,"This time, following their 40-16 defeat at the hands of Connecticut on Saturday, they had only four days before taking the field again Thursday in a crucial Big East Conference game against South Florida at Nippert Stadium."
| GoUSFBulls.com Daily News Wire | October 27 |
TAMPA -- After being upset by the Louisville on Saturday, the University of South Florida football team dropped to No. 23 in the USA Today/Coaches Poll, No. 23 in the BCS Standings and No. 24 in the AP Poll. The Bulls were previously ranked No. 14 in both polls and No. 16 by the BCS.
USF is the only BIG EAST team in the top 25, but West Virginia, Pitt, Connecticut and Louisville are all receiving votes.
The Bulls don't have much time to recoup before their next game. They hit the road for a Thursday night game at Cincinannati. Chris Fowler, Erin Andrews and company will call the action on ESPN. The game is scheduled to kickoff at 7:30 p.m. Eastern.
Daily Links
? Brett McMurphy writes,"After the Bulls' Big East title hopes all but burst with Saturday's 24-20 loss at Louisville, University of South Florida coach Jim Leavitt said he'll find out a lot about his team at Cincinnati on Thursday".
? Greg Auman writes," With a short week to prepare for Thursday's game at Cincinnati, USF held a rare Sunday night practice, and if the Bulls want to be at full strength for the Bearcats, they have a lot of healing to do."
? Auman's Blog
? ESPN.com Blogger Brian Bennett writes his Week 9 rewind/Week 10 on tap
? Greg Auman writes," With a short week to prepare for Thursday's game at Cincinnati, USF held a rare Sunday night practice, and if the Bulls want to be at full strength for the Bearcats, they have a lot of healing to do."
? Auman's Blog
? ESPN.com Blogger Brian Bennett writes his Week 9 rewind/Week 10 on tap
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