Fast Starts
Grothe is off to the best start of his career and his numbers through the first three games are among the best of his career.

Below are the top totals for passing yards over any three consecutive games during his career. Numbers from 2008 are bolded:

Not only are his seven TD passes his best total over three games, they are also his best total over any four consecutive games in his career.

400-Yard Days
Matt Grothe had 400 yards of total offense (passing and rushing) against UCF. It was the third time in his career he has reached the 400 yard total. Below are the three instances:

Vote For the High Five Grothe Highlights
GoUSFBulls.com wants the fan's opinion on the top five plays of Matt Grothe's career. Grothe has a highlight reel as good as anyone in college football and our staff couldn't make the tough decisions for the top five. So we decided to take the voting to the fans. The best part... just for voting, you are automatically entered into a drawing for lower bowls tickets to the Syracuse football game on Oct. 18 at Raymond James Stadium.

Below are the links to each of the highlights and link to the questionnaire. Each fan is asked to select their top three highlights in order of preference, with No. 1 being the best. Make sure you write out the names of the highlights exactly as they are listed below:

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The voting begins Sept. 16 and will run until Thursday, Sept. 25. We'll annouce the winner and top 10 on GoUSFBulls.com Sept. 26.

Greatest Comeback in USF History
Matt Grothe led the Bulls to the largest come-from-behind victory in program history when he ushered USF back from a 20-3 deficit to Kansas with 3:24 to play in the second quarter on Sept. 12. The Bulls ended up winning, 37-34, on a Maikon Bonani field goal as time expired.

With the score 20-3 , USF reeled off 31 straight points before KU tied the game the game at 34 only to have Bonani hit the game winner.

Grothe was spectacular in the third and fourth quarters against Kansas. He completed 6-of-6 passes for 91 yards and a touchdown in the fourth quarter and was 15-19 for 204 yards and two TDs in the second half.

Keeping Tabs on Grothe
Led the Bulls to the greatest comeback - down 17 points - in USF history against No. 13 Kansas ... Passed for 338 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions while completing 32-45 in win over No. 13 Kansas ... Also rushed for 30 with 28 coming on a TD score against the Jayhawks ... Accounted for 400 yards of total offense - 346 passing and 54 rushing - and three TD passes in overtime win over UCF ... It was the first time in his career he had passes for 300 yards in back-to-back games ... His five TD passes in the first two games is the best two-game total of his career ... Only Marquel Blackwell - 6 TD in 2001 - has throw more in the first two games of a season ... The only other time he has thrown three TD passes was at UCF in 2006 ... Set a career single-game high with a passing efficiency rating of 258.3 against UT Martin ... Completed 6-of-8 passes for 96 yards and two TD ... Two incompletions were dropped by receivers ... Offensive coordinator Greg Gregory graded Grothe out at 100 percent against UT Martin, which was a first for Gregory in 27 years of coaching.

Grothe Trends
? Junior QB Matt Grothe had an easy day at the office against UT Martin and attempted just eight passes on the day in the blowout win, completing six of them for 96 yards. Two of his six completions went for touchdowns. He set a career high passing efficiency rating of 258.30 on the day.

? He has now thrown a TD pass in 24 of 29 career games. It was the first time, in the 27th game of his career (UT Martin) that he had attempted less than 10 passes in a game and only the third time that he hadn't thrown for more than 100 yards in a game.

Grothe Will Miss UCF
Matt Grothe, who has 7,255 yards combined passing and rushing yards in his career, is going to miss UCF. He had over 1,000 of those passing/rushing yards against the Knights. Below is the breakdown: