USF Freshmen Quarterbacks Duel At Spring Game

USF’s annual spring football game was all about first impressions this year, as the split squads of green and white faced off for the first action on the gridiron of 2009. On one hand, the trio of new coaches – offensive coordinator Mike Canales, defensive coordinator Joe Tresey, and co-defensive coordinator David Blackwell – had [...]

Changes on the Horizon for USF Football

The last two USF football seasons have been somewhat of a rollercoaster ride, both in an emotional and logistical sense. The Bulls and their fans have experienced utter jubilation because of wins over Auburn and West Virginia in 2007 that put the program in the national spotlight for the first time in its short history. They [...]

Forget Pittsburgh, Tampa Wins Big In Super Bowl

There’s no doubt that fans who traveled to Tampa for Super Bowl XLIII put their money to good use, as they were treated with a football game that lived up to its title as being truly “super.” In fact, members of the sports media are calling it possibly the best ever. Throughout the long history [...]

USF Defense Provides Much-Needed Win

After losing four out of its last five games, USF rebounded with a 17-13 win over Connecticut in this season’s final home game. The victory allowed the Bulls to avoid their first four-game losing streak in school history and guaranteed USF a bowl appearance, likely in the St. Petersburg Bowl on Dec. 20.
Still reeling from [...]

USF Season Can’t Escape Tailspin

With a 49-16 pounding of USF on Saturday, surging Rutgers came one step closer to clinching a bowl berth, as the Scarlet Knights evened their record at 5-5. While Rutgers is beginning to gain momentum late in the season, USF finds itself in a downward spiral that is rapidly spinning out of control.
“It’s obvious we [...]

USF’s Third Loss Puts Season in Serious Jeopardy

For the second time in less than a week, USF fell to another Big East opponent on the road. The 24-10 loss to Cincinnati will surely drop the Bulls out of the Top 25, and as the Bulls’ schedule drags on, this season proves not so different from the last. In both 2007 and 2008 [...]

Recent Upset Trend Makes Stop in Tampa

At the top of the Big East standings, a content, confident and possibly complacent Bulls team entered Thursday’s Big East opener with an undefeated 5-0 record. As a result, however, USF played with a target on its back and Pittsburgh hit the bull’s eye with a 26-21 win that is sure to drop USF severely [...]

USF Starts to Fulfill Expectations

After three consecutive close wins, no one knew which USF Bulls team would show up against NC State on Saturday night: last year’s Bulls, who started the season 6-0 and pulled off upsets against high-ranked teams, or this year’s squad who continues to scrape by lesser opponents. USF’s 41-10 win over NC State in Raleigh [...]

USF Continues to Win Ugly

The Bulls took home a 17-9 win over the Golden Panthers, who despite being an inferior opponent, kept the Bulls on a short leash.
The game marked the first time in USF history that the Bulls entered a contest as a four-touchdown favorite over a Division 1 opponent, but sloppy offensive play rendered the win far [...]

Spread Offense Making its Way Across the Nation

A variation of one of college football oldest offensive systems has been revised again: it’s called the spread offense, and it’s making frequent stops in college stadiums across the nation.
Thirty years ago, Western Oregon head coach Mouse Davis drew the blueprint for the original system, calling it the run-and-shoot offense, which set 20 Division 1-AA [...]