Tried to be real about the game.

Just saw a post that said Keon Young will be in attendance. Looks like the staff is still recruiting him hard, even after his Ole Miss commitment. Golesh did say there were some recruits who spoke to him after the Alabama game who said they want to be there to beat Alabama in '26, I wonder if he was one of them.

Kelly, are you able to try and pull a list together of official visitors this weekend please?

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Bulls Women’s Lacrosse will debut at Corbett Stadium on Friday, February 7, 2025 under the lights against Kennesaw State.

TAMPA, Fla., Sept. 19, 2024 – University of South Florida Women's Lacrosse Head Coach Mindy McCord, announced the Bulls Debut game today.



South Florida will play their inaugural game at home, in Corbett Stadium on Friday, February 7, 2025, at 7:00 P.M. against Kennesaw State.



“This is truly an experience of a lifetime and we hope to set a new record for attendance in our home opener,“ Head Coach Mindy McCord said. “Our team is going to play an exciting, fast-paced style of play that any sports fan is going to love, so we’ll need Bulls Nation’s support this season as we make history.”



While tickets for the match are not yet on sale, you can put down your initial deposit to reserve Bulls season tickets here. Season ticket members will secure the best pricing for tickets and other unique experiences not available to the general public.



If you can’t make it out, the game will also be broadcast on ESPN+.



There will be a player autograph signing session after the game at the stadium.



The Bulls will eventually play their games in the new on-campus stadium scheduled to open in the Spring of 2027, for which further renderings were released this week, (read more here). Until then, they will play all their home games at Corbett Stadium.



About the Opponent
Kennesaw State added women’s lacrosse as the university’s 17th NCAA Division I championship sport, with intercollegiate competition beginning back in the spring of 2013. The program competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference, with their highest conference finish being third, occurring both in 2018 and 2022.

Louisville, Ky. – Sept. 17, 2024 – Three players representing the Big 12, the MAC and the ACC were named to the Paul Hornung Award Honor Roll for their performances in week three of the college football season. Making the list are Travis Hunter, Colorado; Jaden Nixon, Western Michigan; and Nay’Quan Wright, South Florida.



The National College Football Awards Association will honor Hunter as the Paul Hornung Award Player-of-the-Week for his performance in Colorado’s win over archrival Colorado State.



Colorado junior defensive back/wide receiver Travis Hunter played offense and defense for the Buffaloes, logging 123 of 138 snaps in a 28-9 road win over archrival Colorado State. On offense, Hunter caught 13 passes for 100 yards and two second-half touchdowns. His two-yard touchdown reception in the third quarter effectively put the game out of reach; his 21-yard touchdown reception in the fourth quarter closed out the scoring. On defense, Hunter made five tackles, picked off a pass to end a CSU scoring threat and had one pass deflection.



Western Michigan junior running back/return specialist Jaden Nixon touched the ball three different ways for 268 all-purpose yards and two scores in the Broncos’ 59-31 home win over Bethune-Cookman. Nixon carried the ball 17 times for 189 yards and two scores, caught one pass, accounted for nine first downs from scrimmage and returned four kickoffs. His eight-yard scoring run in the second quarter pushed WMU’s lead to 21-0 and his 37-yard touchdown run in the third quarter gave CMU a 42-21 lead.



South Florida senior running back/return specialist Nay’Quan Wright touched the ball 19 times three different ways and scored once in the Bulls’ 49-24 road win over Southern Miss. Wright carried the ball 15 times for 105 yards and four first downs and broke away for a 37-yard scoring run late in the third quarter that effectively put the game out of reach. Wright also caught three passes and returned a kickoff to the Southern Miss 32-yard line.



The Louisville Sports Commission successfully launched the Paul Hornung Award in 2010 to honor its namesake and native son, and to promote outstanding performances by versatile college football players who often go unnoticed. Each week during the regular season, a panel of college football experts selects players for the Paul Hornung Award Honor Roll based on performance. A national selection committee comprised of 18 sports journalists and former NFL stars votes for the Hornung Award finalists and the winner, with fan voting powered by Texas Roadhouse comprising the 19th vote.



2024 Paul Hornung Award Honor Roll

• Week 1: Quali Conley, Arizona; Travis Hunter, Colorado; Desmond Reid, Pitt; and Nicholas Singleton, Penn State.
• Week 2: Desmond Claiborne, Wake Forest; Quali Conley, Arizona; Travis Hunter, Colorado; Brennan Presley, Oklahoma State; and Zylan Perry, Louisiana

This is great on so many levels. My old joke about Miami is Dog the Bounty Hunter could've filmed an entire season's worth of arrests following Miami "fans" at tailgates.

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@Kelly Quinlan my condolences go out to you. I just saw the news and truly hope it’s false.

Please keep Russ in your prayers everyone. I’m shocked..

We loved you Russ

As always a PFF grade of 60 is considered average, 10+ snaps is the margin where you can actually draw conclusions from things and penalties weigh big against positions.


Offense:
QB- Byrum Brown 86 snaps! 84.4 PFF to lead the team, 86.7 passing grade, 60.1 run, NFL QBR of 107.4

RB- Ta'ron Keith 77.7 PFF 22 snaps
RB- Kelley Joiner Jr. 73.6 PFF 26 snaps
RB- Nay'Quan Wright 71.6 PFF 38 snaps
WR- Joshua Hardeman 67 PFF 40 snaps
WR- Michael Brown Stephens 63.7 PFF 56 snaps
WR- Abdur-Rahmaan Yaseen 61.5 PFF 58 snaps
TE- Payten Singletary 59.8 PFF 48 snaps
WR- Keshaun Singleton 59.7 PFF 10 snaps
SLT- Joshua Porter 57.7 PFF 35 snaps
TE- Gunnar Greenwald 53.4 PFF 23 snaps
SLT- Sean Atkins 52.0 PFF 67 snaps knocked for his fumble

Additional Snaps
FB- Evan Dangler 9

Offensive Line Grades
LG/LT- Jack Wilty 69.0 PFF 86 snaps 80.8 pass blk, 65.7 run blk
RG- Zane Herring 66.3 PFF 86 snaps 87.4 pass blk, 61.9 run blk
LT- RJ Perry 66.2 PFF 76 snaps 48.0 pass blk, 74.0 run blk 2 penalties
C- Mike Lofton 66.0 PFF 86 snaps 57.5 pass blk, 67.3 run blk 1 penalty
RT- Derek Bowman 55.3 PFF 86 snaps 65.6 pass blk, 65.4 run blk, 4 penalties
LG- Cole Best 48.5 PFF 11 snaps

DEFENSE
S- Jarvis Lee Jr. 83.8 PFF 12 snaps 91.1 pass rush for his red zone sack
CB- Brent Austin 79.6 PFF 48 snaps 80.3 tackle and 78.1 pass coverage!
LB- Mac Harris 79.1 PFF 46 snaps
LB- Rodney Hill 74.1 PFF 11 snaps
LB- DJ Gordon IV 73.5 PFF 11 snaps
CB- De'Shawn Rucker 73.1 PFF 46
DE- D.J. Harris 72.9 PFF 12 snaps
NT- Doug Blue Eli 70.9 PFF 36 snaps
DE- Decarius Hawthorne 70.7 PFF 39 snaps
DT- Rashad Cheney 70.7 PFF 23 snaps
NB- Kajuan Banks 69.0 PFF 38 snaps
DE- Bernard Gooden 66.0 PFF 22 snaps
S- Caqavouis Berryhill 64.9 PFF 20 snaps
S- Tavin Ward 63.7 PFF 47 snaps
S- Tawfiq Byard 63.3 PFF 34 snaps
DE- Rico Watson 62.5 PFF 26 snaps
DE- Michael Williams II 61.8 PFF 20 snaps
LB- Jamie Pettway 60.5 PFF 51 snaps
DE- Jason Vaughn 57.3 PFF 38 snaps
S- Jaelen Stokes 56.7 PFF 20 snaps 78.4 tackle
DT- Dinellson Exume 53.9 PFF 24 snaps
CB- Aamaris Brown 52.8 PFF 14 snaps 27.3 tackle

Additional Snaps
NT- Levi Smiley 9
CB- James Chenault 8
CB- Ben Knox 8
S- Fred Gaskin 4
LB- Langston Long 4
DE- Ira Singleton 4
NT- Braden Chisholm 4
DE- Ashton Mosley 3

Record-Shattering Student Demand Prompts Opening of Upper Deck for USF Football’s Clash With Miami

Over 13,000 students claimed tickets in the first 24 hours of ticket availability; Total stands at 14,535 Sunday morning



TAMPA, SEPT. 15, 2024 – Record-shattering student demand to cheer on the resurgent University of South Florida football program has prompted the opening of the upper deck of Raymond James Stadium for the Bulls’ clash with No. 10-ranked Miami Saturday.



Student tickets, which are provided free to the 50,000 students enrolled at the University’s campuses in Tampa, St. Petersburg and Sarasota, were first made available Friday morning and saw a record of 13,179 claimed in the first 24 hours. That shattered the old mark of 8,409 claimed in 24 hours for South Florida’s battle with No. 10 Alabama last year, a game that saw more than 10,000 total student ticket claims.



As of Sunday morning, the student tickets claimed for the Miami game stood at 14,535, far surpassing the previous record for total student ticket claims, which had stood at 12,549 for the Bulls clash with No. 13 Florida in 2021.



“We are thrilled to see all the excitement surrounding Saturday’s game against Miami and are grateful for the high demand, particularly with the record level of requests we've seen so far from our students," said Vice President for Athletics, Michael Kelly. “It's a great time to run with the Bulls and we are excited to offer additional inventory for our fans to attend this Sunshine State showdown!"



South Florida had previously planned to open only the 45,000-seat lower bowl at Raymond James Stadium for the game, a configuration that can accommodate 8,700 student seats in the north endzone. The publicly available seats in the lower bowl for the Miami game also sold out before South Florida’s game Saturday at Southern Miss.



The west deck of Raymond James Stadium will be open, increasing capacity to 55,000 seats and accommodating a total student ticket capacity of more than 15,000 seats while increasing the inventory of publicly available tickets for purchase.

Hard Rock opens
+17.5 o/u 65 +500

I think we cover, probably take the over and may just throw a little at USF for the win.

as I said when he committed, Antavious Richardson has pro potential. Notre Dame will host him for an OV on Sept. 21st.

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Kyle Bonagura ESPN- Fenway Bowl vs Syracuse
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247 Fenway Bowl- vs VaTech
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It took USF a while to get this up, didn't see it until today

Figured I'd dust this off - feel free to chime in and debate.

There are 6 AAC schools that have yet to beat an FBS team this season and FAU's only win was against FIU, while UTSA's only win was against Kennesaw State which is in its 1st year of FBS. The bottom half of the league is some of the worst football you'll see in the G5 this season.

College Football Playoff Contender

1. Memphis (3-0, 0-0) - should be favored in every game heading into their finale at Tulane; projected record: (11-1, 7-1)


Bowl Bound

2. Tulane (1-2, 0-0) - two tough luck losses have likely derailed the Green Wave's CFP hopes; projected finish (10-2, 8-0)

3. Army (2-0, 1-0) - without games against Memphis, Tulane or South Florida, Cadets could be 9-0 heading into their match up against Notre Dame at Yankee Stadium; projected record (11-1, 8-0)

4. South Florida (2-1, 0-0) - a victory at home against Miami would vault USF into the CFP discussion; projected record: (8-4, 6-2)

5. East Carolina (2-1, 0-0) - soft schedule could allow Pirates to fatten up on wins; projected record (9-3, 7-1)


On the Bubble

6. Florida Atlantic (1-2, 0-1) - will likely need to win their last 3 to make a bowl game; projected finish (6-6, 5-3)

7. UAB (1-2, 0-0) - strong effort at Arkansas separates the Blazers from the second division; projected record (6-6, 4-4)

8. North Texas (2-1, 0-0) - have a tough 3-game stretch with Memphis, Tulane and Army beginning in late October; projected record: (5-7, 2-6)


Staying Home

9. Rice (1-2, 0-0) - Owls averaging 10.5 ppg in two FBS games ; projected record (4-8, 3-5)

10. UTSA (1-2, 0-0) - several toss up games will determine if Road Runners go bowling; projected record 4-8, 2-6)

11. Tulsa (1-2, 0-0) - avoids Memphis and Tulane but wins are still hard to find; projected record (4-8, 2-6)

12. Navy (2-0, 1-0) - soft schedule begins to firm up for Mid Shipmen; projected record: (4-8, 2-6)

13. Charlotte (1-2, 0-0) - escaping with a win against Gardner-Webb may be Poggi's last win; projected record (1-11, 0-8)

14. Temple (0-3, 0-1) - program should consider dropping down to the FCS level; projected record (0-12, 0-8)

Texas St and Az St tied at 21 - Halftime
Jordan McCloud in his 15th year and as many schools

Bulls log 369 yards rushing, reel off 28 unanswered points



HATTIESBURG, MISS., SEPT. 14, 2024– The South Florida football team returned to Hattiesburg, Miss. for the first time in 21 years and found itself trailing 14-0 just eight minutes in before reeling off 28 unanswered points and rolling to a 49-24 victory over Southern Miss at M. M. Roberts Stadium.



The Bulls first-ever win in Hattiesburg came in the first meeting between the programs in 20 years. The Bulls outscored the Golden Eagles 49-10 over the final 52 minutes of play, racking up 562 yards of offense and 369 on the ground while collecting three turnovers.



USF now turns its attention to No. 10-ranked Miami and a highly anticipated ESPN primetime clash at Raymond James Stadium this Saturday.



Byrum Brown completed 19 of 29 passes for 193 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 72 yards and a touchdown. Kelley Joiner Jr. ran for 117 yards and two touchdowns and Nay’Quan Wright added 105 yards on the ground and a touchdown. Sean Atkins caught five passes for 87 yards to move into third on the USF career receptions chart with 134.



The Bulls took a 28-21 lead to the locker room and received the second half kickoff. Brown hit Atkins for a 35-yard gain into USM territory. John Cannon set up for a 37-yard field goal, but holder Ryan Bolduc lateralled the ball to Cannon who raced 17 yards to the USM3. Ta’Ron Keith punched it in for a 35-21 lead and the Bulls were rolling in the second half, outscoring USM 21-3.



USM quarterback Ethan Crawford drove the Golden Eagles into USF territory. USM converted a 4th-and-1 at the USF31 with Crawford hitting Reed Jesiolowski for a 26-yard gain to the USF5. Two plays later, Mac Harris it Crawford on his release and Doug Blue-Eli made a diving catch of the fluttering ball to collect USF’s second turnover of the game.



The Bulls took over on the USM7 and went 93 yards for a touchdown, capping the drive with a 33-yard touchdown run from Nay’Quan Wright for a 42-21 lead.



The Bulls were driving into USM territory again when the Golden Eagles forced a fumble after an Atkins reception. USM quickly moved to the USF6, but the Bulls defense stiffened, including a sack from Kajuan Banks, and forced a 42-yard field goal attempt that missed wide left.



Joiner iced the game with a 50-yard burst up the middle for a 49-21 lead with 9:25 to play.



USM scored first on the night, taking the opening kickoff and then driving 87 yards for a touchdown. A big throwback pass to the quarterback Tate Rodemaker moved the ball 42 yards to the USF45. Five plays later, Rodemaker hit Kyirin Heath for a 19-yard touchdown pass and a 7-0 lead.



On the Bulls opening possession, Brown produced a 28-yard run to the USM40, but the Bulls faced a fourth-and-four at the 34 and were stopped as Eagles flooded the backfield.



USM promptly drove 65 yards in seven plays and led 14-0 after Rodemaker’s 37-yard screen pass to Kenyon Clay for the Golden Eagles second score.



Brown brought the USF offense back out at the USF35 and moved quickly into USM territory. After a 37-yard touchdown pass to Michael Brown-Stephens was called back due to offsetting penalties, the Bulls found themselves in a fourth-and-five at the 21. Brown hit Atkins for the first down and the Bulls got on the board when Brown hit Payten Singletary with a short touchdown pass.



Southern Miss moved into USF territory again before DeShawn Rucker forced a fumble and Caqavouis Berryhill returned it to the USM37, shifting the momentum. After a missed trick play and a five-yard penalty, Kelley Joiner bolted through the line for a 42-yard touchdown that tied the game at 14.



The Bulls defense forced the first USM punt of the game and Brown led the Bulls 72 yards for a touchdown, hitting Josh Hardeman on a 3-yard fade in the corner of the endzone. The tough catch gave the Bulls a 21-14 lead.



A 39-yard punt return from Atkins gave the Bulls the ball on the USM17. Brown went up the gut for a 16-yard run and two plays later plunged in from a yard out to give the Bulls a 28-14 lead.



USM switched quarterbacks to Crawford, who quickly hit Tiaquelin Mims for a 56-yard gain. Three plays later he ran in from eight yards out to end the USF scoring surge and make it 28-21.