If my tired eyes are working right… USF has been outscored 111-82 in the 1st quarter. Only BC and Tulsa failed to score in the first quarter. Six teams have scored at least 14 points on us in the 1st quarter. I may be wrong but to me that suggests that the Defense comes into most games unprepared. I believe the DC position should be looked at very hard. Last year wasn’t great either. On the bright side, still very proud of the Bulls and feel fortunate that we were able to squeak out a bowl. After losing our starting QB early in the season, a lesser team with a lesser coach could easily have fallen apart and digressed.

Bill Bender Sporting News- First Responders Bowl (Dallas) South Florida vs Marshall

Mark Schlabach ESPN: Gasparilla Bowl- Boston College vs. South Florida

CFB News: Gasparilla Bowl- USF vs Florida

Brett McMurphy Cure Bowl- South Florida vs UConn

Jerry Palm CBS- Cure Bowl South Florida vs Boston College

Brad Crawford 247 Cure Bowl South Florida vs Coastal Carolina

Athlon- Cure Bowl South Florida vs Georgia Southern

Kyle Bonagura ESPN: Boca Raton Bowl- South Florida vs Arkansas State

Wide receiver Sean Atkins becomes second Bull to reach 2,000 career receiving yards, closes within 73 of all-time record.



HOUSTON, TEXAS, NOV. 30, 2024 – South Florida (6-6; 4-4 American) fell to Rice (4-8; 3-5 American), 35-28, Saturday as the Bulls closed out the regular season in the program’s first-ever game at Rice Stadium in Houston.



Headed to a second straight bowl appearance in their second season under head coach Alex Golesh, the Bulls won four of their last six games but saw their offense struggle for much of the game in Houston and Rice quarterback E.J. Warner throw for 430 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Owls to victory.



Wide receiver Sean Atkins caught seven passes for 110 yards, his fifth career 100-yard game, and moved into second all-time on the USF career receiving yardage chart (passing Rodney Adams) as he became just the second USF player to reach 2,000 career receiving yards. He ended the day with 189 career catches for 2,063 yards, just 73 shy of Andre Davis’s USF record of 2,136.



USF quarterback Bryce Archie, coming off career-best 305-yard effort in a win over Tulsa, passed for 227 yards and a touchdown in his seventh straight start, before leaving the game late in the fourth quarter. A USF running game that had logged 731 yards in its previous two games was held to 111 on Saturday.



Meanwhile redshirt freshman Keshaun Singleton continued his strong play, posting his second 100-yard game of the season with seven catches for 107 yards and a 28-yard touchdown catch.



Rice scored touchdowns on its first two possessions of the game, going 92 yards in five plays for a touchdown after the opening kickoff, and took a 27-7 lead to the half. Warner threw for 294 of the Owls 367 first half yard, including touchdown passes of 31 and 23 yards. The USF defense slowed the Owls in the redzone, forcing three first half field goal attempts of which Rice hit two.



Meanwhile, Archie drove the Bulls 75 yards to score on their opening possession of the game, with Nay’Quan Wright getting in the end zone on a short run. But USF struggled to sustain drives after that and was held to a fumble and four punts the rest of the half while tallying 131 first half yards.



USF got the ball to start the second half and Archie moved the Bulls deep into Rice territory with a 52-yard strike to Atkins down the USF sideline. On 4th-and-3 at the Rice 16, the Bulls went for it. Archie rolled right and hit Atkins in the end zone for a 16-yard touchdown. The 75-yard opening drive of the second half cut the Rice lead to 27-14.



Rice returned the ensuing kickoff to the 48 and the offense moved to the USF 13 before settling for a 39-yard field goal attempt that was no good, clanging off the right upright.



USF looked to seize the momentum, but the offense was forced to punt and Warner moved the Owls quickly. He connected on a 37-yard strike and then a 33-yard touchdown pass. The two-point conversion made it 35-14 with 6:26 to play in the third quarter.



The margin stayed there until late in the fourth quarter. With Archie leaving the game after a hard hit, Izzy Carter came on and led two late USF touchdown drives, hitting Singleton with a 28-yard touchdown pass and Michael Brown-Stephens with a 32-yarder that cut the lead to 35-28 with 2:25 to play.



An onside kick attempt was recovered near midfield by Rice, but USF got the ball back with 27 seconds to play. A final wild pass and series of USF laterals that started at the Bulls 31 ended with Brown-Stephens running inside the Rice 15 before being brought down as time expired.



KEY STATS

• Rice out-gained USF 367-131 in taking a 27-7 first half lead before posting a final yardage margin of 550 to 431.

• Rice scored on six of its first nine drives, missing field goal attempts on two others, before being held scoreless on its last six.

• The Bulls were held to 111 yards rushing on 3.7 yards per carry, after running for 731 yards combined in the previous two games.



NOTABLES

• WR Sean Atkins caught seven passes for 110 yards, his fifth career 100-yard game, moving into second all-time on the USF career receiving yardage chart (passing Rodney Adams) and becoming just the second USF player to reach 2,000 career receiving yards. He ended the day with 189 career catches for 2,063 yards, just 73 shy of Andre Davis’s USF record of 2,136.

• WR Keshaun Singleton logged his second 100-yard receiving game of the year, catching seven passes for 107 yards and a touchdown.

• LB Mac Harris led the Bulls with nine tackles and increased his team-leading season total to 74 on the year.



UP NEXT

USF will await the announcement of its 12th bowl destination and opponent in program history. The Bulls also prepare to welcome the first signees in the Class of 2025 on the first day of the NCAA Early Signing Period on Wednesday, Dec. 4.

Fellow Bulls fans, we have made it to the promised land. We are at last at Week 1 & the future looks bright. It has been years since as Bulls fans we felt some sort of good feeling going into the season, will CAG overachieve this season as well?

We most likely did these in the offseason, but now that we are back. Lets hear everyone's predictions for how we finish this year!

I have USF finishing 8-4 this season with a chance to go 9-4 most likely against an ACC team in the bowl game. It is entirely possible USF steals one of Miami/Tulane/Memphis but its also entirely possible USF drops a game we should win a la UAB/FAU blowout losses last season.

Overall we should be much improved, but the SoS is just tough. I think we take a leap forward but injuries may play a part in the front half here. Back half is much easier.

What are your predictions? More wins, more losses or spot on?

Wirh the Bucs' bye week, Im watching the Ravens vs Steelers game. The Steelers are actually my favorite team! It's another old school battle between two teams that hate each other. When they pan the crowd, I started thinking is there another team that has this type of home field advantage? Maybe KC. Steelers Nation is definitely top 3 imo.

I want to hire a new team writer and I need your help. Get as many usf fans as you can to sign up with this and I can start expanding the staff.

Thanks

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Just wanted to wish each of you and your families a safe and Happy Thanksgiving. I'm thankful for having a place we can share in our love of USF athletics in our own, unique ways.

Sorry just getting some time to put this together.

The two highest graded players on offense were the two QBs
QB- Izzy Carter 77.0 PFF in 29 snaps, 77.9 pass grade, 61.1 run grade, 156.3 NFL QBR
QB- Bryce Archie 76.9 PFF in 64 snaps, 72.4 pass grade, 70.2 run grade, 95.0 NFL QBR

Top Performers plus 10 snaps, 60 is considered average
WR- Keshaun Singleton 73.6 PFF in 53 snaps
RB- Ta'ron Keith 73.1 PFF in 29 snaps
SLT- Sean Atkins 71.4 PFF in 69 snaps
TE- Payten Singletary 70.2 PFF in 28 snaps
RB- Kelley Joiner Jr. 67.9 PFF in 23 snaps dinged for poor routes
WR- Joshua Porter 66.7 PFF in 33 snaps
WR- Michael Brown Stephens 66.7 PFF in 46 snaps
WR- Abdur-Rahmaan Yaseen 62.9 PFF in 30 snaps
WR- Joshua Hardeman 56.9 PFF in 15 snaps
RB- Nay'quan Wright 55.6 PFF in 34 snaps
TE- Gunnar Greenwald 53.1 PFF in 32 snaps
TE- Evan Dangler 52.7 PFF in 25 snaps
WR- JeyQuan Smith 51.7 PFF in 18 snaps

Additonal Snaps
TE- Jonathan Echols 6
WR- Christian Helms 6
WR- Tyree Kelly 6
RB- Yasias Young 4
RB- Alvon Isaac 3
WR- Jayden Davis 2

Offensive Line grades
C- Cole Best- 64.7 PFF in 87 snaps
RT- Derek Bowman 63.6 PFF in 87 snaps
LT- RJ Perry 60.4 PFF in 86 snaps
LG- Andrew Kilfoyl 59.5 PFF in 78 snaps
RG- Zane Herring 56.3 PFF in 79 snaps
RG- Cole Skinner 64.1 PFF in 12 snaps
RT- Jack Wilty 59.3 PFF in 10 snaps
C- TJ Lawrence 60.7 PFF in 6 snaps
C- Mike Lofton 4 snaps
LG- Deonte Bowie 4 snaps
LT- Gannon Lanning 3 snaps
RG- Kody Black 3 snaps
RG- Hayden Zepp 3 snaps
RT- Braden Carter 3 snaps
RT- Nikola Milovac 3 snaps

TOP DEFENSIVE PERFORMERS lots of tremendous grades
CB- James Chenault 84.4 PFF in 50 snaps, 85.3 coverage
DE- Decarius Hawthorne 82.8 PFF in 41 snaps
LB- DJ Gordon IV 81.9 PFF in 36 snaps
OLB- DJ Harris Jr. 77.4 PFF in 24 snaps
LB- Rodney Hill 76.0 PFF in 17 snaps
S- Caqavouis Berryhill 75.8 PFF in 33 snaps
S- Tawfiq Byard 75.4 PFF in 50 snaps
LB- Jamie Pettway 75.3 PFF in 36 snaps
CB- De'Shawn Rucker 73.6 PFF in 45 snaps
DE- Michael Williams II 73.0 PFF in 33 snaps
NT- Jahari Grant 72.0 PFF in 45 snaps
OLB- Ira Singleton 70.5 PFF in 21 snaps
S- Tavin Ward 70.2 PFF in 23 snaps
LB- Mac Harris 70.2 PFF in 35 snaps
NB- Jarvis Lee Jr. 69.5 PFF in 40 snaps
LB- Jhalyn Shuler 69.2 PFF in 35 snaps
NT- Doug Blue Eli 68.2 PFF in 26 snaps
DT- Bernard Gooden 68.1 PFF in 41 snaps
S- Jaelen Stokes 67.8 PFF in 28 snaps
NB- Jermaine Dalias 67.7 PFF in 10 snaps
CB- Ben Knox 67.5 PFF in 47 snaps
CB- Paco Austin 65.5 PFF in 17 snaps
OLB- Rico Watson 64.7 PFF in 24 snaps
OLB- Jason Vaughn 63.3 PFF in 27 snaps
DE- Ryan Jenkins 62.5 PFF in 29 snaps
DT- Dinellson Exume 61.9 PFF in 42 snaps
S- Fred Gaskin 59.9 PFF in 32 snaps
LB- Langston Long 59.3 PFF in 17 snaps
NB- Kajuan Banks 56.4 PFF in 42 sma[s

Additional Defensive Snaps under 10
S- Marseille Taylor 9
DT- Chad Elder 7
NB- Jair Murphy 6

I was at the game last night and thought I would share.

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Looks like Temple's leadership is going to revaluate football..

South Florida finished the Myrtle Beach Invitational in third place



MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (November 24, 2024) – The University of South Florida men’s basketball team closed out the Myrtle Beach Invitational in the third-place game against Wright State on Sunday. Jayden Reid hit the game-winning shot with 0.4 seconds left on the clock to give the Bulls a 73-72 victory.



Wright State hit a go-ahead jumper with 5.0 seconds left on the clock, which gave WSU a 72-71 lead. Reid took the inbound pass and started to bring the ball up the court with pace. He tried to go baseline, but the defender cut him off. Reid stepped back and came up clutch as he drained the game-winning shot for the Bulls.



With the victory, South Florida improved to 4-3 on the season, while Wright State fell to 4-4 on the year. Reid finished with a game-high 14 points. Jamille Reynolds picked up his second double-double with a career-high 14 rebounds and 13 points. Kobe Knox rounded out the double-digit scores with 10 points. USF is 12-1 when Kobe Knox scores in double digits.



The Bulls opened the game with intensity and jumped out to an early 4-0 lead. South Florida held Wright State scoreless for the first three minutes. At the first media timeout, USF had a 4-3 lead.



The Raiders answered with a 17-3 run and took a.20-7 lead with 10:51 left in the half. CJ Brown scored four of the next six points for USF as the Bulls cut the deficit to 24-13 with just under eight minutes left until the break.



South Florida utilized a 9-2 run to cut the deficit to 26-24 with 4:12 left until half. During the run, Jamille Reynolds, De’Ante Green, and Kasen Jennings all had three points. The Bulls outscored the Raiders 10-9 to end the half and cut the deficit to 34-32. Reid hit a key 3-pointer in transition.



USF opened the second half with a 13-4 run and took a 45-38 lead. During the run, Reynolds accounted for four points. Reynolds brought down a defensive rebound and threw the outlet pass ahead to Reid for the layup, which forced the Raiders to call a timeout.



The two squads were in a back-and-forth battle for the next 5:30 minutes. The Bulls held a 58-52 lead with 11:10left in regulation.



For the next 3:30 minutes, the game was a defensive battle, as USF led 62-58. Reynolds scored a huge dunk.



Wright State outscored South Florida 7-5, but the Bulls held a 67-65 lead with just under four minutes left to play in regulation. The two sides continued to battle back and forth, which set up a fantastic finish to the game.



Reynolds blocked a game-high three shots. Brandon Stroud dished out a game-high four assists and recorded a game-high three steals. South Florida outscored Wright State 44-30 inside the paint and 17-11 in fastbreak points. The Bulls held the Horizon League Preseason Player of the Year, Brandon Noel, to just five points. He came into the game averaging 23.0 points per game.



Jack Doumbia tallied a game-high 18 points and brought down ten rebounds to lead the Raiders. Solomon Callaghan finished with 15 points. Alex Huibregtse added 12 points, while Keaton Norris chipped in with 10.



Notables

· Jayden Reid led USF in scoring for the second-straight game, with 14 points, his third game in double figures this season.

· Jamille Reynolds collected his second double-double with 14 rebounds and 13 points. It was his fifth game scoring in double figures and his second game with double-digit rebounds.

· Kobe Knox recorded his fourth game in double figures.

· USF is 12-1 when Kobe Knox scores in double digits.

· South Florida finished the Myrtle Beach Invitational in third place.



Up Next

The Bulls return to the friendly confines of the Yuengling Center on December 3. South Florida welcomes Stetson for a 7 p.m. tip on ESPN+.

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Thought we should have a thread for all of the changes.

ECU predictably hires their interim, Blake Harrell: https://www.espn.com/college-footba...ast-carolina-promote-blake-harrell-head-coach

Seems like a good hire. The team has responded to him and he's made his whole career in the Carolinas (with a year at Kennesaw), so he should be pretty plugged into the recruiting scene there. It's a fanbase with unrealistic expectations however. Skippy was the last HC who left willingly from ECU, and the two guys before him were fired too. Not sure it's a great job for someone who wants to move up the ranks, so this guy might be the best they can do.

From West Boca HS. KP offered him over a year ago.

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Up 38-7 on Howard with 25 seconds left at the 30 runs a draw for 20 yards and then clock stops with 10 secs left. You would think a decent person would just kneel but no, not this guy! Of course next play td and busts my bet at Howard +36.5. God I hate that man with a passion!

Over/under set at 52.5. Rice ranks #105 in FPI.

Arrived early today to do some tailgating before the game. Anyhow saw BB17 days at the stampede walkin.

Go Bulls

Over/under set at 155. Wright State ranks #133 in OER and #318 in DER. Both teams are playing their 3rd game in 4 days and neither plays strong defense.

Pick: Over 155

Over/under set at 60.5. Tulsa's FPI ranks 130 out of 134 schools.

I'm going to miss the game live, because I plan on going to church. I'm still under the weather and haven't been able to leave the house in a week, so I'm looking forward to it. So fam you all have to hold it down for me until I can watch the replay later in the afternoon. Here's something about Wright State, can be a tough matchup for the Bulls.

Wright State Starting Five
6-0 JR G - Keaton Norris(5.9 Pts, 2.7 Rebs, 5.1 Asst)
6-5 SO G - Logan Woods(9.7 Pts, 2.6 Rebs, 1.7 Asst)
6-3 SR G - Alex Huibregtse(16.7 Pts, 4 Rebs, 3 Asst)
6-6 SR F - Jack Doumbia(8 Pts, 5 Rebs)
6-8 JR F - Brandon Noel(23 pts, 9 Rebs)

The guy I highlighted is the guy USF has to control because I do not think they can stop him. Those numbers above are his season total, but in this tournament he has been putting up video game numbers. Noel is averaging 26.5 Pts, 6 Rebs, Shooting 63% overall, 71% three-pt line, 100% from the Free Throw line. Reynolds will not be able to guard him, so the smart thing is to feed Reynolds the ball early and often and have him go into the chest of Noel to see if he can get some early fouls on him. If they do not, then Noel will likely get Reynolds off the floor pretty quick either with foul trouble or fatigue.

Overall Wright State is an excellent shooting team, (50% FG, 35% 3Pt, 75% FT) and they average 80 PPG as a team. Wright State matches USF in steals per game, Assts, and rebounding. The biggest advantage in WSU favor is obviously the shooting. As you see by the sizes listed above, Wright State is not a very tall team, but they spread the floor and use a lot of screen motion to free shooters and get the matchups they like. They are a good passing team because of it. They come in with a record of 4-3 with losses to Troy, Bradley, and Mark Pope's Kentucky Wildcats. In the UK game they were overwhelmed by the athletic talent, and lost 103 - 62 in both teams' 1st game of the season. Pope is a better offensive coach than Calipari so Kentucky is really good again. Wright State's most notable wins are against Princeton, and Miami(OH). Solid wins but both of those teams don't seem as good early as they have been at times in the past. If Wright State beats USF it will be their best win of the season imo. USF is still very talented, even though they haven't played up to their standards as of yet.

USF could give up another 90+ points in this game if their defensive communication is once again lacking.

Or do you still think CAG sucks because he was hired by ADMK?

Come on @brybull1970 inquiring minds want to know your thoughts