http://www.realfootball365.com South Florida Bulls Football News, scores, analysis and discussion. College Football News. en-us info@realfootball365.com Copyright (C) 2005-2008 www.realfootball365.com http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/southflorida/13715 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/southflorida/13715 If you can't beat him, convince him to join you. That's what the University of South Florida team decided earlier this year, choosing recently fired University of Cincinnati defensive coordinator Joe Tresey to replace Wally Burnham as the Bulls' DC. The decision by head coach Jim Leavitt may have had something to with the fact that Cincinnati held USF's supposedly high-octane offense to just 10... writersbridge@hotmail.com (Darrell Laurant) South Florida Bulls 2009-03-09T05:14:25-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/southflorida/13562 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/southflorida/13562 South Florida football coach Jim Leavitt said the usual nice things about offensive coordinator Greg Gregory when he fired him earlier this month, stating only that the team needed to move "in another direction." Like, forward. At some point in the 2008 season, the Bulls' offense went off the tracks. After charging out of the gate with five straight victories, including a 37-34 upset of Kansas,... writersbridge@hotmail.com (Darrell Laurant) South Florida Bulls 2009-01-26T05:02:45-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/southflorida/12486 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/southflorida/12486 The University of South Florida football team got a taste of the high life last season -- as high as No. 2 in The Associated Press poll at one point. The Bulls reached that rarefied altitude after winning their first six 2007 games (including stunning victories over West Virginia and Auburn) and found themselves just one rung removed from the pinnacle of their sport. Apparently, the view from... writersbridge@hotmail.com (Darrell Laurant) South Florida Bulls 2008-08-27T18:23:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/southflorida/11604 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/southflorida/11604 South Florida's latest football commitment for 2009 is a running back named Bradley Battles. And according to his high school coach, that name is appropriate. "He gets stronger as the game goes on," coach Rob Armstrong of Mariana High School (Florida), told the St. Petersburg Times recently. "He's better on his 27th or 28th carry than he is on the first five carries." According to ESPN's Billy... writersbridge@hotmail.com (Darrell Laurant) South Florida Bulls 2008-06-12T23:51:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/southflorida/11287 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/southflorida/11287 Although the University of South Florida football team will be playing in-state rivals Miami and Florida over the next few years, there are no immediate plans to confront the third established Sunshine State power, Florida State. Nevertheless, USF recruiters are already challenging the Seminoles on their home turf. Earlier this month, USF received a verbal commitment from North Florida Christian... writersbridge@hotmail.com (Darrell Laurant) South Florida Bulls 2008-05-22T04:44:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/southflorida/11233 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/southflorida/11233 If you're watching the South Florida football team on television this season (and you very well might, because they play on a lot of Thursday nights) and notice a striking defensive similarity to the Indianapolis Colts, that won't be an accident. Next month, Bulls defensive coordinator Wally Burnham is taking his entire staff to watch the Colts' organized team activities and get some advice from... writersbridge@hotmail.com (Darrell Laurant) South Florida Bulls 2008-05-16T04:02:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/southflorida/11193 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/southflorida/11193 The Dallas Cowboys sneaked up on Mike Jenkins from behind -- or, more accurately, from beneath. The onetime America's Team wasn't even on Jenkins' radar screen as he sweated out the first round of the NFL draft last month, especially after Dallas had made a deal for suspended Tennessee Titans cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones. "I don't think I spoke to them (the Cowboys) once," Jenkins told the... writersbridge@hotmail.com (Darrell Laurant) South Florida Bulls 2008-05-13T04:27:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/southflorida/10785 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/southflorida/10785 The book on South Florida's 2008 football team goes something like this: The offense should be impressive again this fall, but the Bulls would be in big trouble if anything happened to Matt Grothe. Well, maybe not. The more that senior backup Grant Gregory plays, the more impressive he appears. In USF's third scrimmage of the season last week, the Athens, OH product completed his first seven... writersbridge@hotmail.com (Darrell Laurant) South Florida Bulls 2008-03-31T16:19:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/southflorida/10647 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/southflorida/10647 (First in a series on Big East spring football previews.) It's safe to say that South Florida is no longer a Big East afterthought. There is, for example, the Tube Factor. One of the things that blue-chip recruits always ask coaches is: "How often are you guys on TV?" In South Florida's case, coach Jim Leavitt or whatever assistant happens to be sitting in the recruit's living room can... writersbridge@hotmail.com (Darrell Laurant) South Florida Bulls 2008-03-14T04:17:01-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/southflorida/10466 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/southflorida/10466 Oops. The University of South Florida was all set to play a regular-season-ending Thursday night football home game with Rutgers at Raymond James Stadium on Dec. 4, to be televised nationally on ESPN. The problem was, the Tampa Sports Authority found out it had won its bid to host the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game on Dec. 6. Because the two ACC finalists will need practice time,... writersbridge@hotmail.com (Darrell Laurant) South Florida Bulls 2008-02-28T13:52:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/southflorida/10465 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/southflorida/10465 Now, South Florida can say it has two Big East Defensive Players of the Year in its program. Unfortunately, only one of them can still play. Kevin Patrick, newly hired as the Bulls' defensive ends coach, earned his honor in 1993, when he registered 10 sacks for the University of Miami. The year before, he anchored the D-line on a Hurricane team that won the national championship with a victory... writersbridge@hotmail.com (Darrell Laurant) South Florida Bulls 2008-02-28T13:24:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/southflorida/10456 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/southflorida/10456 Ben Moffitt had to spend a lot of his time at the NFL Scouting Combine responding to allegations by his soon-to-be ex-wife, Shauna, that she wrote all of Ben's term papers while he was a student at South Florida. "It's just an unfortunate thing between me and her," Moffitt kept saying -- although he didn't duck the questions. Of course, compared to some "character issues" facing other... writersbridge@hotmail.com (Darrell Laurant) South Florida Bulls 2008-02-27T00:02:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/southflorida/10439 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/southflorida/10439 (Third in a series on Big East football recruiting.) The good thing about being a Florida-based football program is that you're surrounded by high school talent. The problem is, the pond is getting overfished. Year after year, University of South Florida coach Jim Leavitt and his staff not only have to compete with Miami, Florida and Florida State, but virtually every other Division 1 program... writersbridge@hotmail.com (Darrell Laurant) South Florida Bulls 2008-02-22T04:34:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/southflorida/10434 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/southflorida/10434 You won't catch Mike Jenkins hunched over his computer these days, seeking out mock drafts to see which NFL team might make him rich. That's because he doesn't own a computer. He does, however, own a reputation as a playmaker with both speed and strength. At 6 feet, 200 pounds, he's the ideal size for a cornerback, and he managed to put his mark on South Florida's 2007 season despite teams... writersbridge@hotmail.com (Darrell Laurant) South Florida Bulls 2008-02-22T02:30:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/southflorida/10433 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/southflorida/10433 For Trae Williams, 2007 was the year of the trey. Three times during South Florida's breakout season, Williams picked off a pass and took it to the end zone. He scored on a 73-yard return against Cincinnati, went 64 yards against Syracuse and 21 yards in a victory over Pitt, making him one of just two DBs in the nation to accomplish that trifecta. He also had three other other interceptions and... writersbridge@hotmail.com (Darrell Laurant) South Florida Bulls 2008-02-22T02:04:00-05:00