BIG EAST FOOTBALL PREVIEW: GAME #4 SOUTH FLORIDA

September 19, 2008


The South Florida Bulls are 3-0 and coming off an exciting home win over nationally ranked Kansas when Maikon Bonani connected on a 43 yard field goal to lift USF to a 37-34 win.

The impressive part of the USF start is they have won two tough games in a row (also at UCF) without Mike Ford, their talented running back, who has been injured. They may have found a talented 1-2 combination when ford returns as the speedy Jamar Taylor had some big carried in the win over KU and took some pressure of Matt Grothe who has dominated their offense since the Ford injury. A better balance offensively will go a long way in helping the Bulls continue in their quest for the Big East championship. The Bulls will close out the month of September next weekend again NC State of the ACC and then they tackle the Big East schedule, not to look too far ahead, but this Bulls team has put themselves in a very nice position to have a shot at running the table...taking care of business on the road this weekend and next weekend will make things VERY interesting.

Up this weekend is a road date with Florida International. The Bulls have already gone on the road to face a fired up Central Florida program and escaped with an overtime win. This game should not be as difficult. It is the first home game for FIU, who have lost on the road to Kansas (40-10) and Iowa (42-0), but do not expect much of a lift from being on their home field in this one for FIU. At this point, there is no NCAA Betting Line for this match-up, in reality, probably no matter, USF will will handily and continue their march for a Big East championship.

Prediction:

South Florida 48
Florida Int. 17