West Virginia at South Florida (09/28/2007)

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This may be just the first league game of the season for both programs, but there is no downplaying the importance of this contest. WVU has yet to be stopped on offense, but it hasn't faced a defense like this. USF will surely benefit from its home crowd support and if its defense is as good as the hype surrounding it, expect the Bulls to pull off the major upset in this one.

Sports Network Predicted Outcome: South Florida 31, West Virginia 27

While West Virginia (4-0) is still a 61/2-point favorite, some so-called experts are picking South Florida (3-0) to repeat last year's (24-19) upset of then-No. 7 Mountaineers at Morgantown.

"They'll be excited and our guys will be excited," WVU Coach Rich Rodriguez said. "This is probably a game that could go either way.

"I'm anxious to see if we can keep getting better, defensively, each week. That's a thing I've been pleased with.

"We've gotten better not just keeping points down, but fundamentally doing assignmernts and how we're taking on blocks and understanding strengths and weaknesses.

"I think that's where we've made a lot of improvement."

USF coach Jim Leavitt said, "We're going to play hard. They beat us two years ago, then we beat them last year. We just have to play.

"Am I surprised that we're getting a sellout crowd? No, I thought the day would come some time. That doesn't surprise me at all."

Asked about the challenge WVU presents, Leavitt said: "Great speed, they run well, they know what they're doing, they play with confidence. They have a lot of weapons on offense. The defense plays well."

WVU strong safety Ridwan Malik said, "They're going to be ready for us. We're going to be ready for them. They've got some good athletes."

"We're playing good, but we can play better. Hopefully, we'll play very well Friday night."

Fifteen Florida natives on the WVU roster made the trip to Tampa.

Matt Grothe, who quarterbacked last year's win over WVU, has completed 58 of 96 passes for 652 yards and four touchdowns. He also has rushed for a net 88 yards.

"We know their offense is good, and we know they are going to have long drives once and awhile," Grothe said. "It is going to be a matter of not getting our heads down and playing good football.

They get in space," said East Carolina coach Skip Holtz, looking slightly dazed in the wake of the rout. "They make you defend the field horizontally, they get you in the open field one on one, make you miss, and when you do, there's nobody left. It's not like you can do the gang tackle to the ball, because of the scheme that they run."

si.com

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Wow! What a douche! Didnt realize we had John Anthony on the thread. Anyone who has to tout themselves is full of shit, whats he trying to add inches to his boyfriends dick? Theres these words called humble and modesty, look em up some time.

goin with WVU at the half here

GLA  (except for the super douche)