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Louisville 22 Saturday, Nov. 21 2009, noon Team Notes * USF's win over Louisville improves the Bulls' record to 7-3 for the fifth time in the program's 13-year history ... USF was also 7-3 through 10 games during the 1998, 1999, 2006 and 2008 seasons.

With 8:05 left Saturday night, UConn had a chance to turn back the one-point lead South Florida had just earned.

After a dismal three-game stretch that included three heartbreaking losses to West Virginia, Rutgers and Cincinnati the UConn football team has reeled off back-to-back wins to become bowl-eligible for the third consecutive year.

One area to watch in Saturday's USF-Connecticut game will be kickoff returns, a statistic where in conference play the Huskies have the Big East's best average and the Bulls have the league's worst numbers.

Playing for the first time since suffering a high ankle sprain against West Virginia on Oct.

TAMPA South Florida WR Carlton Mitchell has looked "OK" in practice this week, Coach Jim Leavitt said.

According to ESPN.com's Mark Schlabach and Bruce Feldman, who project bowl matchups each week, USF could be back in the St.

There were enough wild ups and downs to match USF's promising, frustrating season in a single afternoon, but in the end, there was enough B.J. Daniels for Bulls fans to breathe a collective sigh of relief.

A year before USF joined the Big East, future rival Rutgers put up a billboard on I-4 in Tampa that featured its 27 players from Florida.

USF will have to face Rutgers without its top receiver, as junior Carlton Mitchell, who suffered a high ankle sprain in the Bulls' win against West Virginia, won't play Thursday, coach Jim Leavitt said.

Though its three-game stretch of facing ranked opponents is over, South Florida certainly won't be letting up against Rutgers.

South Florida's B.J. Daniels made quite a splash in the Sunshine State when he replaced Matt Grothe.

No. 20 West Virginia vs. South Florida , 8 p.m. Line: West Virginia by 3. Series record: Tied 2-2. Last meeting: 2008, West Virginia 13-7. What's At Stake West Virginia meets a South Florida team that's reeling after being ranked two weeks ago.

Oh, how those October woes persist for USF. After undefeated starts from August to September for the third consecutive year, the Bulls continued their trend of October letdowns asNo.

The bigger wonder is this: Where does the University of South Florida's football team go from here after absorbing one of its worst defeats in Big East Conference play? "We just didn't play well in any phase of the game,'' Bulls coach Jim Leavitt said.

Bill Stull and Dion Lewis accounted for four touchdowns Saturday, fueling 19th-ranked Pittsburgh's 41-14 Big East Conference win over South Florida.

Where have USF's running backs gone? For the fourth game in a row, the Bulls failed to get a combined 100 yards from their running backs, mustering just 57 on 13 carries in Saturday's 41-14 loss to Pittsburgh despite facing a defense that was dropped back to stop the pass.

It was late Sunday around 10 p.m., and USF junior wide receiver Carlton Mitchell was lying in bed watching TV.

OK, so Audrey Nixon might be a little biased. Her son is Dontavia Bogan, No. 81, a wide receiver.

19, is the Bulls' leading rusher, averaging 58.2 yards per game on 48 carries. Unlike Grothe, who was a running threat when pass plays broke down, Daniels often runs within the context of the offense.