In Game Game The TBP Official In Game Thread: USF Bulls vs #8 Miami Hurricanes

[MikeG]

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Game 4

South Florida Bulls
(2-1, 0-0)
vs
#8 Miami Hurricanes
(3-0, 0-0 ACC)

September 21, 2024

7:00 PM EST - ESPN

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Raymond James Stadium     Tampa, FL

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GAME DAY vs. Miami Hurricanes

 

USF and Miami will meet for seventh time and first time since 2013, ending a 10 year hiatus with the first game of a three-game series that will see USF visit Miami in 2025 and 2028. It will mark the Bulls second game against a Top 10 foe on the year. USF pushed No. 4 Alabama in a one-point game into the final seven minutes in Week 2.

VS. HURRICANES: This will mark the fourth time for USF facing Miami in Tampa. The Hurricanes have won the previous three. The Bulls took a 23-20 overtime win in Miami in 2010, its lone win in the series that Miami leads 5-1, and nearly made it two in a row, falling 6-3 to Miami in Tampa the following season in 2011. This will be the fourth time the Bulls will face a ranked Miami team, falling 27-7 at #9 Miami (2005), 31-10 vs #19 Miami (2009) and 49-21 vs #15 Miami in the last meeting in 2013.

FANDOMONIUM: USF opened the upper west deck of Raymond James Stadium on Sunday. A record-shattering 13,179 students claimed tickets in the first 24 hours they were opened for claiming. That shattered the old mark of 8,409 claimed in 24 hours for South Florida’s battle with No. 10 Alabama last year. As of Sunday morning, the student tickets claimed for the Miami game stood at 15,000, far surpassing the previous record for total student ticket claims, which had stood at 12,549 for the Bulls clash with No. 13 Florida in 2021. The publicly available seats in the lower bowl for the Miami game also sold out before South Florida’s game Saturday at Southern Miss.

VS TOP 10: USF will play its 15th game against a top 10-ranked FBS opponent. USF has Top 10 victories over No. 5 WVU (2007), at No. 7 West Virginia (2006) and vs. No. 9 Louisville (2005). USF has lost its last eight meetings with top 10 foes dating to the 2007 victory over No. 5 West Virginia, the highest ranked opponent beaten in Tampa. USF, which began its first four seasons as an FCS program, has three victories over FCS Top 10 teams during that era, including over No. 1 Troy State (20-10) in 2000.

TURNOVER TRAIN: After forcing three turnovers in back-to-back games at Alabama and Southern Miss, USF has forced two or more turnovers in five straight and three or more in five of the last seven, dating to last season. The Bulls rank No. 8 nationally in turnovers forced (8).

 

TV: ESPN: Bob Wischusen (P-by-P), Louis Riddick (analyst) & Kris Budden (sideline)
AUDIO: 102.5 FM, 102.5-HD2 The Strike; TuneIn (Bulls Unlimited);
SERIES: Miami Leads, 5-1
IN TAMPA: Miami leads, 3-0
IN MIAMI: Miami Leads, 2-1
LAST TIME: Miami won, 49-21, in ‘13 in Tampa
VS RANKED: 11-39, lost last 17 Last: L, 42-16 at #4 Alabama, ‘24 Home: 7-21;
LAST RANKED WIN: 2016, 52-45 vs. #22 Navy

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Go Bulls!

[jchem1995]

Tough game but fingers crossed BULLS WIN .

[E.T.]

Can we change #10 to #8 ?