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Top five ranking doesn’t mean what it used to this College Football season. Nevertheless, 2nd ranked South Florida looks to remain one of the nation’s six unbeaten teams Thursday night in a crucial Big East showdown with last year’s conference upstart, the Scarlet Knights of Rutgers. USF opened as a slight 2.5 or 3-point road favorite depending on the book, with the total sitting at 52 points. This is a revenge spot for the favored Bulls, who lost to Rutgers in ’06, 22-20, after a two-point conversion was dropped in the end zone. They did cover, however, as four-point dogs. In that meeting last season, the Bulls actually had a chance to win after the failed two-point try, but a recovered onside kick was called back after it was ruled that the ball was touched a ½ yard too soon. Coming into 2007, RU had won 10 of 12 at home before dropping back-to-back contests to Maryland and Cincinnati earlier this month. The Scarlet Knights season looked over a week ago when they trailed one-win Syracuse 14-0 in the first half, but the team scored 38 unanswered points for a relatively easy win and cover as big 17-point road chalk. Ray Rice rushed for 196 yards and three scores for Rutgers, who is just 2-4 straight up the week after playing Syracuse. However, they hope to benefit from what should be a raucous crowd similar to what we saw in the Louisville game last year – another nationally televised Thursday Night battle. South Florida, who has been playing football for only eleven seasons, had never been ranked in the Top 25 prior to this season. After passing its first test on 9/28 at home against West Virginia (21-13, +7), this should prove to be the toughest test to date for this young program. Last week, South Florida took a break from Big East play to crush visiting Central Florida, 64-12. Matt Grothe threw for 212 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 100 and two scores for the Bulls, who moved up three spots in the polls after multiple teams above them lost, and are in the all-important No. 2 spot in the first BCS standings. The Bulls will look for a repeat of their 2005 trip here, a 45-31 win. Rutgers will be a tough foe here though, with a 12-2 ATS record against elite teams outscoring opponents by 10+PPG under Greg Schiano.
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Top five ranking doesn’t mean what it used to this College Football season. Nevertheless, 2nd ranked South Florida looks to remain one of the nation’s six unbeaten teams Thursday night in a crucial Big East showdown with last year’s conference upstart, the Scarlet Knights of Rutgers. USF opened as a slight 2.5 or 3-point road favorite depending on the book, with the total sitting at 52 points. This is a revenge spot for the favored Bulls, who lost to Rutgers in ’06, 22-20, after a two-point conversion was dropped in the end zone. They did cover, however, as four-point dogs. In that meeting last season, the Bulls actually had a chance to win after the failed two-point try, but a recovered onside kick was called back after it was ruled that the ball was touched a ½ yard too soon. Coming into 2007, RU had won 10 of 12 at home before dropping back-to-back contests to Maryland and Cincinnati earlier this month. The Scarlet Knights season looked over a week ago when they trailed one-win Syracuse 14-0 in the first half, but the team scored 38 unanswered points for a relatively easy win and cover as big 17-point road chalk. Ray Rice rushed for 196 yards and three scores for Rutgers, who is just 2-4 straight up the week after playing Syracuse. However, they hope to benefit from what should be a raucous crowd similar to what we saw in the Louisville game last year – another nationally televised Thursday Night battle. South Florida, who has been playing football for only eleven seasons, had never been ranked in the Top 25 prior to this season. After passing its first test on 9/28 at home against West Virginia (21-13, +7), this should prove to be the toughest test to date for this young program. Last week, South Florida took a break from Big East play to crush visiting Central Florida, 64-12. Matt Grothe threw for 212 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 100 and two scores for the Bulls, who moved up three spots in the polls after multiple teams above them lost, and are in the all-important No. 2 spot in the first BCS standings. The Bulls will look for a repeat of their 2005 trip here, a 45-31 win. Rutgers will be a tough foe here though, with a 12-2 ATS record against elite teams outscoring opponents by 10+PPG under Greg Schiano.
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