Sep 12 2008
USF Literally Saves The Entire Big East Conference From Total Abomination
It looked like it was going to be a blowout by the Kansas Jayhawks. USF Bulls, down 20-10 even with a late touchdown in the 2nd quarter, looked totally dominated in the first half.
Kansas had their way with USF in all aspects of the game in the first half. It looked like it was going to be an easy day for Kansas head coach Mark Mangino…but Jim Leavitt, the head coach of USF, must have given his boys quite some speech at halftime, because his boys came out firing in the 3rd quarter. I wish I was a fly on the wall in the USF locker room.
USF scored 17 points in the 3rd quarter to lead 27-20. The Bulls scored early in the 4th quarter to lead 34-20.
Just when you thought that USF was in control of the game Kansas scored again to bring the score to 34-27.
Late in the 4th quarter, the Jayhawks woke up and scored again to tie the score up at 34 with 5:32 left in the game.
With a chance to win it at the end, the Jayhawks threw an interception that was returned to the 32 yard line by USF and the true freshman kicker knocked it in from 42 yards out with no time remaining to win the game.
Considering that the West Virginia Mountaineers got routed by ECU and Rutgers was blown out at home by the North Carolina Tar Heels, many thought that the Big East was going to have the knife stuck in itself with a loss by USF.
Tonight, USF salvaged anything that the Big East still stands for as a conference.
P.S. I still think they stink, but this game made it fun.
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