USF Football Could win the Big East Title and More

Way back in July, I wrote a blog entitled "USF Football to Finish 10-2;, Will win the big East Title". That seems like a very real possibility after their impressive upset victory in Tallahassee over the Seminoles. Should they keep playing the way they're playing, could they actually jockey for a National Title Game berth?

It seems very far fetched. The Bulls certainly have a great chance to win the Big East Title outright. The schedule the rest of the way is favorable. Their only real tough obstacles are #10 Cincinnati, which is in Tampa, West Virginia, also a home game, and a home game against the Hurricanes of Miami. The game against Miami will be the toughest. The Hurricanes are better than they showed in Blacksburg last Saturday. However, the Bulls have the confidence necessary to win since they were able to beat in-state traditional power house Florida St. at Doke/Campbell Stadium.

If they take care of business against Syracuse this Saturday, along with Rutgers, UCONN, Pittsburgh and Louisville, and come up with big wins against Cinci, Miami and West Virginia, the Bulls will have beaten 4 top 25 teams and will have a very serious argument to play for the National Championship. What a quagmire the BCS will be in trying to decide between several top teams who the two teams will be.

However, there is a lot of football to be played. South Florida, when last they were in a similar position, were ranked #2 in the country after beating Auburn on the plains and fell the very next week. Can they handle the pressure of not slipping up. they are 4-0 right now going into Saturday's game at Syracuse in the Empire State, a game the Bulls should win over Greg Paulus and the Orange. They will need to abuse the Cuse, or a taming of the Toros by the Orange is entirely possible. We shall see.