The TBP Official In Game Thread: Bulls vs. Illinois

[Brad]

Thread opens Friday night!

GAME DAY!

         vs.     

September 15, 2018  3:30 p.m.

Soldier Field            Chicago, IL

 

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Both the board and the chat room function well on mobile phone, tablet or desktop. 

 

GAME DAY VS ILLINOIS

The Bulls will play their first-ever game in Chicago and second in the state of Illinois on Saturday in the second of a two-game series with the Illini. The Bulls won the first meeting, 47-23, last year in Tampa. USF last ventured to the state of Illinois in 2001, falling, 20-17, at Northern Illinois. It will mark USF’s fourth Big Ten road game in the last six seasons and fifth overall. The Bulls are 1-5 all-time vs. Big Ten opponents, that victory coming last year vs. Illinois, and are 0-4 in road games vs. the Big Ten, falling at Maryland (2015; 35-17), Wisconsin (2014; 27-10), Michigan State (2013; 21-6) and Penn State (2005; 23-13).

POWER SIX: Coming off a 49-38 win over Georgia Tech, USF is looking for its fifth straight win vs. a Power 5 opponent. The Bulls have won six of their last seven meetings vs. P5 teams, including a pair of bowl victories. The loss came to No. 13 Florida State (55-35) in 2016 in Tampa. The American has posted four wins vs. P5 teams so far in 2018.

BULLS & BUCS TIES: Illini Offensive Coordinator/QB Coach Rod Smith was on the USF staff from 2001-06 under head coach Jim Leavitt, serving as QB Coach/Passing Game Coordinator and then Offensive Coordinator/QB Coach (2005-06). Meanwhile, nine coaches in the game have Tampa Bay Buccaneers ties, including Illini Head Coach Lovie Smith who served as head coach of the Buccanneers from 2014-15 and was linebackers coach from 1996-2000.

ON A ROLL: USF has gone 23-4 since the start of 2016, including 10-1 in out-of-conference games (two bowl wins) with the only loss coming to No. 13 Florida State in 2016. The Bulls have posted a 18-3 record in Raymond James Stadium over the past four seasons and are in the midst of the most successful run in program history (31-9 (77.5) since 2015) that includes a 30-6 mark in the last 36 games, which ranks among the top six in the nation over that time.

 

TV: BTN: Dave Revsine (p-by-p), J Leman (analyst) & Ally Strum (sideline)
AUDIO: USF Radio Network (820 AM)
AUDIO STREAM: iHeartRadio

USF RADIO NETWORK
FLAGSHIP: 820 AM WWBA (TAMPA)
IHEART RADIO (DIGITAL) - Bulls Unlimited
Jim Louk, play-by-play
Sam Barrington, analyst
Joey Johnston, sideline

PREGAME SHOW (2 HRS PRIOR TO KICK) 
Jim Lighthall, Rock Riley & Darek Sharp

USF RADIO AFFILIATES
820 AM WWBA – Tampa Bay **
98.3 FM WWRZ - Central Florida 96.7 FM WMTB - Tampa Bay
1070 AM WKII – Ft. Myers/Port Charlotte**

** Carries Coaches Show

TheBullsPen.com: Major In Game Twitter Feeds 

Bulls on Social Media
Twitter: @USFFOOTBALL, @CoachStrong_USF
Instagram: USFFOOTBALL
Facebook: facebook.com/SouthFloridaFootball
Hashtags: #GoBulls; #HornsUp; #BullStrong

Upload Fan Images from pregame to post-game HERE!

 

Live Stats

South Florida Game Notes - South Florida Depth Chart - South Florida Stats

Illinois Game Notes  - Illinois Depth Chart - Illinois Stats

 

GoUSFBulls.com Game Day Central (coming soon)

 

Current Weather

 

Go Bulls!

[Brad]

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[fhemmer209]

Beef o Bradys downtown Pensacola will have the game on. Me and my crew of two will be there. Go Bulls!

[LewSFBulls]

Supporting from the  as always.. Gooooo Bulls!

[DELdaBull]

Let's go!!!!!!!!!

[Brad]

 

[Brad]

[BigEastBull05]

I know it's early but I've seen more kilts than Illinois shirts here in Chicago.

[Brad]

Reminder to all:

Big Ten Channel Finder - find the game in your zip code:

http://btn.com/about/btn-channelfinder/

The link to BullsUnlimited on iheartradio - game and pregame AUDIO:

https://www.iheart.com/live/university-south-florida-7424/

First road game - try out our new chat room with fellow Bulls

BullsChat

 

Watch - Listen - Comment

GO BULLS!

[slick1ru2]

The game will be on the BTN mobile app too if your tv provider has tv everywhere credentials for it. Vue does.