In Game The TBP Official In Game Thread: USF Bulls at Houston Cougars

[MikeG]

Welcome to

TheBullsPen.com's

Game 8

South Florida Bulls (1-6, 0-3)
at
Houston Cougars (4-3, 2-1)

October 29, 2022

   

12:00 PM EST - ESPN2 

HOMECOMING

TDECU Stadium    Houston, TX

 

 

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GAME DAY vs. Houston Cougars

 

Wiith a program-record four straight games away from Tampa under their belts on the year, the Bulls will complete a swing of six of seven games away from Tampa with back-to-back road trips to Houston and Temple as USF returns from its lone bye week of the 2022 season. USF will have played one home game in 63 days when the Bulls return to Raymond James Stadium to face SMU on Nov. 12. Before then, the Bulls will look to snap a six-game losing skid to Houston that dates to a 32-14 Bulls win at Houston in 2002 when the Bulls were in their second season as an FBS Independent, and a 15-game road losing streak that dates to a 45-20 victory at ECU on Oct. 28, 2019.

TAKE THE OVER: In only one game in the eight game USF-UH series have the teams combined to score less than 46 points (27-3 UH in 2014) and the teams have cleared 52 points in each of the last four meetings, including last year’s 54-42 UH victory (96 points) that completed a run of three games in the series with an average point total of 88.6. The teams combined to produce 1,045 yards of offense last year (646 from UH), this after posting 1,149 yards in 2018. Houston has produced more than 580 yards in each of the last three games, including 646 last year and 682 in 2018.

HALLOWEEN: Since USF and UH renewed the series, after an 11-year abscence, on Halloween on Oct. 31, 2013 in Houston in the first year of the AAC, the teams have met six times within days of Halloween, including this year’s game on Oct. 29, and have played just one of the last six games (all UH wins) away from Halloween - a Nov. 14 game in 2020.

MARSH TO MAKE THIRD CAREER START: Sophomore quarterback Katravis Marsh will make his third career start at Houston, with all three coming in road games. He previously started at Cincinnati (2020, L, 28-7)) and at ECU (2021, L, 29-14 ). In his last start at ECU he went 15-of-30 for 192 yards and a TD and ran for 20 yards. In 2 1/2 quarters of relief for QB Gerry Bohanon vs. Tulane he went 7-of-15 for 150 yards and two TD, leading scoring drives of 45, 18 and 88 yards, including a 73-yard TD pass to Dequan Stanley

 

SERIES: UH Leads, 6-2;
STREAK: UH won last 6
IN TAMPA: UH Leads, 3-1
IN HOUSTON: UH Leads, 3-1, last, UH, W, 56-21
LAST USF WIN: 32-14 at Houston in 2002
LAST AT HOUSTON: UH won 56-21 in 2020
LAST YEAR: UH won 54-42 in Tampa

TV: ESPN2: Beth Mowins (PXP), Kirk Morrison (Analyst) & Stormy Buonantomy (Sideline)
RADIO: 102.5 FM/102.5 HD2
AUDIO STREAM:  TuneIn -Bulls Unlimited 1  LISTEN

USF RADIO NETWORK
FLAGSHIP: 102.5 FM & 102.5-HD2 (BAY AREA), TUNEIN RADIO (DIGITAL) - BULLS UNLIMITED; Jim Louk, play-by-play Sam Barrington, analyst Joey Johnston, sideline
PREGAME SHOW (2 HRS PRIOR TO KICK): Jim Lighthall & Darek Sharp
USF FOOTBALL RADIO SHOW: Wednesdays, 6-7 p.m. on 102.5 HD-2 & Bulls Unlimited

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USF official site:  https://gousfbulls.com/sports/football

Houston official site:  https://uhcougars.com/sports/football

 

 

Live Stats

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

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Go Bulls!

[Gatorbull325]

[Brad]

 

[Grateful Dad]

I'm ready!  Let's go!

[USFBulls12]

So what's everyone up to this afternoon?

[Rex Havoc]

Houston fans don’t look like they show up for games either. 
 

and our defense is beyond pathetic 

Edited October 29, 2022 by Rex Havoc

[USFBulls12]

1 minute ago, Rex Havoc said:

Houston fans don’t look like they show up for games either. 

I was thinking the same. Going back over the past few years when Houston was really good, I'm sure the stadium filled up. But they start 4-3 this season and the "fans" can't find the stadium anymore. Something we're familiar with at USF.

[Bulls On Parade]

1 minute ago, USFBulls12 said:

I was thinking the same. Going back over the past few years when Houston was really good, I'm sure the stadium filled up. But they start 4-3 this season and the "fans" can't find the stadium anymore. Something we're familiar with at USF.

Most big p5 teams if they had our record the last 3 years would struggle getting people at the game. 

Edited October 29, 2022 by Bulls On Parade

[Rex Havoc]

Just now, Bulls On Parade said:

Most big p5 teams if they had our record the last 3 years struggle 

Our home attendance is actually better then I thought it would be this season. 

[USFBulls12]

Just now, Bulls On Parade said:

Most big p5 teams if they had our record the last 3 years struggle 

I'm going back even further than the past 3 years. USF only gets fans when we start off undefeated for a few weeks..first loss, cut the attendance by 30%