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South Florida Beats Clemson in Meineke Car Care Bowl

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Skip Holtz era at South Florida began with an 8-5 record capped by a 31-26 victory against Clemson in the Meineke Car Care Bowl in a half-empty Bank of America Stadium Friday afternoon. The coach who replaced Jim Leavitt this year led the Bulls to a third consecutive bowl victory, continuing a...

Clemson vs. South Florida: Meineke Car Care Bowl

The Clemson Tigers (6-6) will take on the South Florida Bulls (7-5) in the Meineke Car Care Bowl on Friday, Dec. 31 at 12:00 p.m. ET in Charlotte, N.C. The Tigers nearly missed qualifying for a bowl game this year after struggling to close out the season, but look to bounce back in this year's postseason at the Meineke Car...

McMurphy's Law: John Marinatto Gets His Tie and Big East Gets Horned Frogs

Big East commissioner John Marinatto ventured out into the madness of Black Friday in Providence, R.I., in search of only one item: a purple tie. Marinatto was unable to secure the coveted tie, but he got an even better present on Monday -- a new football member for the Big East. TCU and the Big East announced Monday...

Big East Report: Bulls Are Dancing Bears

After a rocky 0-2 start to Big East play, the South Florida Bulls have been a 'bear' to defeat. Tampa's finest have been Rasputin-like in surviving their last three games to stay in contention for a conference crown. The crowning moment for the Bulls' revival is likely last week's overtime four-down stand against...

Big East Report: Vortex of Parity

The good news for Dave Wannstedt's Pittsburgh Panthers is they've essentially wrapped up the Big East championship after just three conference games. Credit the collapse of everyone else around them. The Panthers need to go but 2-2 the rest of the way for an outright conference championship no matter what else the...

Skip Holtz News From the Web

05/16/12 Skip Holtz talks USF football Source: Orlando Sentinel - Orlando FL (NASCAR) Skip Holtz just finished his third spring session as the head coach at USF.
05/12/12 Holtz Doing Things the Right Way Source: The Ledger - Lakeland FL
Skip Holtz will tell you the good news surrounding the University of South Florida's football program is that the program is healthy.
He's not talking about the team's physical health, though.
04/22/12 Bulls' Starting Defense Shuts Down First-Team Offense Source: The Ledger - Lakeland FL
TAMPA | After the defense gave up 550 yards and seven touchdowns in last week's on-campus scrimmage last week in South Florida's Green and Gold bowl, it felt it had something to prove Saturday in the Bulls' spring football game at Raymond James Stadium.
Point made, at least for the first-team unit.
04/22/12 Holtz sees good foundation Source: TBO.com - Tampa Bay FL And after a nervous afternoon, in which school officials wondered whether to cancel the event, there wasn't a trace of lightning or a drop of rain.
04/19/12 Holtz, Bulls hope they've learned from pain of last... Source: TBO.com - Tampa Bay FL When the University of Arkansas fired Bobby Petrino last week, neck brace and all, University of South Florida football coach Skip Holtz's name emerged around Fayetteville.