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SMU will try to stop Quinton Flowers the way they stopped Ward

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Five things to ponder about the USF–SMU game: 1. Could this be a game where USF stubs its toe? It’s possible. All you have to do is look back a month to SMU’s stunning 38-16 win over Houston, then the No. 11 team in the nation. Houston came in looking bulletproof, but quarterback Greg Ward had a hard time getting going. It could happen again if USF doesn’t match SMU’s energy early on. In that game, SMU scored the first…

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Late defensive stand (imagine that) allows Bulls to win shootout

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For all of the offense, for all of the highlight plays, for all of the touchdowns, it came down to a defensive stand. Figures. The USF Bulls won a wild one in Memphis Saturday night, holding the Tigers on their last possession, winning 49-42 on a goal-line stand. With 1:23 to play, Memphis moved inside the Bulls’ 10 with a first-and-goal. On first down, Darrell Henderson ran for five yards to the Bulls’ three. But USF broke up three straight…

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After slow start, USF blows away Syracuse in 45-20 rout

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For a quarter, USF wasn’t such a high-powered football team, after all. Fifteen minutes in, and the Bulls trailed Syracuse, 17-0. Quarterback Quinton Flowers had thrown for only six yards. The Bulls had only 64 yards of offense. And then they awoke. From that point on, the Bulls moved the ball easily, taking a 45-20 victory. The Bulls outscored Syracuse 45-3 after the first period. The thing I liked about our guys is nobody flinched on the sideline (when the…

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