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Can USF upset enough opponents to save Willie Taggart’s job?

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In a football labeled by coach Willie Taggart as “bowl or bust,” can USF keep from busting? Taggart’s third season is the one where the stakes are supposed to rise, but can the Bulls finally return to post-season play? It won’t be easy. USF hasn’t reached a bowl in four years, and Taggart is only 6-18 with the school since replacing Skip Holtz. No one is certain who the quarterback will be if Asiantti Woulard is not granted immediate elibility…

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Never been to Spain? USF Bulls soon will be running there

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There will be a different kind of running of the Bulls in Spain this summer. The South Florida Bulls’ basketball teams, the men and the women, have announced plans for a 10-day trip to Spain beginning Aug. 8. Under NCAA rules, teams are allowed to participate in a foreign tour every four years. The USF teams have several players and coaches who speak Spanish. The men’s coach is Orlando Antigua. The women’s coach is Jose Fernandez. Women basketball players for…

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Magazine says FSU football will rule the state again, win ACC

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The oldest adage in sports is that a football season is not played on paper. That’s true. But paper can get a fan through the off-season. Take, for instance, the latest issue of Athlon Magazine, which predicts, among other things, that the state will still belong to Florida State this year. Athlon says the Seminoles will win their fourth consecutive ACC title. It has FSU finishing ninth in the country, at 10-2. It has them playing in the Peach Bowl…

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