Redshirt freshman quarterback B.J. Daniels threw for three touchdowns and the South Florida Bulls used a tenacious defensive effort to upset visiting West Virginia 30-19 on Friday night. Daniels threw for 232 yards and rushed for 104, compiling more yardage individually than West Virginia amassed as a team. The Bulls have had the Mountaineers' number in recent years, and this was the third victory in four seasons for the Big East Conference upstarts.
College football betting aficionados who took the Bulls as +3 home underdogs cashed their tickets with the outright victory. Despite their 6-2 record, West Virginia dropped to 2-5 against the spread in their lined games this season while South Florida evened their college football pointspread record at 3-3 in their lined contests. The 49 combined points barely managed to go OVER the posted total of 47'. Both teams have trended toward the OVER this season, with South Florida going OVER in 4 of 6 lined games and West Virginia OVER in 5 of 7.
Daniels had this rebuke for his team's doubters after the victory:
"I guess a lot of people doubted us and thought we were going to go down the same patch we did the last two years. That was a lot of garbage that our team didn't listen to."
The Bulls' defense limited West Virginia running back Noel Devine to just 42 yards-well under his-0 per game average. South Florida coach Jim Leavitt talked about his team's priority of stopping Devine:
"We talked a lot about him. We didn't want to let him get outside -- we wanted to keep him hemmed up inside. ... He's such a great back. If he gets out, he's gone."
West Virginia coach Bill Stewart didn't fault his team's effort in the loss:
"There's some young hurting guys in there, both physically and mentally. And they should be. That was a hard-fought game. I cannot fault our effort."
West Virginia safety Robert Sands suggested that no one that the team had faced this season prepared them for the fast and athletic Daniels:
"We haven't seen a guy like that this year, but at the same time that's no excuse for our defense. We've still got to go out there and make plays. He broke contain too many times, and he burned us."
South Florida will now have a bye week before playing at Rutgers on Thursday, November 12. They'll return home to host Louisville and Miami the following two Saturdays. West Virginia will host Louisville next Saturday before playing at Cincinnati the following Friday.
College football betting aficionados who took the Bulls as +3 home underdogs cashed their tickets with the outright victory. Despite their 6-2 record, West Virginia dropped to 2-5 against the spread in their lined games this season while South Florida evened their college football pointspread record at 3-3 in their lined contests. The 49 combined points barely managed to go OVER the posted total of 47'. Both teams have trended toward the OVER this season, with South Florida going OVER in 4 of 6 lined games and West Virginia OVER in 5 of 7.
Daniels had this rebuke for his team's doubters after the victory:
"I guess a lot of people doubted us and thought we were going to go down the same patch we did the last two years. That was a lot of garbage that our team didn't listen to."
The Bulls' defense limited West Virginia running back Noel Devine to just 42 yards-well under his-0 per game average. South Florida coach Jim Leavitt talked about his team's priority of stopping Devine:
"We talked a lot about him. We didn't want to let him get outside -- we wanted to keep him hemmed up inside. ... He's such a great back. If he gets out, he's gone."
West Virginia coach Bill Stewart didn't fault his team's effort in the loss:
"There's some young hurting guys in there, both physically and mentally. And they should be. That was a hard-fought game. I cannot fault our effort."
West Virginia safety Robert Sands suggested that no one that the team had faced this season prepared them for the fast and athletic Daniels:
"We haven't seen a guy like that this year, but at the same time that's no excuse for our defense. We've still got to go out there and make plays. He broke contain too many times, and he burned us."
South Florida will now have a bye week before playing at Rutgers on Thursday, November 12. They'll return home to host Louisville and Miami the following two Saturdays. West Virginia will host Louisville next Saturday before playing at Cincinnati the following Friday.
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Ross Everett is a widely published widely published freelance sports writer and respected authority on Super Bowl betting. His writing has appeared on a variety of sports sites including sportsbooks and Super Bowl odds sites. He lives in Las Vegas, Nevada with three Jack Russell Terriers and an emu. He is currently working on an autobiography of former interior secretary James Watt.
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