GAME 13 - CLEMSON MEINEKE CAR CARE BOWL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH florida BULLS FOOTBALL Athletic Communications Department • 4202 E. Fowler Ave., ATH 100 • Tampa, FL 33620 • Office: 813/974-2125 • Fax: 813/974-5328 THE GAME BOWL GAME USF (7-5, 3-4 BIG EAST) The University of South Florida (7-5, 3-4 BIG EAST) will play in its vs. sixth consecutive bowl game when it travels to Charlotte, N.C. to take Clemson (6-6, 4-4 BIG EAST) on Clemson (6-6, 4-4 ACC) in the Meineke Car Care Bowl on Friday, vs. Dec. 31. This will mark the Bulls second trip to play in the Meineke Bank of America Stadium (73,778) Car Care Bowl. They made their first-ever bowl appearance in the Fri., Dec. 31 (Time: 12 p.m. EST/TV: ESPN) 2005 game, dropping a 14-0 decision to N.C. State.USF finished the regular season winning four of their last six games. With a bowl victory, the Bulls would extend their streak of consecutive TELEVISION - ESPN eight-win seasons to five. Clemson also will be playing in its sixth consecutive bowl game. This will mark the first meeting Carter Blackburn, play-by-play Mike Bellotti, analyst between the two schools. Brock Huard, analyst Shannon Spake, sidelines THE BROADCASTS RADIO - ISP The game will be televised nationally on ESPN. Carter Blackburn (play-by-play), Mike Bellotti (analyst), Brock Huard (analyst) and Local Broadast - WFLA 970 AM (Tampa) Shannon Spake (sidelines) will have the call. USF’s radio broadcast with Jim Louk, Mark Robinson and Mike Pepper can be heard Jim Louk, play-by-play Mark Robinson, analyst on 13 affiliates statewide and nationally on Sirius satellite radio channel 158. In addition, 1300 WQBN will broadcast the game Mike Pepper, sideline Jim Lighthall, co-host in Spanish with David Cuevas and Angel Rodriguez behind the microphones. Both USF radio broadcasts can be heard through BullsVision Radio on GoUSFBulls.com. Justin Pawlowski, co-host Local Spanish Language Broadcast - WQBN 1300 (Only) THE PROGRAM David Cuevas, play-by-play Angel Rodriguez, analyst USF has an all-time record of 102-62 (.622). The Bulls overall winning percentage of 62.2 ranks 18th among FBS schools in USF/ISP Radio Affiliates all-time winning percentage. In addition, the Bulls have posted an 82-49 (.626) record since joining the FBS in 2000. Their Sirius Channel Ch. 158 winning percentage of .630 (76-43) from 2000-09 ranked 26th nationally over that time span. USF joined the BIG EAST in 970 WFLA -- Tampa Bay Flagship 660 WORL -- Orlando 2005 and is one of only six schools that has made a bowl appearance in every season as a BCS league member, joining Florida, 1300 WQBN -- Tampa (Spanish) 1590 WPSL -- Port St. Lucie Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech. It also is the only school since 1998 to join a BCS member conference 1450 WWJB -- Brooksville 640 WMEN -- Royal Palm Beach and make a bowl appearance every year (2005-09). 1380 WELE -- Daytona Beach 1220 WSRQ -- Sarasota 1460 WZEP -- Defuniak Springs 1450 WSTU -- Stuart BOWL STREAK 1320 WBOB -- Jacksonville 93.3 WGWD -- Tallahassee Thanks to a 7-5 record during the regular season, USF is heading to a bowl game for the sixth consecutive season. The Bulls are 3-2 in 770 WWCN -- North Fort Myers their previous five bowl games, including victories in each of the last two seasons. Last year, USF defeated Northern Illinois, 27-3, in the International Bowl. In 2008, the Bulls cruised past Memphis, 41-14, in the MajicJack St. Pete Bowl. Prior to 2008, USF fell to Oregon, 56-21, in the 2007 Brut Sun Bowl, won the 2006 Papajohns.com Bowl, 24-7, over East Carolina and dropped the 2005 Meineke Car Care (Game location) USF COACHES Bowl, 14-0, against N.C. State in the program’s inaugural bowl appearance. Skip Holtz (Field) Head Coach Rick Smith (Field) Asst. Head Coach/Defensive Backs DEFENSE STIFFENS LATE IN BOWL GAMES Mark Snyder (Field) Defensive Coord. - Linebackers USF has won three of its five bowl games in program history thanks in large part to a defense that has kept the opponents off the Vernon Hargreaves (Box) Special Teams Coord. - Def. Ends scoreboard late in games. The Bulls defense has not allowed a point in the fourth quarter of its five bowl games. The only score in the Todd Fitch (Box) Offensive Coord. - Running Backs five games came on an INT return by Oregon in the 2007 Sun Bowl. Overall, USF is allowing just 18.8 points per game in its five bowl Phil McGeoghan (Field) Wide Receivers games. The Bulls gave up 56 points to Oregon in 2007, but only gave up 38 points in the other four games combined for a 9.5 points Kevin Patrick (Field) Defensive Tackles per game average. Larry Scott (Box) Tight Ends Steve Shankweiler (Field) Offensive Line 2010 SENIORITY A group of 18 seniors will playe their final game as Bulls, when USF takes on Clemson. Collectively, the group has helped USF Peter Vaas (Field) Quarterbacks to a 32-19 record over the last four years. The class’ 32 victories are tied for the second most in USF history with the 2008 class Steve Bird Graduate Assistant/Offense (32-19) behind the four-year victory record of 34 set by last year’s senior class (34-18). The group has gone 17-8 at Raymond Marcus Patton Graduate Assistant/Defense James Stadium and 7-2 against teams from the state of Florida. This senior class is bowl eligible for the fourth consecutive year, Joe Sloan Offensive Quality Control GA having gone 2-1 in the three previous bowl games. The group has combined to play in 602 games (275 starts). DE David Bed- Glenn Davis Defensive Quality Control GA ford (31 games/15 starts), DE Craig Marshall (32 games/13 starts), DT Terrell McClain (48 games/32 starts), S Mistral Raymond (24 games/15 starts) and LB Jacquian Willams (25 games/13 starts) have all started on the defensive side of the ball, while OT ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS STAFF Jamar Bass (23 games/14 starts), WR Dontavia Bogan (48 games/22 starts), C Sampson Genus (43 games/29 starts), TE Kevin Jeremy Sharpe, Assistant AD for Communications Gidrey (52 games/31 starts), FB Richard Kelly (48 games/11 starts), TE Andrew Ketchel (39 games/3 starts), WR A.J. Love (33 O: (813) 974-4086 | C: (813)-447-1040 | [email protected] games/19 starts), RB Mo Plancher (43 games/27 starts) and OT Jake Sims (47 games/31 starts) have all earned starts for the Amy Woodruff, Assistant Communications Director offense. In addition, S Chris Lane (24 games), K Eric Schwartz (18 games), LB Donte Spires (24 games) and CB Dennis Wideman have contributed throughout their careers. O: (813) 974-4087 | C: (813) 410-1194 | [email protected] Brad Borghetti, Assistant Communications Director O: (813) 974-4029 | C: (813) 751-4044 | [email protected] GAME 13 - CLEMSON MEINEKE CAR CARE BOWL USF BOWL GAMES AT-A-GLANCE (3-2) Year Score USF’s final record OPPONENT’s final record 2009 ____USF 27, N. Illinois 3 (International Bowl) ____ 8-5 (3-4 BIG EAST) ______7-6 (5-3 MAC) USF 2008 ____USF 41, Memphis 14 (St. Petersburg Bowl) __ 8-5 (2-5 BIG EAST) ______6-7 (4-4 C-USA) Record: 7-5 (3-4 BIG EAST) 2007 ____Oregon 56, USF 21 (Sun Bowl) __________ 9-4 (4-3 BIG EAST) ______9-4 (5-4 Pac-10) Home: 4-3 Away: 3-2 Neutral: 0-0 2006 ____USF 24, ECU 7 (Papajohns.com Bowl) ______ 9-4 (4-3 BIG EAST) ______7-6 (5-3 C-USA) 2005 ____N.C. State 14, USF 0 (Meineke Car Care Bowl) _ 6-6 (4-3 BIG EAST) ______7-5 (3-5 ACC) Date OPPONENT TIME/Result TV Sat., Sept. 4 Stony Brook W, 59-14 BHSN Sat., Sept. 11 Florida L, 14-38 SEC 2010 STARTERS RETURNING / LOST Sat., Sept. 25 WKU W, 24-12 ESPN R Sat., Oct. 2 FAU W, 31-3 BHSN/ESPN3 Offensive Starters Returning (8) Sat., Oct. 9 Syracuse* L, 9-13 BEN Pos. Player Ht. Wt. Cl. Starts/Honors/Stats Thur., Oct. 14 West Virginia* L, 6-20 ESPN WR Dontavia Bogan (10) 6-1 188 Sr. 48 career games (22 starts)/ 106 rec.-1,519 yds.-11 TDs in career Fri., Oct. 22 Cincinnati * W, 38-30 ESPN2 QB B.J. Daniels (10) 6-1 212 So. 26 career games (21 starts)/ 1,733 total yards and 13 TDs in 2010 Wed., Nov. 3 Rutgers* W, 28-27 ESPN2 C Sampson Genus (12) 6-1 314 Sr. 43 career games (29 starts)/ 2010 All-BIG EAST First Team Sat., Nov. 13 Louisville* W, 24-21 (OT) ESPNU WR Sterling Griffin (10) 6-1 180 So. 13 career games (10 starts)/ 14 rec.-265 yds.-2 TDs in 2009 Sat., Nov. 20 Pittsburgh* L, 17-10 ESPN2 OG Chaz Hine (12) 6-4 294 Jr. 32 career games (24 starts)/ Earned team’s Scholar-Athlete Award in 2009 Sat., Nov. 27 Miami W, 23-20 (OT) ESPNU RB Mo Plancher (13) 5-9 204 Sr. 43 career games (27 starts)/ 374 rushes-1,689 yds-15 TDs in career OT Jake Sims (9) 6-5 290 Sr. 35 career games (31 starts)/ 2010 All-BIG EAST Second Team Sat., Dec. 4 Connecticut* L, 19-16 ESPN2 OG Jeremiah Warren (13) 6-4 315 Jr. 32 career games (25 starts)/ Started the last 25 games Bold - Homes Games * - BIG EAST game BEN - Big East Network ESPN R - ESPN Regional Split time as a starter (2) BV - Bullsvision on GoUSFBulls.com OT Jamar Bass (6) 6-4 290 Sr.