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Chris Fowler ended the broadcast by saying that "Rutgers is getting used to the big game atmosphere." Uh, not really. They dumped Gatorade on their coach, and rushed the field after beating a team that prior to this season hadn't accomplished a whole lot.
As far as the game, it was a whole lot of Ray Rice and far too numerous Bulls mistakes. We're talking 10 penalties for 99 yards, 1 interceptions and Matt Grothe hanging onto the ball far too long resulting in 7 sacks with most of those resulting in double digit losses. That was too much for South Florida to overcome, resulting in a 30-27 loss.
It was a fun dream, but South Florida wasn't the second best team in the country. Credit Greg Schiano for pulling out two trick plays which ended up making a substantial difference.
This is the beauty of college football; you have to bring it for 13 weeks. South Florida's off week negates any chance of a title game appearance, but the Big East title and BCS berth are well within reach. Each of those would still be a ridiculous accomplishment for the football program.
Now it's up to Michigan State to make it a #1 and #2 flop for the second week in a row. I'm certain that's never happened.
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