The USF Bulls don’t have to wait long to show off their shiny new No.2 ranking, when they travel to Piscataway, N.J. to play the Rutgers Scarlet Knights in a huge BIG EAST battle. The game, to be shown on ESPN HD at 7 p.m. ET, could have USF heading into dangerous territory as they enter the game installed the favorite by a -2 ½ point chalk with a 52 point total at Sportsbetting.com . The Scarlet Knights are getting +110 on the money line while the ML price on the favored Bulls is -130.
There is nothing the Scarlet Knights would enjoy more than to knock the Bulls down a notch or two. And Rutgers has the talent to ambush USF in Rutgers Stadium. It was only last year when the Scarlet Knights were in the running for a BCS Championship as USF is in 2007.
Rutgers (4-2, 1-1 BIG EAST) fell behind 14-0 at Syracuse last weekend before scoring the game’s final 38 points to post a convincing 38-14 victory. The Scarlet Knights registered 538 yards of total offense while limiting the Orange to 270 yards.
USF (6-0, 1-0 BIG EAST) is tied for the nation’s longest winning streak (eight games) after last week’s 64-12 rout of Central Florida in Tampa.
Bulls quarterback Matt Grothe had 312 yards of total offense and 4 touchdowns, two rushing and two passing. He left the game late in the third quarter. He ran for 100 yards, marking his second consecutive 100-yard rushing game He is only the second USF quarterback to have back-to-back 100 yard games rushing. Grothe also passed for 212 yards.
During the Bulls current eight-game win streak no team has scored more than 23 points against the stout Bulls defense. In fact, only Auburn and Florida Atlantic, both with 23 points, have scored more than 19 against the Bulls.
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