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Leavitt Glad Rain Limited Scrimmage

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: August 17, 2008

TAMPA - The University of South Florida's scrimmage Saturday was cut a bit short by inclement weather, but that might have been a good thing considering the team's performance.

"I saw as much as I needed to see. We ran about 80 plays. The rain did kind of catch us a little bit there," USF coach Jim Leavitt said. "It was 1's vs. 2's until I got mad, then we went 1's and 1's for a while and 2's and 2's. I just didn't think we were as sharp as I was really hoping.

"We haven't played yet, and we're still working out some things. ... We're not there yet. There were some good and bad out of both the offense and defense. Nobody fired me up."

Offensive highlights were Matt Grothe's touchdown passes to A.J. Love (60 yards) and Dontavia Bogan (5), and Jamar Taylor's short scoring run.

Defensively, DE George Selvie had three sacks and CB Tyler Roberts had an interception.

"Selvie played a few snaps, then after about three sacks we just pulled him out," Leavitt said. "The guy he was going against was a true freshman, so that's not saying a whole lot. George is going to come to play."

ODDS AND ENDS: C Jake Griffin, P/K Delbert Alvarado and K Maikon Bonani didn't participate because of soreness. Ilia Petrov did all the punting, while Justin Teachey handled all the kicking duties. ... Former Bulls QB Pat Julmiste and K Bill Gramatica were in attendance, as was former Bucs punter Mark Royals. ... Dave Weekley (play-by-play) and Doug Graber (analyst) are the announcers for USF's opener against Tennessee-Martin on Aug. 30, 7 p.m. on Catch 47.

Gregg Becnel

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