SEBRING — Not everyone is surprised by the meteoric success of the University of South Florida Bulls football team, ranked second nationally in the AP poll that came out Sunday. Longtime Highlands County Bulls fans are cheering all the way, hopefully to the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. They remember the modest beginnings, cheering the team from bleacher seats at the "Big Sombrero" during the team's inaugural 1997 season, when less than 30,000 fans typically attended home games. As an upstart member of the Big East Conference, USF now sells out games at the 65,657 seat state-of-the-art Raymond James Stadium, home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. ...more

October 16, 2007

TAMPA – The University of South Florida is ranked No. 2 in the initial BCS rankings released today, meaning if the season ended today the Bulls would be in the BCS National Championship Game against Ohio State. ...more

October 14, 2007

As the University of South Florida continues climbing in the polls, more and more critics emerge to dismiss the Bulls as a fluke or an annoyance on the national scene. ...more

October 13, 2007

or doesn't happen this football season - the University of South Florida will always have that magical weekend. ...more

October 10, 2007

or doesn't happen this football season - the University of South Florida will always have that magical weekend. ...more

October 10, 2007

Apparently the voters in The Associated Press poll agreed that the University of South Florida didn't look like the nation's No. 6 team in Saturday's 35-23 victory at Florida Atlantic. ...more

October 8, 2007

TAMPA - Three weeks ago, the University of South Florida was unranked and virtually unknown throughout the nation. That all changed Friday night. In a big way. ...more

September 29, 2007

Mark it down: Sept. 16, 2007. That's the day the University of South Florida earned its first Associated Press ranking in the program's 11-year history. ...more

September 17, 2007

University of South Florida quarterback Matt Grothe couldn't have asked for a better way to celebrate his 21st birthday. ...more

September 9, 2007