The charter bus pulled up to South Florida's practice field, unloading a handful of potential 2010 recruits to watch Saturday's workout. With only two weeks between the end of the regular season and the St. Petersburg Bowl, USF coaches are using the time to bring recruits for on-campus visits. ...more

December 14, 2008

It might not be the bowl game the University of South Florida envisioned for itself at the start of the season, but Coach Jim Leavitt continues to embrace the advantages of playing in the inaugural St. Petersburg Bowl. ...more

December 11, 2008

The Florida Gators paid the inevitable price of success Wednesday when offensive coordinator Dan Mullen - one of several of Urban Meyer's assistants being mentioned for vacant jobs - was lured away by the head coaching job at Mississippi State. ...more

December 11, 2008

Minutes before being introduced at the inaugural St. Petersburg Bowl coaches' news conference Tuesday afternoon, Memphis' Tommy West leaned against a rail on the top level of The Pier in St. Petersburg and took in the scenery. ...more

December 10, 2008

Ticket brokers are asking more than $1,000 on average for the Florida-Oklahoma national championship game on Jan. 8, the most expensive of bowl game tickets this season, a survey of 800 brokers by TicketCity.com reported Monday. ...more

December 9, 2008

TAMPA Ticket brokers are asking more than $1,000 on average for the Florida Gators-Oklahoma Sooners national championship game on Jan. 8, the most expensive of bowl game tickets this season, a survey of 800 brokers by TicketCity.com reported this morning. Brokers and fans seeking buyers for their Bowl Championship Series tickets online are asking an average of $1,078.29, compared with the $175 face value of the tickets for the game in Miami. ...more

December 8, 2008

South Carolina redshirt freshman quarterback Stephen Garcia, home for the weekend in Tampa, got the phone call he had been expecting Sunday afternoon. ...more

December 8, 2008

Outback Bowl Matchup Announced ...more

December 7, 2008

Perhaps it's somewhat anticlimactic, but the University of South Florida is officially headed to the magicJack St. Petersburg Bowl. ...more

December 6, 2008

Bill Bernardi's letter is right on. Football has been fixed since Broadway Joe threw the 50-yard pass that won the Super Bowl game for the Jets many years ago. Everyone is in on it from the players, coaches and referees. A ref controls the placement of the ball for a first down; calls pass interference and roughing the passer. A player can step off-sides and cause his team five yards any time he wants. ...more

December 6, 2008