Staff writer Joey Johnston offers analysis and a prediction on the 34 bowl games. ...more

December 7, 2008

Notre Dame's football program is sinking. The Fighting Irish (6-5) have lost three of their past four games. If they fall tonight at USC (10-1) - the Trojans are 321/2-point favorites - Notre Dame will be at .500. ...more

November 29, 2008

Just a few weeks ago, the University of South Florida's goal was to win the Big East. Last week, the goal was modified to try to close the season with four wins and set a school record for victories. ...more

November 17, 2008

Well, that didn't take long. Within minutes after the Florida Gators opened their season Saturday by running roughshod over the Hawaii Warriors, talk turned to this week's return engagement with the Miami Hurricanes. ...more

September 1, 2008

Yet another first for the University of South Florida's football program: the Bulls' first preseason ranking in the USA Today/coaches poll. The Bulls debut at No. 21 in the USA Today/coaches poll, released today. ...more

August 1, 2008

Just a few years ago, University of South Florida football coach Jim Leavitt promised - or was is threatened? - to run naked down the streets of Tampa to get the Bulls a bowl bid. ...more

July 30, 2008

John Rauch, the Oakland Raiders head coach in Super Bowl II and a former Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Bandits assistant coach, died in his sleep Tuesday at his Oldsmar home. ...more

June 12, 2008

The explosive growth of the University of South Florida's athletic program has come with more than its measure of bumps and challenges, but nothing created more internal urgency than the notion it was short-changing the "student" part of its student-athletes. ...more

May 8, 2008

Seemingly every season, the University of South Florida football program achieves another first. In 2011, the Bulls will make even more history by playing at Notre Dame. ...more

January 23, 2008

Most of us, especially hardcore fans, can probably agree on this: There are - at 32 - too many bowl games. ...more

January 9, 2008