Thursday, May 17th, 2012
The Connecticut Huskies will travel in a key Big East conference college football game against the South Florida Bulls on Saturday night in prime time.
Kick off time from South Florida is scheduled for 8PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN2.
The point spread opened up with the home team South Florida Bulls lined as a -1 point favorite with an over under of 41 ½ points.
Bettors have come in early on the side of the home team as the South Florida Bulls are now favored by -1 ½ points. The total has not moved off the opening line of 41 ½ points.
South Florida Bulls money line gamblers will lay -120 odds with the road underdog Connecticut Huskies bringing back +105 odds to earn the outright win without the aid of getting the points.
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When these two clubs met last season it was the Connecticut Huskies with the 29-27 victory against the South Florida Bulls as a -7 ½ point home favorite. The game played over the closing total of 47 points.
The Huskies put up 352 yards and converted on 5 of 11 on third down. Huskies signal caller Zach Frazier completed 20 of 30 passes for 225 yards with two touchdowns and no picks. Bulls quarterback B.J. Daniels was held without a passing touchdown but ran it 17 times for 88 yards and three touchdowns.
Connecticut enters their final Big East conference game of the season with an overall record of 7-4 on the season. The team puts up 27 points and 333 yards per game.
The team is lodged in a three way tie in the Big East conference with West Virginia and Pittsburgh.
The Huskies control their fate for the Big East championship as with a win on Saturday against South Florida it will give Connecticut the Big East title and with that a BCS bowl berth.
The team is playing their sixth road game this season where they are just 1-4 this season. Their lone win on the highway came just two weeks ago in a 23-6 victory against Syracuse as a +4 point underdog.
Connecticut is coming off a 38-17 home victory against the Cincinnati Bearcats as a -1 ½ point favorite.
They posted 357 yards and converted on only 9 of 16 on third down. The team ran the ball very well on the Bearcats defense last week with 236 yards on 52 carries for 4 ½ yards per rushing attempt. The squad survived 9 penalties for 94 yards.
Quarterback Zach Frazier completed only 11 of 24 passes for 121 yards with a touchdown and pick.
Running back Jordan Todman rushed it 31 times for 175 yards with three scores. Robbie Frey contributed with 15 rushes for 48 yards and a touchdown.
Wide out Michael Smith led the team with 3 catches for 38 yards.
On defense the Huskies allows its opponents 20 points and 355 yards per game.
They allowed Cincinnati last week 399 yards and 7 of 14 on third down. Connecticut allowed their Big East opponent 111 rushing yards on 27 carries for a 4.1 yard per rush average.
The Huskies gave up passing yardage but got takeaways. They allowed the opposing signal caller 26 of 50 passes for 288 yards with a touchdown and 4 picks. The Huskies took away five turnovers and gave just 1 back.
South Florida enters this contest in prime time with a record of 7-4 on the season. The team is bowl eligible and 1 game behind for a share of the Big East title.
The Bulls put up 24 points and 310 yards per game.
The club is at home for the seventh time this season where they are 4-2. Their two home losses came in Big East action to Syracuse and Rutgers. South Florida are winners of four of their past 5 games.
They are coming off a 23-20 overtime victory last week at Miami as a +13 point road underdog.
South Florida put up 294 yards and converted on 3 of 14 on third down. The team rushed it 46 times for just 135 yards for a 2.9 yards per rush average.
Quarterback B.J. Daniels completed just 4 of 12 passing for 39 yards with no touchdowns and picks. Daniels is questionable with a quad injury.
Bobby Eveld saw action under center last week and completed on 8 of 15 passes for 120 yards with no touchdowns and picks.
Running back Moise Plancher rushed it 24 times for 101 yards. Demetris Murray had 13 carries for 42 yards and two scores.
Wide out Dontavia Bogan had 3 catches for 56 yards. Back Joel Miller contributed with 4 receptions for 60 yards.
On defense South Florida allows 19 points and 327 yards.
The team gave up 353 yards to Miami last week and 9 of 21 on third down. The Bulls allowed the Hurricanes 165 rushing yards on 39 carries for a 4.2 yards per rush average. The South Florida Bulls defense forced three Miami turnovers and only committed 1.
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