No Bull! Pittsburgh downs No. 10 South Florida
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10/02/2008 -
Tampa, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - LeSean McCoy ran for 142 yards and a pair of
touchdowns, including the go-ahead score with 4:43 remaining in the fourth
quarter, boosting Pittsburgh to a 26-21 upset of 10th-ranked South Florida.
McCoy, who carried the ball 28 times, frustrated the Bulls by making defenders
miss tackles several times, and helped give the Panthers (4-1, 2-0 Big East)
their fourth straight victory after a season-opening loss to Bowling Green.
Bill Stull completed 16-of-27 passes for 228 yards with a score for
the Panthers, who have beaten the last three ranked teams they've played.
Matt Grothe connected on 11-of-21 passes for 129 yards with a TD and was
picked off once. He also ran for a score, but the Bulls (5-1, 0-1) faltered
defensively late in the game. Mike Ford had 14 rushes for 73 yards.
South Florida drove from its own 14 to the end zone, going ahead 21-20
following Grothe's 22-yard TD pass to Jessie Hester with 5:57 left. Ford had
55 yards rushing during the drive, which had just one pass, the scrambling
connection from Grothe to Hester in the right side of the end zone.
Pittsburgh needed just three plays to go ahead for good. Stull found Oderick
Turner for a 38-yard gain over the middle, and then McCoy used a brilliant
shake move to get by a defender on a sweep to the left for 19 yards. McCoy
then cut back and powered into the end zone from three yards out.
The Panthers failed on the two-point conversion, but consecutive sacks of
Grothe forced the Bulls to punt with 3 1/2 minutes left.
McCoy ran 12 yards on a 3rd-and-9 draw play for a first down, eating up much
of the remaining time. The Panthers punted, leaving USF with the ball at its
own 28 with 22 seconds left.
Grothe scrambled eight yards and then completed a pass for 15 more to Dontavia
Bogan near midfield. Grothe's prayer pass on the final play fell incomplete
near the goal line.
The Bulls struck first with Quenton Washington blocking a Dave Brytus punt,
and Charlton Sinclair scooped up the ball and rumbled 27 yards to the end zone
with 8:07 left in the first quarter.
Stull came back with a 52-yard bomb for a score to freshman wide receiver
Jonathan Baldwin less than three minutes later, and the Panthers came up big
on special teams early in the second. Maikon Bonani's 42-yard field goal
attempt was blocked by Aaron Berry, but Pitt gave the ball back on the next
play as McCoy fumbled.
McCoy scored on a six-yard run with 4:59 left in the half, breaking an ankle
tackle before surging to the left corner to give the Panthers a 14-7 lead.
Conor Lee tacked on a 35-yard field goal for a 10-point difference with 22
seconds left in the half. That final drive was assisted by a pass interference
penalty on USF on a 3rd-and-13 play.
Grothe scored on a one-yard plunge with 9:27 left in the third quarter.
The Panthers got the ball at their own four following a punt late in the
third, and drove all the way to the USF 14 before Lee nailed a 31-yard field
goal with 9:40 remaining for a 20-14 difference.
Game Notes
The Bulls don't play again until Oct. 18 at home against
Syracuse...Pittsburgh's next game is Oct. 18 at Navy...Pittsburgh has a 4-1
start for the fourth time in the last nine years.
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March Madness odds and printable March Madness brackets
With the field of 64/65 set, MySportsbook.com has the Florida Gators as the 4-1 favorite to successfully defend their National Championship. Men’s Division-1 College Basketball has not seen a team repeat as National Champions since Duke won back to back championships in ’91 & ‘92. After losing three out of four late in the season, the Gators are full of momentum as they won their last four games by an average of 18 points. Not surprisingly, right behind the Gators are the other three top seeds: Kansas 5-1, UNC 6-1, and Ohio State 7-1. Many consider Kansas to be the hottest team in the country, having won 11 straight. With Kansas, it is hard to ignore all of the early exits from the “dance” in recent years. With an impressive ACC Tournament, UNC ensured themselves the other top seed. UNC has about as much talent as any other team in the tournament but with a team that’s best players are primarily freshman and sophomores, could youth be a concern. Behind freshman sensation, Greg Oden, OSU will look to do what their football team failed to do just a few months earlier. OSU seems to have peeked at the right time, as they currently have a 17 game winning streak. Since the tournament field was expanded in 1985, there has never been an instance where all four #1 seeds advanced to the Final Four. It is obvious that each of the top seeds have the talent to make it through to Atlanta. But as everyone knows, when makes the NCAA Tournament so special are all of the spoilers and “Cinderella” stories that knock off the favorites on a daily basis.
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MySportsbook.com’s odds to win the Championship and Regions:
| EAST |
National Championship |
Region |
| Arkansas |
300-1 |
50-1 |
| Belmont |
|
1000-1 |
| Boston College |
100-1 |
40-1 |
| Eastern KY |
|
1000-1 |
| George Washington |
|
75-1 |
| Georgetown |
10-1 |
3-2 |
| Marquette |
100-1 |
40-1 |
| Michigan State |
100-1 |
25-1 |
| New Mexico St. |
500-1 |
200-1 |
| UNC |
6-1 |
6-5 |
| Oral Roberts |
|
500-1 |
| Texas |
15-1 |
5-1 |
| Texas Tech |
200-1 |
5-1 |
| USC |
75-1 |
20-1 |
| Vanderbilt |
100-1 |
30-1 |
| Washington State |
40-1 |
15-1 |
|
|
|
| WEST |
|
|
| Duke |
50-1 |
10-1 |
| Florida A&M |
|
1000-1 |
| Gonzaga |
200-1 |
40-1 |
| Holy Cross |
|
300-1 |
| Illinois |
300-1 |
60-1 |
| Indiana |
75-1 |
40-1 |
| Kansas |
5-1 |
13-10 |
| Kentucky |
100-1 |
40-1 |
| Niagara |
|
1000-1 |
| Pittsburgh |
40-1 |
8-1 |
| Southern Ill. |
50-1 |
12-1 |
| UCLA |
10-1 |
3-2 |
| VCU |
500-1 |
100-1 |
| Villanova |
100-1 |
40-1 |
| VA Tech |
50-1 |
15-1 |
| Weber St |
|
1000-1 |
| Wright St |
1000-1 |
300-1 |
|
|
|
| MIDWEST |
|
|
| Arizona |
50-1 |
30-1 |
| Butler |
40-1 |
30-1 |
| Davidson |
|
300-1 |
| Florida |
4-1 |
4-5 |
| Georgia Tech |
75-1 |
25-1 |
| Jackson State |
|
1000-1 |
| Maryland |
30-1 |
6-1 |
| Miami-OH |
|
300-1 |
| Notre Dame |
100-1 |
20-1 |
| ODU |
500-1 |
100-1 |
| Oregon |
40-1 |
6-1 |
| Purdue |
300-1 |
60-1 |
| Texas A&M CC |
|
1000-1 |
| UNLV |
100-1 |
30-1 |
| Winthrop |
500-1 |
100-1 |
| Wisconsin |
15-1 |
7-2 |
|
|
|
| SOUTH |
|
|
| Albany |
|
200-1 |
| BYU |
200-1 |
40-1 |
| Central CT St. |
|
1000-1 |
| Creighton |
100-1 |
35-1 |
| Long Beach St. |
500-1 |
200-1 |
| Louisville |
40-1 |
10-1 |
| Memphis |
30-1 |
4-1 |
| Nevada |
75-1 |
35-1 |
| North Texas |
|
500-1 |
| Ohio State |
7-1 |
6-5 |
| Penn |
|
500-1 |
| Stanford |
200-1 |
50-1 |
| Tennessee |
100-1 |
20-1 |
| Texas A&M |
12-1 |
11-5 |
| Virginia |
75-1 |
18-1 |
| Xavier |
100-1 |
40-1 |
Field 100-1
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