Five Ways USF can Win or Lose This Game to Louisville

This is going to be a tough game for the Bulls on the road.  They have the players to get the upset win, but it will take a tremendous effort and a little bit of luck to get it done.  Let's take a look at the ways USF can wins this game and how they can just as easily lose it.

Key Match-ups for USF vs. Louisville

The individual match-ups will be very important in this game.  Winning those battles will help either side get the upper hand and win the game.

Scouting Louisville: Offense

The Louisville offense has a lot of playmakers on the field that can attack the Bulls in a wide variety of ways. Teddy Bridgewater is one of the best young quarterbacks in the country, hitting all his targets and running a very balanced offense.  The Bulls will facing a tough task and an offense that can take them apart.  Let's see what they are facing in this game.

Scouting Louisville: Defense

The Louisville defense runs a base 4-3 system, but has the speed and players to match up with the spread and pistol formations USF will be facing in this game.  Let's see what they are up against.

Scouting Louisville: Special Teams

Special teams is always a key to every game and facing a talented team like Louisville on the road, every yard will count for the Bulls.  USF has struggled in the kick return game, but has been better on punt coverage.  Here is what they are up against in this game.

Meet the Louisville Coaching Staff

The Louisville coaching staff leads their talented team onto the field against the Bulls.  Head Coach Charlie Strong is one of the fasting rising young coaches in the nation and has his team leading his example and will have them ready to take on our Bulls.

Who is Louisville?

Louisville, the conference favorite, will be looking to defend their home turf.  The Cardinals, 6-0 (1-0) won their first Big East game of the season after hanging 45 points on Pitt on the road.  They now return home and will be looking to continue their incredible play this season.  Meanwhile, USF at 2-4 (0-2), is coming off of a bye week and still dwelling on the loss to Temple two weeks ago.  The fans have been frustrated, Holtz is feeling the heat, and the team is under achieving, so do they have a chance in this game?

Programming Note

Hello USF fans.  As you know, we bring you all the coverage on all the teams, on time and up to date.  However, this week, I, Matt, will be in Atlanta for the week for a work conference.  As much as I would like to stay in Tampa and tweet and post about the Bulls all day, I have to pay the bills.

With that said, material for this week, from the football previews, to the other previews and recaps, will be posted first thing in the morning.  Since the work schedule for the conference won't allow me any time to even sit, any comments, tweets, etc. will be answered late at night or earl in the morning.  So if you are looking for posts around lunch, sorry, won't be able to, but material will continue to flow.

USF Volleyball Takes on Georgetown

USF volleyball takes on Georgetown (game begins at 2PM).  The ladies took it to Villanova on Friday night, winning in three sets, improving their overall record to 11-9 (3-4) on the year, but now face a tough Hoya team that will be looking for the road win.  The Hoyas, 6-8 (0-1) will be looking for their first conference win of the season.

USF Women's Soccer Takes on St. John's

USF women's soccer takes on St. John's (game begins at 1PM).  The ladies are now 9-4-2 (5-1-2) on the season and have won 3 straight after beating Syracuse on Friday night, but now have to get back to work in this game and face a tough challenge with the Red Storm.  SJU is 6-8-1 (2-5-1) on the year, but will be looking to knock the Bulls off and stop their momentum.