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Article: SOUTH FLORIDA: 21,; WEST VIRGINIA; 13; WVU Bullied - again; Turnovers squash national title talk
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- Charleston Gazette
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- September 29, 2007
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TAMPA, Fla. - Well, that was fun while it lasted, wasn't it?
All the talk of undefeated seasons and a national championship.
For West Virginia it all came to a crashing and emphatic end
Friday on a night that belonged to South Florida and its precocious
program.
Plagued by six turnovers and playing without quarterback Patrick
White for more than a half, the No. 5 Mountaineers were held in check
for more than three quarters and by the time they began to play, it
was too late. In front of a capacity-plus crowd of 67,018 at Raymond
James Stadium, No. 18 South Florida pulled off a 21-13 upset.
It was the second year in a row that USF upset a West Virginia
team ranked in the ...