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Article: South Florida stuns West Virginia
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- September 29, 2007
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TAMPA, Fla. -- In a game hyped as the biggest event in South
Florida football history, the 18th-ranked Bulls jarred No. 5 West
Virginia, 21-13, in a hard-hitting, defensive struggle Friday night
at Raymond James Stadium.
West Virginia (4-1, 0-1 Big East) took turns fumbling, and then
throwing away, its first big road test of the Big East race.
The Mountaineers turned the ball over six times before a school-
record crowd of 67,018 -- the largest in the conference this season.
The attendance beat South Florida's previous largest crowd by almost
18,000.
"We just didn't execute," Mountaineers coach Rich Rodriguez said.
"We played about as badly as we can play.
"We're disappointed, but it's a ...