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Article: Big East Banter: South Florida- West Virginia game could be for league championship

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November 8, 2005
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FROM STAFF, WIRE REPORTS

So much for the worry about a hurricane-caused, three-week vacation for South Florida's football team. The Bulls blew into Rutgers and Big East title contention Saturday.

USF got its first Big East road victory with a wild, 45-31 win at Rutgers. So, the team that was picked to finish seventh in its big East debut season has a shot at becoming the conference's Bowl Championship Series representative.

Between a Dec. 3 rescheduled home date with league-leading West Virginia (7-1 overall, 4-0 Big East), the Bulls (4-3, 2-1) play at last-place Syracuse, get Cincinnati in Tampa, then go to Connecticut. Those three foes are holding up the bottom of the league.

The WVU date ...

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