Mitchell Converts Young Fan To USF

Posted Oct 12, 2009 by Joey Johnston

Updated Oct 12, 2009 at 02:16 PM

As part of the “Breakfast With The Bulls’’ community outreach to promote Thursday night’s game against No. 8-ranked Cincinnati, University of South Florida wide receiver Carlton Mitchell visited Shriners Hospital for Children on Monday morning.

He found himself talking to a young patient—a fan of the Florida Gators, actually.

“I told him, ‘Let’s make a bet,’ that I’d play him in some pool,’’ Mitchell said. “If I won, he’d have to root for the Bulls. If he won, I’d have to do a little dance.

“He got out there and he was pretty good. I was getting nervous. But I won. We got him on our side now.’‘

One fan at a time, right?

“Hey, whatever it takes,’’ Mitchell said.