With University of South Florida DE George Selvie being honored as the school’s first Playboy All-American, a lot of readers of the blog told me they were amazed to discover that USF was not listed among Playboy’s Top 50 rankings.

Well, it was unintentional oversight, Gary Cole, Playboy’s sports editor said Monday. Cole initially ranked the Bulls 28th and predicted they would finish 8-4, but somehow they were inadvertently dropped from the rankings when the rankings were published.

Cherry goes for gold Tuesday: Former USF hurdler Damu Cherry has advanced through the first two qualifying rounds and has qualified for Tuesday’s final of the 100-meter hurdles at the 2008 Olympics.

Cherry, also a Leto High graduate, has the second fastest qualifying time (12.62 seconds), behind American Lolo Jones (12.43).

Cherry has been providing a blog exclusively for TBO.com. Here’s the link, if you want to see what she had to say about the race or offer her encouragement for Tuesday’s final, set for 10:30 a.m. EST.

Trend setter? USF coach Jim Leavitt has been called several things, but this might be the first time he’s been considered a “fashion trend setter.”

Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops told the Oklahoman that he started wearing his trademark visor because of Leavitt, when the duo were at Kansas State together.

Stoops remembered that Leavitt wore a visor at KSU. Leavitt joked that he wore a visor at K-State “because we couldn’t afford the rest of the hat.”

Leavitt got to K-State 19 years ago but told the Oklahoman he’s been wearing a visor for 30 years. So if Leavitt wore a visor when he arrived at KSU, and Stoops began wearing a visor at KSU, stands to reason that Leavitt was his mentor.

Which Leavitt considers a good trade.

“I’ve learned a great deal from Bob in the time I worked with him,” Leavitt said. “Bob’s a hell of a coach. He’s a great coach.”