This B.J. Daniels guy is pretty good when he starts on Homecoming.
Daniels just scored on a 1-yard touchdown run to give USF a 34-22 lead late in the fourth quarter.
Daniels is the first player in school history to pass for at least 300 yards and rush for 100 in the same game. So far, Daniels has 304 yards passing and 141 rushing with 4:16 left.
USF’s Eric Schwartz just had his 50-yard field goal attempt blocked by Brandon Heath, giving the Cardinals possession at their 33 with 12:17 left and USF still leading 27-22.
Schwartz had connected on his first two attempts of the game but Heath’s block left the kick woefully short.
After three quarters, USF had 408 yards of total offense compared to Louisville’s 199, yet the Cardinals are hanging around.
Stay tuned.
Louisville has just scored on Darius Ashley’s 17-yard run to cut USF’s lead to 27-22. The two-point conversion pass was broken up by USF defensive back Quenton Washington.
USF is taking over on its 25-yard line with 14:14 left in the game.
Stay tuned.
The fourth quarter is about to start here at Raymond James Stadium with USF leading Louisville 27-16.
Some quick thoughts:
* B.J. Daniels looks more like the Daniels against West Virginia than the Daniels against Rutgers.
* Receiver A.J. Love has a career-high 121 yards receiving, his first career 100-yard game—and on Homecoming nonetheless.
* The defense stopped the Cardinals from doing much after USF opened the third quarter with its third 80-yard scoring drive of the game.
* The running game has been strong, led by Daniels’ 100-yard plus effort.
* The stadium is only about 50-60 percent full, but those who are here have been loud and provided a nice homefield advantage
USF made sure not to waste Nate Allen’s fourth interception of the season.
Eric Schwartz just kicked his second field goal of the game—a 44-yarder with 7:14 left in the third quarter—to put the Bulls up 27-16 over Louisville.
Moments after B.J. Daniels’ 20-yard run put USF up 24-16, Allen intercepted Louisville QB Adam Fromer and returned it 13 yards to the Cardinals’ 21.
Back in a bit.
The offense returned on USF’s opening drive of the third quarter. The Bulls drove 80 yards on 10 plays, capped by a 20-yard run by QB B.J. Daniels.
The run put Daniels over 100 yards rushing on the afternoon and gives USF a 24-16 lead here midway in the third quarter.
All three of USF’s scoring drives have been 80 yards today.
Time to see if the defense can slow ... hmmm, the answer is yes.
As I was typing, Nate Allen picked off Adam Froman’s pass to give the Bulls possession at Louisville’s 21.
Stay tuned.
LAND O’ LAKES – Nick Patterson scored in the second minute to give Hillsborough County United’s boys under-16 team a 1-0 victory against Super Nova FC from Harrisburg, Pa., but Coastal WFC’s victory over Parsippany in the other group game means that HCU cannot advance to Monday’s semifinals of the United Soccer League’s Super-Y North American Finals.
It was, however, a far better performance from HCU, who took the lead when Patterson took one touch to control a centering pass from the right by Chase Goodwin at the top of the penalty area, and then fired home a right-footed shot into the bottom right corner of the net.
HCU almost immediately gave up their lead when goalkeeper Brian Paullack was caught in possession by Nova’s Cody Hess, but HCU was able to clear the danger, and Paullack more than made up for his mistake with an excellent diving stop to turn a shot from Nova’s Connor McAliney just around his right post.
As the game wore on, though, HCU controlled the tempo and possession far better than it had in its opening defeat to Coastal, Tyler Hartlage proving critical in the midfield, and almost doubling HCU’s lead just before halftime when his shot went just over the crossbar after a good run from midfield.
In warm conditions, Nova’s players gradually wore down in the second half, a chance by McAliney that was denied by Paullack their best chance to get back on level terms. HCU’s Tevin Gage also had a chance well saved, but as the game wore on HCU took control as it wore out Nova’s players with good ball control and passing through the defense and midfield.
“I think they got the jitters out yesterday, (today we) just relaxed and played,” HCU coach Eric Sims said. “We played like we should have played yesterday. Yesterday I think we played scared to lose instead of trying to win, today we played a much better game, possessed the ball, much more to our style. We did a good job today.”
HCU could tied Coastal with six points were it to defeat Parsippany, and Super Nova defeat Coastal, but Coastal would still advance thanks to their victory over HCU in the opening game of the tournament on Friday.
LAKELAND The Tampa Prep volleyball team lost in three sets, 25-18, 25-20, 25-10, to Orlando First Academy in the Class 2A state volleyball championship on Saturday.
Senior Latora Lofgren led the Terrapins (18-11) with 13 kills and 10 digs while senior setter Caroline Dillabough had 17 assists. Kelly Merideth and Ansley Gebben led Orlando with 16 and 11 kills, respectively.
“They gave me three amazing months,” said a sobbing Tampa Prep coach Mike Flynn after the match.
This is the farthest Tampa Prep has been since 2004, when it won the 2A state championship.
The first half sort of went like USF’s season of late—up and down. The Bulls looked like the New Orleans Saints offense on their first two possessions, totaling 160 yards on a pair of 80-yard drives.
However, the second quarter belonged to Louisville to the frustration of a spirited homecoming crowd at Raymond James Stadium.
USF regained the lead 17-16 on Eric Schwartz’s 22-yard field goal on the final play of the first half.
Here are some first-half stats:
First downs: USF 13, UL 8
Rushing: USF 22-119, UL 12-27
Passing: USF 11-19, 149 yards; UL 9-16, 122 yards
Total yards: USF 268; UL 149
Penalties: USF 4-29; UL 0-0
Time of possession: USF 18:12, UL 11:48
Turnovers: 0 for either team
Third-down conversions: USF 5-9; UL 5-8
Back with more updates in second half
Chamberlain senior Mark Parrish turned in the Tampa Bay area’s top performance of Saturday’s state cross country championships in Dade City by grabbing second place in the Class 4A boys race in a 5-kilometer time of 15 minutes, 30 seconds.
Parrish made a solid attempt at hanging on to eventual winner Brian Atkinson of Melbourne, but the defending state champion set a blistering pace from the outset. Atkinson paced the lead pack through the first mile in an unofficial split of 4 minutes, 45 seconds and by two miles, held the lead at 9:45. By then, Atkinso had surged ahead by 20 meters while Parrish held second place over such standouts as Armando Del Valle of Miami Columbus and Ryan Pikering of Greenacres John I. Leonard.
Coming down the homestretch for the final 600 meters, Atkinson still held the lead and Parrish was trying to close the gap. There just wasn’t enough time for Parrish to do that and Atkinson also seemed to find a final gear to make sure he held on to win in the fastest time of the day in all classes, 15:20.
Other area runners cracking the top 10 for all-state honors were Berkeley Prep senior Tyler Greathouse, seventh in the 2A race in 15:53, and Robinson senior Bryan Garcia, eighth on 15:58. The best individual finishes for area girls were turned in by Wharton junior Abby Ritter, 12th in the 4A race at 19:07, and Sickles freshman Sarah Hartman, 11th in 3A, also in 19:07.
On the team side, Plant’s girls had the best showing of any county team, taking fifth in 4A girls with 152 points. The Panthers were led by freshmen Julia Rodriguez (23rd), Katherine Ralston (36th) and Caroline Gibson (39th). The county’s top boys team was Berkeley, which took sixth in the 2A meet. The Buccaneers had a team average time of 16:51, faster than 4A teams Chamberlain (ninth, 16:55) and Plant (11th, 17:04).
The USF team that showed up on those first two drives seems to have disappeared.
Louisville’s Trent Guy just returned a punt 60 yards for a TD, putting the Cardinals in front 16-14. The extra-point attempt was blocked by USF’s Quenton Washington.
After converting their first two third-down conversions, the Bulls have failed on their last three.
We’ll see if USF can regain the lead before halftime.
Louisville just trimmed USF’s lead to 14-10 with 6:28 left before halftime on Adam Froman’s 20-yard TD pass to Scott Long.
Long got one foot down, but Bulls fans thought he pushed off on USF defensive back Jerome Murphy to make the catch. The refs thought otherwise, and no penalty was called.
After stalling on its last drive, the Bulls are starting their next drive at their own 9.
Back in a little while.
Louisville finally got on the scoreboard on Chris Philpott’s 37-yard field goal with 10:10 remaining in the second quarter.
Now we’ll see if the Cardinals defense can somehow slow down USF’s offense. The Bulls have looked awful sharp on their first two drives.
USF outgained Louisville 160-36 in the first quarter.
Back with more soon.
USF has two scoring drives on two possessions against Louisville, amassing 160 yards of total offense on a pair of 80-yard drives.
Mo Plancher’s 2-yard run just capped USF’s second drive, putting the Bulls up 14-0 to the delight of a average-but-lively homecoming crowd here at Raymond James Stadium.
After getting shut out at Rutgers, USF quickly put points on the scoreboard against Louisville, capping a 7-play, 80-yard drive on B.J. Daniels’ 16-yard touchdown pass to Dontavia Bogan.
The Bulls offense met Monday to discuss what went wrong at Rutgers, and offensive coordinator Mike Canales said he was “bound and determined” to put points up against Louisville.
If all teem meetings went this well, Canales would hold one every week probably.
Back with more later.
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