By JIM LEE
Freshwater
This was one of the worst weeks for fishing in a long time. High winds and lots of thunderstorms make for no fish in the cooler. However, when this low works itself out, we will once again have great fishing. Expect the lakes to rise, so fish the new water behind the Kissimmee grass and other cover. Moving water will be the hot spots. Creek mouths, spillways and other pinch points will produce bass and panfish. Get your plans made for the next full moon period. This will begin this weekend, as the full moon is Tuesday.
LAKE TARPON: Tarpon Tom’s Fresh and Saltwater Bait & Tackle, (727) 772-0708: Bluegill catches were good before the weather turned bad. Fish the creek mouth at the south end of the lake. Night bass catches will resume when the weather calms.
KISSIMMEE CHAIN: Grape Hammock Fish Camp, (863) 692-1500: Bluegill and shellcracker catches will resume by the weekend, assuming the rains back off. The weekend begins another new moon phase period.
OKEECHOBEE, THE WEST WALL: You will find lots of bluegill and shellcracker in certain places, but get local advice before you go. Bass catches have been very good the past few weeks, with schooling bass taking over with high numbers caught. Some bass and bluegill can be caught in the Rim Canal or other areas to the south.
LAKE PANASOFFKEE: Pana Vista Lodge, (352) 793-2061: Bluegill catches will resume bedding next week as the moon moves toward the full phase Tuesday. Plan ahead and go after bluegill and shellcracker next week. Fish early for good bass catches.
Saltwater
Ferocious winds and thunderous rains made last week very iffy for anglers on the Gulf Coast. The Sunshine Skyway bridge area will produce mackerel once the water clears. Some big grouper have been reported caught in the main channel inside the bridge. Offshore catches were sparse.
10,000 ISLANDS: Captain Cory McMillin, (239) 695-4420: Even the snook, which have been eating the bottoms out of boats, have backed off a little with all the rain and wind. Next week will once again be great for catching and releasing snook. Tarpon, trout, redfish and cobia are also being caught.
SARASOTA: Captain Rick Grassett, (941) 350-9790 or (941) 923-7799: Some tarpon were jumped, but for the most part the rains kept anglers off the water. Look for great tarpon angling when the winds slow. Flies, dead bait and lures work well.
SUN CITY, BISHOPS HARBOR & COCKROACH BAY: John’s Bait & Tackle, (813) 376-1127: The only “on the water” bait shop in the South Shore area. High numbers of trout are being caught here. Redfish are still being caught. Snook are eating live bait but won’t be back in season until September. Mackerel and grouper are being caught at the Sunshine
Skyway bridge. Sheepshead grunts and sharks are being caught.
RUSKIN: South Shore Bait & Tackle, (813) 641-2010: The black and bonnethead sharks are still around the power plant. Cobia, redfish and trout can be caught when the weather allows.
WESTERN SHORE AND SKYWAY AREA: Captain Sergio Atanes, (813) 973-7132: Although it was a poor week, plan on catching trout and snook when the winds subside. When the water clears, mackerel will be back. You also might be able to catch grouper in the ships channel.
UPPER TAMPA BAY: Denny B’s Quality Bait & Tackle, (813) 885-9811: This cooler weather may have urged the shrimp to come out of the mud. If so, you still might be able to use live shrimp for the redfish in the upper bay.
SOUTH PINELLAS: Captain Paul Hawkins, (727) 560-6762: Tarpon were harder to find in the rain and wind, but will be back soon. Fly-rods or spin tackle work well. You also can catch trout, redfish, pompano and mackerel.
FISHING PIERS: South Pier, (941) 729-0117: Pier fishing offers most of the current species being caught in the bay. Fish the pier for speckled trout, redfish, flounder, mackerel and a stray grouper.
MID-PINELLAS PARTY BOATS: Offshore bottom fishing from Hubbard’s John’s Pass Marina and Kingfish dock, (727) 393-1947: Go offshore for a deep sea fishing extravaganza. Fish the deeper waters for grouper, black sea bass, mangrove snapper and gray snapper (grunt). You also might catch porgies and amberjack on longer trips. Grouper are open. The extended and overnight trips will produce the best catches of amberjack and big mangrove snapper.
GANDY BAIT & TACKLE: (813) 839-5551: The Gandy Bridge is closed to fishing. However, Gandy Bait and Tackle is the place to go in this area for live bait and tackle. Snook are being caught around Weedon Island. Live greenbacks or chubs are best, but live shrimp (if you can get them) also work. Some very large redfish have moved in the lower bay and are expected to move into the mid-Tampa Bay area.
CLEARWATER TO DUNEDIN: Captain Brian Mathey, (727) 667-8291: Lots of mackerel, on the outside, with trout and reds on the shoreline, spoil island and inside barrier island flats. Cobia and tarpon are the big catches if you fish early.
TARPON SPRINGS: Captain Rich Knox, (727) 376-8809: Fishing around Tarpon Springs consists of snook, trout, redfish and offshore grouper, mangrove snapper and cobia.
HERNANDO COUNTY: Captain Frank Bourgeois, (352) 666-6234: Grouper limits in 50 feet of water (50 miles out of Hernando) should resume when the winds subside. Grouper limits are rare in general and if this condition persists, you should grab a slot and go grouper fishing in the 50-foot range.
KEATON BEACH: One More Cast guide service, (850) 584-9145: Winds and rains kept most anglers off the water. However, a few did fish between the rain, and those anglers took trout under Cajun Thunders with live bait and artificial lures. Tarpon had invaded the area, and they should be able to be found when the weather clears.
HERNANDO BEACH: Captain Rick Rodriguez, (727) 992-9494: Sign in now for good fishing offshore. Grouper, mackerel, cobia, grunt and mangrove snapper can be caught. Lots of undersized grouper are also making trips fun.
FLY FISHING: Tarpon, snook, redfish and trout are the easy catches for fly anglers. Wade the flats for excellent action.
This is the last timeout for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The starting whistle blows for this new football season in no time—a month and a half from now.
Then there will begin a mystery season not a lot unlike the very first one here. No one, no one, knows what to expect, except those sadists who expect the worst all the time.
But, in truth, little or nothing much is forecast by most for the Tampa Bay football season ahead (8/15 at Tennessee) after this rest-of-July off then the go-for-it all beginning Aug. 1 with a public practice.
Those who engage in that sort of sizing up see the Buckos as likely the weakest of the lot in the National Football League’s Southern Division.
Carolina seems to have the most support to win it down here, with New Orleans, Atlanta and the Buckos trailing. Only some Florida-based writer could pick the Buckos to win the division. And that would be the writer figuring to win the lottery as well this year. Yet, the South Division’s stud seems to be Carolina, famous for injuries.
The swamis note the Bucs have no heroes, no superstars, indeed star seekers have jumped on newly acquired Kellen Winslow, who ranks high in part because of his same-name dad. Last big shot tight end the Buc had was Jimmie Giles, a Buc fan now in Tampa, who played on a dandy team that went to the semi-finals of the NFL playoffs. Boy, was he good. I once wrote if quarterback Doug Williams could find Giles, get in the middle and run, they might not catch him until he reached old Malio’s, then on South Dale Mabry. And, that was a fact. Linda and I now sit between Giles and Williams at the Bucs games of today. Naturally, we know what the next play will be.
Anyway, the Buckos-09 are figured by those in the know-alls of being also-rans without a star, with a brand new head coach in Raheem Morris, whose best known players are defensive back Ronde Barber, fifth quarterback Brian Griese who sadly is not likely to be here long and a well-named running back out of Auburn who never has made the stars as forecast, Cadillac Williams. And, if you study them, as you out there in Tribune Land surely do, they are pretty doggone envied. The division isn’t that tough, Tampa is such a terrific home base, the owning Malcolm Glazer Family so want win for the Tampa Bay. They loosen the money belt if convinced to do that.
I mean, they let Jon Gruden and General Manager Bruce Allen go rather quickly after a rotten Buc finish last year of 0-4 failing to make the playoffs. They have the dough and the drive.
They have a township ready to explode with success, that has hosted four Super Bowls, including the last, magnificently.
And now, they, the ownership, surely appears to be attentive, thus the changes in GM and coaching (they did lose unfortunately fine defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin to the University of Tennessee where his son became the head coach). The owners also did what many hereabouts wondered why they did not do before, they moved the Buc training camp from a risky drive up-and-back on I-4 to Orlando to the property they bought and made into the NFL’s best-of-all headquarters within sight of Raymond James Stadium. The new home is a fine, new, functional, comfortable place, no longer Number One Buc Place but Number One Buc Palace.
A nice fit, most say, for the home of champions, quite a difference from the Old Number One over by the Tampa International Airport the late Jim Walter let then-Buc owner, Hugh Culverhouse, have at the late Jimmy Kynes’ urging for a song, albeit a short one. One Buc now is about four or five city blocks big immediately south of Martin Luther King Boulevard, west of St. Joe’s Hospital Women’s big deal infirmary. If some one is hurt at a Buc practice, or a fan faints from seeing repeated good play, they can be rushed to St. Joe’s for revival in a matter of minutes.
So, Bucko fans, you and I can say the developing, managing, and coaching staffs and their players surely have to strap their shorts tight in that a working-practice area within walking distance of the stadium in which they will be playing their 09-season so very soon.
There is no fan guarantees this go-around. Check the economy. Check the season sales. Not enough to go just to see the pretty Buc cheerleaders cheer and watch them kick their heels up, or be shocked when the pirate ship fires cannons after good Buc deeds, but all the rest of the football cabaret, like winning quickly against a schedule said to be the seventh toughest in the NFL. Popular prediction for the Bucaroonies this season likely will be between 5-11and 7-9.
I mean, they Bucs start the season this regular season with Dallas in Tampa, then go to Buffalo, have the New York Giants here, then travel to Washington for the Redskins, to Philadelphia for the Eagles, and return to Tampa for three straight games here, Carolina, New England and Green Bay.
I can tell you a couple of things. Raheem Morris wouldn’t care if the Bucs were playing the Super Bowl champions Pittsburgh Steelers all 16 games.
Got yours strapped on tight, Raheem?
The United States Junior National Team will face Canada on Sunday for the 2009 International Federation of American Football Junior World Championship.
To get to the 1 p.m. title game, which will be broadcast on Fox College Sports Atlantic, the United States team received key contributions from former Jesuit tight end John Plasencia. In the United States opening round 78-0 victory against France, Plasencia tied for second on the team with two receptions for 27 yards.
In the semifinal game, a 55-0 victory against Mexico, Plasencia had one reception for five yards and was also a key blocker that helped the U.S. rush for 221 yards.
One of the coaches working with Plasencia is Frank Lenti, the Chicago Mount Carmel High coach who helped develop former Buccaneer Simeon Rice and Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb.
“First of all, John’s just an awesome young man,” Lenti said. “He brings so much to our team and he’s a very coachable young man. And he’s not afraid to get physical. Most of the time he’s got a smile on his face, but on the field, if you tick him off, he’ll make you pay.”
As soon as he finishes his stint with the Junior National Team, Plasencia will report to Northwestern, where he will play for the Wildcats.
“I think Northwestern got a steal,” Lenti said. “I know the coaches there and I told them they hit a homerun with this one.”
ARLINGTON, Texas—The Rays have decided to skip Jeff Niemann’s turn in the rotation, meaning Matt Garza will get the start here Sunday.
The Toronto series that begins Tuesday will go Shields-Kazmir-Price, with Niemann available out of the bullpen in the meantime.
Updating: Niemann will return to the rotation next Saturday, with Shields getting the final start before the break.
Here are tonight’s lineups, while we’re at it:
Rays
Upton CF
Crawford LF
Longoria 3B
Pena 1B
Zobrist 2B
Burrell DH
Gross RF
Bartlett SS
Navarro C
Kazmir P
Rangers
Kinsler 2B
Young 3B
Byrd CF
Jones LF
Blalock DH
Cruz RF
Saltalamacchia C
Davis 1B
Andrus SS
Hunter P
Tampa heavyweight Moises Droz (13-7, 10 KOs) will face Derric “El Leon” Rossy (20-2, 11 KOs) for the WBC Fecarbox heavyweight title tonight in Orlando.
The fight, which is the main event, will take place at Club Destiny, 7430 Universal Blvd. Orlando, and air live at 8 p.m. via webcast on http://www.clubdestiny.tv. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
The card also includes Damian Wills (23-2-1, 17 KOs), managed by movie star Denzel Washington, against Andrew Greeley (14-28-2, 8 KOs) in an 8 round contest; and Alfredo Escalera (17-2-1, 12 KOs), from “The Contender” against Hilario Guzman (8-25-6, 1 KO) in a six round bout.
Former Leto High and University of South Florida track star Damu Cherry earned her second consecutive title in the IAAF’s Golden League series when she won the women’s 100-meter hurdles at Friday’s historic Bislett Games in Oslo, Norway.
Cherry, who just five days ago finished third in the USA Outdoor National Championships to earn a spot in the world finals, won Bislett in 12.68 seconds. Among those she beat were fellow 2008 Olympians Brigitte Foster-Hylton of Jamaica, who was second in 12.75, and Canada’s Priscilla Lopes-Schliep, third in 12.78. Lopes-Schliep was the bronze medalist in this event at the 2008 Beijing Games.
The Golden League is an annual series of track meets organized by the IAAF, the sport’s world governing body. Athletes who win their event at all six Golden League meets win a share of $1 million. Two weeks ago, Cherry won her first Golden League title in the 100 hurdles at a meet in Berlin’s Olympic Stadium. Cherry’s next meet is Saturday in Paris at a non-Golden League event.
Also competing at Bislett was former Berkeley Prep standout Rolf Steier. Racing in the men’s 3,000 against some of the world’s top distance runners, Steier, a former Stanford University All-American who is in Oslo studying on a Fulbright Scholarship, finished 10th in 8:14.10. The winner was Kenya’s Richard Bartale in 7:50.58.
Photo: Tampa’s Damu Cherry, left, takes the women’s 100-meter hurdles title over Olympic bronze medalist Priscilla Lopes-Schliep of Canada (center) at Friday’s Bislett Games in Oslo, Norway. AP Photo by Lise Aaserud
By BILLY NOBLES
I wish I could tell you we slayed them this week, but you would know that I was lying. We had a ton of rain, but we needed it.
However, there were reports of huge schools of redfish on Progress Village Drive.
I spoke to captain Tommy LaOrange, who reported that while grouper and snapper fishing last week he left out his line while changing locations. All of a sudden, he hears the drag screaming. He didn’t realize the line was out, and when they reeled it in, there was a 17-pound dolphin. He re-rigged and started trolling again, and he soon caught a 22-pounder. They were only 20 miles off Clearwater Beach.
As I’ve been telling you, the nearshore wrecks are loaded with snapper, grouper, scamp, kingfish, cobia and permit. You need to be ready, because anything can happen. For instance, a few years ago captain Larry McGuire was just 26 miles off Bradenton Beach and hooked up with a 350-pound blue marlin. He was able to do so because he had the proper tackle and was quick on his feet to hook up with the fish when the opportunity presented itself.
We just got back from Boca Grande, and we caught more fish this year than I have in the past 10. The fish were acting strange, and you couldn’t really see a pattern. What worked one day might not work the next, so you just had to figure it out on a day-to-day basis.
Snook are spawning in the bay, so remember to treat females with care (but it’s OK if they get a little exercise). The mangrove snapper bite should be on fire, as well as the juvenile tarpon.
Tarpon remain the king on the beaches. While snook fishing off the beach in Anna Maria, Gary Caccippo hooked a tarpon on a greenback on his snook outfit. Needless to say, he had to go home for more line.
Catch Billy Nobles and Mike Anderson on the “Reel Animals Fishing Show” on Saturdays from 6:30-7 a.m. and Sundays from 11-11:30 a.m. on WFLA, Channel 8, and on Sundays from 8-10 a.m. on 1040 AM. To book a charter, call 1-866-GAMEFISH or visit http://www.reelanimalsfishingshow.com.
Tickets for the Jeff Lacy-Roy Jones Jr. are now on sale.
Lacy (25-2, 17 KOs), the former IBF super middleweight champion of St. Petersburg, will take on Pensacola’s Jones (53-5, 39 KOs), an eight-time world champion, August 15 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention Center in Biloxi.
The event, dubbed “Hook City,” will be broadcast live on pay-per-view. Tickets, which are available via Ticketmaster.com, start at $25, while the most expensive ticket is $150. Tickets can also be purchased by calling (800) 745-3000.
By all indications, Jones has his sights set beyond Lacy. Two weeks ago on a video press conference, Jones said he wants to travel to Australia after this fight to take on Danny Green. Coincidentally, Green is scheduled to face Julio Cesar Dominguez on the Lacy-Jones undercard.
And in the interview, Jones sounded the least bit worried about Lacy.
“It’s very realistic after I get past Jeff Lacy,” Jones said during a televised interview. “I’ve got Jeff Lacy in front of me; I got to wipe him out the way, then I’ll come to Australia and fight Danny Green.”
Jones, a 1988 Olympic silver medalist, and Lacy, a member of the 2000 Olympic boxing team, will fight at the light heavyweight limit. That’s because, according to Lacy, Jones didn’t want to come down to super middleweight.
The 2009 USSSA National Girls Basketball Championships will be held in Tampa Sunday through Wednesday at various high schools within the city.
Blake, Plant, Leto, Hillsborough, Tampa Catholic and Sickles High will play host to the national tournament, which will showcase the top youth girls basketball teams in the country, 5th-11th grade.
The championship rounds begin Wednesday at 9 a.m.
For more information on the tournament, click here
B.J. Upton is the latest Ray to earn an MLB monthly honor, being named the AL Player of the Month for June.
Here’s the release:
Tampa Bay Rays outfielder B.J. Upton has been named the Sharp Presents the American League Player of the Month for June. This marks B.J.’s first career monthly award honor.
In 26 games last month, Upton batted .324 (34-105) with five home runs, 20 runs scored, 22 RBI and an A.L.-best ten doubles. The 24-year-old leadoff hitter also posted a .562 slugging percentage, a .395 on- base percentage and led the Majors with 14 stolen bases in the month of June. Entering play today, Upton ranks third in the Majors with 29 stolen bases behind teammate Carl Crawford (40) and Boston’s Jacoby Ellsbury (33). In a three-game Interleague series vs. the Washington Nationals from June 12 th -14 th , B.J. compiled two stolen bases in three straight games, marking the first time in his career he had three consecutive multi-SB games. Last month, B.J. also compiled six multi-RBI games, the first six of his 2009 season, and 10 multi-hit games, which extends his season total to 18. On June 21 st , the Norfolk, Virginia native tied career-highs with four hits and four RBI, finishing a triple shy of the cycle, en route to 10-6 win over the New York Mets at Citi Field. Upton, the second overall pick in the 2002 First-Year Player Draft, reached base successfully in 24 of his 26 games played in the month of June.
The runners-up were Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim outfielder Juan Rivera, who batted .290 (29-100) and led the A.L. with eight home runs and 24 RBI, and Toronto Blue Jays designated hitter Adam Lind, who posted a .650 slugging percentage and a .434 on-base percentage. Also receiving votes was Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, who hit a Major League-best .407 (44-108) with six doubles, two triples, eight stolen bases and 19 runs scored.
By MEL BERMAN
Now that warmer conditions prevail, many species get downright lethargic. But that is definitely not the case with tarpon and snook. They’re ready, willing and able to crush any well-presented bait that ventures into their line of travel. Many skippers report that catch-and-release snook fishing couldn’t be better.
“A lot of the folks here in Boca Grande are targeting all those tarpon in the pass and along the beaches, but I gotta tell you, the snook are going nuts,” said captain Scott Moore. Captain Van Hubbard concurs. “Snook fishing has been awesome. We have more linesiders than I’ve seen in about 20 years, and plenty of big trophy fish.”
Despite these typically warm summer conditions, Spanish mackerel have decided to hang around and still are chasing bait just offshore, by the Skyway and up in the bay at all the big bridges.
Captain Woody Gore had a great day catching plenty of snook around Weedon Island. A few were in the upper slot limit, but most were undersized. Of course, since snook season is closed through August, they all went safely back into the water. After the snook bite, Gore moved out into the bay to catch several nice mackerel, along with some flounder and trout.
Captain Gore reports that these are tough times for live bait. “Because of the warm waters, they’ve been dying in my bait well, and about the only thing I could do is frequently flush it out by spraying some seawater into them.”
Then there’s that huge algae bloom in the bay. While it seems to be moving around, it appears to be most concentrated in waters from the Howard Frankland Bridge northward.
Hear “The Captain Mel Show” Saturdays from 6-9 a.m. on 970 AM. Also, visit “Fishing Florida OnLine Magazine” at http://www.capmel.com.
On Monday, I started this little feature called USF’s Tweet of the Day. And not even a week later, I received my first unsolicated vote - I’ll keep them confidential - lobbying for a specific Tweet as Tweet of the Day. Later in the day, I received a text from another person for this specific Tweet, so as far as I’m concerned it was a landslide. The Tweet will be listed below.
Also, I was unaware this Tweet of the Day mention would create such controversy. I was notified today that Pat Burnham’s winning tweet from Wednesday - “Headed to North Carolina for a week on the beach and to continue my domination of the Burnham Family Golf Tourney” - may not be entirely accurate. What? Someone not Tweeting the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? I’m told Pat Burnham may not have actually dominated the Burnham Family Golf Tourney.
Anyway onto today’s Tweet:
Each weekday afternoon I’ll post my USF Tweet of the Day from USF’s coaches and official personnel, who are posting their thoughts on Twitter, to get us through the dog days of summer.
Today’s installment:
“On vacation with the family-phone rings- struggle- pick it up- don’t pick it up-pick it up every coach has been there 9-0 phone right now”
- USF men’s soccer coach George Kiefer
Click here to follow Brett McMurphy on Twitter.
Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers LB Derrick Brooks expressed he still can play football in the NFL today this season during an interview on ESPN Radio St. Louis.
Brooks spoke with former teammate and NFL player D’Marco Farr on Wednesday about his carrer, the former rivalry Tampa Bay had with the Rams, and what his future might be.
Below is a partial transcript of that interview. To hear the full interview, click here Derrick Brooks Interview
On if he’s bitter with how the organization allowed things to transpire considering Brooks had been with the organization since being drafted all the way back in 1995:
“No, it can’t D’Marco because that’s the business again of the NFL. Everybody knows that when you come in and expect anything different, then you’re going to get disappointed. But with me, the news itself, you know I dealt with it for fourteen years. I just wanted it to happen. It could have been handled a little bit better in my opinion and I would have been ok with that I think. But the news itself, no i had no problem with that.”
On what he can still offer a team at this point in his career:
“A lot. Like I said, four years ago we did an extension and I was committed to playing fifteen years. Back then, hopefully all of them would have been in Tampa but like I said, that’s a milestone that me personally, I committed years ago to make. And like I said, there’s enough interest out there from teams to keep the fire burning. So I’ll continue to stay in shape and we’ll see what happens.”
On if he feels that he not have found a job just yet perhaps because teams around the league - the Bucs included - are changing away from the Tampa 2 scheme in recent years:
“No it’s not because if you play defense, you play football. So from that standpoint it’s meaningless. We made that defense what it was honestly with those classic battles against the Rams. And what our primary zone defense did was Cover-2 because of the front that you had to rush the pressure. Right now, you’re not getting as many combination of rushers that can rush like we could in our heyday. You know, four to six coming out. You’re just not seeing that anymore within units. And you know, like anything else in this game, you got to change. The style of offense is more or less not running the wide open offenses that ‘The Greatest Show On Turf’ ran that forced you to play that style of defense. So it’s not necessarily that teams aren’t playing that defense; it’s offenses are changing too, so the defense has got to change with the offense that’s being run by various teams now.”
Recent Chamberlain graduate and 6-foot-10 center Matt Kendrick has signed a grant in aid to play with Division II Saint Leo University, Saint Leo sports information director Evan Ortiz confirmed.
Kendrick averaged 19.3 points and 12.8 rebounds per game this past season and was named to the Tribune’s All-Hillsborough County Boys Basketball second-team.
“We are excited to have Matt Kendrick join us,” said Saint Leo men’s basketball coach Mike Madigan. “He is a welcomed addition to our program. To my knowledge he is the tallest player in Saint Leo Basketball history. He has the size to change the game defensively with blocked shots and rebounding, he runs the floor very well and we expect he will develop in to a very complete player in his time here.”
The Lions ended the 2008-09 season 15-16 overall and were eliminated by Rollins College in the Sunshine State Conference Tournament quarterfinals.
The Big East announced its Big East Network Games of the Week - i.e. the games that weren’t considered worthy of ESPN/ESPN2.
USF landed one of those games - at Syracuse, Oct. 3.
Two other USF games are being considered: at Pittsburgh Oct. 24 and at home against Louisville on Nov. 21,
USF’s current television schedule:
Sept. 12 at Western Ky., BrightHouse (Ch. 47)/ESPN regional, 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 3 at Syracuse, Big East network, noon
Oct. 15 Cincinnati, ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 30 West Virginia, ESPN2, 8 p.m.
Nov. 12 at Rutgers, ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 5 at UConn, ESPN/ESPN2/ABC, TBA
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