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Date/Time: Jan. 2, Noon ET
Site: Rogers Centre, Toronto
Network: ESPN2
History: Past Results
 
At a Glance
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J. Darin Darst's Take
The good news for South Florida is it won't have a long trip home. It will be long distance wise, but will be bringing home a nice trophy for routing Northern Illinois. The B.J. Daniels era at USF should be fun to watch.
 
Game Recap
Mike Ford ran for a career-high 207 yards and scored one touchdown, B.J. Daniels threw two scoring passes to A.J. Love, and South Florida beat Northern Illinois 27-3 in the International Bowl. Carlton Mitchell caught six passes for 94 yards for the Bulls, who won back-to-back bowls for the first time. South Florida beat Memphis 41-14 in last year's St. Petersburg Bowl, part of a streak of five straight bowl appearances. South Florida scored 24 unanswered points in the second half. Full story
 
Team Reports
  • South Florida: The second half of the season clearly did not go the way South Florida would have preferred. The late struggles that marked the Bulls' finishes in recent years continued this season when they won only two of their final seven regular-season games after starting out 5-0. More

  • Northern Illinois: The Huskies enter the postseason with another round of questions regarding their bowl selection. Of their seven wins, four came against teams --- Akron, Miami (Ohio), Ball State and Eastern Michigan -- that combined to win just six games. More
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    South Florida wide receiver A.J. Love celebrates one of this two touchdown receptions in the International Bowl. (AP)
     
     
     
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    Quotable
    "I told our offensive coaches that we really need to put the ball into Mike Ford's hands, similar to what we did [in a Dec. 5 loss at] UConn, and let's see if we can take a little pressure off B.J. and then work the play-action game off Mike's runs."       -- South Florida coach Jim Leavitt

    "Momentum kind of got away from us in the second half and we kind of got worn down a little bit."
          -- Northern Illinois coach Jerry Kill
     

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