No amount of fencing was going to keep Mike Fenton and his friends on the outside looking in. ...more

November 7, 2007

SEBRING — Not everyone is surprised by the meteoric success of the University of South Florida Bulls football team, ranked second nationally in the AP poll that came out Sunday. Longtime Highlands County Bulls fans are cheering all the way, hopefully to the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. They remember the modest beginnings, cheering the team from bleacher seats at the "Big Sombrero" during the team's inaugural 1997 season, when less than 30,000 fans typically attended home games. As an upstart member of the Big East Conference, USF now sells out games at the 65,657 seat state-of-the-art Raymond James Stadium, home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. ...more

October 16, 2007

When the University of South Florida played its inaugural season in 1997, former athletic director Paul Griffin said the school never seriously thought about building an on-campus stadium. ...more

October 9, 2007