It’ll be in the low 80’s with wind not a factor as Kansas travels to Tampa to take on South Florida. The home team is a 3.5-point favorite, with a total of 48.5.

While both teams are 2-0, neither offense has shown the consistency they each exhibited last season during their breakout campaigns.  It seems to be widely thought that both teams will slip just a bit this season (in a Rutgers kind of way) after emerging so impressively in 2007.

Todd Reesing will be attacking USF’s inexperienced cornerbacks, who are both “playing on Sundays”.   The Bulls outstanding DE George Selvie is matched up on inexperienced left tackle Jeff Spikes, so expect the Jayhawks to double team Selvie most of the night.

USF’s offense always starts with Matt Grothe, both on the ground and through the air.  Grothe’s power running is tough for a defense to have mimicked for them in practice.

An interesting subplot to this game is the familiarity that coaches Mark Mangino and Jim Leavitt have with one another.   Together, they helped build the Kansas State program under Bill Snyder, meaning they are both products of the legendary Hayden Fry coaching tree.  Snyder is surely proud of both men, who like their mentor have built quality programs from scratch.

Should be one of the better Friday night college affairs we’ll see this season.  Enjoy the game.