Team: South Florida Bulls
Stadium: Raymond James Stadium
Conference: Conference USA
Sport: College Football
Background: The University of South
Florida is an institution of higher learning located
at 4202 E. Fowler Avenue in Tampa, Florida, with branch
campuses at St. Petersburg, Sarasota and Lakeland.
The school's sports teams are called the Bulls. They
participate in NCAA's Division I-A sports as a member
of Conference USA; in 2005, USF will move to the Big
East.
History:
USF was founded in 1956, though it wasn't
even named until the next year and classes didn't
commence until 1960. Former US Representative Sam
Gibbons was instrumental in the school's creation
when he was a state representative and is considered
by many to essentially be the school's founder. It
was built on the site of Henderson Air Field, a WWII
airstrip.