For Pitt, despite what the depth chart says, Rashad Jennings will be starting at tailback. LaRod Stephens-Howling is still “day-to-day.”

USF controls its own destiny in the Big East.

Now it is USF’s turn to claim to be seeking payback.

“They beat the dog out of us. We weren’t very competitive at all,” USF coach Jim Leavitt said.

“The only thing I remember is that they handed us our butts,” Bulls QB Pat Julmiste said. “They kicked us up and down the field. We still have that sour taste in our mouth because that was the last game of the season. So we had to go into winter, spring and summer with that taste in our mouth. We just want to go out there and give a better showing this time.”

I’ll settle for them giving a better showing, as long as Pitt still wins. Their QB Pat Julmiste is going to remain at starter despite his continued inconsistency and horrible outing against Miami in the previous game. USF had a bye this past week.

The main offensive weapon for USF is their running back Andre Hall. Hall is the 19th leading rusher in Division 1-A (104.2 yds/gm) despite being held to a combined 136 yards in his last 2 games. Pitt moved up to being only 77th against the run (161.3 yds/gm) after holding Cinci to 113 yards.

A piece from the Orlando Sentinel saying Wannstedt is still the same “loser” he was with the Dolphins.

Finally, according to the blog from Greg Auman — the St. Petersberg Times beat writer for the Bulls — Adelphia Cable offers ESPN360. This is interesting, though.

ESPN360 offers free access to both college campuses during the game, but said USF must go through the process of setting such access up in the next two weeks.

Neither school seems to have done so. I’m not sure if Pitt could, considering it might conflict with the internet broadcast rights it contracts out through Yahoo!. Pity.