From the CL intern desk:

USF has not scheduled any official events to celebrate the Bulls upset victory over West Virginia last Friday, but you wouldn’t need the university to sponsor an event to know we’re excited.

Within half an hour after the game, there was a Facebook group called “I rushed the field when we beat West Virginia!” As of today, there are 114 members of a group called “Who’s West Virginia?”

The real fun started after the UF vs. Auburn game on Saturday — which the Gators lost. The target turned from the Mountaineers to that certain school two hours up I-75 from here.

Now, I’ve been to Gators Café and Saloon on Treasure Island for many Saturday Swamp slaughters. I’m usually decked out in a blue tank top and orange hat, but this weekend was different as I finally had my own team of which to be proud. I was nearly pummeled by a 5-foot-11-inch, blonde, face-painted Gator girl who caught me celebrating Auburn’s field goal.

You know USF students are excited when we start trash-talking the Gators. There are already 647 members in the group called “USF beat Auburn when UF couldn’t!” I joined it as soon as I got home.

The most in-your-facebook group of the bunch? USF is #1 in Florida!

— Kat Clement

(Kat Clement is a USF-St. Petersburg journalism student. She was selected for a CL spring 2008 internship.)

This article appears in Sep 26 – Oct 2, 2007.