South Florida Hosts No. 25 Boise State

BOISE STATE at SOUTH FLORIDA
Thursday, August 28 | 5:30 p.m. ET

Raymond James Stadium (65,000/Natural Grass)

Tampa, Florida

Television

ESPN

Matt Barrie, Tom Luginbill and Harry Lyles Jr.

Radio

WHPT-FM 102.5 (South Florida flagship)

SiriusXM 139 or 201

    

THE GAME

Thursday’s sport would be the first assembly between Boise State and South Florida … The Bulls have gone 4-1 in opposition to present members of the Mountain West Conference, together with a 41-39 victory in opposition to San Jose State within the 2024 Hawaii Bowl to shut final season … Boise State is 11-6 in opposition to present members of the American.

 

25/25 BOISE STATE
0-0, 0-0 Mountain West

Head Coach

Spencer Danielson (Asuza Pacific ’12)

15-3, second full season

Notes

Boise State is coming off a 12-2 marketing campaign in 2024, which ended with the Broncos’ first look within the College Football Playoff … The Broncos’ solely losses final 12 months have been to Oregon and Penn State … Boise State is 17-3 at residence within the final three seasons, however is 12-8 on the street in the identical stretch … The Broncos are ranked No. 25 in each nationwide preseason polls … The most vital loss is Heisman Trophy runner-up Ashton Jeanty, who rushed for two,601 yards and 29 touchdowns in 2024 … QB Maddux Madsen handed for 3,018 yards and 23 touchdowns final season … The prime returning receiver is TE Matt Laute, who had 619 yards and 7 landing catches … Head coach Spencer Danielson went 3-1 because the Broncos’ interim coach in 2023 and was 12-2 final 12 months after assuming the everlasting function.

 

SOUTH FLORIDA

0-0, 0-0 American

Head Coach

Alex Golesh (Ohio State ’06)

14-12, third season

Notes

South Florida performs the primary of three straight video games in opposition to preseason top-25 groups to open the season with Thursday’s matchup in opposition to Boise State … The Bulls comply with with street dates in opposition to No. 15/17 Florida and No. 10/10 Miami … South Florida is the one crew within the nation to open with three straight video games in opposition to ranked groups … The Bulls went 7-6 for the second consecutive season beneath head coach Alex Golesh, the primary coach in program historical past with two bowl wins in his first two years … Golesh’s 14 wins come after the Bulls gained a mixed 4 video games within the three earlier seasons … The Bulls are bolstered by the return of QB Byrum Brown, who suffered a season-ending leg harm after 5 video games final 12 months … Brown handed for a school-record 3,292 yards and 26 touchdowns and rushed for 809 yards and 11 TDs in 2023