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Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett South Florida has plenty of motivation heading into Thursday night's game at Rutgers.

But he was hot in the second half against Rutgers last week, leading the Huskies on two scoring drives in a 28-24 loss.

Losing to Rutgers three years in a row should be plenty motivation for USF next week, but the Bulls also will remember last year's 49-16 drubbing in Tampa, which saw Rutgers score the final 21 points.

Rutgers defensive tackle Eric LeGrand recovers a fumble against Pittsburgh earlier this month.

Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano, who calls the 2007 trip to Army 'one of my worst nightmare dreams,' is shown pumping his fist at Devin McCourty after McCourty blocked a punt during Rutgers' 41-6 victory in that game.

Quarterback Jabu Lovelace breaking to the outside for a big gain against Army in 2007.

Rutgers wide receiver Tim Brown was one of the team's main weapons during last season's win over Pittsburgh.

For four years, Rutgers has been Pitt's albatross. The Scarlet Knights have been a puzzle too complex for the Panthers to piece together.

Scrutiny has blanketed Pitt's secondary at times this season, but nothing like the last time they played Rutgers.

Ghosts from Pitt-Rutgers games past will haunt the Panthers' football team all week, as tapes from those contests are playing on a continuous loop on every flat screen television in the practice facility.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- After the Maryland football team upset No. 10 Rutgers in Piscataway, N.J., two seasons ago, the hero of the game was obvious.

There's a not-so-surprising sight coming to Byrd Stadium on Saturday - the football team of a large state school that reached some of its finest days this decade but just endured a significant exodus of talent.

Rutgers quarterback Tom Savage lies motionless on the Rutgers Stadium turf after being hit in Saturday's game against Florida International.

Florida International was admittedly a step up defensively from last week's FCS opponent, Howard, but it wasn't that good.

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Great, Rutgers Football: You See 47-15? I See 7-6. Okay, first of all, no.

Kordell Young says the soreness in his knee is still there after working out. NOTEBOOK Rutgers' sluggish running game could get a boost on Saturday against Florida International with the return of Kordell Young, who said after practice Tuesday that he finally feels healthy enough to play for the first time this season.

Tony Pike threw for a career-high 362 yards and three touchdowns, and Cincinnati used its high-speed, no-huddle offense to hurry past Rutgers 47-15 on Monday.

Freshman Tom Savage passed for 223 yards and two touchdowns in his first start and Rutgers rebounded from a dismal season-opening loss to pound Howard 45-7 on Saturday.

After an embarrassing season-opening loss, Rutgers is starting anew with the Tom Savage era.

Eight years ago, Mike Teel was settled at his desk in his 10th-grade economics class at Don Bosco Prep in Ramsey, N.J., when his teacher turned on the television and he saw the horror of Sept.