Get ready to see the USF Bulls face the Marshall Thundering Herd in the Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl.
The South Florida Bulls get to play in something of a home game when they take on the Marshall Thundering Herd. But, that’s likely little consolation after Charlie Strong’s team fell apart as the season went down the stretch. USF started the year 7-0 and then lost its last five games. Now, the Bulls will face the Marshall Thundering Herd.
The Thundering Herd come into this game with an 8-4 record and are looking to get to nine wins just two years after they lost nine games. Marshall has improved plenty over the past couple of seasons and is trending in the right direction this year. Led by freshman quarterback Isaiah Green, the Thundering Herd won eight games for their second straight year.
Even though there’s only a one win difference between these two teams, the way that the season ended for both South Florida and Marshall changes the perception of how these teams performed this year.
Doc Holiday’s team appears to be on the rise with a young quarterback leading the way. Charlie Strong’s team bottomed out and a dinged up transfer quarterback in Blake Barnett was unable to play well down the stretch. Now, these two teams will meet.
How to watch and bet on South Florida vs. Marshall
- Date: Thursday, Dec. 20
- Start time: 8 p.m. ET
- Location: Tampa, FL
- Stadium: Raymond James Stadium
- Spread: Marshall -2.5
- Channel: ESPN
- Stream: WatchESPN
Prediction: With uncertainty at quarterback due to injuries for the South Florida Bulls and how hard they fell to stumbled to end the year, it’s hard to see them coming out on top of this bowl game, even with it being played on their own turf. Marshall is carrying a bit more momentum into this game and will likely come out on top of this while covering the spread.