Darius Bradwell – Noteworthy
South Florida offered no excuses for a lopsided loss to Tulane. The Green Wave dominated the Bulls, and there was no way to rationalize the result. Darius Bradwell scored a touchdown for the seventh straight game and led a 368-yard rushing attack that keyed Saturday’s surprising 41-15 rout of a team suddenly reeling after spending three weeks ranked in the Top 25. “A huge win for us,” Tulane coach Willie Fritz said. “This is really big.” The Green Wave (4-5, 3-2 American Athletic Conference) won in Florida for the first time since 1977, ending a 13-game skid by opponents from the Sunshine State by compiling 429 yards total offense and containing the high-scoring Bulls defensively.
Bradwell rambled 73 yards untouched to put Tulane up 34-3 late in the third quarter and finished with 135 yards on 15 carries. Corey Dauphine rushed for 115 yards and two touchdowns, and graduate transfer Justin McMillan ran for his third TD in two starts as the Green Wave quarterback. “We didn’t have that sense of urgency about us and just kind of went through the motions thinking they were going to back down to us, and that was not going to happen,” South Florida coach Charlie Strong said. “For us to come out and play the way we played, it’s on the coaches,’” Strong added. “I told our players that (in practice Thursday). I saw it coming. … Even today, during pregame warmup I said I know we’re not ready to play, we’re not focused.” – AP College Football