South Florida Bulls vs San Jose State Spartans FREE NCAAF Prediction, 8–26–2017

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Aug 22, 2017 · 3 min read

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South Florida Bulls vs San Jose State Spartans

NCAAF: Saturday, August 26, 2017
Odds: San Jose State +20.5 | 69

Football fans rejoice as college football kicks off this weekend with a sampling of games. The South Florida Bulls travel cross-country to take on the San Jose State Spartans at CEFCU Stadium in San Jose, California.

The South Florida Bulls will be lead by former Texas and Louisville head coach, Charlie Strong. Strong fought a losing battle at Texas and was never really settled with the program. Expectations were sky high and he failed to recruit the talent needed to rebuild the Longhorns program. Strong is facing a different challenge with USF, inheriting a talented roster that went (11–2) in 2016. His job is to take this program to the next level and compete for a major bowl game.

Quinton Flowers is one of 16 returning starters and the quarterback leads an offense that averaged 511 YPG, including 285 YPG on the ground and 43.8 PPG. Flowers is a dual-threat QB and he looks to build upon his 2016 season which he threw for 2812 yards with 24 TDs, 7 INTs, while also rushing for 1530 yards and 18 TDs.

One of the biggest issues South Florida experience last season was over taxing their defense with their up tempo offense. The defense wore down as the season went on as they allowed 38.3 PPG over their last six games (including their bowl), compared to allowing just 25.9 PPG over their first seven games. Charlie Strong should have a positive impact on this defense.

The San Jose State Spartans are hoping for better things in 2017 after a 4–8 season a year ago. The Spartans averaged only 24 PPG on offense and allowed 35 PPG on defense. The Spartans defense allowed 247 rushing yards per game which completely wore down this defense.

San Jose State also has a first-year head coach, Brent Brennan, who is a 1st-time head coach. Brennan also has a 1st time OC and DC on his staff, so there will be some growing pains for this team this year. The Spartans have seven starters back on offense but must find a new QB and they have to replace top WR Tim Crawley. They do return Justin Holmes and Tre Hartley, who combined for 1185 yards receiving and seven TDs last year.

Laying three touchdowns on the road is not something that should normally be considered. However, this Bulls offense was very productive last season and they return Heisman dark horse at QB, plus 16 returning starters on offense and defense. I think the Bulls have plenty of offense to get the job done on the road and should cover this -20.5 point spread.

South Florida vs San Jose State Free NCAAF Pick: South Florida -20.5

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