USF is generally considered to be sans rivals. Let’s rephrase that. USF is generally considered to be sans longtime, historical rivals. That has everything to do with being a young program and even younger member of its conference. There are a number of budding rivalries. There was the one with that school from about 90 minutes away – UCF. There is the team that shellacked the Bulls last weekend – Pittsburgh. There is that team from near the bottom of the state that USF will play during each of the next five seasons – Miami. But the one that may be considered as the primary rival – at least at the moment and at least to the Bulls – may be West Virginia.Since joining the Big East, USF has faced West Virginia four times. Each team has two wins and only one game (the first in the series) was decided by more than eight points. The Mountaineers were ranked in all but one of the matchups (the 2008 game). And the Bulls have ...
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