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USF Football Names Its Team Captains

USF players voted on team captains for the upcoming season on Friday and Bulls that will be leading the charge next Saturday will be senior wide receiver Andre Davis (offense), senior linebacker Reshard Cliett (defense) and senior kicker Marvin Kloss (special teams).

“Our team picked three guys that I think can lead this football. I think it says a lot, especially when we as coaches don’t have any influence on who gets picked. It’s all by their peers,” Taggart said. “Like I tell our guys, I think that’s the best award you can get is being voted by your teammates to be the captain to lead the football team. I can tell those guys were excited, that’s big-time.”

Davis is on the verge of breaking every major receiving record in the program history after earning all-state honors three times at Tampa’s Jefferson High School. Davis already owns USF records for consecutive games with a reception (30) and consecutive 100-yard games (3). Last season’s offensive MVP ranks third on USF’s career list in receiving yards (1,542) and receptions (117), and he’s fourth on the career touchdown catch list with 10 heading into next Saturday.

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Cliett, a redshirt senior from Thomasville, Ga., had a standout season in 2013, ranking second on the team with 56 total tackles along with 7.0 tackles for loss and a sack. Cliett has posted 101 total tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss and three sacks in 31 games as a Bull since 2011.

Taggart said captains on special teams will rotate throughout the season starting with Kloss, who became a Groza Award finalist last season in his first opportunity as USF’s primary placekicker. The Naples, Fla., native earned a spot on the Groza Award Watch List this preseason after leading the nation with 11 field goals of 40 yards or more and four from 50-plus yards.

Kloss also set a USF record with 13 consecutive made field goals, including kicks from 52, 50, 50, 50, 49, 49 and 47 yards, and he made at least one field goal in nine games on the way to becoming the first-ever Bull to be named a finalist for a major college football award.

Taggart had the honor of being a team captain during his record-breaking career as a quarterback at Western Kentucky and USF’s leading man told the Bulls’ newest captains to savor the moment.

“Not often do you get a chance to be the captain of a football team and when you get the opportunity you have to take advantage of it,” Taggart said.

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Golf Tournament Reminder!

Please don’t forget that the 2014 USF / Chi Phi Golf Scramble will be here before you know it – it’s only two months away! The tournament will take place on Sunday, October 26, 2014 at 8:30 a.m. at the Babe Zaharias Golf Course in Tampa. For more information and to register, check out www.usfchiphialumni.com/golf.

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Everyone who attended last year’s event can testify as to what a great time it was, and all proceeds from the tournament go to the Chi Phi Educational Trust.

We’ve already had several teams register (including last year’s winning team!), so don’t delay – just head over to www.usfchiphialumni.com/golf and get registered today!

USF Football Returns with Bulls FanFest on August 16th

The kickoff of the 2014 USF football season is just six weeks away, but Bulls fans won’t have to wait that long for their first glimpse of Head Coach Willie Taggart’s second team.

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USF’s annual Bulls Fan Fest will take place on Saturday, Aug. 16 at Corbett Stadium, home of the USF soccer teams and site of the Bulls’ spring football game, on the USF campus. A free event and open to the public, Bulls Fan Fest is scheduled from noon to 3 p.m. and this year it will involve all of USF’s fall sports teams. The USF football players and coaches will be joined by the USF men’s and women’s soccer, volleyball and cross country programs in a day packed full of great experiences and fun for Bulls fans.

Along with the opportunity to get autographs and pictures with student-athletes, coaches, Rocky The Bull, Sun Dolls and cheerleaders, fans will have the chance to participate in interactive games with their favorite Bulls. Among the many activities fans can participate in with the student-athletes will be games for kicking field goals, scoring goals, serving volleyballs and much more.

There will be opportunities to get pictures in Bulls’ uniforms, show off your endzone dance, win prizes and hear from all of the Bulls’ fall sport head coaches.

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