BOISE STATE at SOUTH FLORIDA
Thursday, August 28 | 5:30 p.m. ET
Raymond James Stadium (65,000/Natural Grass)
Tampa, Florida
Television
ESPN
Matt Barrie, Tom Luginbill and Harry Lyles Jr.
Radio
WHPT-FM 102.5 (South Florida flagship)
SiriusXM 139 or 201
THE GAME
Thursday’s game will be the first meeting between Boise State and South Florida … The Bulls have gone 4-1 against current members of the Mountain West Conference, including a 41-39 victory against San Jose State in the 2024 Hawaii Bowl to close last season … Boise State is 11-6 against current members of the American.
25/25 BOISE STATE
0-0, 0-0 Mountain West
Head Coach
Spencer Danielson (Asuza Pacific ’12)
15-3, second full season
Notes
Boise State is coming off a 12-2 campaign in 2024, which ended with the Broncos’ first appearance in the College Football Playoff … The Broncos’ only losses last year were to Oregon and Penn State … Boise State is 17-3 at home in the last three seasons, but is 12-8 on the road in the same stretch … The Broncos are ranked No. 25 in both national preseason polls … The most significant loss is Heisman Trophy runner-up Ashton Jeanty, who rushed for 2,601 yards and 29 touchdowns in 2024 … QB Maddux Madsen passed for 3,018 yards and 23 touchdowns last season … The top returning receiver is TE Matt Laute, who had 619 yards and seven touchdown catches … Head coach Spencer Danielson went 3-1 as the Broncos’ interim coach in 2023 and was 12-2 last year after assuming the permanent role.
SOUTH FLORIDA
0-0, 0-0 American
Head Coach
Alex Golesh (Ohio State ’06)
14-12, third season
Notes
South Florida plays the first of three straight games against preseason top-25 teams to open the season with Thursday’s matchup against Boise State … The Bulls follow with road dates against No. 15/17 Florida and No. 10/10 Miami … South Florida is the only team in the nation to open with three straight games against ranked teams … The Bulls went 7-6 for the second consecutive season under head coach Alex Golesh, the first coach in program history with two bowl wins in his first two years … Golesh’s 14 wins come after the Bulls won a combined four games in the three previous seasons … The Bulls are bolstered by the return of QB Byrum Brown, who suffered a season-ending leg injury after five games last year … Brown passed for a school-record 3,292 yards and 26 touchdowns and rushed for 809 yards and 11 TDs in 2023
