Talk about a team playing angry.
Look no further than South Florida on Nov. 4, when the Bulls went into East Hartford, Conn., and behind quarterback Quinton Flowers' career day, bounced back from a startling loss to Houston the week before.
Flowers threw for 385 yards and three touchdowns and tacked on 131 yards on the ground in the 37-20 win. Flowers set a school record for total yards and lifted the hopes of the entire program one week after coach Charlie Strong told the Tampa Bay Tribune, "I've never seen a program so down.