The West Virginia Mountaineers. Fifth-ranked team in all the nation, despite a reasonably easy schedule. A juggernaut spread offense featuring Pat White, Steve Slaton, and Owen Schmitt that did pretty much whatever they wanted, including an average of 360 rushing yards per game. Defensively sturdy, allowing a measly 175 yards passing per game, and an even lesser 88 yards rushing.

The South Florida Bulls. Only in their 11th year as a football program. Up and coming under head coach Jim Leavitt, having beaten West Virginia late last season, but no real accomplishments aside from that, win over Auburn not withstanding. Absolute slobber-knocker of a game, right? You guessed it. West Virginia continues to roll? Not so much.

Introducing your winner, the South Florida Bulls! Who knows exactly what happened here. On paper, West Virginia did enough things right. Sure, they were atrocious on offense, managing "only" 188 yards rushing while fumbling five times, losing three of them, and also tossing three interceptions.

Thing is, the Bulls weren't much better. They had fewer yards (274 to WVU's 473) and almost as many turnovers (two each of the fumble and turnover variety), yet somehow managed to be the sole survivor of this horrific train wreck of a game.

Train wreck is a bit strong of a term? You be the judge:

1st Quarter 1st-10, 50 8:15 M. Ford rushed to the right for no gain. M. Ford fumbled. S. Berry recovered fumble
1st-10, WVU30 5:49 B. Williams rushed up the middle for 1 yard gain. B. Williams fumbled. E. Wicks recovered fumble
1st-10, WVU44 5:40 S. Slaton rushed up the middle for 1 yard gain. S. Slaton fumbled. C. Williams recovered fumble
1st-10, WVU31 2:50 E. Lankster intercepted M. Grothe for 20 yards
3rd-7, WVU28 1:35 B. Moffit intercepted P. White for 26 yard touchdown

2nd Quarter
2nd-1, SFla30 14:20 S. Slaton rushed up the middle for no gain. S. Slaton fumbled. W. George recovered fumble
3rd-8, SFla45 9:55 M. Grothe passed to C. Mitchell to the right for 55 yard touchdown. D. Alvarado made PAT
1st-10, SFla30 6:40 P. White passed to B. Hogan to the right for no gain. B. Hogan fumbled. N. Allen recovered fumble and returned for 44 yards
1st-10, WVU26 6:21 R. Mundy intercepted M. Grothe for 17 yards