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USF Football: 3 takeaways from Bulls’ win over Temple

By Connor Muldowney

TAMPA, FL - SEPTEMBER 21: Quarterback Quinton Flowers #9 of the South Florida Bulls celebrates with tight end Mitchell Wilcox #89 after rushing 22 yards for a touchdown during the second quarter of an NCAA football game against the Temple Owls on September 21, 2017 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images)
TAMPA, FL - SEPTEMBER 21: Quarterback Quinton Flowers #9 of the South Florida Bulls celebrates with tight end Mitchell Wilcox #89 after rushing 22 yards for a touchdown during the second quarter of an NCAA football game against the Temple Owls on September 21, 2017 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images) /
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TAMPA, FL – SEPTEMBER 21: Quarterback Quinton Flowers #9 of the South Florida Bulls celebrates with tight end Mitchell Wilcox #89 after rushing 22 yards for a touchdown during the second quarter of an NCAA football game against the Temple Owls on September 21, 2017 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images)
TAMPA, FL – SEPTEMBER 21: Quarterback Quinton Flowers #9 of the South Florida Bulls celebrates with tight end Mitchell Wilcox #89 after rushing 22 yards for a touchdown during the second quarter of an NCAA football game against the Temple Owls on September 21, 2017 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images) /

1. South Florida has shown it can win without Quinton Flowers

An openly frustrated Quinton Flowers is what a national audience got to watch on Thursday evening in Tampa. He was struggling to hit his receivers and the offense left a ton of points on the field. The Bulls could have easily scored 60-plus points, but Flowers had trouble with his accuracy and couldn’t find much running room like he did against Illinois last week.

For South Florida to beat Temple by such a wide margin even though Flowers was far from on top of his game shows just how impressive this team is. Despite being a Group of Five program that doesn’t get as much exposure as Power Five foes,

When you look at the final score and look at the stat line, you might wonder just how the Bulls even came out with a victory, but it was just a complete team effort. Charlie Strong has to feel good about his team despite the quarterback’s play.

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However, Strong will try to get his quarterback’s confidence back up as he looked dejected on the sidelines even with his team up by 30-plus points. South Florida showed that it doesn’t need Flowers to be on top of his game to win big — and that’s a scary thought.

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