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Spotlight shines on South Florida's debut vs. Louisville

By Joe Starkey
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Ten years ago, the University of South Florida decided it would build a football program. Jim Leavitt was hired as coach, two years before his team played a game. His first office was an abandoned trailer. Back then, Leavitt could only dream of playing in a major conference, against a nationally-ranked team, in front of a large home crowd and an ESPN television audience. It's all going to happen at 6:45 p.m. (ET) Saturday at Raymond James Stadium when No. 9 Louisville comes to town for both ...

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