The South Florida Bulls will hit the highway when they face the Houston Cougars in an NCAA college football game set for Thursday night. <br /> <br />Start time from Houston is slated for 7:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN. <br /> <br />The college football odds from this week ten game have the home side Houston Cougars favored by –14 1/2 points.. <br /> <br />South Florida falls to 1-5 on the 2013 campaign following a 34-3 home defeat last week to the Louisville Cardinals as a +20 point betting underdog. The game landed under 45 points. The Bulls were behind 17-3 at the half. <br /> <br />The team put up only 133 offensive yards with 38 running for 2 yards a carry. Steven Bench completed 4 of 12 passes for 68 yards and a pick. The Bulls committed two turnovers and forced none away from the Cardinals. South Florida could only convert 1 of 9 tries on third down and lost the time of possession battle by 22 ½ minutes. On defense they give up 485 yards to the Louisville offense with 353 yards passing and three touchdown passes to Teddy Bridgewater. <br /> <br />Houston is now 6-1 on the year and bowl eligible following a 49-14 road victory last week to the Rutgers Scarlet Knights as a +5 ½ point underdog. The game total came in at over 59 ½ points. The Cougars jumped out to the 28-14 first half lead and shut out the Scarlet Knights in the second half. <br /> <br />The team gained 611 offensive yards with 211 on the ground for 5 ½ yards a carry. John O’Korn completed 24 of 30 throws for 364 yards and five touchdowns. They win the turnover battle by a +6 margin. On defense Houston allowed 420 yards to Rutgers with 204 rushing for 5 yards per attempt. The Cougars picked off five Scarlet Knights passes.
