Great news for you Bulls fans who haven't yet ponied up for cable TV: USF's Oct. 27 game at Connecticut has been picked up for regional broadcast on ABC, with kickoff set for 3:30 p.m.

Again, regardless of how it may impact you guys as fans, daytime kickoffs are a great, great thing for deadline writers. They rock. We're unabashedly excited about this news. It's taken every ounce of restraint not to use multiple exclamation points and/or CAPITAL LETTERS (!!!) in this post.

The No. 2 Bulls have a national ESPN audience set for Thursday's game at Rutgers, and a decent chunk of the nation will be able to watch them against the Huskies. USF hopes to avenge a tough 15-10 loss in 2005, the last time the Bulls visited Rentschler Field.

And for USF students who want a place to watch USF-Rutgers on Thursday, the Bulls are hosting a watch party at the Sun Dome. "Bulls Frenzy" will start at 6:30 p.m., with the men's and women's basketball teams participating in the big event. Just a warning: If more people show up for that than they do for the men's basketball home opener against Cleveland State next month, we're going to point that kind of thing out. That won't be a problem, though, will it?