USF is the practice home of the AFC champion Pittsburgh Steelers this week, but the Bulls nearly had an unexpected brush of celebrity this week, as NBC called USF to ask if quarterback Matt Grothe could throw passes to analyst Cris Collinsworth for a segment to air on the network's pregame show Sunday.

Grothe would have been off-camera while throwing to Collinsworth, the former Bengals receiver, and USF had signed off on the move, since it wasn't promotional in nature and thus didn't violate any NCAA rules.

Alas, Raymond James Stadium is so locked down in preparation for Sunday's game that NBC couldn't get Grothe added to the list of credentialed staffers with access to the stadium Wednesday, so the plan was scrapped and the network will have to find someone who already has a credential and a decent arm for the segment.