Programming note: USF coach Jim Leavitt will be on "The Lineup" on Bright House Sports Network tonight at 6 p.m., doing an interview with BHSN's Joe Girvan. It's the first part of three, with more from the interview on Thursday and Friday night as well.

We've written a bunch of similar statements hedged with words like "probably" and "likely," but Leavitt told BHSN that injured kicker Maikon Bonani won't play this season: "Our thoughts are to not play him this year, but to have him the year after that, ready to go," he told the network.

-- ESPN.com blogger Brian Bennett offers three predictions for USF, calling for the Bulls to lose at FSU, beat Miami and remain in the thick of the wide-open race for the Big East crown.

-- Remember Chris Demarest? The former Rutgers assistant, who spoke with Leavitt about USF's then-vacant secondary job this spring, is back in coaching, as he was hired as football coach and athletic director at Hudson Catholic High in Jersey City, the Star-Ledger reports