There's obviously been considerable conversation here about USF's practice of generally rotating running backs with each series, and Bulls coach Jim Leavitt discussed the rotation at length at Tuesday night's practice. Easiest thing to do here is just print what he said and let you guys read it that way.

Me: Seeing how well Jamar Taylor came back Saturday, do you have a sense for what he might be capable of doing this week,in terms of taking on a larger role?

Leavitt: Well, we're rolling three backs, basically. That's Mike (Ford) and Mo (Plancher) and Taylor, with Lindsey (Lamar) being a guy in there as well. Will we feature one guy? I don't see that happening right now. I really don't. I just don't.

Trib's Gregg Becnel: Why is that?

Leavitt: They're all different. They all have different roles. They all are different guys. Lindsey's small and he's very fast, and there are different things he does. Mike's big and does different things. Taylor and Mo are more alike, those two rotate in there. In different situations, we use different guys and all that stuff. We have used one back here, obviously, with Andre Hall, and Dyral McMillan, if you go back some years. We haven't lately. Mike we couldn't play early, Lindsey was young. We used Mo, and then Taylor got hurt. Taylor was out. Why did we bring Taylor back? He's healthy and ready to go.

Me: On Saturday, Taylor comes in and runs for 8 yards, runs for 19 and it gets called back. Obviously he's running well, but because of the rotation, it's another 40 minutes before he's back in the game. Do you see why that might throw off his own rhythm?

Leavitt: Yeah, I think that's fair. Why wouldn't you go with Taylor all the time? I think that's a fair comment. He's one of our top guys. The answer, I'd say, is Mo's really pretty good, too. He runs hard and does a real good job. He's had some great runs already this year. Everybody wants Mike Ford, because he's such a big back, so you usually see Mike in there in short yardage, goal line, things like that. It's a fair question. I understand why we're rotating. Will one of them break out of this thing? Maybe. Maybe. We may end up going with one here this week or next week, if we really feel like one's really playing much, much better than the others. Would I rather do that? You need them all available, because look at what happens. But you probably go with one or two backs as much as possible. But they're all good players. (Demetris) Murray's a good player."