For years, we've been shouting from the rooftops an unfettered love of daytime kickoffs here on the blog, singing the praises of games with actual time to interview players and coaches and occasionally even write a coherent story in time for the next day's newspaper.

But even we must step back and notice the number of noon kickoffs for the Bulls -- the next Saturday game, against Louisville at home on Nov. 21, has been set for a noon kick, with local TV broadcast on WFTS, Ch. 28. That's four straight noon kicks on Saturday games, going back to Florida State, then Syracuse and Pittsburgh.

We'll reverse field a little bit and pre-emptively cross our fingers in hoping for a night kickoff for USF's home game against Miami. My brother Steve, you see, is getting married on Nov. 28 on the other side of the state, and of course, you wouldn't miss your brother's wedding for anything. But it's an 11:30 a.m. wedding (no word on TV yet) so there's the possibility of me driving back across the state for an evening kickoff. Otherwise, I'm missing my first game in six seasons on the beat. Again, repeat after me: Night kickoffs are our friend ... night kickoffs are our friend.

-- He hasn't suggested anything otherwise, but quarterback B.J. Daniels said Monday that he still intends to play basketball for the Bulls after football season. Daniels, a walk-on guard who played sparingly as a freshman, would again have a small role for the Bulls, who return point guards Chris Howard and Justin Leemow and add Ohio State transfer Anthony Crater the second week in December.

The opportunity to play both sports was a big part of why Daniels chose USF, but it will be interesting to see how willing football coach Jim Leavitt is to have his starting quarterback playing basketball for two months or more in the offseason.