The International Bowl is only in its fourth year, and while no teams have made repeat appearances in Toronto, USF defensive coordinator Joe Tresey has a chance to pick up his second Rogers Centre win on Saturday when the Bulls take on Northern Illinois.

Tresey was part of Brian Kelly's Cincinnati staff when the Bearcats beat Western Michigan in the inaugural bowl after the 2006 season, following Kelly for a rare bowl coaching debut after both coached at Central Michigan that year.

"We did the Central Michigan Motor City (bowl) and then turned around and came and did this game," said Tresey, who stayed with the Chippewas with their interim coach, then joined Kelly in Cincinnati, winning two bowl games in a span of 12 days.

Tresey said he's looking forward to Saturday's game, but his goal is to make a different return -- to a BCS bowl, as he coached with Cincinnati last season, losing to Virginia Tech in the Orange Bowl.

"Your goal is to get to a BCS bowl," Tresey said. "That's what you want. We're happy to be in a bowl instead of sitting at home, but we'd like it to be a bigger bowl."