USF Senior Writer
“I think the synergy that those guys have now is really showing,” head coach Willie Taggart said after practice Thursday night. “The comradery those guys have off the field is showing on the football field. You saw all offseason guys really coming together and they’re really taking on Coach Hope’s personality now.”

New co-offensive coordinator Danny Hope, in his 34th year of coaching, has brought a workmanlike style to the program that’s rubbed off on his offensive line like it did at previous stops like Purdue, Wyoming, Oklahoma and Louisville.