After last season's COVID-induced sounds of silence, the USF Bulls are preparing for a rowdy atmosphere in Thursday night's season-opener against the NC State Wolfpack at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh, N.C. (ACC Network, 7:30 p.m.).
Jeff Scott's 2020 USF head-coaching debut against The Citadel at Raymond James Stadium featured no one in the stands.
Literally, no one.
"For us, it has been two years since anybody played in front of (normal) crowd noise,'' Scott said Monday. "That's something we tried to do a good job of (simulating) in practice.
"Last year, if a guy lined up wrong, you could yell across the field, in the middle of the play or before the play, and they could hear you.