Flowers achieves more milestones

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — While enjoying one of his most prosperous nights as a Bull, Quinton Flowers indirectly inserted another possible story line into the seasonending showdown at UCF on Nov. 24.

Saturday’s triumph was Flowers’ 28th as Bulls starting quarterback, tying Matt Grothe for second place on the school’s career list. Flowers is two victories shy of tying Marquel Blackwell for the USF record, meaning he could match Blackwell in Orlando.

Flowers also became only the seventh player in Division I-A history to reach 7,000 passing and 3,000 rushing yards for a career. His 516 total yards marked the 16th time he has amassed at least 300 yards in a game (a USF record). Additionally, he recorded his 13th career 100-yard rushing effort (16 carries, 131 yards).

“(The numbers) mean a lot. That’s the reason I came here,” Flowers said.

“I just sit back and think about it, when I first committed to the University of South Florida, this school was 2-8, and I always had a dream to go to a school and change the program. I’m here, I’m doing it now, and I’ve got the chance to just add on and put myself on the list to have people remember me as a guy that did whatever it takes.”

■ The upside of MLB Auggie Sanchez’s modest statistical production (three tackles) on Saturday? He’ll almost certainly become USF’s career tackles leader at home, on Senior Night against Tulsa on Nov. 16.