Nobody's tracking an injury report for a game like this the way they would a conference matchup, but the forecast is worth watching: rain is in the picture around kickoff, with a real chance of showers hanging over Tampa most of Saturday evening. That's the kind of detail that can keep a mismatch from turning into the track meet a total this high implies.
Whatever the weather does to the number between now and kickoff, the shape of the game itself isn't complicated. USF should control almost every snap here, and the only real question is how hard South Florida leans on it with a trip to Bowling Green already sitting on next Saturday's calendar.
The two wins so far haven't come pretty. South Florida trailed into the second half at Army before pulling away, and the FIU game stayed single digits deep into the fourth quarter. A true mismatch is a chance for the operation to finally look the part instead of grinding out two-score finishes.
Delaware State is walking into a level of speed and size it hasn't seen all season, and that gap tends to show up fastest up front, where a Power Four line can wear down a smaller one by the second half. If South Florida wants to make a statement before the schedule turns tougher, this is the Saturday to do it in bunches, rain or not.