The 2006 season marked Grothe 's first action on the football team after redshirting all of USF 's 2005 bowl season . He won the starting quarterback spot over senior Pat Julmiste in the first game of 2006 against McNeese State . The national buzz continued for Grothe , the 2006 Big East Conference Rookie of the Year , after he led his team to an upset of No. 7 West Virginia on the road in Morgantown , West Virginia . In his first post-season appearance , he led USF to the PapaJohns.com Bowl against East Carolina . Although Grothe missed the entire second half of the game with a shin injury ( after being up 24 – 7 ) , the Bulls claimed their first-ever bowl victory by a score of 24 – 7
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Big East Conference (1979–2013)
Matt Grothe