Second-and-nine at the South Florida 14 yard line. Trailing 35-27 and knocking on USF’s door, Ben Hicks lines up under center, receives the snap, looks right and throws. The pass lands in the hands of the Bulls’ Deatrick Nichols, his second interception of the game.
A touchdown on that drive would have put the Mustangs a two-point conversion away from tying the score with about 3:50 to play.
SMU’s 35-27 loss to South Florida on Saturday felt a lot like the Mustangs’ previous loss to the Bulls in Dallas. In 2014, USF ruined SMU’s homecoming on a rainy and blustery night in Ford Stadium – the Bulls took the lead with four seconds remaining to win 14-13.