Willie Taggart has been giving his team a much-needed history lesson before Friday's rivalry rematch with UCF.

Every time his USF Bulls head to their lockers, they're reminded of the four wins over UCF from 2005-2008.

Over, and over again.

"Coach Taggart has been playing the old school UCF and USF games in the locker room just to let the younger guys know what we're fighting for," senior defensive tackle [b]Todd Chandler[/b] said, noting the games have been on replay. "We're not just fighting for another game on our schedule. It's the natural hate that those older guys had for UCF and the grit that's between them guys 96 miles away.

"Somebody's in your own backyard and you're battling for the region."

Taggart admitted he had to learn about the rivalry prior to last season's Black Friday battle royal with the Knights. Those vintage videos helped the Bulls second-year coach learn the history of the heated "War on I-4".

Now, he's making sure his young players know what's at stake.

"It's important that we make sure they understand the importance of it for our program and fan base," Taggart said. "They've got to understand the magnitude of this football game and the history behind it. It's amazing a lot of them don't know it that's from Tampa or from this area."

Chandler admitted it didn't become a rivalry until UCF got into the win column last season, a 23-20 victory in Orlando. Now, he wants to bring the "heavyweight title" back to Tampa.

"It's just a natural hate," Chandler said. "We really don't like them guys. A lot of the young guys really don't understand the emotions behind it, you know the freshman.

"It's something you're born in. It's like those old school Cowboys and Indians movies. You're born to hate UCF and you inherit that hate once you sign that Letter of Intent to South Florida."

The pressure's back on Taggart and the Bulls (4-7 overall, 3-4 in American Athletic Conference) to pull off the upset, and try and knock the Knights (7-3, 5-1) out of conference title contention.

"You always hear it and I know our fan base is going to let you hear it," Taggart said. "That's the game they mark down and write down. Make sure you win that game, coach, and that's how it should be."