TAMPA Having beaten Rutgers 28-27 on Wednesday, USF has three more days of preparation than Louisville, which plays at Syracuse on Saturday, will have when the teams meet Nov. 13. And that extra time will help with the minor injuries sustained by key offensive players. QB B.J. Daniels, who aggravated a case of turf toe, wore a protective boot on his right foot Thursday. LT Jamar Bass, who missed much of the game with an ankle injury, also was in a boot. Coach Skip Holtz said he expects both as well as RBs Mo Plancher and Demetris Murray, both slowed by knee injuries to be ready to play. 'None of them are surgical injuries,' Holtz said. 'None of them are long-term type injuries. Every one of them has the probability of playing this week. We'll have a much better evaluation Sunday after they've had a couple of days to treat it and rest it and see where it is. 'A lot of the boots are precautionary; to help with the rehab, to stabilize them. (Trainer Steve Walz) feels pretty good that every one of them has a chance to play next week.' Daniels, who threw touchdown passes to Evan Landi and Dontavia Bogan, said he expects to play. 'It's all right,' he said. 'Of course, I'm going to be sore after a game. I'm just protecting it, letting it rest. I'm not going to miss any games.' RARE COMEBACK: Wednesday marked USF's first fourth-quarter comeback since a 26-23 overtime victory at Auburn on Sept. 8, 2007. Since joining the Big East in 2005, the Bulls' only other victory in which they overcame a fourth-quarter deficit was 21-20 over Florida International on Sept. 9, 2006. 'I think it shows a lot of B.J.'s development,' Holtz said of Daniels' first comeback. 'It shows how far he's come in a couple of weeks. He's playing with great confidence right now. He's at the line, making checks. He's like a totally different quarterback than a couple of weeks ago, who was timid; not physically timid, but mentally and emotionally timid, not comfortable in the pocket. 'All the sudden, it's like the game has slowed down for him. He's making reads. He's making throws.' THIS AND THAT: USF had a guest safety for the final play of the game, when Rutgers took a shot to score from 70 yards away - WR T.J. Knowles. 'We put T.J. back there, and I knew it was under control after that,' Plancher said. Three of Daniels' 10 completions were simply option pitches forward to Plancher, but he doesn't mind getting statistical credit for it. 'We still treat it like a running play,' Daniels said. 'He did a good job finding the holes and making people miss.' Greg Auman can be reached at aumansptimes.com. . UP NEXT UCF: at Houston, 8 tonight, ESPN2 Miami: vs. Maryland, noon Saturday, ESPNU Florida: at Vanderbilt, 12:20 Saturday, Ch. 38 FSU: vs. North Carolina, 3:30 Saturday, Ch. 28 USF: at Louisville, noon Nov. 13, ESPNU 