Jeremy Brevard- USA TODAY SPORTS
(WLTX) --- The unofficial kick-off to the Outback Bowl began Thursday with both head coach in Tampa for the annual contract-signing party.
Steve Spurrier and Michigan's Brady Hoke posed for plenty of pictures, signed numerous footballs and answered a host of questions about their respective programs and the road each took to arrive in Tampa.
USC can match last year's school-record 11-win season with a win over Michigan, a game that will mark Spurrier's first ever showdown with the Wolverines.