Herman has had other interesting handshakes with opposing coaches in the past. The 49-year-old former Texas Longhorns coach is 6-14 in his two seasons with the Owls. Golesh, 40, is 11-10 as South Florida’s coach. FAU joined USF in the American Athletic Conference two years ago. USF leads the all-time series 4-2.

Now Herman, a former OSU offensive coordinator with head coaching stints at Houston and the University of Texas prior to his FAU post, is offering his viewpoint on the postgame handshake-non-handshake following USF's 44-21 shellacking of Herman's Owls.

The Owls led 14-7 at the half, but the Bulls exploded with 37 second-half points to secure the win. In the fourth quarter, it was clear that USF and head coach Alex Golesh had no intention of taking their foot off the gas, even going for the two-point conversion after their final touchdown.

Tom Herman really wanted Alex Golesh to shake his hand and mean it. He showed more fight in trying to get Golesh to shake his hand than his Florida Atlantic Owls did in their latest loss to the South Florida Bulls.

Maybe Alex Golesh is the forgiving type. Maybe not. But South Florida's head coach certainly isn't the forgetting type. After vowing a year ago that his Bulls would remember getting worked at home by Florida Atlantic in a 56-14 blowout-loss,