NEW ORLEANS, La. – What to make of the 2024 USF Bulls? They demonstrated that they can play with top teams in the country for extended periods. They also showed they can be downright putrid for extended periods. As for the latter, a Byrum Brown touchdown run in the final minute of the opening half at Tulane on Saturday afternoon halted a stretch in which USF was outscored 59-0 over nearly 60 minutes. That would be 28-0 in the second half against Miami last week and 31-0 to the Green Wave before Brown’s run. Speaking of Brown, things deteriorated from bad to worse in a 45-10 loss to open confer…