The UCF Knights took to the field for the last time this season in the seventh edition of “The War on I-4” against the South Florida Bulls. UCF (Zero-12, Zero-Eight) completed the season winless for the 2nd time in 11 years of time of time. Quinton Flowers is completing 60.4 percent of his passes for 1,841 yards, 18 touchdowns and eight interceptions.
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A brief second-half Flowers encore arrived with a 26-yard touchdown strike – on a tipped pass – to Price, who has five touchdown catches in his last four games after totaling one his first three seasons on campus. Flowers scored on runs of 3 and 5 yards. The South Florida Bulls ground game is averaging 240 yards per contest, and Marlon Mack leads the way with 1,171 yards and eight touchdowns. Sophomore place-kicker Emilio Nadelman made three field goals – 44, 21 and 43-yarders – giving him a streak of nine straight converted field-goal attempts.
If UConn prevails at Temple on Saturday night, the Bulls will capture the AAC’s East Division title and advance to the league’s inaugural championship game against Friday’s Navy-Houston victor.
After Matthew Wright’s 28-yard field goal gave the hosts a 3-0 lead, the Bulls answered with a 12-play, 75-yard march, capped by sophomore Quinton Flowers’ 4-yard touchdown pass to freshman Chris Barr. Even with the Knights stinking up the joint all season long and the Bulls stepping it up lately, I can’t lay this many points in a rivarly game. The Bulls had 455 yards of total offense compared to 203 for UCF.
The Bulls offense ran and passed as it pleased for most of the game. One play earlier, Flowers (14-for-21, 176 yards, three TDs) rolled right and found D’Ernest Johnson over the middle for a 28-yard gain on fourth and 8. Whoever gets the start under center, they should probably get the ball to Tre’Quan Smith as much as possible.
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Central Florida quarterback Justin Holman (13) drops back to pass against South Florida during the first half of an NCAA college football game Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015, in Orlando, Fla. Pirates running back Chris Hairston raced to 123 yards on 14 carries, penetrating the UCF defense with seeming ease.
