Baylor stages remarkable comeback, ruins UCF Big 12 Conference home debut, 36-35
Baylor erased a 35-7 third-quarter deficit, scoring 29 unanswered points and taking the lead on a 25-yard field goal Isaiah Hankins with 1:21 left to play to beat Big 12 newcomer UCF 36-35 in the the Knightsโ first conference home game.
Catโs eye view of UCF Football: โVoice of the Kansas State Wildcatsโ offers thoughts on Knights
The โVoice of the Wildcatsโ has been calling Kansas State games for more than two decades, and heโll be behind the mic when UCF visits Bill Snyder Family Stadium for the Knightsโ inaugural Big 12 football game.
Bellarmine wins ASUN, hands NCAA bid to Jacksonville State
CJ Fleming scored a career-high 27 points, Dylan Penn added 22 and Division I newcomer Bellarmine defeated Jacksonville 77-72 in the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament, handing the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament to regular-season champion Jacksonville State.
UCFโs spring football game to host fans at 50% capacity
The University of Central Florida will still host its spring football game at the Bounce House with Knights taking the field in front of fans. [TRENDING: SpaceX aims to fly -- and avoid explosion | 4-year-old among 3 dead in I-95 crash | Thief pup gets new home]AdCurrent season ticket holders can claim tickets starting Monday. Season ticket members can claim tickets until April 6, or until 50% of seats in the stadium have been claimed. Students whoโd like to attend the spring game will not need to claim tickets but instead will need to show their UCF ID at the entrance. Those interested in purchasing tickets or becoming a season ticket holder can head to UCFKnights.com.
One on one with new UCF football coach Gus Malzahn
ORLANDO, Fla. โ The Gus Malzahn era is underway at UCF. Malzahn was hired as the 9th football coach in program history on Feb. 15. [TRENDING: SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites | Weekend vaccine events for OCPS employees | Family speaks after deadly shooting]The energized veteran head coach has plans to take the Knights to greater heights. Days before UCF opens spring practice, Malzahn sat down with news 6 Sports Director Jamie Seh, outlining his vision and looking back on the past. AdUse the form below to sign up for the ClickOrlando.com 4pm Trending newsletter, sent every weekday.
UAE weapons show draws major deals, traders amid pandemic
(AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)ABU DHABI โ In spite of the surging coronavirus pandemic, major arms makers descended Sunday on a convention center in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, hoping to make deals with militaries across the Middle East. The UAE unveiled $1.36 billion in local and foreign arms deals to supply its forces with everything from South African drones to Serbian artillery. Significant national pavilions were absent, including the United States, the worldโs largest arms exporter. AdโThe threats are obvious lately,โ said Walid Abukhaled, CEO of Saudi Arabian Military Industries Company, a holding company owned by the countryโs sovereign wealth fund. โIf Iran goes into a major rearmament program or starts to flex its muscles, thatโs where missile defense and air defense systems come in,โ he said.
โItโs time to rise again:โ UCF announces Gus Malzahn as new head football coach
FILE - Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn reacts to a call during the second half of an NCAA college football game against LSU in Auburn, Ala., in this Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020, file photo. (AP Photo/Butch Dill, File)ORLANDO, Fla. โ The University of Central Florida has struck a deal to make former Auburn football coach Gus Malzahn the Knightsโ next head coach. He will replace Josh Heupel, who recently left to become the Tennessee Volunteersโ head coach, and he will be UCFโs ninth head football coach. Malzahn has been linked to the UCF job ever since the school hired athletics director Terry Mohajir, who worked with Malzahn at Arkansas State. Not only do I believe that heโs the best college football coach in state of Florida now, I believe heโll put together one of the best staffs in America.
New Tennessee coach not deterred by NCAA investigation
New Tennessee NCAA college football head coach Josh Heupel, left, shakes hands with University of Tennessee athletics director Danny White after being presented a jersey speaks during an introductory press conference at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn., Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. If anything, I was trying not to hire the coach from UCF.โWhite hired Heupel on Wednesday as Tennessee's 27th head coach and fifth coach, not counting interim or acting coaches, since the end of the 2008 season. Heupel said he wasn't deterred by the NCAA investigation that started with the firing of Tennessee's last coach, Jeremy Pruitt. โI believe in a very, very bright future for Tennessee football,โ Heupel said. White was hired on Jan. 21 and his first job was to find a new coach.
UCFโs winningest head coach dies at 80
UCFโs winningest head coach Gene McDowell has died at the age of 80. QUINCY, Fla. โ The University of Central Floridaโs winningest head coach Gene McDowell has died at the age of 80. The university said McDowell died Tuesday morning in Quincy. [TRENDING: Great white shark bites boat in Florida | Orange County deputyโs TikTok videos under investigation | Governor touts vaccine rollout]In his run as head coach, UCF played in Division II, Division 1-AA and Division 1. The Waycross, Georgia native played college ball at Florida State University, where he was a linebacker and offensive guard.
UCF athletic director Danny White leaves for Tennessee
(AP Photo/Willie J. Allen Jr., File)ORLANDO, Fla. โ UCF athletic director Danny White is leaving for the same position at the University of Tennessee. The hiring comes three days after Tennessee fired football coach Jeremy Pruitt and parted with athletics director Philip Fulmer. The White family will always be Knight fans!โ#Tennessee announces Danny White as athletic director. UCF Athletics raised more than $35.5 million in gift commitments and $17.4 million in cash gifts during 2019-2020. Cartwright said UCF will begin a nationwide search for a new athletic director immediately.
UCF basketball game against Tulane postponed due to COVID-19 issues
ORLANDO, Fla. โ The University Central Florida basketball game against Tulane has been postponed due to COVID-19 issues, the team announced on Twitter. [TRENDING: How to get vaccine in Florida | Could $600 checks grow into $2,000 payments? | Fla. child porn suspect had hidden bunker]The Knights announced the team will play later this week, UCFโs next game is on Saturday. The team has not announced a date for the game to be made up. UCF will play against South Florida at 7 p.m. on Jan. 2.
UCF accepts bid to play in bowl game Christmas week
All rights reserved)BOCA RATON, Fla. โ The University of Central Florida has accepted a bid to play in the RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl. [TRENDING: โChristmas Starโ forming soon | This holiday drone light show is way COOL]The game will be at 7 p.m. on Dec. 22 at FAU Stadium in Boca Raton. @UCF_Football will play in the Boca Raton Bowl on December 22nd. โOur players and staff are excited to be in this bowl game. @UCF_Football will "likely face" an ACC opponent in the Boca Raton Bowl on Dec. 22nd https://t.co/qtu7QkVrxz โ Nathaniel Rivas (@nathanielrivas9) December 7, 2020Florida Atlantic defeated SMU 52-28 in the 2019 Boca Raton game.
Star quarterback McKenzie Milton announces transfer from UCF
ORLANDO, Fla. โ UCF quarterback McKenzie Milton is transferring to another school, the star player announced in a video released Thursday. โI will be entering the transfer portal and playing my last year of college football elsewhere,โ Milton said in an Instagram post. โI may be suiting up in different colors, but Iโll always bleed Black and Gold.โItโs not known where Milton will play next. In the video, Milton said leaving UCF is โone the hardest things for me to do.โโIโm trying to think of it more logically than emotionally,โ he said. Milton thanked UCF Nation in his farewell video.