A fierce Central Florida rally fell two yards short, and No. 25 Southern Mississippi escaped an upset bid with a 30-29 win Saturday night. Central Florida's J.J. Whorton caught a 25-yard touchdown pass as time expired, but Southern Miss safety Jacorious Cotton got a hand on Blake Bortles' 2-point conversion pass to seal the win. ''We knew they were going to be good...

Danny Hrapmann kicked five field goals and No. 25 Southern Miss hung onto its Conference USA title hopes and avoided an upset with a 30-29 win over Central Florida on Saturday night. Central Florida's J.J. Whorton caught a 25-yard touchdown pass as time expired, but Southern Miss safety Jacorious Cotton got a hand on Blake Bortles' 2-point conversion pass to seal the win...

Danny Hrapmann kicked five field goals and No. 25 Southern Miss hung onto its Conference USA title hopes and avoided an upset with a 30-29 win over Central Florida on Saturday night. Central Florida's J.J. Whorton caught a 25-yard touchdown pass as time expired, but Southern Miss safety Jacorious Cotton got a hand on Blake Bortles' 2-point conversion pass to seal the win...

HATTIESBURG (AP) -- Danny Hrapmann kicked five field goals and No. 22 Southern Miss hung onto its Conference USA title hopes and avoided an upset with a 30-29 win over Central Florida on Saturday night. Central Florida's J.J. Whorton caught a 25-yard touchdown pass as time expired, but Southern Miss safety Jacorious Cotton got a hand on Blake Bortles' 2-point conversion...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Central Florida quarterback Jeff Godfrey rushed for one touchdown and threw for another to break out of a recent slump as the Knights dominated Memphis 41-0 on Saturday. Knights' receiver Quincy McDuffie caught Godfrey's touchdown pass and added another rushing score. UCF's defense also came alive after a recent slump with a season-high three sacks...

Halftime: Central Florida leads BYU 10-3 (live update) The Salt Lake Tribune Published Sep 23, 2011 07:58PM MDT Provo • A turnover deep in Brigham Young territory has been the difference as Central Florida takes a 10-3 lead into the halftime locker room Friday night at LaVell Edwards Stadium. Following a UCF score to end the first quarter, the punters dominated the second...

Ever since University of Central Florida coach George O'Leary came to Orlando, two of the mantras he's repeated most during his seven seasons with the Knights are the ideas of ''the next play'' and ''the next man.'' After several years of building, UCF posted the program's most successful season in 2010 with an 11-3 finish, a Liberty Bowl...

According to CentralFloridaFuture.com, Damarcus Smith will arrive on campus at Central Florida and start classes on June 22. Excerpt: It’s official: DaMarcus Smith will be a Knight. The Louisville, Ky., quarterback will arrive on campus at UCF in time for the summer B session. The Central Florida Future has confirmed with Smith that he will be arriving on campus June 22 and...

THE ROAD TO THE DRAFT Jah Reid, OT, Central Florida 6-foot-7, 327 pounds Draft projection: Second to fourth round Lowdown: An intriguing right-tackle prospect who started for 3 1-2 years....

Jah Reid OT Central Florida Ht: 6’7″ Wt: 325 Strengths: Elite size. A decent athlete considering his size. Quick feet. Strong lower body; looks very good slowing down bull rushers. Has the skills necessary to switch to guard if teams view him as a better fit there. Weaknesses: Not a dominant blocker. Even when going against smaller defenders he rarely finishes...

There has been a lot of talk within the past 48 hours that DaMarcus Smith has asked to be released from his letter of intent to the University of Central Florida. As of right now this is all talk. Nothing has officially been reported, but there are sources close to Smith saying that he again wants to be a Louisville Cardinal. It sounds like the CFU coaching staff may have been...

The University of Central Florida has been making strides of late in both football and basketball but their in-state rivals may be keeping them from making a leap to a major conference.

Tribune News Services ORLANDO -- Two Conference USA championships, four bowl bids, a pair of 10-win seasons and a strong belief that more good things are on the way. Central Florida has come a long way under George O'Leary, the former Georgia Tech coach who's led a dramatic turnaround since taking over a struggling program and going 0-11 in his first year on the job with...

After he and his teammates stopped celebrating their program's first national ranking, Central Florida defensive end Bruce Miller began to look at the rest of the Knights' schedule: Southern Miss, at Tulane at Memphis. Just how far could they climb?

by Graham WatsonFiled under: East Carolina, UCF, Conference USACentral Florida players didn't even bother to downplay the importance of Saturday's game against Conference USA East rival East Carolina. "This is definitely one of the biggest games that we've had here because of everything that's on the line,'' UCF defensive end Bruce Miller told UCFathetics...

East Carolina (4-0 in C-USA) and UCF (3-0) have combined to win each of the last three Conference USA championships and four of the five East Division crowns. On Saturday they’ll meet in Orlando (3:30 p.m. EDT) in the marquee conference game of the week and it will mark the latest that two undefeated in C-USA teams have played since the league expanded to 12 teams in 2005...

Troy Davis returned an interception for a touchdown, Josh Robinson picked up a fumble for a score and a ball-hawking defense helped Central Florida roll to a 42-7 win over UAB on Wednesday night. Ronnie Weaver had 50 yards rushing and two touchdowns, and freshman quarterback Jeff Godfrey had 217 total yards in a strong Conference USA opener for the Knights (3-2, 1-0).

Playboy playmate Shanna McLaughlin is a University of Central Florida graduate...so Axis Magazine was doing a photo shoot with the hot alum and figured what better place to showcase her assets than on the very campus she attended as a co-ed.

I’ve noticed more and more mock drafts have Anthony Davis placed in the top 10 lately. I certainly don’t dispute that it could happen, team’s have made far worse top-10 picks in the past, but in my opinion Davis is far from a top-10 prospect. The New York Post ran a revealing story on Davis today, [...]

Kamar Aiken is a 6-2, 213-pound wide receiver from Miami's Chaminade-Madonna High School. Listed as No. 81 on the field, Aiken played his junior year at Central Florida in 2009 and racked up ...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...

Central Florida junior defensive lineman Bruce Miller has been named the Conference USA Player of the Year for 2009. The vote came as a result of 12 ballots from Conference USA coaches...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...

Brett Hodges threw two touchdown passes and Alabama-Birmingham beat Central Florida 34-27 on Saturday.Hodges went 24-for-38 for 230 yards, including a 12-yard touchdown pass to Kamir Aiken and a 5-yarder to Billy Giovanetti for the Knights (8-4, 6-2 Conference USA).

Contrary to popular belief, those seemingly "easy" games against 1-AA teams shows a lot of teams just what they are made of. Just ask the University of Central Florida. Their game against Samford Saturday night showed fans and coaches a lot about this football team's make up.The Knights barely squeaked out a 28-24 victory over the Bulldogs. The general consensus is...

In 2006, the year in which the 2009 University of Central Florida senior class first set foot on the Orlando campus, the Knights football team was still playing games at the city of Orlando's Citrus Bowl, a 20-30 minute ride from where the players hit the books. The season began with a sprightly 35-16 win against Villanova at home, but after a 42-0 loss at University of Florida...

George O'Leary and the UCF Knights are looking to rebound from a 4-7 (3-4 C-USA) '08 record this year. They will utilize their game-hardened 18 returning starters, including starting quarterback Rob Calabrese.   However, a tough schedule, which includes several tough Conference USA matches, threatens the possibility of the Knights coming out of the hole that has been...