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AP Top 25 takeaways: Buckeyes still have playoff path

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Another big game for Lamar Jackson. Another bad game for Charlie Strong. Another non-offensive touchdown for Alabama. Just when it looked like the college football weekend was going to be filled with more of the same, Penn State pulled off the biggest upset of the season. Thoughts, takedowns and takeaways from Week 8. 1. As No. 2 Ohio State picks up the pieces from a surprising loss at Happy Valley, the most important thing to know is this: If the…

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Week 8 preview: A&M vs. ‘Bama; Ducks’ coach under pressure

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As the college football season makes the turn into the back half of the season, we’re due for a startling upset. The first week of the season, two teams ranked in the top 10 lost to unranked teams. No. 5 LSU fell to Wisconsin and No. 10 Notre Dame lost to Texas . Since then we have learned Notre Dame is not all that good and Wisconsin really is. Only one top 10 team has lost to an unranked team…

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Downtrodden Florida football teams making comebacks

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For the most part, Florida football fans — both college and pro — have not had a lot to cheer about in recent years. Lately, however, football fans around the state have had some reason to cheer on both Saturday and Sunday. Unless one was a Florida State fan, supporters of Florida’s teams had to be satisfied with an occasional strong performance. The Seminoles have been a championship contender over the past five seasons. It has been a tough go…

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UCF makes plays at right time to defeat East Carolina

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The Central Florida Knights made some key plays at critical times that helped them go on to a 47-29 win over the East Carolina Pirates in their American Conference opener in Greenville, North Carolina. Those plays made a winner of the Knights even though they were dominated in the statistical department. East Carolina, one of the country’s most prolific offenses regarding yards gained, was denied touchdowns by the Central Florida defense on multiple occasions. After a 75-yard pass play from…

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UCF flexes muscles, throttles FIU, 53-14

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The Central Florida Knights were favored to defeat the Florida International Golden Panthers on Saturday night. Few would have predicted the 53-14 rout perpetrated by the Knights. FIU was playing at home and coming off a loss at Massachusetts where they were in the game until the end. On Saturday, they stayed with the new-look Knights for about 10 minutes, then were buried in an avalanche of points. UCF led 8-7 with 5:27 left in the first period, but stretched…

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UCF drops heartbreaker to Maryland

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It came down to two freshmen quarterbacks in Orlando on Saturday night. Maryland freshman Tyrell Pigrome made the most of his one play on the field to lead the Terps to a 30-24 double overtime win against Central Florida at Bright House Networks Field. His counterpart, freshman McKenzie Milton, made some good plays throughout the game for the Knights, but committed four turnovers that ultimately proved to be too much to overcome. Maryland did not turn the ball over. Milton,…

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UCF routed by Michigan, but shows some promise

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Not many outside the Central Florida players, coaches and die-hards thought the Knights would threaten the No. 5 Michigan Wolverines. Michigan rolled to a 51-14 win at home on Saturday, but there are some positive takeaways for Knights’ Coach Scott Frost. The Wolverines piled up a 31-0 lead early in the second quarter and made Central Florida look bad in the process. Two fumbles, two blocked punts and a blocked field goal made the UCF faithful cringe and wonder how…

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