PHOTOS: With the win for UCF over Rice on Homecoming, Saturday’s matchup with East Carolina looms as the biggest game of the season. The winner will be in the driver’s seat of C-USA’s East Division.
To find the surprise team of the 2010 high school football season one needs only to head east down State Road 50, where the second-year East River Falcons are unbeaten through the first five games of the year.
The Florida Tuskers went on the road and came away with a 33-20 win over the Hartford Colonials. The win improved the Tuskers to 2-2 on the season and positions them in third place in the UFL standings.
Ronnie Weaver scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter Saturday night to help UCF get past host Buffalo 24-10. It wasn’t a pretty win as the Knights led just 10-3 at halftime following a defensive score in the second quarter.
Fans shouted the ever popular “you suck,” among other things, as he entered the tunnel. While looking into Rob Calabrese’s eyes as he walked you could see that not only was he aware of what was being said, but how much it was hurting him.
What an announced crowd of 43,020 will likely remember most about Saturday night’s matchup with NC State is not so much the 28-21 loss itself, but how UCF freshman quarterback Jeff Godfrey revived the battered Knights late in the game.
UCF quarterback Rob Calabrese answered critics Saturday night with a phenomenal performance against South Dakota, leading the Knights to touchdowns on each of the three drives he led over the first two quarters in a decisive 38-7 win at Bright House Networks Stadium.
Casey Powell and Matt Vinc helped lead the Orlando Titans to the East Division regular season with a franchise-best 11-5 record, and last week were named the National Lacrosse League’s 2010 Most Valuable Player and Goaltender of the Year, respectively.
Six games into the NBA postseason and the Orlando Magic look utterly unstoppable. The Bobcats couldn’t stand in their way as they lost four-straight in Round 1. Now the Atlanta Hawks are down 2-0 in a best-of-seven series resuming Saturday.
The first season in Orlando for the Titans has been met with big numbers in the stands and even bigger numbers on the field. The Eastern Division Champions finished with an 11-5 record and now host the Boston Blazers on Saturday at Amway Arena.