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tremendous vision and he's the goto back but you know when he comes out of the game they got Penny Boon in the transfer portal from Toledo he was the Mac offensive player of the year you had what he can bring to the table and oh by the way Johnny Richardson's still here from last year and they add miles Montgomery from Cincinnati this UCF running back room may not only be the best running back room in the Big 12 it may be the best running back room in the nation FBC morgage Stadium the Bounce House stay call in we're ready to go to kick off the 2024 season New Hampshire won the toss and they defer to the second half UCF will get the ball to start the game back deep to rece for the knights RX Xavier towns in Nick Maisy ready to kick it away for un un an FCS School taking on an FBS School in Central Florida Maisy the junior approaches the ball and we are underway in 2024 Xavier Townson takes it at the seven picking his way over to the far side has some room turns up field past the 30 good field position for the knights Who come out under new starting quarterback KJ Jefferson no stranger to Big Time football yeah you know and head coach Gus melan is back to calling the plays he that's his bread and butter and uh you know with the size of KJ Jefferson 6364 250 pounder uh we talked about the stable of running backs UCF as Robert you can add KJ Jefferson to that as well he's a dynamic Runner with that size you're GNA see a lot of what D melan did with Cam Newton back in 200 at Alber Jefferson a transfer from Arkansas first snap as the UCF J Harvey in motion and it' be RJ Harvey running left huge hole across the 35 out P the 40 RJ Harvey on his feet across Midfield to the 45 Y Line and a first down 24 yd gain on the first play of the game and they're going to go fast now you're going to see teams you get a big chunk play they're on the ball ready to go RJ Harvey six year senior you saw his numbers earlier over 1400 yards last year it's ranked in the top 10 nationally also 16 touchdowns pitch for Harvey time a good j string It Out by Owens for New Hampshire gain of four yeah and if you're New Hampshire you just you know you have to play fundamentally sound obviously you're outmanned by a bigger stronger UCF team a power four team and you just got to play as fundamentally sound as you can it was a nice job by W Owens that time there to set the edge on teams love to run the ball top the rushing each of the last two years Jefferson it off and a good job plugging up the middle by Noah sty his second tackle already a gain of just one so now normally third down you'd say for New Hampshire okay money down you got to get off the field but UCF is in a a part of the field here where this is two down territory so I would not be surprised with another run here on third down because they're definitely going to go for on fourth down here UCF converted 50% on third down last year which was six in the country hand off on the Jet Sweep Richardson first to the 32 yd l a gain of five and I really like Johnny Richardson he's just kind of that SC back right 5 S 58 175 pounds great speed and quick you get him in he's a mismatch upo off has been running for decades all running plays so far the first four plays of the game kns Jefferson yet to pass the ball he will here he's got a lot of time he throws down the middle wide open almost intercepted C didn't the com could have picked off yeah and the receiver was wide open down the seam and it was Johnny Richardson it's just off Target by KJ Jefferson and that's where boy you just got to set your feet and just lead him to the inside there's no safety in the middle of the field there if he leads him to the inside if it's not a touchdown it's at least C the pressure was on from jacobe Shard a transfer Montgomery in theame in the back field and it'll be Montgomery picking his way up the middle and has a first down to the 20 miles Montgomery another new face on this team a gain of 12 a transfer from Cincinnati yeah had 66 carries for 428 yard and three TDS in Cincinnati last year I tell you what the coaches have raved about him in training camp he'll get the hand off again the inside the to the 1 aain of montg yard carry last I mean the biggest issue Gus malan and offensive coordinator Tim Harris are going to have is who to give the ball to I mean that is how deep this running back room is a lot of mouse to feat for sure we haven't even talked about the wide receivers right or Penny Boon transfer from Toledo hasn't gotten into the game yet this will be Montgomery again Stutter Steps Andes it to the first down at the 10 Tuscano in there on the tackle again six student from Bedford New Hampshire yeah and you said it in real time nice little jump cut in the hole by Miles Montgomery then he gets North and South gets that first down but now you can take him out give him a little blow and put RJ Harvey back in on the coach of UCF kns Up Tempo look here the mlee KOB hson Gus Maan is a true innovator in the last 30 to 40 years of college football yeah I mean he basically brought you know the no huddle the the hurry up offense to the SEC in 2009 and there's been certain variations of it but that's what he likes to do he likes to go quick uh you know even though he's got helmet commun he said that's not going to slow him down he's still going fast 10th play of the drive second and goal from the 10 it's a late hand off for Harvey good by uning after aain of Owens the transfer from Yale there on the stop I didn't mention it a couple plays ago that wasn't that bad of a pass by KJ Jefferson you saw Kobe Hudson kind of point to himself saying that's a ball I got to bring in for a touchdown so third down here certainly UCF to settle for a field go try would be a vict here for the Wilds defense they spread the form with five receivers Jefferson alone the back has the now they Harvey Inon all ofed out of the pocket to the right throws it the back of theend incomplete good protection there up front by that UCF offensive line finally that un def gets the KJ Jefferson forces him out of the pocket to the right it looked like he had a receiver coming across the field just kind of short armed he had a rece had a couple receivers there but he certainly had saavor towns in number three and that back to the end you thought maybe he could put it on him for a 25 y attemp Juni Boomer Lakey Florida down kick is up the kick is the as he booms through the uprights first blood drawn by UCF to nothing nice since the city custom Cash Card automatically adjusts to earn me more cash back in my top eligible category suddenly life's feeling a little more automatic automatics earn cash back that automatically adjusts to how you spend with the city custom Cash Card this is a commercial for a Little Cesar's large pepperoni thin crust pizza for $7.99 a thin crust commercial Bingo those toppings go right to the edge take me to the edge listen to that Crunch and check out that 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and five season last year in the ca lot of close loses five loses by a total of 28 points last year did not make the FCS playoffs last year which they're accustomed to the year prior nine wins and they went a couple rounds in and that's what they're used to making the FCS playoffs and that was a six and five team with these two players we're about to look at Max who finished second in the Walter pton award for the top offensive player in FCS and Dyan lby who was drafted by the Raiders and just made the team yeah both these guys were all Americans and as you said makes the 53 man roster for the Raiders and Max brosmer he's playing tonight right he's just not playing for you and in he's the starter for the Minnesota Golden goers against North Carolina's Seth aor he is a transfer from division Sheard which is a school in West Virginia he started his career at BMI and FCS running ises Thom Quicken out into the flat it's caugh but it's be Joey Marsh the Los of just a quick quick pass quick bubble there trying to out flank UCF and just that speed from the second first te pacl confence Wason the and UC Ricky Barber miles thomass on the carry yeah and that's a point of emphasis this year for this UCF defense especially that defensive front they need to stop the run not good against the run last year for that defensive Unit 10 in the country yeah ranking about 122 so much improvement needed there third and long for and it's a hand off play call it's Thomas up the middle to get some back well of the first down forc and you see New Hampshire there RI s not pressing it there just figure Okay negative and that's what they started that drive with and there was the main reason Ted R was brought in here to shore up that run defense years coaching experience for Ted R been a lot of placesan Ls it away to Xavier towns High spiraling kick towns takes it in the 26 side cuts up field to the has some to the5 the xavid excellent UCF where they'll have it first 2 yd return Town allame conference returner back in 2022 yeah some nice moves there by exactly what you want to see out of your PT returner excellent starting field position here for the knights then reads those BLS nicely good move there on the defend gets it over the 50 yd line so on ucf's first drive they ran 12 plays for 61 yard to get that field goal all the yards on the ground Jefferson was 0 for three on the drive RJ Harvey in the back field it's a we running left for Richardson picking his way forward turns up field to the 40 and driven out of bounds close to the first down by Caleb the corer yeah you know just just a Jet Sweep there with Johnny Richardson one of the fastest players on this team and good blocking at the point of attack as well by UCF in a nice pick up on first down it was enough for a first down 10 yards to the 38 yd line RJ Harvey the wildly Orlando native in the back field and it's a hand off for Harvey setting up his blocks but down by W Owens who's been all over the field so far the Yale transfer First Team all iy League the last two years you know I talked about RJ Harvey's Vision in the open that time I thought it's easy for me to say up here as a former running back I thought if he would have cut that backside into the field he had some BLS he could have took that to the house y gain Owen six transfer from Marland coming off the edge press on Jefferson throws it up for grabs incomplete the strength of this team as that was Stanberry coming on the corner Blitz the strength of New Hampshire's defense they're two defensive ends yeah they have nothing to lose either right so I think defensive coordinator grick gillick who we talked to in the Press Box before we went on air they're going to be aggressive he wants his defense to be fundamentally sound but they're going to send blitzes and that time Noah stand comes from that corner position and gets the hit on KJ Jefferson sets up a third down of in that no man between on the line we'll get our first from referee cron bar Marcel Marshall react let's see if they put it on the defense or call and that's you know marcelus Marshall the Right Guard 72 smart because you can react as long as you react immediately when that Defender comes into neutral zone you will get the call of off sides and they did and that's the right call heads up play for Marshall transfer from Kent State second at UCF and aist seconds back on the clock third down and two again this would be a 45 roughly 4 five yd plus field goal 4 from here so may decide to go for it if they don't get it here on third downon yet to a pass only attemped hand off for Harvey he's to be stopped of the first aain of a yard Owens on the again number five 27 Brandon Ty the free safety also was up there in run support slowed RJ Harvey down initially and then R Owens came in as well so good aggressive defense by the Wilds 57% onth down last year this will be four and imagable two maybe call it a long one Jefferson R it he'll Pi up the first buing forward on his first Carry of the game to the 24 it's always a luxury when you can go quarterback power with a 250 pound quarterback because obviously with that direct snap you got an extra Blocker in the formation as the reer comes in motion to crack block good push up front by that offensive line FR set of downs for the knights in the black jerseys UNH in the road white jerseys UCF six and seven last year three and six in their first year in the Big 12 this is Jefferson keeping it over the right side he stacked up after a moderate gain Brandon Perkins the linebacker there to stop him and I know ucfs run the ball nicely right but the inconsistency of KJ Jefferson throwing the ball early You' almost like to see G melan call an easy pass for him just get a completion right get some good mojo going in the pass game Montgomery in the back field he was effective on that first drive he'll run it over the right side keep the legs Ming forward and be dragged down by Guess Who Owens gain a the Owens Ty Zane Williams those guys are going to be tired but they're coming up from those safety positions have to do that you know basically they're going to put 10-11 in the box you almost have to do that the way UCF runs the ball and force KJ Jefferson to throw down field more reasonable field go range here on third down and five Montgomery in the back field to the right of Jefferson oh he lost the ball he gets it back on a lucky bounce and he's tackle for a l KJ Jefferson just dropped the ball he loses two yards on the Sil was there Boomer made his first field goal attempt this is fourth in about seven and I can tell you a very hot and humid day today in Orlando so there's no doubt his hands are sweaty he goes to bring that ball back and it just slips out of his hand good job to jump back on it and get forward give Boomer a chance to kick as we take a look at offensive coordinator Tim Harris junr was at Miami last year was previously at UCF was at Miami last year now comes back home to the knights Boomer kicked one through from 25 earlier in the quarter this will be a 39 yd attempt from the right hatch whistles whistles flag going toost five yard well I think he missed the kick to be honest I mean the officials didn't signal it but it looked like he missed it wide right this is man him and so this right hash mark I don't you know some kickers just don't like it because you really got to turn those hips put a little draw for your golfers out there nice little draw with a five iron right now this back a little farther I think he's going to be able to turn it over a little bit more here Boomer started last year very strong but struggled down the stretch this will be a 44 yd attempt that's close it's good he sneaks it the right ight since the city custom Cash Card automatically adjusts to earn me more cash back in my top eligible category suddenly life's feeling a little more automatic automatic earn cash back that automatically adjusts to how you spend with the city 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staks on the grill so what's the verdict it's good choice in the kebabs variety is the spice of life state of brothers markets fresh affable Community First two possessions two field goals UCF and G talking to KJ Jefferson with the the tablet another new aspect of this college football season yeah you can show the plays imately which is great and again you just got to settle KJ Jefferson down and get him into this game now you know the talk in preseason camp was there was some accuracy issues with KJ Jefferson throwing the ball down the field he's got work on it right this is a perfect setting to get him going but you know doesn't look great early but again it's early so got to work him into it up front offensive line looks great for UCF running game looks good you got to finish drives though with more than field goals D the yard on the as will beer which went three and out on its first drive of the game will try to move the ball down the field here on it second possession two receivers for un are out today and we'll take a look at un season last year you saw the close loses they lost Bros and lby two First Team all League guys but they could move the ball last year they were fifth in the country and points a game team Caleb Burke one of their top returning receivers Juni is out Casey mckin transfer today is out as well they were counting on both of them so down a couple of guys at wide receiver Isaac seed is the running back and a for un before the drive starts Santos you talked about what a player he was Walter pton Award winner back in 06 and that's the award in FCS for the best offensive player in the country it's a four-time first team All Conference player he's part of the UNH Hall of Fame and you're going to see why I mean these are video game type numbers 13,000 passing yard look at those touchdowns and who is his offensive coordinator yeah well Chip Kelly we back un back then and a lot of great guys Ryan day came from un and you talked about the Walter pton award that's the Heisman trophy for FCS football I mean that's how good Rick Santos was and you look at those numbers and you know if put it this way if there was a transfer portal on nil back then Rick Santos wouldn't had those numbers at un he'd have been gone unfortunately for unhem to get the Wilds back up to the top of the league play action throw on the it's incomplete intended for their top receiver Logan Tomlinson a student Brandon Adams there on the cover yeah good job by Brandon he had that right hand on the I thought the field judge almost was going to throw a flag here watch when he comes in you see him kind of hook with that right arm but he didn't turn him enough so the flag wasn't thrown good defensive play Adam from Atlanta started 10 games last year Seth Morgan was described by his offensive coordinator Drew Bel as a pro style quarter stays inets the out of his quickly his head co said he's got a lot of and Charis is here to stands theet rushes throws open over the midle Josh Philly and a sore on the catch good quick throw by Seth Morgan and you know something else you're going to see out of un tonight that's old school that you don't see a lot anymore is the Huddle they huddle up they take their time they can go fast if they want to but playing a team like UCF they told us we're huddling we're going to slow the game down which in essence speeds it up um and just try to take time off the clock and get first downs they could use one right here third F throw Tom ripped down the first of the game for the Wilds you know it's a quick bubble screen by Seth Morgan what I love is he leads Logan Tomlinson towards the line of scrimmage watch this the ball's going to actually turn him and lead him up field I love that Tomlin turns got good blockers out front first down wild catch good throw by Seth Morgan transfer Pace on the tackle honor mention allig 12 last year at Cincinnati first time they mov the sticks todaying for a long sustained Drive pushes forward for a couple Lee Hunter there on the stop yeah we saw mil Thomas running back in first possession now Isaac talked to offensive coordinator Drew Bel and he said listen we had Dylan lby last year uh we're going to use both these guys to try to get production you know lby was so good last year get those guys on the field yeah exactly so they're both going to play this year and the combination of the two they feel pretty good about so they both been productive when they played but you're not going to takey lby off the field Thom in motion stands in throws the for Joey ads on the cover again good cover a saf inside as lineer Pace you talked about him transfer from cincin he was sitting right there as well and put a little hit on the receiver so good coverage there by UCF will spread the form four receivers two to exiv out of the shot top Tom throws deflected and incomplete for Tomlinson UCF defend there yeah I believe it was number four Bren Marshall who knocked it away but I'm with you Robert you have two receivers in the same spot someone ran the wrong route but both UCF Knights in really good coverage there as I said number four Bren Marshall the nickel was able to knock that away so un did pick up a first down but will be forced to punt again here with under three minutes left in the first quarter sha Lan sixe senior from the Boston area threee starter will it away to Xavier Town who had an excellent return earlier in the quarter delay of game again this we call on play G number that's a big 12 crew tonight I was talking to the guys on the field before the game they're excited for the season to start just like all of us college football's back baby a little appetizer last week zero as they call it w the whistle a little bit little little Guinness on the lips last week and now we're ready to go fullard crushes another one high booming spiraling kick drives Marshall back to the 10 acoss the 25 his forward t to5 y 2 since the city custom Cash Card 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Community First this is a commercial for a Little Cesar's large pepperoni thin crust pizza for $7.99 oh a thin crust commercial Bingo those toppings go right to the edge take me to the edge listen to that Crunch and check out that cheesy crispy crust all for $7.99 exactamundo $7.99 for the pizza that everyone wants to get their hands or claws on sorry claw walk in walk out hot ready thin crust for $7.99 at Little Caesar pizza pizza how do you sleep at night oh uh on a mattress from Mattress Firm so I sleep it's mattress firm's best sale of the year the Labor Day sale this week only get a queen mattress for just $89.99 get matched at Mattress Firm sleep at night you my dad who paid 90,000 for his house keeps asking me why I rent have enough to deal with get the Honda Civic engineering safety resale you can't go wrong with a Honda so be a big deal we went six and seven last year I I want to go out my last college year I want to win I want to win more games and uh hopefully we can win every game this year that's the goal I want I want a winning season to be my final year and of course uh you know I feel like the scouts they they really didn't know who I was uh last year RJ Harvey from Edge wild and a lot of people thought he was going to go out and declare for the draft this year and that question I asked him he said no you know we had ended up with a losing season six and seven I wanted to come back finish this thing off right here at UCF and you love that Flex Ruiz the Orlando naed it out a l of four yeah Noah stanbury the corner came up as well we're not fooled just let's take a look at these FBS rushing leaders from last year see Ali Gordon led the nation got Brooks in there RJ Harvey three of those leaders out of the Big 12 and then down the below you see Penny Boon what he did at the mac and of course he is on this UCF team we've not seen him yet tonight but he is here third down of eight well number eight Josiah silver one of the def going to tackle they red about him and what a he is you know a lot of guys when you get to be the Big Man on Campus you're not hosting recruits on official anymore they said he's going all out hosting these guys so his story is phenomenal for those that don't know there's a documentary that youf put out it's about 40 minutes long on him it's great um he went to Edgewater High School as you said robt a local high school went to was a quarterback in high school went to Virginia out of high school was a quarterback just didn't work out actually when he left Virginia and transfer to UCF he actually walked on here earned a scholarship right away got hurt had a bounce back from that and just really learned how to be a running back and boy has he ever learned how to be a running back because he's Dynamic he's a kid that you're going to see on Sundays he's got that NL build and just his vision his quickness his cutting ability uh he's one of the best running backs in the I I think he gets disrespected nationally I really do uh I think he's going to earn more of that respect this year though we'll have a of that documentary coming up at Hometown hero third down out of theout Jefferson back to pass stands in throws near side a high throw it's incomplete for Xavier Town it'll Beth just looks like right now KJ Jefferson's pressing right he's just he's not loose he's just not throwing theall he's aiming and when you aim and you sit on your target which he did there a towns end he threw it behind him you got to lead that receiver on a slant route like that and just you got to be looser so right now KJ Jefferson's got a little work to do throwing the ball Mitch McCarthy and Aussie is the punter for UCF he is a junior and Miles Thomasson back deep at the 10 yd line to receive for UNH McCarthy High wobbly kick Fair caught at the 18 line the 2024 Big 12 college football season is coming up on ESPN plus with six games on Saturday 2m in Stillwater South Dakota State the FCS Champion takes on 17th ranked Oklahoma State 2:30 TS in Cincinnati at 7 o00 Action continues with UT Martin taking on 18th rank Kanas State Baylor host tlon State little bit after that 7:30 Texas Tech and aene Christian rounding out8 Southern Illinois and BYU all coverage here on ESPN plus talk about a busy week one you know football starts tonight Thursday goes all the way through Monday 57 games telecast by our Network by ESPN in week one un did get a first down on that last Drive they have not had much success running the ball this is Thomas dragging his way forward to the 23 as we come up on the final minute of the first quarter good hard by by Miles Thomas just keep those feet churning you know first Down's a huge down I talked to defensive Co Ted rof about it he said we got to be excellent on first down we want negative plays which you mentioned earlier Robert and vice versa you know for un a they said we need to be positive on first down get us into a manageable second so we can just try to keep this clock going and pick up some first downs only 25 yard of offense so far for un basically evenly split between the ground and the almost the man moving forward instead it's a hand off for Thomasson drives his way forward to the 25 set up a third down Pace there on the stop you saw number Ricky Barber defens that's a00 pound that wasn't Qui enough to get the back shows you the speed from that defensive line position two field goals for UCF here in the first quarter it be third down and four as Tri to keep the drive going into the second quarter and actually they do not have to run a play here there's 10 on the play clock and there's only eight seconds left I don't think they will and if you're you and H Robert you're static you're going to get through this first quarter you only gave up two field goals your defense bent but it didn't break and you're feeling good right now Rick Santos fired up the FCS un Wildcat Trail UCF 6 nothing after 15 minutes we're back to FCC B stadium in Orlando for 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back to throws down middle intercepted Here Comes UC up the other way at the 35 on his the to the out of yd Seth just to it in there two nights in base this is a will linebacker this isn't a and he actually takes it away I mean Sheldon Arnold number n the safety was sitting there thinking I got an interception my first one at the says no no I'm here too he gets the interception and almost takes it to the first year at UCF for the cincinn transfers seventh career interceptions led the Bearcats last year in tackles and tackles for loss third into the Red Zone and it doesn't get much better than this for a drive start first and goal from the three that was like a Tampa two defense out on Ted roof dropping the line way back Jefferson up the middle kjff makes it 12 to yeah just good play fake you got the two linemen pull out in front excellent job Adrian medley 76 the tight end number five Randy Pitman PS you love it it's just quarterback power and again 250 PB quarterback that's what he's 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Teddy yesterday and I love what he said you know he asked him what are the points of emphasis what are you going to tell your defense said win the next 24 hours right be mentally prepared be great on early downs and then I love this do your job just make layups you know just do what you're supposed to do now Ted rman coaching 38 years we talk about it I knew him 31 years ago when he was a young defensive line coach at the University of Massachusetts and I was a young running back back then so I've known Teddy a long time you know former head coach at Duke defensive coordinator at Oklahoma alurn Penn State he's well Tred and he knows head coach Gus Maan they were both coordinators on Auburn's 2010 title team and you see the interception Seth just to force it in just great blanket cover there Pace good return exactly what you want take turn iton that was a good defensive possession and an offensive possession One play and a touchdown for the nights clearly UNH cannot afford to lose the turnover battle if they want to be competitive in this game what's the message to that quarterback Morgan after that last pass protect the ball you know just Don't Force It that defens lot of motion in the backfield this is seed trying to bounce it outside of the right and he could not M mcams transfer from UAB there on the Stop and that's the biggest thing when you're an FCS program when you're a smaller program and you try to get outside you know power four teams are so fast I mean they're fast all over the field it's really hard to get outside on the perimeter like un tried to do there M Williams right there come inside the blocko up there and make that tackle for the Los Mick Williams a threeyear starter at UAB UCF was his only official visit when he went into the portal said he fell in love with it here in Orlando Morgan back to pass he's protected he throws the slant and he bounces it in Tomlinson it'll be third down yeah and that time I think Seth Morgan was thinking about that interception he kind of locked on to his receiver tried to fit it in there threw it behind now you're in you're in no man's Lane here third and 12 and now Ted rof defensively can dial up pretty much wherever he wants see if he tries to put a little pressure on sethan Morgan has misfired on his last four passes from Pittsburgh quien going snuffed out by Marshall yeah I mean they had the screen set up but you just see come underneath the blocks and I I believe it was number four Brandon Marshall as you said BR Marshall excuse me as you said it's just tremendous job to just get through those blocks I mean they had the screen set up and Marshall fights through makes that tackle for the Los and just an excellent series defensively by UCF ucf's most effective player in moving the ball tonight has been the punt returner Xavier Townson 26 yards on each of his punt returns UNH didn't allow a return longer than 12 yard last it's blocked it's in the running anden on for a safy 15 to nothing the block from larius ten special team player of the year in the last year yeah I mean it's amazing we talked about him in our meeting and you brought up Robert's such a great special team First Team all special team in the he gets through there flies through gets the block and the safety for the knights the knights will get theall on the other side since the city custom Cash Card automatically adjusts to earn me more cash back in my top eligible category suddenly life's feeling a little more automatic automatic s earn cash back that automatically adjusts to spent with the city custom Cash Card the FedEx Cup Playoffs start here this is a commercial for a Little Caesar's large pepperoni thin crust pizza for $7.99 oh a thin crust commercial Bingo those toppings go right to the edge take me to the edge listen to that Crunch and check out that cheesy crispy crust all for $7.99 exactamundo $7.99 for the pizza that everyone wants to get their hands or claws on sorry claws [Music] walk in and walk out with a large hot and ready thin crust for $7.99 at Little Caesar pizza pizza here at Stater Brothers markets we know you're looking for Quality that's why when you shop with us you'll find an expert behind the meat counter we stand as one of the only companies to have State Certified meat Cutters professionally trained in the science and craft of meat cutting and only after over 4,000 hours of experience and a 2-year apprenticeship do you become a certified meat cutter the result custom cuts of meat that are tender juicy and flavorful this is our promise to you Stater Brothers fresh affordable Community First this is is it possible to be more capable and more practical be able to perform here and here make a statement while barely making a sound and command the road as well as what lies ahead how we get there matters get exceptional offers at your local Audi dealer larius Tennison started his career at Auburn for Gus Ma on played two years there two years at Old Miss and he has made himself into a special teams specialist see him come right up the know he's from Rock L Florida not far from here and you see that in the transfer portal at the end of guys careers when they make that final transfer always come home and nice start to hit UCF season for larius picks up right where he left off with Stellar special teams flight UCF has dominated in special teams two huge punt returns and now a block punt for a ma will kick it from the 20 yd line Xavier towns takes it at the 17 towns slicing his way forward brings into the open field and he's dragged down across Midfield at the 45 yd line by Jackson Stone could have saved a touchdown yeah good middle return there I love Townsen as a returner because doesn't dance around a lot he finds that seam and he just hits it and gets those positive yards now I if you're UCF Robert again you got good field position positive territory over the 50 you have to finish a drive off like this with a touchdown UCF has only 90 yard of offense two minutes into the second quarter and they have only eight passing yards great field position again for the knights here's Penny Boon in the game for the first time to the right of Jefferson and the transfer from Toledo bounce it outside to the left and be driven down after a gain of about four Brandon Perkins there on the stop Penny B 61 230 235 he's a tall back but he does a nice job lowering his center of gravity getting those shoulders L running behind his pads delivering the blow gain 1400 yard and 15 touchdowns at Toledo last year he was the ma offensive player of the year Jefferson flushed out of the pocket he is sacked KJ Jefferson pulled the ball down quickly and he takes a loss on the play and that time the UN defense got up Ryan Tuscano 39 the linebacker was in there and the pocket just collapsed on KJ Jefferson Tuscano a true walk- on when he joined the team six years ago from Bedford New Hampshire about 40 miles west of Campus had only division two offers he's got 215 career tackles coming into the game in New Hampshire the granite state third and 10 longest third down conversion attempt for UCF tonight Jefferson play action protected well throws deep down the middle has a man it's incomplete wide open was Randy Pitman the tight end and I talked about it earlier so if you notice if we show a replay here pitman's going to be running down that right hash there's no safety in the middle of the field so if you're KJ Jefferson you have to lead him to the middle of the field throw him open instead the ball drifts on him it wanders outside the hash that's a ball that's got to come way inside the hash towards the middle of field because there is no safety you would run Randy Pitman open to a touchdown there so that's a play with his new technology with the iPads you're going to go on the field you're going to go on the sideline you're going to show them this is where this ball needs to be placed great field position they go three and out they don't gain a yard they're having all sorts of confusion about who's supposed to be on the field punting the ball away and they are forced to call a timeout down that now the defend coming to's got to be on theer where you can throw where he can it yeah Bron TI the safety 27 he's going to turn and come back but you got to be able to fit that into the middle of the field you can't drift it back to where the defender for UNH is on the outside of Randy p great expect for KJ Jefferson the Big 12 preseason newcomer of the year he holds all sorts of career records at Arkansas completion percentage passing yards passing touchdowns total touchdowns but he is struggled throwing the ball here in his first game so far with UCF Mitch McCarthy to putt it away from his own 42 yd line miles Thomasson back at the 10 to receive for un catch called for and made at the N yd line UN faces a long field ahead down to automatically adjusts to how you spend with the city custom Cash Card summer with a new Honda 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that's right it is but first stay Brothers grab four RI eyes buddy I'm get the drinks what can I do for you young man my dad told me to get the riy but what's your favorite pick the house steak and Kebab is my Champion start them after you put the stakes on the grill so what's the verdict it's good choice in the kebabs variety is the spice of life state of brothers markets fresh affordable Community First cool scene during the timeout here at FBC Mortgage Stadium the bounce house where UCF leads UNH 15 to nothing that used to be lighters when we were in college now it's now it's cell phones right now it's pH lights UNH comes out on offense inside its own 10 yd line they've run 15 plays for a total of 20 yards if you're Rick Santos you're that offensive staff what's the message as you try to get something going on offense I mean you're still in this game right I mean you're down 15 nothing two scores first down positive yardage we talked about that earli three four five yard doesn't have to be anything spectacular but just get yourself in a manageable second six I just you know when you try to press it on first down but you know we've seen some negative yardage plays out of them on first down you just can't do that against a defense fast here and just try get some momentum going offensively seed is in the back Field behind Morgan seed Two Carries for no yard play action Morgan throws air it intended for Joey corkran on the far side little bit too high for cork the Junior Montreal and M mcams number 20 just oneon-one coverage there inside rout just good coverage but now like we talked about so nothing posi on first down now you're second and 10 now Advantage defense un seven out of 16 teams in the CAA preseason poll lot of close loses last year trying to get back into this game here it's a hand off running left nice hole spinning his way forward miles Thomasson close to the first down at the 20 good run there best R of the game un see the nose of that football just needs to touch the 20 yd line to be a first down the way go the shotgun now the quarterback sneak unless jayen Herz is pretty much a dead play now but they only need get the first here second effort I think for Thomasson and I think oh they're going to say his knee was down I think they marked him short quadri Bullard there on the stop yeah they did this one might go to review the judge certainly came in and said a body part a knee an elbow was down short because he felt past the 20 yd line we'll get a look at it here good penetration originally gets hit let's check and look oh that's great great call by the headline judge there I think UNH is going to go for it yeah what do you have to lose you're at your own 19 yd line you're down 15 nothing they're going to go for it 63% onth down last year and a timeout timeout un they want to get their signal straight here before this huge play and I don't know I mean I think rck s might think about it the UCF offense hasn't really done anything correct I would I would punt this thing away I really would you know you give up the ball here in the Red Zone I mean you're you're almost inviting a touchdown for UCF so I would punt this thing away but you know something interesting too we haven't talked about yet Robert is the new communication right so the helmet communication the coach can talk to a player on the field on offense and defense and usually it's the quarterback and on defense it's a linebacker FCS schools do not have that technology yet now if you play an FBS school you can use it un decided cost evaluation we weren't going to rent it so they're calling their plays normally and UCF gets that technology in the iPad of course we talked about as well fourth in inches from the 19 yd line for the wild cats of the FCS coal Athletic Association they're down 15 nothing they're going to roll the dice here but also try to draw them off sides the quarter out of the shotgun takes the snap he's going to pass he's going to stand in he's going to throw and the play was blown dead a flag on the side of the field it was an incomplete pass but it's going to be a false start that will almost certainly make UNT the ball the false start it's a favor right for kick it away Ron Barrett the referee makes the call and like you said it was going to be an incomplete pass it was going to be UCF ball at the 20 yd Line This is actually a favor although the electric Xavier towns will be back deep to receive it and the last punt was blocked for a safety so un has got to shore up the Special Teams here sha Lane to punt it away Townson at his own 37 line L near the goal line and there is movement on the far side from the Gunner over there for UNH before the play I don't see a flag though I'm with you Robert I saw movement too don't see a yellow flag on the field but we'll see my eyes am number seven try it again here sha Lee no pressure this time he boots it away High spiraling kick it's returnable for towns and he's driven back to the 28 yd line cover by the wild at the 39 coming up at half timey had a chance to sit down with head coach G of the UCF nights talk with him we'll also have a bit of that Hometown hero documentary on RJ Harvey we talked about stats and highlights as well it's all coming up in about 10 minutes oh 9 minutes 59 seconds you know likes to talk a lot of Coach speak but I think I got an Arkansas High School coaching Legend J Harvey takes the hand off running the sweep left lot of room RJ Harvey there he goes RJ Harvey inside the 20th foot race and he is dragged down he fumed the ball inside the five It Is reced by UCF it appears at the one Y Line Owens ran down I thought he was Off to the Races great angle by Owens oh I think he might have touched the P so they're going to they'll review this now they're they're already huddling together the officials I'm with you it's definitely not a fumble he's either down short of the goal line or it's a touchdown so they're going to review this I guarantee you you replay revie I'd be shocked if they don't we'll see if we get a St here clearly wasn't a fumble is his knee down there with the ball's at the half y line so we talked to replay earlier so this is something new that college football fans need to know there's collaborative replay so when the official comes and talks to the replay official up here which is Rick Jackson or forearm is down he's down the nose of the football I always give this analogy the nose of the football just has to touch the front of that line to have broken the planes the analogy I like to give is the very front of that line of the goal line picture a sheet of water that goes up to Infinity from the very front of that line if the nose of the football just touches the water and puts a ripple in it you have broken the plane and it's a touchdown so I think side angle shows that his left knee the thigh or the knee might have this angle shows that his left knee might have been down when the ball was at about the one foot line and remember you need indisputable video evidence right to overturn this he was called down yeah I'm with you I think that thigh I actually think that left thigh hit of the goal line so I think they're let it they're going to let it confirm it just short that's good VI 60 yd run for RJ Harvey and the other thing I like about the officials is people are like oh why didn't they call him down at the beginning you got to let that play play out because if it was a fumble you don't want to come in and blow a whistle you want it to play out because you know you can always huddle up sort it out and get replay so this big 12 is on it tonight RJ Harvey will take the wild snap so the quarterback kjff is not on the field RJ Harvey will take the direct snap the Orlando native takes a high snap trying to pick his way forward he's in said I'm gonna let RJ finish off the on the direct wild he presses uses his vision bounces to the left and walks in for a you had 54 touchdowns in your career how many times that happened to you not many my coaches like me right UMass Hall of Famer AR and goia Boomer kick is up and it is good under 10 minutes to go first half 22 nothing UCF I I think most people are picking Utah as the favorite you got Oklahoma State Kansas as but like would you be surpris when we get to November if a UCF was kind of f losses in a two-point loss they won three of their last four to close out the Big 12 season they only play two of the same nine teams again this year Cincinnati and West Virginia they play all four of the Pack 12 newcomers and they fought back to get win to become B eligible make it to a bow game and what that did was been a head coach for 12 Seasons he has had a bowl eligible Team every single year as a head coach pretty amazing E Straight year in a game Colton Boomer from Lake Mary Florida you may have heard of them Rec recently They just won the Little League World Series beating Taiwan two to one in Extra Innings last Sunday it's about 15 miles Northwest of here like walking it off right it's a famous ESPN person that lives in Lake mared one Coach Lee Coro how about that Colton Boomer from Lake Mary Florida a couple of players on the team from there and so much of a local flavor by the way high school team this year is nationally ranked ranked state as well very good high school football program this year shift this going to come back unfortunately for for un that was a nice play but legal shift it's going to be five and it'll be first and 15 and that just kills you you just got an play on first down it's the best first down play you've run the entire first un playing in FBS School they've lost a row against FBS last win was Over Georgia Southern back in 2017 back to biggest play of the game for un yeah and Logan Tomlinson One of the captains 63 20 12 pounder big receiver and if you're Seth Morgan throw it up it's a 5050 ball oneon-one give Tomlinson a chance and he comes down with the big play 22 yd play they had only 29 yards for that play total Tomlinson the grad student from Manchester Connecticut a transfer wesle a D3 School Al of Bill bellich UPI on first down that's you have to be posi talked about Tomlinson he's clearly been the top Target so far 63 210 third Team all League at un last year and preseason all League honor will mention this year he was actually a quarterback in high school and switched to wide receiver at Wesley and where in two he had 1800 yard and 15n that up to FCS both running backs in the gamean throws the Quick Pass in the flat caught by seed for a first down across Midfield Ryan threats another transfer from Cincinnati with the stop good quick throw by Seth the get it to him quick let him turn up field nice job by un offense best Drive of the game for UNH first time they've been into UCF territory gain a 10 there for seed the catch did not have a catch all of last seon this is what UNH wants to do there is a flag down