WORLD NEWS – US – Early transitions affected Temple with a 38-13 loss in UCF

Central Florida entered Saturday’s game with Temple, ninth in the country in scoring, averaging 45 points per game. So the knights don’t need a lot of help in placing the points on the board.

With shifts in its first two series that led to UCF’s relegation, Temple fell on the wrong foot, never recovering from a 38-13 loss to UCF at the American Athletic Conference in Orlando.

She lost the Album four times in a row which is 1-5 overall and in AAC. UCF is 5-2, 4-2.

« The whole ball game was boiled down to the beginning, » said Coach Rod Curry in an interview with Zoom after the match.. “Two spins in the first two engines and dig for ourselves a hole in which we did not have the firepower to get out.

Anthony Russo missed Temple for his third game in a row. While Russo missed the previous two matches due to a shoulder injury, he was among four players from the two-legged Temple squad added to the COVID-19 protocol list.. The others were the tall snapper Travis Malinowski, the offensive line men Griffin Sistelli and Victor Stoffel..

Additionally, quarterback Trad Betty, long-time snapper Ron Gaines, tuners Randall Jones and Ronnie Stevenson, and forward streakman Michael Nessi played last week but not in this match due to injury. .

Redshirt second quarterback student Re-Al Mitchell, a transfer from Iowa who has played extensively in the last two games, got his first start.

Mitchell told the media that Russo did train on Tuesday, but that wasn’t the case. Curry said after the match that he knew Monday night that Russo would not be available and that he would be out since then. Carey said Russo’s shoulder was fine.

In the first series, Mitchell allowed Eric Gillard to steal the ball in a lightning attack. He was judged by deception, but he didn’t hit the ground. It was simply stolen.

By capturing Temple 16, UCF would score two minutes into the match at Greg McCrae’s scoring at 7 yards in a fourth and one match.

Mitchell then threw an objection to the next series when full back Tatum Python jumped off Jadan Blue’s wide screen reception.. That gave the UCF the ball at Temple 27, and three plays later, Otis Anderson, an outside threat, stepped into midfield, breaking intrusions en route to 14 yards. .

Curry said:

« Turning the ball is not acceptable ». “I don’t care whether I’m a freshman or a fifth-year student, that is not acceptable. We have to have more safety on the ball, the urgency that I didn’t think (Mitchell) played with him early.

Carey said Mitchell showed more urgency afterward. Of course, it was too late because the game had set the tone.

Mitchell completed 10 of 23 for 107 yards and two interceptions. Double threat, lunge 10 times for only 11 yards, often chased by speedy defense.

During the match, Mitchell took some heavy punches and said that was a factor in his not getting much influence as a runner.

Mitchell said: « I was kind of upset so I wasn’t really able to go forward as I wanted, but they are a good defense and credit them a lot. ».

McCray finished third UCF possession with one yard, continuing to advance to 0-21 with 6 minutes, 51 seconds remaining in the first quarter.

The Owls made it 21-3 on Rory Bell’s field goal from 30 yards early in the second quarter. One play came after Temple, at 3 and 12 at 14 Tayvon Ruley ran in the middle for only one yard. UCF was playing up to nine players in the penalty area to stop Temple off and Mitchell dares the pass.. That third call was played down in UCF’s hands.

Temple’s defense forced the Knights to participate in their next three chains. UCF then missed a 45-yard field goal attempt, and upon final possession of the stroke, he captured the task with just 38 seconds, and the clock ran out..

The Temple defense was pressing midfielder Dillon Gabriel, who entered the game as captain of the football division in the subsection by passing yards per match (417).

It was the fourth consecutive loss to Temple, and a common occurrence is that owls are out of gas in every game. This definitely happened in the second half.

Al Fursan started the second half as they did the match, scoring their first goal. Temple continued to face special team problems when UCF’s Ryan O’Keefe restarted the second half start at 52 yards at Temple 45..

UCF would eventually score Gabriel’s goal from 23 yards to Marlon Williams, who was run by full back Will Quincyue, which wasn’t the match Temple wanted. A field goal and then another pass to Williams boosted the lead to 38-3 with 3:59 remaining in the third quarter.

After that series, true rookie Matt Duncan watched his first quarterback work on albums. Mitchell returned for the next series after recovering Prince Tyler stumbled across UCF 12. Team Owls in the Onasis Neely campaign would score 5 yards early in the fourth quarter, making it 38-10.

Gabrielle didn’t have a big stats night – for him, the knights still wins far. I completed the second year 12 of 22 for 268 yards, and two touchdowns and no interceptions.

That was the difference as UCF scored 21 out of the three Temple Turnovers. The Temple’s late landing also came on as only UCF’s turnover.

The album lost its last four matches by an average of 24 points. They’ll host the University of East Carolina (1-6, 1-5) on Saturday, a match this season definitely can’t be taken for granted..

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