The NCAA won't rule on UCF's postseason ban appeal until at least Jan.
24, making the Knights eligible for the postseason, a source close to the
football program told the Orlando Sentinel today.
The NCAA does not impose punishment during pending appeals.
As a result, the Knights are eligible to compete for a Conference USA
title and appear in a bowl game. If the NCAA appeals committee upholds the
postseason ban, UCF would be forced to sit out the postseason during the 2013
season, its first year in the Big East.
UCF coach George O'Leary confirmed the news during his weekly press
conference around noon.
"I was told last week that the hearing will be Jan. 24, which
that’s what I thought it would be," O'Leary said. "I think it’s great
news for our team, it’s great news for our fan base."
East Carolina:
Navy lost five games by a combined total of 11 points in 2011. Perhaps
none was more frustrating than a 38-35 homecoming defeat at the hands of East
Carolina.
Quarterback Dominique Davis completed 40 of 45 passes for 372 yards and
two touchdowns as East Carolina went up and down the field at will. Reggie
Bullock rushed for 104 yards and two touchdowns for the Pirates, who piled up
504 total yards.
Davis established an NCAA record by completing 26 consecutive passes to
open the game as East Carolina built a 17-7 halftime lead. Meanwhile, Navy
starting quarterback Kriss Proctor was knocked out of the game with an elbow
injury midway through the second quarter.
Marshall:
HUNTINGTON - Last season's 16-6 loss to the University of Central
Florida wasn't Marshall quarterback Rakeem Cato's finest moment, either on the
field or on the sideline.
He threw for just 87 yards on 11-for-29 passing, just one week after
leading the Thundering Herd to a huge win at Louisville. Television cameras
also caught him losing his composure on the sideline phone during a
conversation with quarterbacks Coach Tony Petersen. The following Tuesday, A.J.
Graham was named Marshall's starting quarterback.
While that was one of Cato's toughest experiences at Marshall, it also
prepared him for a major comeback. Cato regained the reins of the offense
following Graham's shoulder injury, and he's gripped that job like a vise ever
since, becoming one of college football's most prolific passers.
That's the quarterback Cato wants to be when the Knights (5-2, 3-0
C-USA) visit Marshall (3-4, 2-1) at 8 p.m. Saturday (CBS Sports Network).
Memphis:
MEMPHIS — A few big moments stood out Saturday in the University of
Memphis football team’s 35-17 loss at home to Central Florida.
In one, the Tigers took advantage. Robert Steeples returned a Central
Florida fumble for a touchdown.
But often the Tigers have been the victims of big plays. An early
fumble near the goal line Saturday kept Memphis from scoring on one drive, and
the Knights scored four plays later for a devastating 14-point swing.
In the fourth quarter, UCF returned a Tiger fumble 79 yards for a 28-10
lead.
Memphis fans have watched too many moments like that. Coach Justin
Fuente has, too.
UAB:
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - Kennard Backman excelled at basketball and football
at Whitefield Academy in Atlanta, Ga., but he chose the sport that UAB head
coach Garrick McGee feels could provide him a lucrative future.
Backman, UAB's starting tight end, is 6-foot-3 and 258 pounds. Just a
sophomore, Backman has the body of an upperclassmen and a load of potential.
"I think that he has the ability and the potential to be a
dominant player in Conference USA," McGee said. "He has all the size,
strength and ability to, if he's lucky, to make some money playing
football."
Southern Miss:
Southern Miss coach Ellis Johnson is still searching for the answers to
turn around Golden Eagle football fortunes this season.
Southern Miss (0-7, 0-3 C-USA) heads to Houston to battle Rice (2-6,
0-4) at noon Saturday.
"We've got to find the answer to it and do a better job coaching
and get them ready to go,'' Johnson said at his weekly press conference Monday.
"We've still got five games. Obviously, the winning season is off the
books. The chance to go to a bowl game is off the books.
Tulsa:
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The Tulsa football team kept rolling last week
with its sixth straight win, 33-11 over the University of Texas at El Paso, and
did so wreaking havoc in UTEP's backfield.
The Golden Hurricane sacked Miners quarterbacks six times and recorded
10 tackles for loss.
Tulsa is No. 1 in the Football Bowl Subdivision with 33 sacks in seven
games - Utah State is next closest with 27 this year - and the Golden Hurricane
has allowed just four sacks against it.
That's a stat that even stuns Tulsa Coach Bill Blankenship.
"This is really a fascinating year in terms of us getting sacks
and not giving up sacks," he said. "It's never been anything close to
this, where you'd want to keep up with the numbers. And now it's pretty
fascinating. It's almost like a turnover ratio. It's pretty positive.
Southern Methodist:
Garrett Gilbert threw four scoring passes, and SMU returned three of
its six interceptions for touchdowns and scored on a fumble return in a 72-42
victory over Houston on Thursday night.
Gilbert was 23 of 38 for 265 yards with two interceptions for the
Mustangs (3-4, 2-1 Conference USA), and Zach Line ran for 113 yards and two
scores.
Darius Johnson led SMU in receiving with nine catches for 110 yards,
Jeremy Johnson had nine receptions for 94 yards and a score, and Keenan Holman
caught a 43-yard TD pass.
Taylor Reed, Darrian Wright and Stephon Sanders returned interceptions
for touchdowns, and Kevin Pope scored on the fumble return.
Crawford Jones, David Piland and Bram Kohlhausen each threw two
interceptions for Houston (3-4, 2-1). Jones also threw three touchdown passes.
Houston:
With nine turnovers, everything went wrong for the Houston Cougars last
Thursday night in a self-destruction that ended in a 72-42 score in favor of
the SMU Mustangs. The 72 points scored by the Mustangs was the most allowed by
the Cougars in the 66-year history of their football program and was
"embarrassing" to see, Houston coach Tony Levine told the media after
the loss:
"That was embarrassing. We've got to get that corrected. Some of
it is technique, some of it is coaching and some of it is personnel. We'll
figure it out when we get back to practice."
In the second quarter, the game was very close, as a Charles Sims'
touchdown early in the quarter tied the game 14-14. The score remained tied
until less than two minutes remained in the half and the Mustangs scored on an
18-yard touchdown pass from Garrett Gilbert to Jeremy Johnson.
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Tulane:
A week ago the Tulane football team was scratching for its first win in
16 tries. Now it seems like the Green Wave might be able to begin a streak in
the opposite direction.
Tulane plays at UTEP on Saturday at 7 p.m. The Miners haven’t won a
Conference USA contest yet. Following UTEP, Tulane plays UAB, Rice and Memphis.
The four opponents have a combined five wins and none have won more than two
league games.
But for the first time all season, first-year Coach Curtis Johnson
spent the week advising his team against over-confidence. It’s a wild swing
from the 0-5 opening of the season where confidence trickled in from a
well-executed play, not impending victories.
“Well, if you would have heard me at practice (on Tuesday),” Johnson
said. “It was more yelling than I’ve done and I yell a lot. We just need to
mature and understand that (last week) is over. It’s done. I didn’t think we
practiced well today. This is the first time in weeks that you’ve heard me say
this. I really didn’t. When you win, you begin to feel good about yourself.”
UTEP:
UTEP has mastered the dark art of finding creative ways to lose.
In a strange, but thrilling, 24-20 victory over Tulane, the Miners
found a creative way to get their second win of the year.
In the first half, two of the nation's most struggling offenses waged a
shootout, as UTEP flew out to a 24-17 intermission lead behind the red-hot hand
of the previously maligned Nick Lamaison.
He got injured and gave way to backup Carson Meger, a Miner defense
that suddenly had to rise above its terrible first half rediscovered
excellence, and UTEP won because it converted 8-of-13 third downs.
"Holy smoly, 8-of-13 on third down? Price for President!" a
jubilant coach Mike Price said after his team improved to 2-6 despite running
only 26 plays in the second half.
Just as key was a defense that wasn't good for three-and-a-half
quarters, but showed a supreme sense of the moment. After the awful first half,
UTEP let Tulane moved the ball 178 yards on its first three possessions of the
second half, but gave up only three points.
Rice:
TULSA, Okla. — David Bailiff walked out of the visiting locker room
with the same disappointing look that has come to define his six seasons as
head football coach at Rice.
"It just really hurts," Bailiff said after Alex Singleton
scored on a 1-yard run with 1:31 remaining to rally Tulsa to a 28-24 victory
over the upset-minded Owls at H.A. Chapman Stadium.
"We're so close to being a good football team."
Close is being a tackle, two or five away from stopping Ja'Terian
Douglas on a 75-yard run that set up the game-winning touchdown.
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