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Florida vs UCF: Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl Prediction, Game Preview

Florida vs UCF: Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl prediction, game preview, how to watch, lines, and why each team might or might not win.

Florida vs UCF: Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl prediction, game preview, how to watch, Thursday, December 23

Florida vs UCF: Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl How To Watch

Date: Thursday, December 23
Game Time: 7:00 pm ET
Venue: Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL
How To Watch: ESPN, Live stream on ESPN+
Records: Florida (6-6), UCF (8-4)

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Florida vs UCF Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl Preview

– You’d think two schools 125 miles away from each other would have a long, storied history of games, but these two have only played twice, and neither one was pretty.

Florida won 42-0 in 2006 and 58-27 in 1999. This time around should be far more entertaining.

– Both teams fought through difficult seasons, but in vastly different ways.

Florida looked great early, pushed Alabama to the edge in a 31-29 loss, and that was about it. The defense fell apart, the offense lost its consistency, and a run of five losses in seven games ended the Dan Mullen era.

The team got it together, though, to take out Florida in a bowl-or-go-home regular season finale.

– UCF was expected to be a contender for the AAC title under new head coach Gus Malzahn, but it lost QB Dillon Gabriel early on, RB Isaiah Bowser couldn’t stay healthy, and a blowout loss to Cincinnati made it seem like a lost season before the team rolled to five wins in the last six games.

There might not be the explosiveness the UCF offense is used to, but the defense has been solid with a great pass rush to help push past a whole slew of issues.

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USF vs UCF Prediction, Game Preview

USF vs UCF prediction, game preview, how to watch, lines, and why each team might – or might not – win this Friday.

USF vs UCF prediction, game preview, how to watch: Friday, November 26

USF vs UCF How To Watch

Date: Friday, November 26
Game Time: 3:30 ET
Venue: Bounce House, Orlando, FL
How To Watch: ESPN
Record: USF (2-9), UCF (7-4)
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USF vs UCF Game Preview

Why USF Will Win

Can the Bulls do it for a second year in a row?

They were lousy all of 2020, they didn’t win a game over an FBS team, and … they didn’t beat UCF either in the season finale. However, they rolled up 646 yards in a wildly entertaining 58-46 loss.

They’re not a whole lot better this time around, but they at least have two wins – one over an FBS team, Temple – and they’ve shown a few sparks.

The offensive line hasn’t been all that awful, the ground game has been decent at times, and the beleaguered secondary should catch a little bit of a break against a UCF passing game that doesn’t do much of anything down the field.

However …

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Why UCF Will Win

Is Dillion Gabriel returning? The star quarterback went down with a broken collarbone early in the season, and there were just enough rumblings that he might return to make it a topic of conversation.

He probably won’t be able to go, but the Knights shouldn’t need him. They should be able to blast away at will on the porous USF run defense, balancing things out with the midrange passing attack shouldn’t be an issue, and the D has the ability to get behind the line and bother everything the USF O wants to do.

Yeah, UCF’s offensive front is a tad leaky, but there’s no pass rush whatsoever coming from the Bulls.

And then there are the …

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What’s Going To Happen

Turnovers. USF gives up lots and lots and lots of turnovers with 12 in the last four games.

UCF isn’t bad at forcing mistakes. It’ll come up with a few and get points off them, but it’ll be the running game – with a good rotation around smallish speedster Johnny Richardson – that will take over in the second half to pull away.

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USF vs UCF Prediction, Lines

UCF 40, USF 17
Line: UCF -18.5, o/u: 62
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3

Must See Rating: 2.5

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UCF vs UConn Prediction, Game Preview

UCF vs UConn prediction, game preview, how to watch, lines, and why each team might – or might not – win this Saturday.

UCF vs UConn prediction, game preview, how to watch: Saturday, November 20

UCF vs UConn How To Watch

Date: Saturday, November 20
Game Time: 4:00 ET
Venue: Bounce House, Orlando, FL
How To Watch: ESPN+
Record: UCF (6-4), UConn (1-9)
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UCF vs UConn Game Preview

Why UConn Will Win

The UCF offense is fine, but it’s hardly the high-flying fun show we’re all used to with this program.

The team is finding ways to stay alive and come up with a decent season despite losing QB Dillon Gabriel early on, but it’s a struggle for this group to put big points on the board. UConn’s defense hasn’t been totally awful on third downs, and it’s been able to pick off a few passes here and there.

The Huskies have to hope UCF is off, and they need their own passing game to be great like it was against Vanderbilt and Middle Tennessee. But …

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Why UCF Will Win

UConn just doesn’t score.

It managed 13 points or fewer in three of the last four games, and that fourth game was a 21-15 win over Yale.

No, UCF isn’t putting up points in bunches unless it’s playing Temple, but it doesn’t have to be crazy. It can run the ball as much as it wants to against the UConn defensive front, and field position shouldn’t be a problem against an offense that’s the worst in the country on third downs.

It’s going to want to put this game away fast with the rivalry date against USF coming up in short week, and …

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What’s Going To Happen

UCF will score on its first two drives and the defense will take care of the rest.

UConn will come up with a few nice chances, and they won’t work. The UCF defense will be fired up to come up with something big after getting hit by SMU for 55 last week.

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UCF vs UConn Prediction, Lines

UCF 44, UConn 10
Line: UCF -30, o/u: 55.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2

Must See Rating: 2

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UCF vs SMU Prediction, Game Preview

UCF vs SMU prediction, game preview, how to watch, lines, and why each team might – or might not – win this Saturday.

UCF vs SMU prediction, game preview, how to watch: Saturday, November 13

UCF vs SMU How To Watch

Date: Saturday, November 13
Game Time: 12:00 ET
Venue: Gerald J Ford Stadium, Dallas, TX
How To Watch: ESPNU
Record: UCF (6-3), SMU (7-2)
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UCF vs SMU Game Preview

Why UCF Will Win

Give the Knights credit for battling back during a rough season after losing QB Dillon Gabriel early on. They’ve won three straight with the defense stepping up in a big way and with the passing game doing enough to get by.

It might not be pretty, and it might not be flashy, but RB Isaiah Bowser is running okay, the run defense has been terrific – it only struggled against Cincinnati – and now it gets to try powering away on the SMU D.

The Mustangs have mostly been okay against the run, but that’s because they’re getting destroyed through the air allowing close to 300 yards per game.

UCF won’t get that, but it’ll be effective.

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Why SMU Will Win

SMU might be able to bomb its way through.

UCF doesn’t have the same offensive explosion it normally does, and now it has to deal with a high-octane Mustang attack that’s going to throw better than anyone on the schedule so far.

SMU lost two straight, but Tanner Mordecai keeps on putting up numbers with 34 touchdowns on the year, lots of deep plays, and with the efficiency to keep things moving.

UCF can’t get behind in this, but …

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What’s Going To Happen

The UCF pass defense has been terrific.

Again, that’s partly because it hasn’t faced a slew of high-end passing teams, but it held down Memphis with three picks in a win, kept Cincinnati’s Desmond Ridder from doing much – at least through the air – and hasn’t allowed more than 215 yards in any of the last six games.

SMU will get this done thanks to a bit more offensive pop, but UCF will have its chances in the fourth quarter.

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UCF vs SMU Prediction, Lines

SMU 30, UCF 21
Line: SMU -7, o/u: 60.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2

Must See Rating: 3

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Tulane vs UCF Prediction, Game Preview, Lines, How To Watch

Tulane vs UCF prediction, game preview, how to watch, lines, and why each team might – or might not – win this Saturday.

Tulane vs UCF prediction, game preview, how to watch: Saturday, November 6

Tulane vs UCF How To Watch

Date: Saturday, November 6
Game Time: 4:00 ET
Venue: Bounce House, Orlando, FL
How To Watch: ESPNU
Record: Tulane (1-7), UCF (5–3)
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Tulane vs UCF Game Preview

Why Tulane Will Win

Is Michael Pratt back?

The starting quarterback practiced this week after being out for the Cincinnati game with a concussion, but he’s still questionable.

The running game was able to pick up the slack a little bit last week, and the defense was able to keep the team in the game until late. Now it all has to work together against a UCF team that’s starting to bounce back a bit.

The Knights don’t have the sure-thing explosion to end this with a huge start. The downfield passing game isn’t as strong, the consistency isn’t there, and …

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Why UCF Will Win

Tulane turns the ball over a whole lot.

It gave it up four times against Cincinnati, it has four games this season with four or more giveaways, and UCF might just need a few to be comfortable.

No, Mikey Keene might not be Dillon Gabriel quite yet, but he’s getting better and better with more work. He was sharp against Temple with five touchdown passes, his most accurate day of the season, and he got help from a defense that did its part with a second straight terrific performance after holding Memphis to seven points.

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What’s Going To Happen

It’s just not Tulane’s year.

UCF doesn’t have to be spectacular in this.

It can rely on an improving defense that didn’t allow 300 yards in either of the last two games, the decent ground game should be more than serviceable, and there will be chances to come up with enough takeaways to make this comfortable.

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Tulane vs UCF Prediction, Lines

UCF 34, Tulane 16
Line: UCF -13, o/u: 59
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3

Must See Rating: 2

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UCF vs Temple Prediction, Game Preview

UCF vs Temple prediction, game preview, how to watch, lines, and why each team might – or might not – win this Saturday.

UCF vs Temple prediction, game preview, how to watch: Saturday, October 30

UCF vs Temple How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 30
Game Time: 12:00 ET
Venue: Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PA
How To Watch: ESPN+
Record: UCF (4-3), Temple (3-4)
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UCF vs Temple Game Preview

Why UCF Will Win

Things aren’t going all that well if you’re getting whacked by 20 against USF.

Temple has had its moments – beating Memphis was stunningly nice – but it wasn’t even in the game against Cincinnati and it managed to be the FBS team to break an ugly USF losing streak.

The offense isn’t moving the chains, the defense can’t stop anyone from running, and UCF is about to make this as simple as possible.

The Knights came up with a very, very important win over Memphis last week to keep its bowl hopes alive, and they did it by blowing off the struggling passing game and running a finally healthy Isaiah Bowser for 111 yards.

Temple just gave up 421 rushing yards to USF after allowing 279 to Cincinnati.

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Why Temple Will Win

So what’s going right lately for Temple? Not much, but the run D should be able to sell out with UCF not able to do much of anything with the passing attack since QB Dillon Gabriel went out hurt.

Mikey Keene is giving it the old college try, but there’s nothing happening down the field and he has five interceptions since taking over and just four touchdown passes. Joey Gatewood went 2-for-2 with a score against Memphis, but again, this UCF passing attack is a shadow of its former self.

Temple absolutely has to take the ball away. It’s two wins came in the two games it forced multiple turnovers. UCF hasn’t been that bad at holding on to the ball, but it gave it up three times against Cincinnati and twice to Navy in the last four games.

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What’s Going To Happen

UCF has yet to come up with a road win, but it was close in the losses to Louisville and Navy.

This is when the defense has to rise up to help the cause. Temple will be better than it’s been in a few weeks – the O will show a little balance – but Bowser will take over the Knight offense and the other side will be just good enough to get off the field on two key late Owl drives.

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UCF vs Temple Prediction, Lines

UCF 27, Temple 17
Line: UCF -10.5, o/u: 52
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2

Must See Rating: 25

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Memphis vs. UCF live stream, TV channel, start time, odds, how to watch NCAA football

The Memphis Tigers will meet the UCF Knights in AAC action on Friday night from the Bounce House, stream it live here.

The Memphis Tigers will meet the UCF Knights in AAC action on Friday night from the Bounce House.

Memphis is coming off of a 35-17 win over Navy last week and will look for their 5th win of the season with a win tonight. As for UCF, they will look to bounce back after an embarrassing 56-21 loss to Cincinnati to bring their record to 3-3 on the season.

This will be a great Friday night of football, here is everything you need to know to stream the game.

Memphis vs. UCF

When: Friday, October 22
Time: 7:00 p.m. ET
TV Channel: ESPN2
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Memphis vs UCF Prediction, Game Preview

Memphis Tigers vs UCF Knights prediction, game preview, how to watch: Friday, October 22

Memphis vs UCF prediction, game preview, how to watch: Friday, October 22

Memphis vs UCF How To Watch

Date: Friday, October 22
Game Time: 7:00 ET
Venue: Bounce House, Orlando, FL
How To Watch: ESPN2
Record: Memphis (4-3), UCF (3-3)
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Memphis vs UCF Game Preview

Why Memphis Will Win

This isn’t the UCF team we were all hoping for at this point in the season.

The collarbone injury to Dillon Gabriel has totally derailed the offense and the season that started out with everything cranking up like normal. But after he got hurt, the O went from putting up over 500 yards per game to not getting to 360 in any of the last three.

Memphis has to take advantage of the lack of a downfield UCF passing attack. The Tiger O hasn’t been perfect, but the passing game is still solid, the attack is efficient, and the big plays should be there that we’re used to seeing out of the other side.

UCF doesn’t have enough of a pass rush – it was great against East Carolina, and that’s it – to bother rising freshman QB Seth Henigan.

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Why UCF Will Win

Grind … this … down.

No, the offense isn’t working because the passing game has gone bye-bye and the ground attack isn’t able to make up for it. However, there’s a way to pull this off.

Memphis can score quickly, but what it can’t do is keep its offense on the field.

It goes against the Gus Malzahn style and how UCF normally rolls, but ball control and long, sustained drives – if possible – are a must against a team that’s dead last in the nation in time of possession.

Memphis doesn’t force a ton of takeaways, it turns the ball over enough to matter, and it has the ball for about 25 minutes per game. UCF can’t let this game get bad early – it can’t come back. But if it can stay alive through the second half …

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What’s Going To Happen

18-to-23-year-old college kids don’t really get into the whole expansion thing, especially since that mostly effects things a few years down the road.

This could be one of those exceptions.

Memphis knows what a New Year’s Six game look like. It’s been in the American Athletic Conference title mix, and now it got passed over by the Big 12 for Houston, Cincinnati, and … UCF.

But the Bounce House is about to come through.

UCF is 0-3 on the road and 3-0 at home. Granted, two of those wins were with Dillon Gabriel – and one was against Bethune-Cookman – but it was able to get all ugly against East Carolina in a 20-16 win a few weeks ago, and that’s what it’s about to do.

Memphis will come in with an attitude, but that will start to wear off into the second half. It managed to lose to inferior Temple and Tulsa teams on the road by being a -5 in turnover margin, and this will be when the inability to take the ball away – without one in the last three games and no picks since the opener – will be a problem.

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Memphis vs UCF Prediction, Line

UCF 26, Memphis 24
Line: Memphis -2.5, o/u: 64
ATS Confidence out of 5: 1

Must See Rating: 3

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Cincinnati vs UCF Prediction, Game Preview

Cincinnati vs UCF prediction, game preview, how to watch: Saturday, October 16

Cincinnati vs UCF prediction, game preview, how to watch: Saturday, October 16

Cincinnati vs UCF How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 16
Game Time: 12:00 ET
Venue: Nippert Stadium, Cincinnati, OH
How To Watch: ABC
Record: Cincinnati (5-0), UCF (3-2)
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Cincinnati vs UCF Game Preview

Why UCF Will Win

Didn’t you used to be UCF?

One of the most dominant offensive powerhouses in college football over the last few years was rocking and rolling to kickoff the Gus Malzahn era, and then it all fell apart with the loss of QB Dillon Gabriel to a shoulder injury.

The O couldn’t get the job done against a punchless Navy team, but it was able to slug its way past East Carolina team with three takeaways and a solid defensive performance.

And that’s what it’s going to take.

Look, we’re all adults here – UCF isn’t about to face the third-best team in college football.

Cincinnati is obviously very good, and it could turn the lights out in a hurry if UCF gets down, but it’s stunningly bad on third downs, there’s no pass rush, and it does nothing to control the clock – and UCF can capitalize on all of that.

Malzahn and the coaching staff have to tweak and adjust.

The defensive front isn’t bad against the run, the backfield has some terrific runners – and could be a whole lot stronger if Isaiah Bowser can somehow get back from a leg injury – and the offensive line is talented enough to hold up. But …

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Why Cincinnati Will Win

Yeah, UCF is really banged up, and there’s still the question about the quarterback play.

Freshman Mikey Keene hasn’t been awful in his two games, but he’s a freshman, he hasn’t thrown for more than 200 yards, and he gave up a pick in each starting outing.

He can be decent for the UCF attack, but this isn’t a high-flying fun show that will throw any sort of a scare into the Bearcat secondary.

There isn’t the normal Knight downfield passing game to worry about, there’s not a whole lot happening in the backfield from the defensive front, and it shouldn’t take a whole lot of point to take a firm grip on the game.

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What’s Going To Happen

UCF still has guys.

It’s a good enough team to rise up and come up with something special now that it’s in the role of the decided underdog. Malzahn has been in us-against-the-world games before, the lines should be able to hold up and make this a fight, and …

The Cincinnati secondary will take over just when it seems like UCF has a shot.

The Bearcats have NFL parts that can lock down, allowing under 50% completion on the year, allowing just three touchdown passes and picking off nine passes.

They’ll come up with two late takeaways to ease the pressure and allow Cincinnati to keep the dream going.

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Cincinnati vs UCF Prediction, Line

Cincinnati 38, UCF 20
Line: Cincinnati -21, o/u: 57.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3

Must See Rating: 3.5

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UCF Knights: CFN College Football Preview 2021

College Football News Preview 2021: Previewing, predicting, and looking ahead to the UCF season with what you need to know.

College Football News Preview 2021: Previewing, predicting, and looking ahead to the UCF season with what you need to know.

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2020 Record: 6-4 overall, 5-3 in AAC
Head Coach: Gus Malzahn, 1st year (77-38 overall)
2020 CFN Final Ranking: 70
2020 CFN Preview Ranking: 30
2019 CFN Final Ranking: 19

UCF Knights College Football Preview 2021: Offense

– 6-4 isn’t what UCF. is used to, but the offense was still amazing in what was supposed to be a rebuilding season overall.

Enter new head coach Gus Malzahn, and the offense that finished second in the nation in yards and eighth in points – cranking out 568 yards and 42 points per game – should be every bit as strong with eight starters expected back.

– So what’s going to be different from the Josh Heupel era? Expect a bit more power to the running game, a lot more midrange throws, big things about to come from the tight end, and a bit more ball control.

QB Dillon Gabriel is back after throwing for 3,570 yards and 32 touchdowns with just four picks. McKenzie Milton left for Florida State, but there are a few nice backup options starting with redshirt freshman Parker Navarro. Now the receivers have to emerge.

Smallish, speedy Jaylon Robinson returns, and Ryan O’Keefe is a decent option, but the real pop could come from the transfer portal. Nate Craig-Myers went from Auburn to Colorado State to follow Malzahn to UCF. He’s a deep threat to go along with Brandon Johnson from Tennessee and former big-time Notre Dame get Jordan Johnson.

And there’s going to be work for the tight end now. The Knights have a slew of options to fold into the mix starting with former Wisconsin Badger Jake Hescock who caught three touchdown passes last year for the Knights.

– All five starters are expected back on a line that was okay – not amazing – at keeping defenses out of the backfield. Senior guard Cole Schneider and center Matthew Lee are the stars of the bunch, but it’s a good line overall. Now the backs have to be there to block for.

Greg McCrae, Otis Anderson and Bentavious Thompson are gone. However, there’s a whole lot of speed and pop from Virginia transfer RJ Harvey – a quarterback who’ll likely be a running back – and Auburn’s Mark Anthony Richards to add even more pop. Sophomore Johnny Richardson needs the ball in his hands more, too.

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