WEEK 13 RIVALRY GAME @ UCF - stevecpa5's Dynasty

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WEEK 13 RIVALRY GAME @ UCF

Posted on October 27, 2019 at 07:52 AM.

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OHHHH BABY, ITS RIVALRY WEEK AND THE PIRATES TAKE ON ONE OF THEIR MOST HATED FOES IN THE UCF GOLDEN KNIGHTS!

THE PIRATES END THEIR REGULAR SEASON WITH TWO STRAIGHT ROAD GAMES BEGINNING WITH THIS MATCH UP. COACH FALK AND THE PIRATES TRAVEL DOWN TO FLORIDA AND GET A CHANCE TO SHOW RECRUITS FROM THEIR PIPELINE FLORIDA EXACTLY WHAT PIRATE FOOTBALL IS ALL ABOUT!

EACH TEAM HAS BROUGHT OUT A HONORARY CAPTAIN FOR THE COIN TOSS. FOR THE HOMETOWN KNIGHTS, NONE OTHER THAN DAUNTE CULPEPPER IS OUT AT MIDFIELD HYPING THE CROWD UP! FOR THE PIRATES, THE SMALL GROUP OF PIRATE FAITHFUL THAT MADE THE TRIP DOWN GET TO ENJOY SEEING CHRIS "CJ2K" JOHNSON CALL THE COIN FLIP FOR THEM!

IT WAS A CLOUDY START TO THE GAME WITH AN UNEXPECTED FOG COVERING THE STADIUM, AND FOR THE PIRATES COVERING THEIR TEAM. AFTER A SUCCESSFUL FG ATTEMPT BY JAKE VERITY, THE PIRATES HAD NOTHING ELSE GOING IN THE FIRST HALF, UNABLE TO PIERCE THE UCF KNIGHTS DEFENSIVE ARMOR. HOWEVER, THE KNIGHTS ONLY LED BY 7 AT THE END OF THE FIRST HALF (10-3). HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR AN UNTIMELY CLIPPING PERSONAL FOUL ON THE KNIGHTS THAT CALLED BACK A 70 YARD RUN BY KILLINS JR, THE KNIGHTS WOULD HAVE BEEN UP 14.

THE SECOND HALF DID NOT START OUT GREAT FOR THE PIRATES, AS THE KNIGHTS RECEIVED THE BALL AND IN A COUPLE OF QUICK PLAYS, SCORED A TOUCHDOWN PUTTING THE KNIGHTS UP 17-3. BRANDON WIMBUSH WAS CLEARLY THE STAR OF THE GAME AND COULDN'T BE STOPPED ON THE GROUND. AFTER A TURNOVER BY THE PIRATES, 1 OF 4 INT'S BY HOLTON AHLERS, THE KNIGHTS' WIMBUSH HAD ANOTHER LONG RUN FOR A TD GIVING UCF A COMFORTABLE LEAD 24-3 IN THIS RIVALRY GAME.

THE TWO TEAMS THEN TRADED TOUCHDOWNS AND HALFWAY THROUGH THE 4TH QUARTER, THE KNIGHTS LED 31-10 WHICH WOULD BE HOW THE GAME WOULD END. BRANDON WIMBUSH, A MAN AMONGST BOYS TODAY, FINISHED WITH 241 YARDS THROUGH THE AIR ON 21/24 PASSING AND 153 YARDS ON THE GROUND FROM 21 CARRIES ACCOUNTING FOR ALL 4 OF THE UCF TOUCHDOWNS (1 PASSING, 3 RUSHING)

ONCE AGAIN THE SCRAMBLING QB HAS DECIMATED THIS PIRATE DEFENSE. IT ALSO DIDNT HELP THAT WARREN SABA, THEIR STAR DEFENSIVE PLAYER MISSED THIS GAME DUE TO A CONCUSSION IN THE PRIOR WEEK AND NOT PASSING CONCUSSION PROTOCOL. HE IS EXPECTED BACK NEXT WEEK IN OUR REGULAR SEASON FINALE AGAINST UCONN.

THERE IS A LOT OF GRUMBLINGS IN THE LOCAL PAPERS ABOUT HOLTON'S PLAY (4 INT'S THIS GAME) AND EVEN SOME CALLS TO SEE WHAT THE BACKUPS CAN DO. COACH FALK WILL HAVE TO ASSESS THIS SITUATION AND SEE WHAT THE BEST DECISION FOR THE TEAM IS WITH ONLY 1 REGULAR SEASON GAME LEFT.

THE PIRATES ARE BOWL ELIGIBLE HOWEVER HAVE NOT BEEN INVITED YET, SO A WIN AGAINST UCONN WOULD HELP STRENGTHEN OUR RESUME AND IS MUCH NEEDED FOR THE PROGRAM'S CONFIDENCE HEADING INTO NEXT SEASON.

COACH FALK III AT THE POST GAME PRESS CONFERENCE NOTED HOW MUCH THIS ONE HURTS, BUT ALSO KNOWS THAT WE CANT DWELL ON THIS ONE TOO LONG. PUT THIS IN THE BANK FOR NEXT YEARS GAME AT HOME AGAINST UCF AND MOVE ON TO UCONN PREP THIS WEEK.