UCF remains unbeaten as QB Milton leaves hurt
TAMPA, FLA. >> No. 8 UCF lost quarterback McKenzie Milton to injury but still trounced South Florida 38-10 on Friday to extend the nation’s longest winning streak to 24 games and complete a second consecutive undefeated regular season.
Milton hurt his right knee when he was tackled at the end of a 5-yard run in the second quarter. Darriel Mack Jr. replaced him and may make his second start of the year when UCF (11-0, 8-0, No. 9 CFP) faces Memphis next week in the American Athletic Conference title game.
Players from both schools, which are located about 100 miles apart via Interstate 4, kneeled on one knee while a cart was rolled onto the field and Milton received medical attention in front of the South Florida bench. The entire UCF squad left their sideline at one point to form a crowded circle around Milton, who was placed on the cart and taken to the locker room and later a nearby hospital.
NO. 11 TEXAS 24, KANSAS 17 >> Sam Ehlinger threw for two touchdowns and ran for a score and Texas held off Kansas to reach the Big 12 title game.
The Longhorns opened a 24-7 lead on Cameron Dicker’s 34-yard field goal in the fourth quarter, but the lowly Jayhawks responded with Peyton Bender’s 31-yard touchdown pass to Daylon Charlot and recovered the ensuing onside kick.
After Gabriel Rui made it a one-score game with a 45yard field goal with 1:37 remaining, Kansas was unable to recover another onside kick and Texas (9-3, 7-2, No.
15 CFP) closed out its third consecutive victory. VIRGINIA TECH 34, VIRGINIA
31>> It was a crazy finish that only started with a Hail Mary.
Brian Johnson kicked a
42-yard field goal in overtime and Virginia Tech pulled out the wildest victory in its 100 meetings with Virginia. The Hokies won their 15th in a row in the series and kept alive their hopes for a 26th consecutive bowl appearance. OREGON 55, OREGON STATE
15>> CJ Verdell ran for 187 yards and four touchdowns and also caught a scoring pass as Oregon won a Civil War game marred by quarterback Justin Herbert’s first-half injury.
Herbert threw for 102 yards and a touchdown before he appeared to injure his shoulder or upper arm on a sack and left the field on a cart. The Ducks (8-4, 5-4
Pac-12) now await bowl selection having already been eliminated from contention for a berth in the conference championship game.