Breaking news:I WILL LEAVE,Arthur Gustavo Malzahn ANNOUNCING HIS RESIGNATION AND DEPARTURE LEAVING UCF FOR …
Breaking news:I WILL LEAVE,Arthur Gustavo Malzahn ANNOUNCING HIS RESIGNATION AND DEPARTURE LEAVING UCF FOR …
Coach (Gus) Malzahn walked by me and said, ‘Uncover your face, and watch it. We’ve got this won already,'” Jefferson said.
“Just having a coach that has that confidence that knew we had that game won, you just love playing for a guy like that.”
For UCF to even be in position to win the game looked like a longshot within minutes of the second half starting.
The Knights clawed back from a 21-point deficit as Jefferson hit Kobe Hudson for a go-ahead, 20-yard touchdown with 36 seconds left in regulation in a dramatic 35-34 victory over the host Horned Frogs (2-1, 0-1) to open Big 12 Conference play.
UCF improved to 3-0 overall entering the first of its two bye weeks and ahead of an anticipated home date with Colorado on Sept. 28.
UCF Knights running back RJ Harvey (7) breaks through the line of scrimmage during the fourth quarter against the TCU Horned Frogs Saturday at Amon G. Carter Stadium.
Malzahn called it a “fall-camp win,” harkening back to the message that he delivered consistently through August that this particular preseason was the toughest in his four years as Knights coach.
“We paid our dues. Our guys were strained, physically and mentally,” Malzahn said. “Our guys didn’t flinch. The sideline demeanor, guys were picking each other up. Any time you have (more than 40) new players, you don’t know what’s going to happen. But hats off to our players.”
Here are three takeaways from a monumental comeback in the Lone Star State.
