Louisiana-Lafayette vs. Florida 2012: Offensive line must improve

The Florida Gators narrowly escaped an upset bid by Louisiana-Lafayette on Saturday.

SMU vs. UCF 2012 results: Knights roll past Mustangs 42-17

The Knights rode a big second half surge to roll past SMU, 42-17 at home.

SMU vs. UCF 2012 score update: Knights lead Mustangs 21-10 at the half

The Central Florida Knights are leading the SMU Mustangs 21-10 at halftime, powered by two touchdowns and over 100 rushing yards by running back Latavius Murray.

UCF opened the scoring midway through the first quarter when Blake Bortles connected with Rannell Hall for a 22 yard touchdown pass. SMU got on the board with a field goal, but Murray put the Knights up 14-3 at the start of the second quarter. Garrett Gilbert put the Mustangs back within a score with a short touchdown run, but Murray scored again on a 20 yard run with three minutes remaining before the half to make it 21-10.

Bortles is 5-9 for 60 yards and a touchdown, and Murray has 116 rushing yards on 15 carries and two touchdowns. Hall only has one catch, but that 22 yard touchdown catch is enough for him to lead the team in receiving yards.

Gilbert is 9-of-19 for 69 yards for SMU. Zach Line is leading the way rushing with 52 yards on 12 carries, and Darius Johnson has 40 yards to lead the receivers.

UConn vs. USF 2012 score update: USF leads, 7-3

There hasn't been much offense to speak of in Saturday night's Big East battle between Connecticut Huskies and South Florida Bulls. After two quarters of play, the Bulls are up, 7-3, and have held the Huskies to just 145 total yards of offense.

The lone touchdown of the first half came with 4:33 left in the first quarter. USF's B.J. Daniels ran up the middle for a five-yard score, capping an eight-play, 80-yard drive. USF converted two big third downs on the drive, with Daniels hitting Andre Davis for a 16-yard gain around midfield on 3rd-and-4, and Marcus Shaw racking up 26 yards on a carry on 3rd-and-2 at UConn's 25-yard line.

USF had two scoring chances in the second quarter, but the offense stalled out both times. In the first drive, Daniels took the Bulls to UConn's 31-yard line, only to take a six-yard sack on 3rd-and-6 to push the Bulls out of field-goal range. On the next possession, a 13-play drive all the way to UConn's 19-yard line went for naught as Daniels was sacked on second down, then picked off on the next play by the Huskies' Dwayne Gratz.

UConn got on the board in the waning moments of the half, as Chad Christen nailed a 50-yard field goal with two seconds left on the clock. But the Bulls' defense has stymied the Huskies all night, sacking quarterback Chandler Whitmer twice and allowing only eight UConn first downs.

Daniels is 11-of-17 for 164 yards and an interception. Whitmer is 11-of-16 for 124 yards. Shaw leads all rushers with 46 yards on seven carries.

Florida vs. Missouri final score: Gators outlast new SEC rivals, 14-7

It wasn't pretty, but it was Florida football, so it wasn't supposed to be. The Gators made a 14-7 victory over Missouri look as excruciating as possible, needing four picks of James Franklin to put away their brand new SEC East rivals and remain a thorn in Georgia's side. Florida now finishes SEC play at 7-1a, meaning it needs an Ole Miss or Auburn victory against the Dawgs to reach Atlanta.

And on that note, Will Muschamp becomes the biggest Rebels fan in the world -- here he is with a big "Hotty Toddy" after the game:

Box score hero: Mike Gillislee put up 107 total yards and a touchdown, but Florida games never really feature box score heroes from the offensive side. Let's go with Matt Elam, who picked off Franklin and ran it back 40 yards, posted six tackles, rang up two tackles for loss and had a critical hit on Franklin late.

Rankings ramifications: With No. 6 LSU and No. 7 Georgia in danger, Florida could conceivably rise past No. 8. But not very far.

But did they cover? Florida was favored by 18. No, they did not.

Next week: Florida sticks in the Swamp to take on 4-3 UL Lafayette, while Mizzou heads to play Tennessee, which ... well, it might have a different head coach at that point. The 3-5 Vols are struggling with Troy right now.

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