With memphis on their heels hes got a flat tire. They got a guy out there without a shoe. J. J. Russell is the injured memphis player. Brock you know, that first half, we talked about the memphis crew up front, just this line of scrimmage and this surge. I cannot give enough credit to these guys. Look at this double team. These are two allconference players. You want it, when the game is on the line . All youve got to do is get to a body on a body and let these guys behind you, who have such incredible courage at 170plus pounds, running right between those tackles and wearing memphis out. 617 yards, 80 plays. Down 17 and it doesnt matter, when you have championship dna that has been built for two years . You salivate over these moments to finish. Bob first and goal at the 2. Mack looking for another rushing touchdown. Hes at the goal line hes got it still only a onepossession game, even if wright makes the point after, but 6 37 to go, and point after, but 6 37 to go, and now ucf has their largest lead. Point afbreath breath o go, and now ucf has their largest lead. And. Its a fan thats a tech fan. Lily, whats happening . Dr pepper, the official drink of fansville. Its not what champions do. Its what champions dont do. They dont back down. They dont settle. And they dont quit. Except for cable. Cable . Oh you can quit cable. Because we are cougars and we dont quit unless what . . . [team in unison] unless its cable quit cable and switch to directv and get the most live sports in4k more for your thing. Thats our thing. 1800directv for decades banks have been getting away with it. Charging you excess fees. Making you wait in line. Keeping billions of dollars of your interest. Theyve been treating you like youre lucky to have them. Thats not right. Show them whos the boss of your money. You. Better is out there. Ally. Do it right. Bob an eightpoint lead for ucf with 6 30 to go. Bob wischusen, brock huard, Allison Williams at the American Championship game, as we take a look at tonights play station player index. Darrell henderson, talk about a tale of two halves. This pretty much symbolizes the game. Brock symbolizes what happened up in memphis, tennessee, where the tigers were running all over ucf in the first half and had a twopossession lead in that game, as well, in their own building, and they just could not finish. And thats been the case, 12 of the wllast 13 times, and more importantly, the last three times in the last two years in this battle royale. Bob tony henderson, hes going to throw one back to pollard. The trick play. Its at least going to give memphis pretty good field position. How about that setup . Brock thats really well done. And thats hard to do, to not be a forward pass, because of momentum. Typically when youve seen that done, you know, those guys get so excited that youre going to seal very well to get that first Forward Momentum and make sure it is thrown laterally there. Thats perfectly executed. Bob does that give memphis a little bit of momentum, in what is still a onepossession game. Theyve got all three of their timeouts so, they could conceivably get the ball twice in the last 6 30. Here we go. Incomplete. White was looking for patrick taylor. Good coverage from nate evans. Brock theres just got to be a double move here from mike norvell. This group is just playing so downhill defensively that its some juncture in six minutes, youve got to use that aggressiveness against them. Bob its a wildcat snap instead. Taylor. For two yards. Third down and eight. Brock those are the safeties. Those are the players that are just down there. Give credit to Randy Shannon and his defensive staff that have made these kind oaff adjustment all year long. Bob white under pressure. Hes going to go down titus davis collapses the pocket and here comes the punt group. No choice for memphis with their timeouts. To do anything here but kick it away. Brock yep. Its fourth and about 15. Good punt from williams. Anderson, an immediate fair catch inside the 20 yard line. Brock youve not seen this kind of pressure, and i think the left tackle, tate, one of the best, but titus gets to him. Titus davis beats him off the jump. Thats just a perfect picture of these guys that are just playing a tick ahead. The 40,000 some in here that are going nuts, that are creating kay use and havoc at the line of scrimmage, and these knights are feeding right off that energy. Bob and you can tune into the espn app for our postgame trophy ceremony immediately following the American Championship game. And will it be backtoback years handed to ucf with a win over memphis . Or can the tigers get a stop, use their timeouts, if necessary, and get the ball back to their offense with one more chance . Greg mccrae. Just across the 20 yard line, stood up by jonathan wilson. Brock, i know these tempo teams only practice tempo. There is no reason for ucf to do anything other than take the clock down as far as they possibly can before they snap it again. Brock shorten this game. Bob and theyre at the line, set to go with 20 on the play clock. And they snap it with 17 on the play clock. Macks going to go deep for snelson. Hes got it why wait . They never take their foot off the gas pedal. Brock nope. What a bigtime throw. What a bigtime second half here from darriel mack. What a response. Bob, it is one thing to watch this team from afar, and i know kirk and chris felt it when they were in here just a couple weeks ago, as well. It is quite another to experience the resilience and mike norvell knows well, far too well, the kind of champion he is competing against. Bob heres mccrae. That time, they did take the clock down as far as they could. And now the timeouts will start to be used by mike norvell, as memphis will call their first with 3 51 to go. Sportscenter with ken nny maye and michael eaves. Theyll have all the highlights and interviews from championship saturday. Plus, which teams have played their way into the College Football playoff . Sportscenter after fresno boise state on espn and the espn app, later on tonight. Brock ill say this again, tua looks like hes banged up and injured. Like theyve had to response to the best players in College Football being out, and mike norvell knew that Mckenzie Milton was out and memphis, like so many around College Football, sending their well wishes, sending a response to mckenzie who is watching thisgame, and ill raise my hand, as one of many that wondered, what was this team going to be like without their William Wallace . Ill tell you what, they have answered it. And darriel mack has answered it, and the rest of this crew has answered it with well over 600 yards of offense and 346 tonight by mack. Bob killins has a crease. And a first down. A back breaker for memphis defensively. Allison guys, a lot of what brock is talking about is exactly what coach heupel told us yesterday. Championship teams arent always the ones with the most talent, but there is Something Special about a group that can win. And this group has it. Theres a brotherhood, a competitive spirit, an ability to handle adversity. The kids are special. You dont do what theyve done unless they have an extremely special group. Were seeing it again tonight. Bob kill lunn ins tries the side. He gets down inside the 15 yard line and another timeout will be taken by memphis. Brock ive said before, give me a team identified bill their offensive line. You cant do it better than this. These are two firstteam conference player end and you just dont do it better than that. I mean, that is absolutely textbook. There is nobody in College Football that can run this play better than this action right here. Counter football. Firstteam allconference, firstteam allconference. For those Committee Members that sat in that room last week and said, you know what, i know theyre 110, i know they have good player, really good backs. You know what theyve got . Theyve got one of the most phenomenal offensive lines that have played together for three years. They have a heart of a champion that doesnt matter what theyre up against. And when they lose, t against a really stout memphis front seven . They took this game over. And they carried a red shirt freshman, who also really came to life, and i know wanted to so badly for his friend who is watching at home. Bob and they piled up 687 yards of offense. And are in position to put this game away. Memphis has to get a stop. Killins gets to the 10. Its another first down. He is stood up at about the 6 yard line. But now memphis only has one timeout left and this will take us inside of three minutes to go with a fresh set of downs for ucf. Brock if mike norvell was more proud of his team a week ago against houston than hes ever been, i guarantee you josh heup heupel, this is going to be the most meaningful for him, bar known. Bar none. The country questioned, the committee questioned, how good is this team . And committee, they are not just about one guy. Bob play clock winding down. And heupel wants his team to line up and snap the ball. Killins. Turned back just inside the 5 yard line. And now mike norvell has no choice but to spend his final timeout with 2 33 to go and hope for a miracle. Brock a couple years ago, remember ohio state lost braxton miller, oh, man, the other guys go down, j. T. Barrett set all the records, more touchdowns than anybody in the big ten, and then what happened . Oh, that guy Cardell Jones came in, they cant win with a second or thirdstraight quarterback. Are you sure . Are you insure dsure . Was it just about j. T. Barrett, or about the culture . And they answered the bell. And i think tonight, in this building, this program has, as well. And theyre a couple minutes away, no timeouts left for memphis. If they finish this deal here, i guarantee you, i saw them in the peach bowl. I called that game. Allison was there, as well. Auburn, nfl guys galore, nfl running back, nfl tackle, nfl linebackers. Well, surely ucf couldnt match up with them, right in the peach bowl . Well, ask auburn about that game. Bob and what they have shown tonight is they are far from a oneman band. Darriel mack has thrown for more yards in this game than Mckenzie Milton has thrown game this season. Four rushing touchdowns for d. J. Mack. Brock theres going to be some kind of party in orlando tonight. And Teresa Milton and hope mack, quarterback moms, i know them. Its a hard spot to be sometimes. And you can see both of them, so thankful for this opportunity for this building for mckenzie at home, with his dad, and for mom, cheering on her boy, who fumbled it three times in that first half. And could have very easily gone into a shell and boy did he not. Bob five second half possessions for ucf. Five touchdowns. And four of those five touchdowns scored by d. J. Mack. Brock i can imagine right now there are people all over College Football watching this game. Kind of the cool thing about championship weekend, right . Just a few games on. And scott frost and his staff, i bet you in lincoln, nebraska, right now, are watching this game, wherever they are, if theyre out recruiting, theyre doing going, man, these kids are so tough. So proud of what they did a year ago and to build on it once again. And for mckenzie and his dad in their living room, in their home right now, after three surgeries this week after the catastrophic injury, after all of College Football, mckenzie, that is so rooting for you, and you will come back again, i really believe that. And then for the nay sayers that were really hoping that this would end for ucf, they just were a onetrick show that they just really werent that good, well, sorry, they are that good. And theyre 2 29 from winning their 25th in a row and doing everything that they can possibly do on their schedule to prove it. Bob that kick out of bounds. So, it will come out to the 35 yard line. And ucf this season has lived off of takeaways. They have lived on dominating the plus minus ratio. Well, look at today. Fbs teams coming into todays game, if they were minusthree or worse, 14114. And what is ucf today . Minusthree. And theyve got a twoscore lead in a championship game against arguably the secondbest team in your league. Brock im going to tell all of you right there in that picture, you had something to do with this tonight. You never doubted in this building, and your defense fed off of it. Bob brady white. Incomplete, through the hands of patrick taylor. Theyre unpacking the championship tshirts. 2 24 to go and no timeouts for memphis. So, they need a score and they need an onside kick. Play clock under ten. And the tigers trying to get lined up. White. Forces one to the sideline. And that is good to sean dykes for about a fouryard gain. Theyll give him forward progress to the 41 for a sixyard gain, but its still third down and four. And memphis has got to go. They need a sense of urgency here with two minutes to go. Brady white. Out of the pocket. Hes going to run for a first down. That will stop the clock with 1 49 remaining. Brock hes done an excellent job of that in the second half, hasnt he . Just continuing to buy some time. Hes put together a really nice season. He had an enormous third and 15 to keep this game close, to stem some of the tide in the second half. Still got 1 49 to do some damage. Time to show a sense of urgency. Broc bob sea shot is there for dykes. The clock stops just for a moment. 19yard gain. Can they get one in the end zone and still have enough time on the clock to at least have the hope of an onside kick . Avoiding a sack is white. And throws it away. Brock smart. You can see the reinforcements coming on the field, four fresh knights for mike norvell, and this offense that is built to run first. You saw in the first half, they had the game, they had it stylistically the way they needed to. They were up 17 in that second half. And unfortunately now, it is a onedimensional mode. Bob white wide open, make it a first down catch at about the 19 yard line. Slade. White, trying to extend the play and does. Throws it away again. 1 09 to go. Brock yeah, he was looking for coxie there. And heupel doesnt like it. I think he thought there was a takedown holding call that he was not going to get. And the inability to really get coxie going down the field, their big play threat. Give heupel and his crew credit, they know it. Th a l of tention him. Bob ucf brings a blitz. White steps up and he gets tripped up and goes down back at the 25 yard line. Causey gets the sack. And now that will cost memphis valuable seconds. Brock and i like that call. What a great call from Randy Shannon here. No longer just rushing four. Perfect nickel blitz in the oneonone situation, beating pollard for the sack was causey. Enormous. Bob all the time coming off the oclock before third down. White, long throw to the sideline and it will come down to fourth down, with 40 seconds to go. And not only is it fourth down, realistically, if you look at how much time is left on the clock, and you need two scores, this cant even be just an attempt for a first down. This ball needs to go to the end zone. Because you need enough time for a score, an onside kick and another possession. White. He does throw it to the end zone. And its intercepted the exclamation point for richie grant. And ucf bob victory formation for the knights. Two different times, down by 17. That will do it. For the second consecutive year, the American Championship game is won by the knights over memphis. Brock hearts of a champion. Proved it today. Do the right thing, committee. Theyve earned it. Theyre better than the seventh team in this country. Period. Is that Mckenzie Milton . Being facetimed in by mom, getting to experience with mom the scene here at the bounce house. Thats amazing. Lets go down to allison. Allison coach heupel, your team was down by 17 at the half. Without your star quarterback, Mckenzie Milton. How did they battle back to become conference champions . Theyve handled adversity better than any group ive been around. You look what they did this past season, what they did this week, this is a team of champions, man. They deserve everything. Allison what changed in the second half . The first half, you struggled to stop the run. What changed . We had great communication. All three levels defensively. Defeated blocks, made tackles. Offensively, we took care of the football. And thats how you go light it up. Allison you are conference champions. You will play in a new years six bowl game. The rest is out of your control. What do you say to the playoff Committee Members . You look at what this programs done for two straight years, this teams got a heart of a champion. They deserve the opportunity to go prove it on the field. Allison josh, thank you. Appreciate it. Bob miami hurricanes in the early 2000s, the 20122014 Florida State seminoles and alabama from 20152016 and ucf. Those are the only four programs that have had at least in this century, a winning streak of 25 or more games. Thats the company ucf is keeping. Brock can i just say, thank you, College Football. Ill sign up for championship weekend any time. Bob for Allison Williams and brock huard, im bob wischusen. Tune to the espn app for our postgame championship trophy presentation. Good night from orlando. Back to kevin negandhi. Bob, thank you so much. Freshman Trevor Lawrence and clemson seeking their fourth straight acc title. The number two tigers will face pitt, top of the hour, and thats when we will see you to get you ready for the night cap here on championship saturday on abc