Coach Scott Frost’s much-anticipated return to UCF ran right into a hiccup after showers and thunderstorms within the space despatched the sport right into a climate delay in opposition to Jacksonville State.
Rain pelted Acrisure Bounce Home Stadium two hours earlier than the scheduled 7 p.m. kickoff. The approaching climate pressured the staff to maneuver up Knight Stroll by quarter-hour as gamers and coaches hustled into the stadium amid a smattering of followers.
The sport kicked off on time, however with 10:45 left within the second quarter, officers paused the sport after lightning was noticed inside 8 miles of the stadium. The sport was scoreless on the time with UCF holding the ball.
UCF officers say the sport will resume after it has been half-hour with no lightning inside 8 miles of the stadium and each groups have been supplied a chance to heat up.
Final season’s opener in opposition to New Hampshire was impacted by climate, too.
That is Frost’s first recreation again at UCF since leaving to take the Nebraska job on the finish of the 2017 season. He coached the Knights to a 34-27 win over No. 7 Auburn within the 2018 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, capping off an ideal 13-0 season.
This was Frost’s first recreation as a head coach since Nebraska fired him on Sept. 11, 2022.
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