Brian Raines, George Chukwu both attempt to bat down Israel pass

Linebackers come up to support the run; here Marcus Rucker (4) and Emeke Alikor (5) tangle in the trenches along with DL George Chukwu

DeJaun squares off against UCF quarterback Israel with a would-be blocker in between; it's a cat-and-mouse game

Courtney Gordon gets, er, held up at the line of scrimmage but linebacker is there to make the stop

Brandon King has got his interception, and he's picking up blockers and heading toward the goal line

Loose football!  And DeJaun Cooper's got it on his radar screen...

...it's Rice football -- at least that's what the Owls say...

...and sure enough, it  IS -- one more coffin nail for UCF

UCF's ace running back gets sandwiched by two Owl tacklers

Here, UCF quarterback Israel was ruled to have gotten the pass away incomplete, even though it looks like a sack to the Owls

(PTH photos)