Magic's defense fuels offense | High school football playoff preview | UF aims to protect Swamp vs. FSU

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Stay informed — sign up for these newsletters Knights Weekly WEEKLY The latest on UCF football, recruiting, basketball and more. Sign up Magic's defense fuels offense | High school football playoff preview | UF aims to protect Swamp vs. FSU Defense drives offensive uptick for Magic: ‘It’s helping everything’ The Magic are having fun once again on offense but it all circles back to their defense, according to Orlando coach Jamahl Mosley. “Our defense is creating so much offense and our guys are trusting it because they trust each other,” he said Tuesday night in Philadelphia. Read more → FHSAA football playoff what-ifs: 7 Orlando-area teams eye Miami state finals What are the chances to reach FHSAA state football finals for DeLand, Lake Mary, Dr. Phillips, South Lake, Edgewater, Jones, Bishop Moore. Read more → High school sports scores and top performers from Wednesday, Nov. 26 Wednesday's local boys basketball winners at the Earl Graham Memorial tourney were Leesburg, Legacy, Apopka and Oviedo. Read more → Lake Highland stuns Oak Ridge with basketball rally | Varsity Weekly Big basketball Thanksgiving week: Windermere Preps wins in Baton Rouge; Henry Robinson Jr. averaging 35.5 ppg; Asa Kohn signs with UNF, scores 31; Geneva hits 100; TFA, Edgewater, Osceola shine Read more → Former Evans coach, longtime Orlando mentor Max Purcell dies at 64 Max Purcell, who played football at Evans HIgh and FAMU, and was a coach and mentor to many young people at Evans, Edgewater and Wekiva high schools, died Monday from a cardiac arrest. He was 64. Read more → Gators push to prevent rival FSU's flag planting, sod stealing in the Swamp Florida will face FSU looking to end a four-game losing streak while the struggling Seminoles must win to earn a bowl bid. Read more → Gators Q&A: Is this DJ Lagway's last game at the Swamp? UF and FSU will square off during one of the least-anticipated meetings of two in-state rivals that began their annual clash in 1958. Read more → Game time: Fast facts, odds, keys to Gators vs. FSU UF and FSU square off unranked for the third time in five meetings during a longstanding rivalry that has lost national appeal and relevance. Read more → UCF long snapper Dalton Riggs eager for return to BYU The Knights specialist spent three seasons with the Cougars before transferring to UCF this summer. Read more → Game time: Fast facts, odds, keys to UCF Knights vs. BYU The Knights travel to No. 11 BYU in the season finale. A win over the Cougars and UCF would be bowl eligible for the first time since 2023. Read more → Can Miami still make the College Football Playoff? Yes, here's how The Hurricanes are No. 12 in this week's College Football Playoff rankings. They are on the bubble, with a chance to make the field. But it Is far from guaranteed. Read more → Lightning quickly extinguish Flames on Thanksgiving eve Goals on three of its first four shots gave Tampa Bay an early lead as it rolls to its 13th win in its past 16 games. Read more →

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