Sunday, 3 a.m.

Okay, okay. Michael Van Buren is still behind Byrum Brown as far as miracles in the name of USF goes.

But he's gaining.

Van Buren, the new USF quarterback, led the USF Bulls to an improbable comeback Saturday in a 28-24 road win over Army. Van Buren led the Bulls to two touchdowns in the final 3:13 to improve USF's record to 2-0.

Van Buren threw a 38-yard touchdown pass with 23 seconds to play to pull out the win. Earlier, he had run for a 24-yard touchdown and an 18-yard score. He had thrown for a seven-yard score to Bryson Rodgers.

But it was uphill game for the Bulls. They surrendered 219 yards rushing to Army, and they allowed the Knights to hit 10 of their 11 passes.

Army led 24-14 late in the fourth quarter. The Knights had played keepaway most of the game. Army had the ball 35:46 to the Bulls' 24:14. That included a drive of 9:57 in the second quarter.

But Van Buren responded to USF being forced to throw, hitting 10 of his last 15 passes for 122 yards.

On the winning drive, the key play came with 25 seconds to play. First-year coach Brian Hartline decided not try to kick a game-tying field goal of 55 yards by Nico Gramatical. Instead, he went for it on fourth-and-six. Van Buren found Joshua Porter down the right sideline for the win.

The Bulls are home at Raymond James Stadium on Saturday night against Delaware State.

Florida 52, Campbell 3: The Gators' Vernell Brown III paid attention to his digits against the outmanned Campbell Fighting Camels Saturday.

Brown scored three times -- two on punt returns of 70 and 64 yards -- as the Gators pulled away from Campbell in the second quarter in their big win.

Brown had 262 all-purpose yards as the Gators moved from a 10-3 first period edge to a 45-3 halftime lead.

For the Gators, Jadan Baugh rushed for 136 yards. Quarterback Aaron Philo threw for 262 yards. Receiver Dallas Wilson caught five passes foe 104 yards.

Florida plays at Auburn next Saturday at 7 p.m.

Saturday, 4 a.m.

The division race can wait until another day.

The Tampa Bay Rays are going to the post-season.

Junior Caminero hit a dramatic home run -- his 40th of the season -- lifting the Rays to a 3-1 comeback victory over Houston Friday night at Tropicana Field. It was Caminero's first-ever walkoff hit.

As soon as Caminero hit the ball, he turned and began to yell in celebration toward the bench.

It allowed the Rays to go to the post-season for the 10th time. They've reached the World Series twice but never won it.

The Rays had done very little offensively all night. They had just two hits against the Astros through eight innings. One of those, however. was a home run by Victor Mesa Jr. that tied the game at 1-1.

The Rays pitching was good enough to keep the game tied, however. Drew Rasmussen went seven innings and allowed just one earned run. He gave up a season-high eight hits, but the only run came on a fielder's choice ground-out.

Bryan Baker pitched the ninth inning for the victory.

With one out in the ninth, Jonathan Aranda doubled to right field to put a runner in scoring position. One pitch later, Caminero drove it 417 feet to left.

The Rays play again this evening at 6:30 at Tropicana. Ian Seymour (9-6) will start for the Rays against Peter Lambert (8-8).

Friday, 4 a.m.

At the start, it looked like a cakewalk. Before it was over for the Tampa Bay Rays, it was the trail of tears.

When a team loses at this time of the season, it can count on the things that slip through their fingers. That was true of the Rays on Thursday at Truist Field.

Start with a brilliant performance from Nick Martinez, who was going for his 15th win. He went 6 1/3 innings and allowed just two hits. Add in a game lost to the Yankees in the division race.

Ah, but the offense couldn't hold its own. The Rays got singles from three of their first four hitters, but had only two other hits the rest of the game. In that bases-loaded situation, Chandler Simpson hit into a double play.

The Braves scored their three runs in the eighth, taking advantage of Kevin Kelly. Atlanta put together five straight hits, including a triple by Ozzie Albies and a double by Mike Yastrzemski -- neither of whom started the game.

The Rays' only run came on a pinch-hit home run by Victor Mesa Jr.

The loss allowed New York to close within three and a half games in the AL East race.

The Rays return home tonight for a game at 7:10 against the Astros at Tropicana Field. Drew Rasmussen will start for the Rays against Ethan Pecko (1-0) of Houston.