Sunday, 4 a.m.

For a half, the South Florida Bulls could not get possession of the ball, let alone do any damage with it.

They led, well, by providence over Kent State.

The second half was better. The Bulls, who had only 21 snaps in the firsthalf, seized control of the game and ran away with a 29-2 win over the Golden Flashes at Raymond James Stadium.

In the first half, Kent State kept threatening, but they couldn't finish a drive. They were stopped on fourth down at the South Florida 3. They fumbled and allowed a 96-yard return by C.J. Hicks. They missed field goals.

Kent State's only points came when Bulls' running back D.J. Crowther was tackled for a safety.

The Bulls outscored Kent State 19-0 in the second half.

Quarterback Michael Van Buren hit 22 of 27 passes for 193 yards.

The Bulls are off this week. They are home at Raymond James Stadium against UAB on October 31. The time has not been announced.

Florida 27, Texas 24: The extremely up and extremely down season of the Gators continued at Texas Memorial Stadium Saturday.

The Gators, who have beaten Ole MIss and lost to South Carolina this year, added seventh-ranked Texas to their victims Saturday. Tramell Jones Jr. started his first game and beat Texas, No. 1 in the nation last week, by three points.

The Gators trailed 17-3 in the first half.

Jaden Baugh gave the Gators a 27-17 lead on an 11-yard run. Baugh had 91 yards rushing.

Jones Jr. hit 22 of 35 passes for 155 yards and two scores, both to Lacota Dippre.

Florida plays Georgia Saturday at 3:30 p.m. in Jacksonville.

Miami 43, FSU 35: In a season of upsets, the best thing you can say about the Miami Hurricanes is that, so far, they have avoided one.

The Hurricanes held off rival FSU in double overtime, 43-35, at Hard. Rock Stadium. The Seminoles had seemingly converted a fourth-and-21 situation late, but were called for holding,.

FSU fell to 3-4 with the loss. Maimi, ranked third in the nation, is 6-0.

Darian Mensah threw for 326 yards and three scores for the Canes. Ashton Daniels threw for 298 yards and four scores in the loss.

Malachi Toney caught 11 passes for 154 yards and two scores. Javian Mallory ran for 108 yards and two scores for Miami.

Duce Robinson caught five passes and two scores for FSU

FSU plays Clemson at home on Oct. 31. Miami is home against Pitt Saturday at noon.

Sunday, 3 a.m.

They got off to a slow start ... and it didn't matter.

They played their backup goaltender ... and it didn't matter.

They played at home ... and yes, it mattered.

The Tampa Bay Lightning ran its record to 5-0 at Benchmark International Arena Saturday with a 4-2 win over Vancouver.

Backup goalie Dennis Hildeby didn't have to work too hard for his second win in a Lightning net. He faced just 14 shots, and allowed only two in.

Those two goals gave the Canucks a 2-0 lead.

Nikita Kucherov scored a pair of goals to tie things. Jake Guentzel and Pontus Holmberg put the Bolts over the top for the win.

The Lightning plays on the road at Las Vegas' T-Mobile Arena Tuesday night at 10:30 p.m.

Thursday, 4 a.m.

The great bat-freeze of the 2026 post-season continued for the Tampa Bay Rays Thursday.

Also, they are running low on chances to warm up.

The hitless wonders of the Rays fell 3-2 to Cleveland in the third game of the AL Championship. The Rays managed just three hits, and just one after the fourth inning.

The Rays were just one-for-six with runners in scoring position.

It has become a stat line that is hard to swallow for Rays fans, who won more games than anyone in the American League this year. In six games, the Rays have managed just 37 hits.

The top four batters of the Rays' order continued to struggle. They were one-for-15 on the night.

Still, it was almost enough after Chandler Simpson hit a two-run triple for a 2-1 lead.

However, Petey Halpin hit a two-run homer off Griffin Jax in the bottom of the fifth.

The teams play again today at Cleveland's Progressive Field at 6 p.m. Nick Martinez will start for the Rays.