{"id":48057,"date":"2013-04-11T12:03:04","date_gmt":"2013-04-11T16:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=48057"},"modified":"2013-04-13T17:57:01","modified_gmt":"2013-04-13T21:57:01","slug":"football-spring-game-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/football-spring-game-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Football: Spring Game Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"
The UCF coaching staff will certainly have its eyes on every position during this Saturday’s Spring Football Game at 2 p.m. However, there will be a few areas of the field fans should dial in on as the Knights square off at Bright House Networks Stadium.<\/p>\n
Last year, quarterback Blake Bortles served as one of the primary focal points during the spring contest as he was beginning his first season as the Knights’ starting signal-caller. The Oviedo native ultimately put together one of the finest performances by a UCF quarterback in school history, guiding the Knights to a 10-4 record and a Conference USA East Division title. He also was the MVP of the Beef `O’ Brady’s Bowl.<\/p>\n
Now a junior, Bortles has to smile knowing all of the weapons he has on offense, highlighted by UCF returning five of its top six wide receivers from a year ago. On the other side of the line, though, the Black and Gold lost several key players, and that will be one of five things to watch this Saturday.<\/p>\n
FIVE THINGS TO WATCH FOR SATURDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n Young Defense<\/p>\n Early Enrollees<\/p>\n Wide Receivers<\/p>\n Tight Ends<\/p>\n Special Teams<\/p>\n Plan your game days with the Knights, and experience one of the best schedules in program history in the best available seat locations at Bright House Networks Stadium. 2013 season tickets start at $99. To secure your UCF football season tickets, visit UCFAthletics.com or call 407-UCF-1000.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Annual contest slated for Saturday at 2 p.m. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":48061,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[9805,503,8664,6776,606,5301,1810,1939,2436,5305,8490,3346,4190,4404,5656,202],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-48057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-american-athletic-conference","tag-blake-bortles","tag-brandon-alexander","tag-breshad-perriman","tag-bright-house-networks-stadium","tag-clayton-geathers","tag-football","tag-george-oleary","tag-jeff-godfrey","tag-jj-worton","tag-justin-tukes","tag-ncaa","tag-sean-beckton","tag-spring-game","tag-troy-gray","tag-alumni"],"yoast_head":"\n