The UCF Knights new they were facing a tough opponent in the #6 South Carolina Gamecocks and were plagued by turnovers and failure to convert in key situations en route to a 59-27 loss on their home turf. Coach Pete Carrol on his teams performance " Its tough to compete with a top tier team like the cocks when you turn the ball over whether its fumbles or interceptions.. SoCar capitalized on every mistake and we never got a break to go our way.. We are gonna move on and prepare for our conference opener next week against another strong Cincinatti squad"