WEST VIRGINIA Mountaineers surge to pummel C. Florida

The Golden Knights lost, 36-18.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) -- West Virginia let Central Florida stay close for three quarters.
A blocked punt recovered for a touchdown and a backup quarterback's first TD throw turned things around in a hurry as the Mountaineers beat Central Florida 36-18 on Saturday.
About a week after dominating then-No. 3 Virginia Tech, West Virginia (4-4) struggled most of the day against the Golden Knights (3-6).
"It's a good lesson for your young guys to bring your best game and execute every time out," West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez said. "We need to have a sense of urgency on every play of every game. We obviously didn't have that today."
West Virginia's Quincy Wilson surpassed 100 yards rushing for the fourth straight game. The Mountaineers compiled 303 yards on the ground.
But Wilson had only 19 of his 135 yards after halftime, West Virginia lost quarterback Rasheed Marshall to a concussion and twice failed to score touchdowns inside the UCF 10.
"We sort of wore down a little," Wilson said. "At times we had breakdowns."
A 21-point underdog, UCF trailed only 19-11 on Alex Haynes' 5-yard TD run and a two-point conversion midway through the third quarter. The score was set up by a 9-yard punt that gave UCF the ball in West Virginia territory for only the second time.
But early in the fourth, West Virginia's Jerry White blocked Mark Prater's punt at the UCF 7 and the Mountaineers' Joe Hunter recovered it in the end zone.
It was the first time since 1984 that West Virginia recovered a blocked punt for a TD.
"We tried six or seven other times [to block it] and we came through on that one," Rodriguez said.
Marshall sustained a concussion midway through the third quarter and did not return. Backup Charles Hales found Chris Henry for a 79-yard TD pass play with 9:50 left in the game for a 33-11 lead.
"The long ball will kill the momentum of the other team ever time," Hales said.
It was Hales' first career TD pass. Henry had five catches for 123 yards.
"I felt like we had all the momentum and that I was in the zone when we got the ball down 19-11," said UCF's Ryan Schneider. "With the blocked punt and the long TD pass, we lost all the wind from our sails."
Schneider finished 27-of-44 for 253 yards. He threw a 27-yard TD pass to Brandon Marshall in the fourth quarter.
But Schneider was intercepted by WVU's Brian King to set up a third-quarter touchdown, while UCF was penalized 14 times for 118 yards.
UCF managed only 44 yards rushing in remaining winless on the road.