By Marc Daniels
UCFAthletics.com

ORLANDO, Fla. (UCFAthletics.com) - The 2012 UCF football season kicked off with a 56-14 win at Akron Thursday. The Knights grabbed a 35-0 halftime lead and got a chance to play a lot of players in the final two quarters ...

The last time UCF opened a season on the road, the Knights won at NC State 25-23 in 2007. That year, UCF captured the conference title and made its first appearance in the Liberty Bowl ...

The 56 points scored vs. the Zips are the fourth-most scored in an opening game. The 1992 team began its season with a 71-21 win over Gardner-Webb ...

Rannell Hall's four receptions against Akron equaled the total number of catches he posted in 2011 ...

The last time UCF opened a season with two straight road games was 2005. UCF played at South Carolina for Steve Spurrier's debut as coach of the Gamecocks and the Knights were at USF the following week. After dropping both games, UCF then won eight of the next nine and appeared in the first ever Conference USA title game and the school's first bowl game ...

While UCF opened its 34^th season of football at Akron, this week's opponent is playing its 123^rd season. Ohio State played football as a varsity sport for the first time in 1890. The Buckeyes rank fifth all-time in college football victories ...

Ohio State Coach Urban Meyer coached in the MAC when UCF was a member. Meyer was at Bowling Green from 2001-2002, The Knights were MAC members from 2002-2004. However, UCF did not play Bowling Green in 2002. Meyer was the coach at Florida in 2006 when the Knights played in Gainesville ...

Two players who have started at quarterback for UCF caught passes at Akron -- Jeff Godfrey and Rob Calabrese. Calabrese's catch went for a touchdown ...

Redshirt freshman Thomas Niles posted a sack at Akron. Niles played both tackle and end in the opener. In case you didn't know, Niles was a goalie on his high school lacrosse team in Gainesville, Georgia ...

For a game preview of UCF-Ohio St. be sure to check www.ucfathletics.com this Friday as UCF radio color analyst Mike Gruttadauria and I will preview the game Friday afternoon at the UCF walk-through from Ohio Stadium in Columbus.