GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Seconds after UCF cornerback Brandon Moore intercepted Joe Burrow in the first quarter of the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl and defensive tackle Joey Connors decleated the LSU quarterback with a vicious block to help spring Jones' 93-yard return for a touchdown, Nate Evans bounded past Burrow, who was still regaining his senses, and the linebacker drew a penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct.
"A selfish act," Evans said after the Knights lost 40-32, snapping the third-longest FBS winning streak of this century at 25 games.
Evans, you see, played Tuesday on an emotional high fueled by his journey from the southern banks of the Mississippi River in Greater New Orleans -- where SEC programs overlooked him out of John Curtis Christian High School -- to first-team all-AAC recognition as a junior at UCF.