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UCF DT Kalia Davis big help in season-opener after year away from football

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The first home game in 643 days for defensive tackle Kalia Davis, who opted out of the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, didn’t start as planned.

The Knights found themselves down 21-0 versus Boise State in the second quarter and were trailing by 10 at halftime.

“That’s what really changed it,” Davis said about Malzahn’s halftime speech. “Gus came in there and he was like he wouldn’t rather… Obviously he didn’t mean it, but he wouldn’t rather us be in any other situation. He wanted us to fight back through adversity and see what we really got on the team.