Blake Bortles and the No. 15 UCF Knights had to move their championship celebration inside. Bortles threw for 242 yards and ran for two touchdowns, and the Knights celebrated a BCS bid already in hand by adding the outright American Athletic Conference title to the mix. The 17-13 victory over SMU came in front of just a few hundred fans who braved the slick roads of a nasty ice storm. ''My hand got a little dry and that might explain a couple of errant throws,'' said Bortles, who put UCF ahead for the first time on a 15-yard scramble to a touchdown that ended up being the final points late in the third quarter.
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