{"id":11103,"date":"2010-03-12T14:58:45","date_gmt":"2010-03-12T18:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=11103"},"modified":"2018-07-02T08:56:24","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T12:56:24","slug":"big-mike-makes-american-idol-top-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/big-mike-makes-american-idol-top-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Mike Makes American Idol Top 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_11106\" style=\"max-width: 391px;\" class=\"figure\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"391\" height=\"293\" class=\"figure-img size-full img-fluid w-100 wp-image-11106 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2010\/03\/lynche1.jpg\" alt=\"lynche1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2010\/03\/lynche1.jpg 391w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2010\/03\/lynche1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2010\/03\/lynche1-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"391\" height=\"293\" class=\"figure-img size-full img-fluid w-100 wp-image-11106  lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20391%20293%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"lynche1\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20391%20293%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 391w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2010\/03\/lynche1.jpg 391w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2010\/03\/lynche1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2010\/03\/lynche1-360x270.jpg 360w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2010\/03\/lynche1.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Photo credit: FOX, American Idol<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>UPDATED March 18: America voted and now former UCF football player Michael Lynche is in the Top 12 11 on FOX&#8217;s American Idol. <\/p>\n<p>Lynche played defensive tackle for the Knights from 2001-02. He made an immediate impact as a freshman out of St. Petersburg&#8217;s Gibbs High School which also served as UCF&#8217;s practice site for the 2009 St. Petersburg Bowl. Lynche had 24 tackles in 2001, 17 of them solos, with eight tackles for a loss and a sack. As a sophomore in 2002, Lynche played in all 12 games and started each of the last three. He had at least one tackle in 11 of those contests and finished the year with 46 tackles in all, including a pair of sacks and six TFLs.<\/p>\n<p>He left the team just before the start of the 2003 season, returned to his native St. Petersburg and helped care for his ailing mother, Michele.<\/p>\n<p><em>For more on Michael the singer, visit his page on <a href=\"https:\/\/abc.go.com\/shows\/american-idol\" target=\"_blank\">American Idol<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UPDATED March 18: America voted and now former UCF football player Michael Lynche is in the Top 12 11 on FOX&#8217;s American Idol. 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