{"id":12860,"date":"2010-05-13T15:05:03","date_gmt":"2010-05-13T19:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=12860"},"modified":"2022-10-06T12:31:46","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T16:31:46","slug":"michael-lynches-idol-run-stopped-short-of-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/michael-lynches-idol-run-stopped-short-of-goal\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Lynche’s Idol Run Stopped Short of Goal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lynche played defensive tackle for the UCF Knights from 2001-02. He made an immediate impact as a freshman out of St. Petersburg\u2019s Gibbs High School which also served as UCF\u2019s practice site for the 2009 St. Petersburg Bowl. Lynche had 24 tackles in 2001, 17 of them solos, with eight tackles for 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. 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael Lynche a\/k\/a Big Mike was voted off American Idol last night. Lynche played defensive tackle for the UCF Knights from 2001-02. 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