Florida is coming off its most convincing victory over a Southeastern Conference opponent in second-year coach Jim McElwains tenure.McElwain is curious to see how the 23rd-ranked Gators handle prosperity against North Texas following the 45-7 rout of Kentucky. The Gators and Mean Green clash at 7:30 p.m. ET Saturday at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Steve Spurrier-Florida Field in Gainesville.The challenge moving forward is to see how this team is going to respond, McElwain said. Kinda the m.o. of this program is you play really high or really low and not consistently.North Texas represents a trap game, considering a big showdown with rival Tennessee looms in two weeks. The Mean Green (1-1) is coming off a 41-20 win over Bethune-Cookman.That shouldnt matter, McElwain said.Great teams, they learn how to go about their business and prepare and be proud of the way they play regardless of the opponent, the coach said. They realize they have so many opportunities to do this.After struggling on offense in its 24-7 win in its season opener against Massachusetts, Floridas offense broke out against Kentucky. The Gators gained 564 yards of running and passing, their most yardage in an SEC game since gaining 571 yards against Vanderbilt on Nov. 3, 2001.The Gators snapped a string of 10 straight games scoring under 30 points and made big plays in the passing game. Sophomore quarterback Luke Del Rio passed for 320 yards and four TDs.Del Rio said it will be important for the Gators to guard against complacency against a non-conference opponent.The biggest goal every week, and it doesnt change, is to go 1-0, Del Rio said. What you learn in a game like Saturday (against Kentucky) is that it doesnt matter who you play, it matters how you execute the game plan and the intensity and the enthusiasm to which you are playing.If you worry about the other team and not doing your job, then you are not going to play well.North Texas last week bounced back from its opening 34-21 loss to SMU to pound Bethune-Cookman for 329 yards on the ground. That helped give first-coach coach Seth Littrell his first victory as a head coach.Junior running back Willy Ivery rushed for 103 of that total on 13 carries and junior Jeffrey Wilson added another 83 on 14 runs to pace the attack.Quarterback Mason Fine passed for only 108 yards but didnt have an interception while completing 11 of 22 pass attempts in his collegiate debut. The true freshman also had a 25-yard scramble to avoid a sack and wound up on the positive side of rushing with 46 yards on eight runs.He did some really good things tonight, Littrell said. His numbers may not be eye-popping, but he led us on some touchdown drives, and he really managed the game well.Littrell sees many good things in Fine.Hes just got it, Littrell said. Hes one of those guys who doesnt get rattled. Hes extremely smart. Hes a 4.0 student. He just understands the system and has that presence about him.Guys look to him. They follow him. Hes just got it in the huddle. Im not sitting here saying hes the coming Lord and savior or anything like that because he has a lot to work on. He has a lot of room for improvement and growth. And he will.The greatest thing is he knows it and hes going to work extremely hard to improve on his weaknesses.Alex Morris, who spent that last three years as a backup at Alabama and transferred to North Texas as a graduate student, had 11 pass attempts, completing four with one interception coming off the bench after starting the opener.Littrell, who came to North Texas after serving on staffs at North Carolina, Indiana and Arizona in recent years, isnt changing his approach for the Gators.Like you do every week, you go through the process, he said. You correct your mistakes from the previous week, scout your opponent, game-plan them, and have a great week of preparation. Pete Cross Jersey . "It was nerve-wracking, but we pulled through," said Collaros, who threw four touchdown passes to lead the Toronto Argonauts (8-4) to a 33-27 win over the Calgary Stampeders (9-3) in front of 28,781 fans at McMahon Stadium. Wholesale Supersonics Jerseys . 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DENVER -- The lights went out at the Pepsi Center. And no, the power outage had nothing to do with Damian Lillards shooting.It only appeared that way since he was shooting lights out.Lillard scored 37 points, including the go-ahead floater with less than a second remaining in overtime, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Denver Nuggets 115-113 on Saturday night in a game that featured a 28-minute delay in the fourth quarter due to a power surge.Lillard blew past big man Kenneth Faried in the lane and floated in a shot with 0.3 seconds left. Lillard had tied the game on a runner in regulation with 2.1 seconds remaining.Denver led 90-85 with 9:18 remaining in the final quarter when a bank of lights went out near the ceiling. The teams shot jumpers until the game was restarted. Portland shot lights out in its return to the court -- the Nuggets not as much, especially down the stretch when they squandered a nine-point lead.That was one of the craziest games Ive been a part of, with the lights going out, us playing a great game, Lillard said of a contest that lasted 3 hours, 18 minutes. They played a great game, and us finding a way back in a short amount of time, forcing overtime, being down in overtime and us just finding a way. I think that speaks to our resiliency as a team.CJ McCollum had seven of his 23 points in overtime to provide a spark for Portland.We essentially told the team after the lights (went out), it was a nine-minute game, Blazers coach Terry Stotts said. We won that, and then we won the five-minute (overtime) game. To have a good season you have to find ways to win games like this.Nikola Jokic led six Denver players in double figures with 23 points and he had a career-high 17 rebounds in the home opener for Denver.Trailing 70-59 at 9:35 of the third quarter, the Nuggets went on a 17-0 run to take a lead that held up until Lillards layup off an inbounds pass from Mason Plumlee.Wilson Chandler had a chance to seal the game in the closing seconds of regulation but missed two free throws.If I make those free throws, game over, Chandler said.Really, though, it was a combination of facttors.dddddddddddd. Like with 52.7 seconds remaining in regulation and Faried came up with a steal, only to turn it back over by throwing a bad pass. Lillard turned that mistake into a 3-pointer to cut the lead to 104-99 and give Portland a chance.Turnovers, missed free throws, poor execution, Nuggets coach Michael Malone said. Give them credit, they hung around and stole a game on the road, which is what good teams do. For us, going to keep our heads up. Weve got to learn from this.Denver honored Dikembe Mutombo at halftime by retiring the No. 55 jersey of the finger-wagging, shot-blocker extraordinaire. The team even brought out their Rainbow Skyline throwback uniforms for the occasion.TIP-INSBlazers: C Festus Ezeli (left knee) missed the game. ... The Blazers are 6-1 in their last seven games in Denver. ... Plumlee finished with 13 points. ... McCollum had 10 rebounds and a career-high three blocks.Nuggets: F Darrell Arthur (left knee) and G Gary Harris (groin) didnt play. The Nuggets were down a stalwart perimeter defender in Harris. ... G Emmanuel Mudiay had 21 points.NO TIMEOUTThere was no way Lillard was calling a timeout with the game on the line in OT since Denver had three big men on the court. Instead, he drove right past Faried.If we called a timeout they could have adjusted, put maybe a defensive team in and got more wings out there, Lillard explained.MORE MUTOMBOMutombo became the fifth player in team history to have his jersey raised to the rafters, joining Byron Beck (40), Alex English (2), Dan Issel (44) and David Thompson (33). Coach Doug Moe had No. 432 raised up to the roof, too, in commemoration of his franchise-record number of wins.In addition, the team presented Mutombo a $50,000 check for his foundation and a painting of him lying on the court, clutching the ball over his head, after the eighth-seeded Nuggets upset top-seeded Seattle during the 1993-94 postseason.UP NEXTBlazers: Host Golden State on Tuesday night.Nuggets: At Toronto on Monday night. ' ' '