UCF Football: Cincinnati Game Week Press Conference​

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The UCF Knights are now coming off of a two game losing streak after a loss this past weekend against the Florida Gators.

For Coach Gus Malzahn and his players, it is on to Cincinnati as they begin to prepare for the Bearcats.

However, there still appears to be more questions than answers as to what it will take for UCF to break out of this slump.

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Felt like we did better in the second half on defense. Johnson was in the zone IMO, and we changed up our blitz strategy. Felt like in the first half we bit on the hard count every time giving away our blitz strategy and allowing UF to pick it up with ease. I didn’t notice that as much in the second half. I think our defense, while not great, did enough this game. The offense was the issue.

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Transcript to of the press conference:

Opening statement:

"Okay, first of all, congratulations to the Florida Gators. They outplayed us tonight, it was loud, their atmosphere was really good.

"You look at the game, we dug ourself a hole in the first quarter. Had trouble tackling, they made some explosive plays. Offensively, 1-7 on third down, you're not gonna be effective at all on 1-7 third down.

"And then we came out of the second half, we had a good drive, we had to settle for a field goal, we got to figure out ways to get in the end zone.

"Our kids battled, I'm proud of our players for battling. They played extremely hard, we had some young guys that hadn't played that got in there and made some plays, but the bottom line, we just didn't get it done.

"So congratulations to those guys, the non-conference is over. And so now we got to play better football, I expect that we will. Looking forward to playing Cincinnati, questions?"

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I ****ing hate UF

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Respect to the Orlando media that covers UCF…they really cooked Malzone today. He was grilled like he has never been grilled before.

I really did not think these boys had in them but the proved me wrong. Trace, Brandon, Cherico…everyone was cooking Malzone (he had no answers but more b.s.).

Be prepared to be flamed. Last time I was there, they hung a huge sign that said “Welcome to the school you couldn’t get into” across Archer road. Dont walk by the frat houses or they’ll come out. Also, avoid the law school area or the redneck Alachua County residents will douse you with beer bc they know 12 against 2 isn’t a fair fight. That’s what happened to Mr. Pitt Panther and I. *

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The deal also eliminates the restrictions on schools directly paying their players which have long been a cornerstone of the NCAA's amateurism rules. If the settlement is finalized, starting next year schools will be allowed to pay their players up to a certain limit. The cap is expected to start at slightly more than $20 million per school and increase on an annual basis.

Landmark college settlement gets preliminary OK

A judge granted preliminary approval to the landmark $2.78 billion legal settlement that would transform college sports by allowing schools to pay players.

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If any of us performed our jobs equally to this asshat we would be gone!

Fire that guy already

So I sold my extra tix for Cincy to my wife's boss. Sold them at my cost, $125 ea a few weeks ago. Now she wants me resell them because of Yom Kippur.

Since Gus shit the bed, no chance I'll get anywhere near that number now. She said she'll go if I can't sell them. Do I give her her money back and eat the sandwich or tell her she's SOL?

This coach and staff is killing the football program.

This Florida score could get ugly.

We can't even tackle.

Not a good look for Malzone.

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UCF Football coordinators Ted Roof and Tim Harris, Jr met with the media after the Knights most recent game against Florida.

Once again the result did not fall in UCF's favor, and coaches are continuing to evaluate the game plan and execution.

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TMo you have anything to say??
You were gifted the UCF AD job, Big12 conference affiliation and 50-70 MILLION dollars for facilities. Are you capable of LEADING Knight Nation??

I haven't been there in a number of years. It looks like the old Swamp moved to a different location.

It is about 1.5 miles to the center of downtown to go to Loosey's.

Where is the pre-game in Gainesville?

Gabe Davis to the Jags. Finally he can stop tormenting the Dolphins twice a year

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Dump the negative feelings and get pumped!

If you have any positive feelings towards UF, just don’t post here. You suck and probably huff your own farts.

Let’s goooooooo!!!!!! GKCO!

Yes, we almost ended football after Saban, but Gus is working hard to be the 2nd worst HC in UCF history. He'll drive this down to usf levels.

UCF Football coordinators Ted Roof and Tim Harris, Jr met with the media after the Knights most recent game against Florida.

Once again the result did not fall in UCF's favor, and coaches are continuing to evaluate the game plan and execution.

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We sat right up front by the UCF bench.

-Ethan Barr got really pissed for some reason, took some piece from his uniform or small piece of equipment and just chucked really hard into the stands. Not many other people seemed to notice, but I definitely saw it.

-At the end of the game some UCF fan was yelling at KJ with Kobe Hudson sitting right in front of us looking all dejected. The fan was talking trash to KJ saying they need a refund for his NIL and saying he sucks. Our group told the fan to cool it and tried to hype up Kobe some.

But overall bad sideline vibes

Rooting for the Steelers personally.