The UP ALL KNIGHT crew of Clay Pasco and Andrew Cherico talk about UCF sports in a unique and humorous way.

In this episode, they recap the big win at TCU, and Christian Simmons from the Pegasus Pod joins to talk Space U uniforms.

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The UP ALL KNIGHT crew of Clay Pasco and Andrew Cherico talk about UCF sports in a unique and humorous way.

In this episode, they recap the big win at TCU, and Christian Simmons from the Pegasus Pod joins to talk Space U uniforms.

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...must have screamed into his pillow all night after Mr. Irrelevant, rookie Brock Purdy and company dispatched dem Cowboys!

Since firing his old college teammate and Super Bowl Champion Coach Jimmy Johnson, all those years ago, Karma has pummeled Jerry on a regular basis! 49ers denying him the limelight again will leave Jerry with a severely bruised ego! Who's Mr. Irrelevant now?

Tre'Quon Fegans is finally a Knight.

The former four-star prospect was a UCF target in the Class of 2022 before signing with Alabama. Then a year ago, Fegans was pursued again during his first time in the transfer portal when he ultimately chose USC.

The native of Alabaster, Ala., committed to UCF Friday night. Other schools linked during this recruitment included Auburn, Mississippi State, Georgia Tech, Boston College, Maryland, Memphis and UAB.

Fegans redshirted during his true freshman season at Alabama in 2022. He played cornerback at USC in 2023, appearing in six games and starting two including the Trojans' 42-28 win against Louisville in the Holiday Bowl. He finished with nine tackles and a season PFF grade of 65.5.

Fegans is UCF's third spring transfer portal commitment, joining safety Cedrick Hawkins (Ohio State) and defensive end Nyjalik Kelly (Miami).

Could the commitment of one Fegans lead to another? The Knights are also recruiting Tre'Quon's younger brother Anquon Fegans, who is a four-star safety in the Class of 2025. Anquon recently visited during spring practice.

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Since it is a bye week, I figured I would share a little UCF Basketball BTS that popped up on my timeline just now. I knew the facilities greatly improved but Holy ****.

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It’s inevitable Billy is going to be fired.

How much schools think about the optics?

For example if they fire him right before UCF and they lose, well then there is room to think they lost because they have an interim head coach.

While I might put this out to Indeed and the like, I wanted to try non-traditional methods of finding assistance.
Why not try the Dungeon

I'm looking for a new personal/executive/admin assistant for my business.
A contract role to start, with potential for full-time or other roles as the business scales.

So far, it's 4x'ed since last year with a quarter to go and we're not in SaaS sales... yet.
Majority of the work is tech and ops assessments and projects.

Email me at josh@techthinktank.com if you have any leads.

The details:

TechThinkTank is dedicated to helping those who help others!

Is that something you would like to do too?

We're looking for an Executive Assistant (Job Title Flexible) to join our team and:

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Up for sale is my personal collection of UCF Alumni professional sports card...

Approx ***1,125*** mint condition cards, compiled over years and years. Autographs, jersey/patch cards, individually numbered, in and out of UCF uniforms etc.

UCF Stars BIG & SMALL, common and obscure, from sports such as: NFL, MLB, NBA, NASCAR, UFC, M/W SOCCER, VOLLEYBALL, GOLF, WNBA.

Big Names include guys like:
Culpepper
Marshall
Jermaine Taylor
Murray
Bortles
Perriman
K. Smith
D. Gabriel
Mike Sims Walker
S. Jefferson
A. Samuel
Drew Butera
Josh Sitton
Chad Mottola
Mike Maroth

"Small" Names include:
Rannell Hall
Josh Robinson
Deshorn Brown (MLS)
Sean Johnson (MLS)
Tari Phillips (WNBA)
Michelle Akers
Robert Damron (Golf)
Aric Almirola (NASCAR)
Tom Lawlor (UFC)
Seth Petruzelli (UFC)
Phil Dalhaussser (VB)
Esix Snead
Darnell Sweeney
Ben Lively
Clay Timpner
Eric Skogland
Dan Winkler
Torrell Troup
Bruce Miller
Storm Johnson
Matt Fox
Michael Gaines
Siaha Burley
Greg Jefferson
Shaquem Griffin
Atari Bigby.....so many more.

It's one of the largest UCF Alum Collections I've seen, particularly regarding the more obscure names.

Collection can be viewed on Flickr. For some reason the link won't post here.

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App State is what happens when the bus misses you to get out of the G6

You can only be giant killers for so long until recruiting woes catch up to you. Very happy we made it out

Boise State is also suffering from the same thing, eventually the shine dims and now you are no longer the G6 darling

You have to strike the realignment wave while the iron is hot, the AAC didn't even pick them up and now they are slipping down the ladder in the Sun Belt

App State down 28-0 to a nobody mid major

Crazy....totally crazy.

Section 108, Row E. Four seats available on the aisle. Willing to sell in pairs. $10 OBO each.

Face value is $15 plus fees on TicketMaster.

On this week's Sons of UCF LIVE, we talk with former UCF Assistant Coach Paul Lounsberry about the 3-0 Knights.

Then, we welcome in Brandon Marcello, National College Football Reporter for CBS Sports, for insights on Gus Malzahn and his thoughts on UCF and the BIG 12 so far this season.

All this and more can be found right here.

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This is sort of funny. My son is taking a micro economics class at the prestigious University of Central Florida. He read a question to me today for his home work. I am paraphrasing.

Is crystal meth a product with elastic or inelastic demand?

If the price of meth goes up would a casual meth user pay more or shift to another drug?

I was like wait? What? Is there such thing as a casual meth user? I believe you could be a casual pot user or casual drinker, but meth? I tend to think you're all in on meth or you're not. It's like being sort of pregnant.

I do find the use of meth as a product to discuss elastic or inelastic demand kind of bizarre. It's funny in one way but kind of tragic in another. I am not protesting or calling UCF here. I am sort of surprised though to use an illegal highly addictive drug which is only behind fentynal used by people, especially where I live, to illustrate the difference between elastic and inelastic demand.

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On this week's Sons of UCF LIVE, we talk with former UCF Assistant Coach Paul Lounsberry about the 3-0 Knights.

Then, we welcome in Brandon Marcello, National College Football Reporter for CBS Sports, for insights on Gus Malzahn and his thoughts on UCF and the BIG 12 so far this season.

All this and more can be found right here.

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Select threads and select responses, nested as appropriate, for your enjoyment. I thought the UCF team medical info was rather interesting, and have made it red.

Florida: Judging Napier in 2024: Two seasons, two grades (July)​

I was going to post this in response to BBlake's "I promise", but thought it was worthy of a separate post.
I view us as having two very distinct schedules. The first one - up through UGA which looks like our schedules in years past. Tough opponents, but one where we should win the majority of our games. Let me break down my thoughts and expectations for this first segment:
If we get to this point where we are bowl eligible by UK, then I call this season a success and the program doing the things that we would expect of it.
Now to the brutal part. This requires it's own separate criterion and grade. Could easily go 2-3 or 1-4 at worst ...

• ... that UK game is THE must win game of the year (excluding Samford and UCF….lose either of those and I think it’s a given he gets canned).
• UCF is gonna be a much closer game than many are saying. The former Arkansas QB KJ Jefferson is gonna be a load in Gus’s offense. We couldn’t stop him last year in the 4th quarter at home vs Arky. I still think we beat them, can’t remember exactly but I think they have a tough game right before us
  
  • Unless UCF is better than everyone expects i disagree. The hope is last years defense and this years will be apples to oranges comparison. Also this year it’s a night game. We play Arky at night last year we win with ease imo. We also were completely depleted on the Dl and linebackers.
  • ... UCF will be close imo we’re literally their biggest game ever but we win.
• [Jefferson] was also running behind an SEC OL last coached by Sam Pittman (UGA's former OL coach). Gonna be a lot different running behind UCF's OL.
• ... UCF may pretend to have titles, but they are far from a directional school and have a QB that beat us in the swamp last year. Yes we should still win, but they are a legit threat ...
• Ucf plays at TcU, and home vs Colorado before traveling up to Gainesville. If Deion is half ad good as the thinks he is gonna be this year, the knights may be on a losing streak and played two tough games prior gville. If i recall, arkay had a bye week before coming to gville last year ... I think we roll ucf by 2 scores.
• Losing to UCF in year three at home should be a fireable offense. Like, immediate termination...but they don't ask me. 😂
  
  • Well, the good news is we aren’t losing to them in year 3…

Florida: UCF Game’s Importance (August)​

As I have mentioned before, I know and play golf some with Coach Malzahn and some UCF’s Boosters as well as their team doctors. Coach Malzahn is convinced UCF will beat Florida and they have this game circled on their calendars. He also believes their team this year is legit and will have a shot at the Big 12 Championship. Whether you believe or care about any of this, I believe UCF will not be a pushover for us, regardless of the fact that it’s a home night game at BHG.

• I’m glad we have a bye week before we play UCF. And they have to play Colorado the week before they play us. I think they beat Colorado at home but that will be a tough game for them.
• UCF with KJ Jefferson is very dangerous
• We need to beat them into oblivion, not just win the game. No excuses on that one.
• ... I’ve been to their stadium and it doesn’t hold a candle to BHg. If we are healthy, I don’t think it’s even close. We will best then soundly…its actually becoming one of my more confident games. I hope we put them and their fans back in their place, following the bowl game we played them in a few years ago.
• I don’t know what kind of team UCF has coming back but you do realize they were only 6-7 last year right? It wasn’t even a good UCF team by their standards.
  
  • [Gus] believes he has a much better team this year. He thought they stunk last year and he was right. BTW:,he isn’t talking smack to anyone. These are private conversations among friends and staff. He just says he has a good feeling about this team.
    
    • Ironically, just after I wrote my note I heard a prediction in the Athletic that UCF would go 9-3 and beat UF. I’m skeptical of Gus. He’s been a good OC most of the time, but his CEO skills are sorely lacking ... His new QB beat us last year due to our incompetence much of the game, but people forget he was lousy all year. We shall see.
      
      • Who did they listed as their 3 losses if they have them beating us? Us and Utah are the toughest games and the next toughest isn’t that close
    • Funny you say that! [Gus] is all over his team doctors right now questioning whether he can trust them. They have pulled a few guys out of practice with injuries and he’s not happy about that.
• Teams like UCF and Tenn with a good offensive philosophy will always be a tough out. Plus, conservative offenses will allow teams to stay in games.
• I mentioned in the Miami game thread that Miami and UCF are must wins, but IMO the UCF game is the biggest must win of the season. Can you imagine leaving BHG stadium late at night after losing to them and listening to their fans? It will be brutal. I think BN could survive a 6 (or maybe even 5) win season — I don’t think he will survive a lose to UCF. I’m not even sure he’ll make it through the season if he loses to them.
• I was told 3 of their players needed medical care from EMT's with asthma and they lost a TE to an ACL tear last week.
• There is no excuse for losing to UCF in year 3. I’m all for giving Billy time, but if this happens, you gotta clean house.
• Last years defense is a shell of what this year's will be. I hope Jefferson thinks he's playing last years defense.
• The Jablonski family is filled with physicians. Dad was one of the founders of Winter Park Urology and one of his sons in a urologist in Orlando. Another son is an orthopedic surgeon with Orlando Health's Jewett Orthopedic, UCF's physicians. And I am pretty sure there are more physicians in the family. Great people.
• I think we beat UCF comfortably....
  
  • At home in the swamp, there is zero chance we look past this game. I see a 17 point victory ...
    
    • I agree and as I said before, I trust the collective UCF mouth to have us motivated.

Florida: Other games... (thru this week, Sun 9/15)​

(started in August)

• UCF overcame a 3 TD deficit to beat TCU so that offense will dominate us probably.

Florida: I Was Invited To Practice in Mid-August... (thru yesterday, Tue 9/17)​

(started in August)

• I still think we beat Miss St, UCF, Kentucky, Sow and maybe LSU
  
  • ... Miss St. and UCF are our only realistic chances to get another win this year IMO. TAMU is likely a 7-5 team and they dominated us on the lines of scrimmage ...

Florida: Board of trustees meeting tomorrow morning (merged 6 threads) (started Sat 9/14)​

Article: Staples: Billy Napier's time at Florida has run out

• UCF beat TCU.. we might not win another
  
  • You think the boos were loud yesterday, wait until UCF beats us at home! Actually, on second thought, given that I live in Central Florida and every UCF fan I know is going up to the game, the boos may be quiet compared to the cheers for UCF.
    
    • I know many ucf fans as well coming. I’m beginning to wonder if they’ll actually have more fans than we do if we lose next week. But we won’t be bale to stop them after seeing them run up and down against TCU.

Florida: Are we going to be stuck with him through UCF? (started Mon 9/16)​

Obviously if we go to Starkville and win he won't get canned after a win. So are we waiting to lose to UCF? And if we beat UCF does he live for another week? I wish someone could chime in on the potential timeline here. I feel like we are setting ourselves up for disappointment thinking he is going to be fired imminently.

• He is going to reel off some wins, finish about 8-4 and save his job. Or, more likely, he loses this week or against ucf and is fired then. As bad as msu is, I don’t see winning when you can’t stop an eight grade team with our defense.
• At the earliest, I see him getting fired after UCF. There is no way we beat them. I SUPPOSE if MSU rolls us, he might get canned. But I expect the game to be a complete shit show. It'll either be 6-3 or 63-56. No in between.
• If we are guessing here, i would guess the sunday/monday after UCF, regardless of outcome. But if i am wrong it means we beat UCF pretty good, then it will most certainly be after getting blown out at Neyland. I don't think there is anymore than a 5% chance he coaches a single game in November.
• Just out of curiosity, doesn't before UCF (with a bye week) make more sense?
  
  • there are pros and cons to each side of the timing discussion.
• it seems to me, the powers that be are concerned that if the decision is publicly made too soon, the players would have the ability to opt out of the remaining games to preserve a year of eligibility....you can play 4 games and still redshirt. this concern eliminates a decision being made prior to UCF....

Florida: Florida Gators Football Press Conference 9-16-2024 (started, obviously, Min 9/16)​

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• I'm so glad I spent $250 per ticket for UCF. Ticket prices were ridiculous this season only to give us the worst football product in history. I would eat my losses if I didn't have a senior gator and a freshman knight. Only silver lining. But yes, it will be our last game of the season for sure.
• Oh man, the booing for the UCF game is going to be epic.
  • We want Gus chants might happen if we get blown out.

Florida: Does BN keep his job if he wins these games (started yesterday, Tue 9/17)​

Do you think we end up keeping him if he can win the following game's or is the toothpaste out of the tube on this staff. I hope not and it’s my only fear of keeping him on. It’s Gator luck to find a way to win 5 more games and keep this horrible staff for another year. When you look at this list, we could win these except maybe LSU would be the biggest stretch ... MSU UCF UK LSU FSU

• If we are 2-5 by the end of UK game, I think he’s announced by then or if 3-4 and blown out by Tenn and lost to UCF, I think they announce it. I think it’s already been decided he’s done, maybe just let finish few more games
• IMO, he gets fired after the next loss. Because no matter who it is, it's will be embarrassing. Mississippi State is the worst team in the SEC no doubt, and that would be his worst loss in his tenure. UCF is a team were supposed to beat, no matter if they're in the BIG12 or not. And if we manage to beat them both, Tennessee is licking their chops and will probably try to score 80 on us. There is no way he makes it past Sunday after Tennessee
• KY and LSU are all but guaranteed losses. UCF is going to so fired up... FSU, MSU maybe.
• He will not be fired until after UCF. We can’t have our entire team red shirt the season. He gets fired after game 5. Bookmark it.
• And thus, several of us have said that UCF is the pivotal game. He can lose to MSU this weekend and still not get fired but lose to both? Yeeesh. If he beats MSU this weekend but loses to UCF then I think Kentucky does him in. If he beats MSU and UCF he might survive till Tennessee but losing to Kentucky again might keep him from getting that far.

P.S. There are a lot of new threads this week. I can search more if desired. I've really cut down a lot here!

E.g., there was a mention that 53 players have not redshirted. Are they having that issue at Florida as of this week?!

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Got family joining me and in need of one more ticket in Cabana for 10/12 Cindy game. Don’t care where in cabana, we’ll be at the top of the stadium the whole game. Let me know if you have one to spare!

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Mine:

I think it’s possible to improve the defense (pass D specifically) but not sure how significant. Saw several concerning issues tonight to put it mildly.

Special teams HAS to improve. No excuse for what we saw.

Gus needs to stop nerfing the offense and let it get cooking earlier with balanced play calling. Would love to see him feed KJ high percentage passes early to get him settled and comfortable.