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Knights Loss Caps Home Conference Slate
The Knights home schedule for 2024 has wrapped up. The inaugural Big 12 home slate has finished up. UCF has already locked in a still to be determined spot within the conference tournament beginning next week. Currently slotted 9th within the conference, there is a chance the Knights can finish as high as 6th before the season finalizes this coming weekend.

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"While it hasn’t been announced yet, the Wolfpack has pushed a 2025 road game against South Florida to 2029, buying time to negotiate a buyout or for the Bulls to meet the criteria. In future years, N.C. State still has trips to Appalachian State, East Carolina, Troy, Charlotte and Louisiana Tech on its schedule."


while some in here still yearn to play in a fictional stadium of the worst program in FBS over at temple terrace, and worst of all want to associate that disgrace as our rival in 2023 and beyond.

The most unaccomplished Power 5 teams want nothing to do with the stench that is south florida, why do some still try to associate that garbage with our brand? for sentimentality that no one cares about outside I-4?

trying to hang with the bottom feeders will get us nowhere but a one way ticket back down to the bottom feeder leagues

This was discussed last year and will now come to fruition in 2025.

The NIT suddenly changed the AQ rules this year to favor P6, will be interesting to see what happens there.

Press release:

Competitive Showcase Featuring 16 Teams Across Elite Conferences

College Basketball Crown to Air on FOX and FS1

Las Vegas to Host Inaugural Tournament in Spring 2025 at MGM Grand Garden Arena and T-Mobile Arena

Los Angeles (April 3, 2024) – Today, FOX Sports and AEG launch the College Basketball Crown, a new addition to the college hoops postseason landscape beginning in 2025. The 16-team tournament will highlight elite student-athletes and competitive postseason matchups from select conferences, bringing fans more high-level competition and compelling storylines during the most exciting time of the year.

The inaugural College Basketball Crown is set to feature schools from the Big Ten, Big 12 and BIG EAST, with additional at-large participants. The College Basketball Crown will take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena and T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas from Monday, March 31 to Sunday, April 6, 2025, with all the action airing on FOX and FS1.

Teams that did not qualify for the NCAA tournament will be eligible for the College Basketball Crown, with two automatic qualifiers coming from each participating conference and additional teams chosen by a committee.

“Postseason college basketball is one of the most exciting times of year and FOX Sports is proud to be at the forefront of efforts to evolve and elevate the sport,” said Jordan Bazant, Executive Vice President, FOX Sports. “Alongside AEG and the Big Ten, Big 12 and BIG EAST, we are thrilled to provide more opportunities for student-athletes to compete in high quality postseason college hoops and for viewers to enjoy the chase for the College Basketball Crown.”

AEG Global Partnerships will have exclusive rights to all commercial sales and sponsorship activations for the College Basketball Crown with FOX Sports overseeing media rights and broadcast sales.

“We are thrilled to join FOX Sports, the Big Ten, Big 12 and BIG EAST who share our vision and our enthusiasm to create one-of-a-kind experiences and events that benefit both fans and the entire global sports landscape,” said Todd Goldstein, Chief Revenue Officer, AEG. “The time is right, Las Vegas is the ideal destination and the College Basketball Crown is the perfect additive event to further elevate the most exciting postseason in sports.”

Vivid Seats has been selected as the Official Ticketing Provider of the College Basketball Crown and will be the exclusive home for tickets across all of the games in the College Basketball Crown tournament. Through this unique and innovative agreement with FOX Sports, AEG and its global ticketing platform AXS, Vivid Seats will provide fans with a new, turnkey end-to-end ticketing experience.

Commissioner Quotes on the Inaugural College Basketball Crown

“We are honored to participate in the inaugural College Basketball Crown, which will be an exciting and innovative addition to the college basketball calendar,” said BIG EAST Commissioner Val Ackerman. “We are confident that the formidable capabilities of FOX Sports, AEG, and their event partners will translate into a high-quality post-season opportunity for our coaches, players and schools.”

“The Big Ten Conference looks forward to competing in the inaugural College Basketball Crown,” said Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti. “It is sure to be an exciting post-season opportunity for our student-athletes, coaches and fans across the country.”

“The Big 12 Conference is thrilled to be a part of the College Basketball Crown,” said Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark. “College basketball’s popularity is on the rise, and we look forward to being a part of another meaningful postseason moment for our student-athletes.”

Additional information on the College Basketball Crown, including ticket sales, broadcast details and more will be released at a later date.

we got a word from the new Knight target and his father, who blocked for coach Hinshaw back in the day

2 different sets of season tickets for sale. Both sets are in Section 109. Each set consists of 2 season tickets for the 2024 UCF Football season along with a season Baseball lot parking pass. Please message me if interested.

Something to peruse when you have time.

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french big man & 2017 prospect olivier sarr will be officially visiting central florida next week with his mom & dad and a decision expected thereafter

http://bearinsider.com/forums/showthread.php?101282-cal-s-monster-class-deux/page205

Bozo will have a field day with this thread, but here goes.


UCF has a rich tradition of developing walkons (from what little I know about the program pre-2017.). Due to its low tuition, UCF has an advantage with regard to signing and developing in-state preferred walk-ons, especially linemen, who generally takes YEARs to develop and aren't signed by Gus anyway.

Here is an in-depth look at 18 UCF walk ons:

OFFENSE

RB Kam Ingram, Fayetteville (Ark.) HS/Bethune Cookman
Son of DE coach Kam Ingram.
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WR Dwartney Wortham, Troup HS
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WR Ru'Darius Cooper, Fort Myers HS/North Alabama
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WR/RB Tyler Wrenn, Vero Beach HS North Carolina College/Chowen
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OL/TE Ethan Higgins, Hernando Christian
Played 6 man football. Will require years to develop into an offensive tackle.

TE Thomas Wadsworth, Melbourne HS
Class 7A second team All State
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TE Reese Adkins, Lake Gibson HS/Eastern Kentucky
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OL Shaheem Hill, Lake Gibson HS
7A all-state lineman

OL Matthew Pigmore, Cypress Bay HS
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OL Andrew Phelan, East River HS
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DEFENSE

DL Keshaun Hudson, Dillard HS
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LB Quentin Hatch, West Orange HS/Lake Erie College

LB Keeron Henderson, Highland Springs (VA) HS/Army
Don't know this kid's story or how he ended up at UCF.

LB Camden Vining, St. Stephens Episcopal/Army

DB Terrell Jackson, Trinity Christian (Air Force)
Signed with Air Force, but COVID forced him to reconsider his pledge and reclassify to the 2022 class
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DB Hudson Gibbs, Winter Park HS
Son of former DB Coach David Gibbs

SPECIAL TEAMS

SN Aidan Fedigan, DeLand HS
Nation's top high school snapper in 2022

POTENTIAL WALK-ON:
SN Gage King*, Oak Ridge (CA) HS

*It has not been officially confirmed that Gage holds a scholarship. It is assumed that he does. If he does not, UCF has at least two scholarships remaining.

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UCF has other incoming walk-ons, who are not on the team yet. ... In the future, the Kingdom could allocate NIL funds to pay the tuition of walk ons, assuming it doesn't already.

Welcome to The Knighted One’s Podcast, Episode number 38. We are the ONLY podcast that features a former UCF National Champion, a former UCF radio host, an ESPN Analyst and Hoops Player, a INfamous rapper, and an IG star, shooting the breeze, talking UCF Sports.

This week we talk about a cramped DB room, our ability to take the Big 12 Title this season, Josh's lack of Sorority Game, and how the Bounce House made early headlines for rough reasons! We welcome Ny to the team, discuss our best away game experiences, UCF hoops new coaches/players, discuss the impact of the NCAA settlement, and UNC throwing the ACC under the bus!


Please comment for subjects that we should cover in our Intern Re-Education segment!

Introductions
- A New Member of the TK1 Team!!!
UCF Football Talk - 00:10:45
The Final Transfer - 00:12:03
- Last Scholarship Offer Makes a Cramped House
- In n Out
- Looking to 2026
- Growth Spurts
- Too Early to Put Pens to Paper
- The Stout Family Returns to UCF
Football Locked & Reloaded? - 00:25:57
- Have We Built a Team That Can Win The Big 12?
- It's All or Nothing For Tre
- QB's Gotta Have Legs
- Consistency Is Key
- LB and OL Are Big Question Marks
- A Full Team of DB's
- Gus is Building Depth
- Champs On Paper
- Defense Looks Beefed
- Josh Needs to See a Healthy KJ
- Good Schedule, But Unfamiliar Faces
- Mountaineer and Gator Hunting
- No Josh = Big 12 Champs!!
- Best Road Trip (Away Game) Stories!!
- Ben's Got Beef With Clemson Fans!
- Allen's Got Love For a Couple Teams!
- Roger Takes a Sec To Flex
- Cincinatti Plug
- The Navy Crowd is Just Like a College Crowd
- Josh's Tales From Not-So-Happy Valley
- Roger's Take on The Navy Game Experience
- Tulane Are Humble People
Some "Quick" Notes - 01:21:24
- Tre's Getting Paid?
- Big Debts, Big Problems
- The Bounce House Was Originally The Heatstroke House
- Roger Doesn't Know What Pub Subs Look Like
- Doing Less With More??
- UCF's Pockets Won't Suffer
- Future Big 12 Arrivals?
Hoopin' N' Hollerin' - 01:40:03
- Ben Brings The Energy Out The Gate
- The New Combo-Guard
- Quick Stats On Jordan Ivy-Curry
- A Houston Style Team
- Introducing The New Assistants
- NBA Experience Coming To UCF
- Dawkins and Nolan Smith Have a Long History
- The Old-School Big-Man Culture
UCF Baseball - 02:02:04
- UNF Takedown 7-4
- Texas Gives Us The Boot
- High Hopes For a Post-Season Birth
- Tougher Teams, Tougher Battles
- Ben Corrects Rogers Take
- Rich Wallace Gets Things Done
Allen's Oxymoronic Stat of The Week - 02:11:14
- WR's V DB's : UCF in The NFL
Josh's Sometimes Funny Fact of The Week - 02:15:45
- Instagram's Original Name
UCF Athletic Sports Update - 02:19:42
- Sliding Into The 1st Round of Big 12 Softball Championship
- Allen's Honesty
- Women's Track Doing Big Things!
Final Thoughts - 02:24:28

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Do you guys think a B12 UCF team would see an increase in our recruiting rankings? How much?

I see our ceiling around 50-ish or so as things stand. Could we expect a top 40 class as a Big 12 program? Top 30?

If you feel inclined to post "stars don't matter".... whatever man fight me.

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NASA officials and Boeing engineers will run tests and try to fix the helium leak before the next possible launch window on May 21 at 4:43 p.m. ET. Helium is used on the Starliner to pressurize the fuel that powers the spacecraft’s thrusters for orbital maneuvering.

The Atlas 5 rocket that launches Starliner into space is built by the Boeing and Lockheed Martin joint venture United Launch Alliance (ULA). Before attempting to launch Starliner last week, ULA discovered a faulty valve on the Atlas 5 and rolled the rocket off the launchpad to replace the valve.

Sensors on Starliner first detected suspicious traces of helium inside the propulsion system while the spacecraft was on the launchpad last week, but those detections did not raise alarm to engineers at the time, according to a person briefed on the mission operations.

Boeing engineers investigated the helium detections while ULA was replacing the faulty valve on Atlas 5 and determined more testing and scrutiny was needed in order to meet the mission’s strict launch safety criteria, the person said.

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Entering the portal​

The second a player’s name appears in the transfer portal, it’s like a high school recruitment all over again, only in a tighter time frame and with a history of college production to point to. Plus, there are financial conversations to be had.
Agent 3: There are absolutely kids going into the portal that don’t want to go into the portal, but the parents orchestrate it. And a big thing now is (collectives giving) a separate NIL stipend for parents to go to the games. Because that gets expensive. You can get a situation where the player gets a certain amount of money, but the parents take a big chunk out of it, so now it’s a big thing for the parents to get a separate NIL stipend. And that’s a big thing for the kids, because the parents are a big influencer.
Agent 1: I had a defensive line coach reach out to me over winter break and he told me, “These are the positions I need to fill; send me the list of your guys who are willing to enter the portal.” I gave him a list. It was as simple as that.

Agent 2: There are other programs that just ask the player directly in warm-ups.

Player 2: There was a school that, after we played them, one of their coaches came up and talked to me. “Hey, I know it was a bad deal here. I’m not really allowed to say much, but for what it’s worth, you have really big fans over here and I want you to know that. I know you’re entering the portal soon.” I was like, “OK, cool.”

Player 3: As soon as I entered the portal, my DMs started blowing up that night and it just kept going from there. It was definitely a cool experience. Coming out of high school, I didn’t get that kind of attention. It was cool to have these two very different recruiting experiences, going from being this guy who was really under the radar that no one knew about to being seen as a top guy in the portal.

Player 4: If I had to give a rough estimate, it’d be probably 20 to 25 schools.

Player 5: A LOT. Lots. Like maybe 60 or 70.

Player 1: At least 50. Probably more. The schools that I had multiple calls with and tried to maintain a relationship for at least a week or so were probably between 25 and 30.

How the deal is done​

NIL collective CEO 1: We’re in direct contact with our coaches about roster management daily. It’s three conversations — high school recruiting, which is the smallest piece, it’s your current roster, and it’s portal recruiting. And we’re talking to our coaching staff daily, weekly, about all three buckets. It was a needed change. Now that everything’s kind of out in the open, the athletes now have full visibility of what each particular school is offering, and we can communicate with our coaches now, which helps us manage budgets and rosters.

NIL collective CEO 2: That wall of separation that was supposed to exist between collectives and student-athletes was enjoined by that district court decision.

NIL collective CEO 3: I’m told to make contact once there’s an official visit set up, and usually I’m making contact with a parent or an agent. It’s been very agent-heavy lately, especially during the December portal. I was on the phone with agents every day.

General manager 1: If you’re dealing with a high-quality transfer, it’s usually an agent. If it’s a G5 kid or something like that, it’s usually the kid and their parents.

NIL and the transfer portal continue to evolve, and there’s little doubt more changes are coming soon. So how chaotic is all the player movement?

Assistant coach 4: College football is funded by investors who give money. We have to be careful how far we push the limit because you can turn some people off. The media, no offense to you, play to the lower-level obsessive fans and the exciting (stories) are the worst 5 percent of situations. As everybody reads about the worst stories of NIL, they get this vision that this is what it is and we’re turning some people off — when 90 percent of the focus is on 10 percent of the situation. Most of (NIL is fine). I’m good with it. There’s 10 percent of situations that frustrate me, but they’re the ones written about.

Player 2: There was an SEC school that offered me $500,000 this past year, and looking back, maybe I should’ve tried to take that, but it wasn’t a situation where they were going to be winning a lot of games. I had another big program ask, “Hey, is there a number?” The school I signed with the second time was like, “Hey, is there a number you need,” and I said no. They were like, “Cool, we really appreciate that,” and they still paid me. But it wasn’t like I knew what I was gonna get going in. They just said they’d do everything they can for you.

When I got there, I probably made $100,000 this past year just from their collective, which was nice obviously. But they didn’t sell me on that. That was just how it ended up happening.

Gus #28

Gus Malzahn: Like a Waffle House menu, when it comes to Malzahn, you already know what's on it and what you'll get before you ever walk in the door. What was different last season was that after going 18-9 in his first two seasons at UCF, the Knights moved to the Big 12. All things considered, a 6-7 record in their first season in the Power Four was a respectable finish. The 3-6 record in conference play isn't ideal, but it was a better mark than any of the other newcomers posted. 2023 rank: 34 (+6)

2024 college football coach rankings: Deion Sanders falls slightly among Power Four coaches ranked 68-26

Houston's Willie Fritz makes a strong debut, while Baylor's Dave Aranda plummets after a 3-9 season in 2023

www.cbssports.com

What a ride for Peny Boone:

As of Feb 1, 2020: (Current License Plates Registered)
cow u: 14,992
Miami: 26,850
UCF: 27,223


Come on Knight Nation....thousands and thousands of UCF Alumni & Fan vehicles need to #knightyourride

The extra $25 fee goes straight to the UCF General Scholarship Fund to help current and future students.

ORLANDO – The UCF men’s basketball team has scheduled a home-and-home series with Texas A&M, starting with the Knights hosting the Aggies for opening night on Monday, Nov. 4 followed by a trip to College Station in 2025.

The home-and-home series will mark the first of two meetings between UCF and Texas A&M on the hardwood.

The Aggies are fresh off back-to-back NCAA Tournament berths under the direction of head coach Buzz Williams. Texas A&M was a No. 9 seed in the NCAA Championship this season and topped Nebraska 98-83 before taking top-seeded Houston to the wire in a 100-95 Cougars overtime victory. The Aggies finished the 2023-24 campaign going 21-15, including a 9-9 mark in Southeastern Conference (SEC) play.

Saw this and wanted to see what you guys thought.

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The New World Order. Was it really false 2 years earlier... if the MSM and CBC don't admit it was?!

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Also good to see Google is keeping left-wing misinformation at the top... because they can only fight right-wing misinformation.

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Saturday was a good preview of the future. We have had a lot of good to unbelievable seasons sprinkled in with a few duds over the past 15 years. We are entering our first stretch of several barely average to just plain bad seasons over next few years, unless something drastically changes.

I don’t think we have a bandwagon or fickle fanbase, but I do think Saturday really killed any momentum we had and I don’t see much enthusiasm for the program moving forward. With that, fan interest will drop off.

I also don’t see anything from the administration or coaching that shows any changes happening soon. We are substandard in NIL, facilities, money, resources and everything else needed to be competitive. We will continue to get our top talent picked off and we can’t come close to backfilling that talent.

Change my mind, please.