Internet rumor or not, I'd welcome those teams. In other news Army to join the AAC in 2025.

Four ACC schools are reportedly “in talks” with the Big 12.

Morgantown, WV – Conference realignment talk is ramping up once again.

According to Greg Swaim of The Greg Swaim Show, Virginia, North Carolina, Florida State, and Clemson are putting plans into place to leave the ACC as early as 2025. With these moves, more ACC schools will look to leave, and a move to the Big 12 may be in the cards.

Swaim would add that Louisville, NC State, Pitt, and Virginia Tech have had “informal third party talks” with the Big 12.

270K viewers, which is almost 100K more than any other CFB game on FS2 so far this year. Houston/TTU had 188K viewers as the #2 most-watched game.

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The atmosphere for the space game was electric. Heck I think the rain somehow even made it better. But the team itself had a lot to do with it. They played like a team that knew they were going to win and win big, and they weren’t going to settle for less.

This Saturday is going to be different. It’s a noon kickoff. It’s not a ranked opponent. It’s not even a new opponent. And it’s Saturday after thanksgiving which means the crowd will probably be lighter than usual.

This team is going to have to learn to make some of its own electricity. If they play well and are exciting the crowd that is there will get into it. If they come out flat so will the crowd. This is a big game, it determines bowl eligibility, but they have to be able to generate some of their own excitement.

Let’s hope they do. There are a lot of seniors on this team, I hope they step up.

The UCF Knights Football team held their weekly press availability in advance of their final regular season contest against Houston. The Knights are coming off of a loss at Texas Tech, and need a victory to get bowl eligible. Kickoff is scheduled for 12pm on Saturday, November 25th.

Hear from UCF Head Coach Gus Malzahn, QB John Rhys Plumlee, and LB Jason Johnson.

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209B Row 7. 4 seats. Softball parking pass available also.

$60 each.

Tonight, 7pm at Mellow Mushroom on East Colonial/Alafaya Trail, OL Marcellus Marshall (from Morgantown, WV) and DB Quadric Bullard (Dania Beach) will be the guests tonight along with Coach Malzahn.

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Random musings from the game (mostly)

Stop me if you’ve heard this story before

So close, but can’t quite pull it off

2023 in a nutshell

I also love how Gus calls everything a “tough deal”

Demari Henderson, life comes at you fast

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Rivals has continued its partnership with Pro Football Focus (PFF) which grants me access to their comprehensive analytics and statistical tools.

After each game, two separate analysts grade every player on each play of the game and the two totals are averaged out. Obviously no subjective ranking system is perfect, but I am finding that my real world impressions of a player in a certain game usually reflects the PFF grade.

PFF Grading Scale

90 and above - Elite
80 to 89 - Great
70 to 79 - Good
60 to 69 - Average to Above Average
50 - 59 - Below Average
49 and below - Poor

Season Defensive Grades (by game)

Kent State - 76.9
Boise State - 68.0
Villanova - 78.2
Kansas State - 61.6
Baylor - 74.9
Kansas - 45.5
Oklahoma - 67.8
West Virginia - 67.8
Cincinnati - 63.9
Oklahoma State - 78.1
Texas Tech - 63.0

Overall Defensive Grades

S Nikai Martinez (68) - 77.4
LB Jason Johnson (68) - 75.9
DE Jamaal Johnson (9) - 67.2
LB Walter Yates (64) - 65.9
LB Kam Moore (4) - 62.9
DT Ricky Barber (35) - 62.6
CB Corey Thornton (55) - 62.4
CB Decorian Patterson (53) - 60.2
SCB Braeden Marshall (40) - 59.8
DT John Walker (33) - 59.6
S Jireh Wilson (31) - 59.6
DT Lee Hunter (35) - 58.8
DE Josh Celiscar (35) - 58.2
DT Matthew Alexander (33) - 56.6
CB Brandon Adams (28) - 55.5
DE Tre'Mon Morris-Brash (59) - 53.1
S William Wells (8) - 52.2
DE Malachi Lawrence (39) - 50.9
S Demari Henderson (52) - 49.6

DE Shaun Peterson Jr. and SCB Quadric Bullard were listed as not playing defense.

Here's the breakdown by position:

Defensive End (4):

DE Jamaal Johnson (9) - 67.2
DE Josh Celiscar (35) - 58.2
DE Tre'Mon Morris-Brash (59) - 53.1
DE Malachi Lawrence (39) - 50.9

Defensive Tackle (4):

DT Ricky Barber (35) - 62.6
DT John Walker (33) - 59.6
DT Lee Hunter (35) - 58.8
DT Matthew Alexander (33) - 56.6

Linebacker (3):

LB Jason Johnson (68) - 75.9
LB Walter Yates (64) - 65.9
LB Kam Moore (4) - 62.9

Safety (4):

S Nikai Martinez (68) - 77.4
S Jireh Wilson (31) - 59.6
S William Wells (8) - 52.2
S Demari Henderson (52) - 49.6

Corner (4):

CB Corey Thornton (55) - 62.4
CB Decorian Patterson (53) - 60.2
SCB Braeden Marshall (40) - 59.8
CB Brandon Adams (28) - 55.5

Pressure Tracker (combination of sacks, hits and hurries):

2 - Tre'Mon Morris-Brash, Jireh Wilson
1 - John Walker, Malachi Lawrence, Josh Celiscar, Jason Johnson, Walter Yates, Decorian Patterson

No sacks though.

Missed Tackles:

12 total

2 - Tre'Mon Morris-Brash
1 - Braeden Marshall, Nikai Martinez, Lee Hunter, William Wells, Malachi Lawrence, Matthew Alexander, Josh Celiscar, Jason Johnson, Decorian Patterson, Jireh Wilson

UCF just 3 missed tackles vs. Oklahoma State.

BJ Taylor doing commentary. He's good. It's been a chippy first half. techs, hard fouls.

Man went radio-silent but is back it seems... Let's hope we can convince him to fund a few comedic NIL deals

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UCF knows best way to honor seniors is with win, bowl bid​

UCF knows best way to honor seniors is with win, bowl bid​

Story by Matt Murschel, Orlando Sentinel • 51m

The Southwest flight that was supposed to leave at 5:30 a.m. turned out to have a brake issue, so it was delayed for almost six hours until a maintenance crew could arrive from Dallas with the necessary part. So everybody's connecting flight got moved. I should have been back in Orlando around 11 a.m., instead I didn't get back until 7 p.m. (after arriving at the Lubbock airport at 3:30 a.m. and getting basically no sleep). Primary reason why I hate connecting flights and will always take a nonstop (even if there is a drive involved), except it's just not possible going to isolated outposts like Lubbock.

I think Matt Murschel's American flight was delayed (again) and he may not be getting back until 1 a.m.

Probably was the lightest UCF traveling crowd I can remember. From field level, outside of Carson and UCF Problems and their front row seats, you couldn't spot any UCF fans in the crowd (I know some were there, but UCF black blends in with TTU black).

Atmosphere was up there with Kansas State. It wasn't totally wild or raucous, fans typically only made noise on third down (not every down). The tortilla thing was pretty random, you saw some on the opening kickoff, maybe a few more after touchdowns, extra points and subsequent kickoffs.

They have huge field level speakers blasting audio and music.

I thought the Masked Rider was pretty cool. She was signing autographs before the game.

They really went all in on the possum stuff after one rushed the field in their last home game. They had all kinds of merch already made along with a possum mascot at the game.

Their "IOA Plaza" (concert stage and tailgating tents, for lack of a better word) was a pretty good hike from the actual stadium, probably where Memory Mall would be located at UCF. Fake Smashmouth technically is still considered Smashmouth, but without Steve Harwell they sound like a Smashmouth cover band.

Texas Tech seemed overly protective of the visiting team, maybe because of the tortillas? They had metal barriers surrounding the visiting bench area and towards the end of the game they brought in more barriers to shield.

Due to the end zone construction project, the visitor locker rooms were trailers. But really nice locker rooms, probably nicer than most team's permanent setup.

Will post more on Monday.

These rankings will not include Texas and Oklahoma — as those schools are leaving for the Southeastern Conference next year — but will include Utah, Arizona, Arizona State and Colorado, the four Pac-12 teams joining the league next season.​

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Big 12 future power rankings: Title contenders emerging heading into season’s final week​

Story by Brandon Judd • 48m

Let’s get a win boys to bowl!

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Just watched UCF ladies soccer defeat #3 ranked University of North Carolina to win NCAA third round. Made it to elite eight.


Nov 20, 2023
Anyone have an opinion of the current trajectory of UCF women’s soccer ⚽️?

Both tickets and D garage pass for $80.00 total (previously $120). Send me a message if interested. Thanks!

Random musings from the game (mostly)

Stop me if you’ve heard this story before

So close, but can’t quite pull it off

2023 in a nutshell

I also love how Gus calls everything a “tough deal”

Demari Henderson, life comes at you fast

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• Scott Symons - SMU Defensive Coordinator
  • SMU has the 9th best total defense in FBS this season.
• Greg Gasparato - Troy Defensive Coordinator
  • Troy has the 8th best total defense in FBS this season.
• Bryant Haines - James Madison Defensive Coordinator
  • JMU has been top 25 among FBS teams in total defense the past two seasons.
  • JMU has the #1 rushing defense this season allowing an average of just 61.6 yards a game.
• Trent Bray - Oregon State Defensive Coordinator
  • OSU has the 32nd best total defense in FBS this season.

Gus Cronies:

• Travaris Robinson - Alabama Cornerbacks coach
  • Spent 4 years as a DC at South Carolina 2016-2020.
  • Peaked in 2017 coaching South Carolina to a top 25 total defense.
  • Top tier recruiter
  • Worked with Gus in 2015 at Auburn
• Marcus Woodson - Arkansas co-defensive coordinator / safeties coach
  • Worked with Gus in 2018-2020 at Auburn

Feel free to add any other interesting names figure we could start early and give UCFAA a hand for the search this season.

1. Just give everyone 5 years to play, eliminate the red shirt.
2. You get one free transfer.
3. No wavers. After your one free transfer, if you want to transfer again you have to sit out.
4. No grad transfer. No exceptions. One free transfer in 5 years.

UCF Coordinators Darin Hinshaw and Addison Williams talk with Trace Trylko about the 24-23 loss at Texas Tech.

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