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

Team Offensive Grade (by game)

South Carolina State - 80.2
Louisville - 64.5
FAU - 72.7
Georgia Tech - 54.3
SMU - 80.4
Temple - 87.3
ECU - 68.0
Cincinnati - 76.5
Memphis - 82.6
Tulane - 64.8
Navy - 67.1
South Florida - 74.8
Tulane (CCG) - 61.2
Duke (bowl) - 70.9

Overall Offensive Player Grades (Snaps Played)

RT Ryan Swoboda (73) - 84.4
C Matt Lee (73) - 78.5
WR Kobe Hudson (52) - 70.7
RB R.J. Harvey (21) - 68.8
LG Sam Jackson (73) - 67.9
RG Lokahi Pauole (73) - 67.8
RB Isaiah Bowser (47) - 67.8
QB John Rhys Plumlee (69) - 67.1
RB Johnny Richardson (8) - 66.4
LT Tylan Grable (20) - 62.9
RT Edward Collins (3) - 59.9
WR Stephen Martin (4) - 59.7
RB Trillion Coles (5) - 59.3
LT Paul Rubelt (55) - 59.2
WR Xavier Townsend (58) - 57.7
TE Alec Holler (64) - 57.7
WR Jaylon Griffin (7) - 57.3
WR Javon Baker (68) - 57.0
TE Zach Marsh Wojan (23) - 57.0
TE Kemore Gamble (7) - 42.4

The offensive linemen were among the highest-graded players.

Offensive Line Grades

Pass Blocking:

RG Lokahi Pauole - 90.2
RT Ryan Swoboda - 87.5
C Matt Lee - 87.2
LG Sam Jackson - 85.8
LT Tylan Grable - 82.2
LT Paul Rubelt - 72.2

These are fantastic pass blocking grades. PFF says none of Duke's sacks were attributed to blocking miscues.

Run Blocking:

RT Ryan Swoboda - 79.8
C Matt Lee - 72.6
LG Sam Jackson - 63.6
RG Lokahi Pauole - 62.4
LT Tylan Grable - 58.6
LT Paul Rubelt - 49.5

Quarterback Grades

John Rhys Plumlee - 70.1 passing grade

Passing Pressure Grades for John Rhys Plumlee:

Kept Clean - 76.3
Under Pressure - 42.9
Not Blitzed - 68.8
When Blitzed - 59.5

A closer look at passing depth for John Rhys Plumlee:

Deep (20+): 1 of 4 for 37 yards - 59.0
Medium (10-19): 3 of 8 for 44 yards, 1 INT - 62.1
Short (0-9): 11 of 13 for 85 yards - 79.0
Behind LOS: 7 of 7 for 25 yards - 66.4

Rushing Grades

Isaiah Bowser - 70.0
R.J. Harvey - 69.3
Johnny Richardson - 65.9
Xavier Townsend - 59.6
John Rhys Plumlee - 55.1

Wide Receiver Grades

R.J. Harvey - 69.2
Kobe Hudson - 68.4
Johnny Richardson - 61.6
Alec Holler - 61.5
John Rhys Plumlee - 60.0
Xavier Townsend - 57.9
Javon Baker - 56.7
Kemore Gamble - 45.5

Kobe Hudson, Javon Baker and Kemore Gamble had one drop each.

For those that want to hear how important a relationship is between the players and a coach from the mouth of Milton.

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Don't remember the last time I saw so many threads bashing multiple aspects of the program at one time...for a 9-5 team.

JRP, Gus, the offense, the defense.

Almost stunning...

Game thread

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UCLA not only loses the Sun Bowl to Pitt and Thomas-Robinson gets injured and jeopardizing his draft status. The Sun Bowl was a very entertaining game. UCF is going to have to get bigger and stronger up front on both the offensive and defensive lines very quickly to compete in the Big-12 conference. Both UCLA and Pitt would have put 60 points on UCF this afternoon. I hope Gus hasn’t forgotten how to recruit big-time players to compete in a major football conference.

He's too damn stubborn and worried about burning Castellos' redshirt that he instead is blowing the USF game. Get someone else; anyone.

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)

South Carolina State - 88.4
Louisville - 62.5
FAU - 63.3
Georgia Tech - 70.0
SMU - 66.0
Temple - 66.8
ECU - 65.1
Cincinnati - 63.9
Memphis - 67.2
Tulane - 64.3
Navy - 77.2
South Florida - 53.2
Tulane (CCG) - 56.8
Duke (bowl) - 71.7

Overall Defensive Grades

DT Matt Alexander (21) - 84.1
DT Lee Hunter (11) - 83.5
CB Corey Thornton (46) - 74.6
CB Justin Hodges (66) - 72.5
CB Brandon Adams (58) - 71.5
CB Ja'Cari Henderson (36) - 71.1
DT Ricky Barber (59) - 69.5
LB Jason Johnson (70) - 69.4
LB Kam Moore (16) - 68.5
S Nikai Martinez (47) - 67.9
S Koby Perry (56) - 64.7
DT Anthony Montalvo (40) - 61.2
S Demari Henderson (41) - 56.2
DE Josh Celiscar (70) - 56.0
DE Jamaal Johnson (14) - 55.9
DE K.D. McDaniel (65) - 51.3
LB Walter Yates (54) - 36.7

Here's the breakdown by position:

Defensive End (3):

DE Josh Celiscar (70) - 56.0
DE Jamaal Johnson (14) - 55.9
DE K.D. McDaniel (65) - 51.3

Defensive Tackle (4):

DT Matt Alexander (21) - 84.1
DT Lee Hunter (11) - 83.5
DT Ricky Barber (59) - 69.5
DT Anthony Montalvo (40) - 61.2

Linebacker (3):

LB Jason Johnson (70) - 69.4
LB Kam Moore (16) - 68.5
LB Walter Yates (54) - 36.7

Safety (3):

S Nikai Martinez (47) - 67.9
S Koby Perry (56) - 64.7
S Demari Henderson (41) - 56.2

Corner (4):

CB Corey Thornton (46) - 74.6
CB Justin Hodges (66) - 72.5
CB Brandon Adams (58) - 71.5
CB Ja'Cari Henderson (36) - 71.1

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

3 - Ricky Barber
1 - Jamaal Johnson, Lee Hunter, Matt Alexander, Jason Johnson, Anthony Montalvo

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Bowl season started last night, figured we could start a thread to collect all the random commentary.

If y’all aren’t watching gata get curb stomped by OSU right now, you’re missing out.

I swear JRP was running fornhis life all day. Somehow the stats only show 6 sacks and 8 TFLs this has to be giving our Oline more credit than they deserve.

On the flip side we had 0 sacks and 0 TFLs. Not good at all.

Recruiting should be easy all positions are open. QB lines, WR, everything is wide open.

Also, Gus needs to take January and think of 5 new plays our guys will excel at running. Not guys that arent on the roster but the guys we have. Everyone knows the 3 he runs now.

If not, i suppose we will still watch anyway. But this did not look like a top 20 offense even if the stat sheets say so. Running it up on overmatched opponents to lay eggs to those with a pulse is not great.

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The view from Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland for the 2022 Military Bowl between UCF and Duke. The Blue Devils won, 30-13.

that was the LAST AAC game for us EVER! (I probably agree with a lot of the complaints, UGLY game) Not even this game/year takes the shine off leaving this conference behind"

AP & USA Today:







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There is no way this would fly by most HCs....

Delayed flight caused me to miss international flight connection. So been stuck in Boston for 24 hours. Just went to a Nike store and dude goes “nice shirt. My cousin went to UCF. Bruce Miller”.

Talked about him and Blake for a bit

How can you search this board for a phrase with spaces? I tried putting it into quotes both single and double quotes and it does not seem to work.

Just saying. We need a real all-around QB

Eloquent and biting takes on JRP, Portal and this season.

If JRP plays like this next year, how many games does he start?

If we had landed him we would have been undefeated this season

Former UCF Punter Mac Loudermilk joins the Sons of UCF to break down the Knights loss to Duke in the Military Bowl. Plus, Mac offers his outspoken comments on the transfer portal and more.

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