When JRP came back in the game, after TC struggled, we scored 3 TD's in a hurry and made it a game. We even had the mo and a chance to win the game until the D crapped the bed. It's obvious JRP can be really good when he stays in control and the play calling keeps the game simple. But JRP has to work on his read progressions and passing accuracy this offseason. Improving his game management and passing game must be his primary focus if he wants to be QB1 next season. And he must learn and understand when and how to run the ball. He must be told that he has to work on and improve on these things and stay healthy to keep the QB1 role. We can't have a QB1 who puts his body on the line throughout the game. And nothing can get in the way including baseball. Let's be honest, it's time Gus took control of the QB situation, stops his wishy washy bs about how great all of these guys are (I'll give you a hint Gus, none of your QB's even made Honorable mention let alone first or second team AAC All Conference). And if the QB's (maybe Timmy?) aren't focused on being the best QB in the Conference (even a bigger challenge in the B12) then we need to add one in the portal who is. As we unfortunately learned this season (and especially with the debacle between JRP and Mikey), Coaches not players need to run the team.

this was posted elsewhere but honestly the twitter embed buries the lede too much... i thought this was a worthwhile standalone post. Brett is making money moves. What is telling to me... the dude is not going to Japan and picking up bape or visvim or undercover shit himself... he has to have a pretty connected network of advisors making recommendations. Why BAPE of all designers unless Pharrell is in your ear??? it is such a random, cool partnership and i can't interpret that as anything but promising for the future of how he is positioning this conference.

long story short the big 12 championship will be dope and a must watch just to see some peek at how things are going to operate under Daddy

I am posting the full article below:

The Big 12 today announced a variety of new in-game entertainment, broadcast and marketing enhancements for the Dr Pepper Big 12 Football Championship Game. The contest will feature undefeated TCU versus Kansas State at AT&T Stadium on Saturday, December 3rd at 11:00 a.m. CT / 12:00 p.m. ET, and will be broadcast nationally on ABC.

Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum singer, songwriter and actress Ashanti will perform the National Anthem for Saturday’s game. Unified World Welterweight Boxing Champion and Dallas-native Errol Spence Jr. will lead the ceremonial coin toss for the knockout matchup between the Horned Frogs and the Wildcats, while media personality Rachel DeMita will serve as the in-game host. Additionally, DJ Poizon Ivy will provide in-game music.

In addition to entertainment enhancements, the Big 12 has partnered with streetwear fashion brand A Bathing Ape (BAPE) to introduce on-field co-branded Big 12 x BAPE marks utilizing the brand’s famous camouflage aesthetic, as well as co-branded apparel, which can be purchased at us.bape.com.

ESPN’s College GameDay Built by The Home Depot will make the Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship Game their home this weekend leading up to Saturday’s kickoff, broadcasting live from AT&T Stadium. The renowned preview show – which travels across the country to the site of the top matchup of the weekend – will visit the Big 12 Championship Game for the first time since 2007.

The Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship Game will be produced and broadcast by ESPN (airing on ABC) and will feature behind-the-scenes access and broadcast enhancements, including pregame and postgame locker room access, bus cameras, handheld camera shots on field after scoring plays, mics on referees, pylon cameras, sky cameras and more.

“As we continue to seed change across the Big 12, our Championship game will represent just the start of where we are going as a conference and what our brand’s future looks like,” said Commissioner Brett Yormark. “We are grateful to everyone who will help make this year’s Championship game an incredible in-game and viewing experience.”

Members of the newly created Big 12 Business Advisory Board will be on-site for Saturday’s Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship Game. The Board’s inaugural meeting will take place on Friday, December 2nd.

Fans can purchase tickets for the Dr Pepper Big 12 Football Championship game online by visiting SeatGeek.com. For suite information, please contact the AT&T Stadium suite department at (817) 892-4470 or suites@dallascowboys.net.

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for the boomers, bape (a bathing ape) is a japanese streetwear brand that was pretty big in the early 2010s among the hip hop set. they make a nike dunk looking shoe that was pretty iconic for a while, as well as a signature camo pattern you've probably seen on a teenager at some point.

the owner of bape is a co-owner / designer of pharrell's brands as well and a frequent collaborator.

they do neat collabs and this will (i assume) play well on social media. it is really interesting for a football conference to partner with them, as they are not a traditional athletic brand nor do they really have a lot of history in that world (that i am aware of). it is definitely a 'deep cut' in terms of fashion nowadays and really signifies to me, at least, that BY 'gets it' in terms of really pushing the envelope with partnerships and brand appeal to young adults

here's a signature hoodie they make, so i assume they will use this sort of camo pattern:

The NCAA Transfer Portal doesn't officially open until Monday, but there have been plenty of announcements from players who say they will enter. Graduate transfers can enter the portal at any time.

I've spent the day compiling names that may be of interest to UCF. This will be ever changing as we're only scratching the surface of portal entries. I also included JUCO players. Players with an asterisk have announced UCF offers, though I would imagine there are several more, including Jimmy Horn, Grant DuBose, probably Christian Leary, Antonio Grier, etc.

It's a work in progress - I'll edit with player profiles, etc. as time permits. I have probably missed some names too.

This early list is heavier on WR and OL. There are a lot of FCS OL names - it's kind of a crap shoot at this point.

TE becomes a bigger question if Alec Holler leaves.

I would imagine there are more DL/LB on the radar, maybe have yet to enter. That is a big need.

DB is a question mark and could depend on current player retention.

UCF Players in the Portal

Punter/holder Andrew Osteen - He started at punter the past three seasons (2019-21) and entered the season as starter, but after a couple shaky games he was replaced by newcomer Mitch McCarthy. He has still maintained holder duties and was fulfilling that duty at Wednesday's practice so I think he will still play on Saturday. That's not confirmed though.

Transfers to Watch

RB Trey Sanders (Alabama)
RB Arlen Harris Jr. (Stanford)
RB Jouvensly Bazil (Washington State)

WR Abdul Janneh (Duquesne)*
WR Tyrese Chambers (FIU)*
WR Grant DuBose (Charlotte)
WR Jimmy Horn Jr. (South Florida)
WR Christian Leary (Alabama)
WR Tarvarish Dawson - (Auburn)
WR Jaden Bradley (Pittsburgh)
WR Ze'Vian Capers (Auburn)
WR Drae McCray (Austin Peay)
WR Dante Wright (Colorado State)
WR Da'Quan Felton (Norfolk State)

WR Desna Washington (Iowa Central CC)

TE Owen Olsen (Tyler CC)

OL Joshua Braun (Florida)*
OL Gunner Britton (Western Kentucky)
OL Ryan O'Hair (Miami-Ohio)
OL Caleb Shaffer (Miami-Ohio)
OL Marques Cox (Northern Illinois)
OL Kevin Pyne (Boston College)
OL Kyle Hergel (Texas State)
OL Ches Jackson (Colorado State)
OL Baraka Beckett (UCLA)
OL Landon Bebee (Missouri State)
OL Ajani Cornelius (Rhode Island)
OL Daijon Parker (Saginaw Valley State)
OL Ben Hoitink (Penn)
OL Trevor Radosevich (Penn)
OL Mason Williams (Harvard)
OL Nick Gargiulo (Yale)
OL Jarvis Chandler (VMI)
OL Lamar Robinson (Norfolk State)
OL Jeff Woods (Norfolk State)
OL Ian Fitzgerald (Missouri State)

OL Judea Milon (Tyler CC)*
OL Elijah Philippe (Lackawanna CC)*
OL Kareem Harden (Butler CC)
OL Daniel Ogundipe (Iowa Central CC)
OL Larry Johnson III (Hutchinson CC)
OL Darrell Johnson Jr. (Dodge City CC)

DT Allan Haye Jr. (Miami)

LB Antonio Grier Jr. (South Florida)
LB Chandler Martin (East Tennessee)

DB Avantae Williams (Miami)
DB Sam McCall (Florida State)
DB J.Q. Hardaway (Cincinnati)

Official Visits

Dec. 9

WR Abdul Janneh (Duquesne)
DT Jason Hammond (Iowa State commit)

Dec. 16

WR Tyree Patterson (Florida commit)
DE Andrew Rumph

"Samford has plenty of players who can score and returns 14 players from last year’s...they added some talent from the transfer portal, too"

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In lieu of what should be a crazy personnel week for UCF Football..

I hope they win the cotton bowl. What a great story. Pulling for the underdog!

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Why that rat was allowed on the sideline? Wish they would have just told him to go home for this game.

Gus should have thanked him for his contribution this year and left it there. The only people allowed on that plane
should have been players wanting to compete for a Championship and play for each other. Gus sent a terrible message
to his players by allowing an uninjured Keene to travel and be on the sideline. Basically gave his teammates the middle finger and said his personal goal was more important than team goal. Would love to hear what his teammates are saying privately. Say what you want about JRP but he gutted it out despite a bad hammy and showed what real leadership looks like. Keene will always be tainted for quitting on his team before the biggest game of the season and there is no amount of spin that can change that.

Lots of quality photos from AP & USA Today:


Here are my photos, almost exclusively of fans (mostly the Tulane student body):

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Favorite baseball player ever.

Conference Championship meant something to this QB:



TCU QB Max Duggan

Boomer! He greets every player after the Tulane game.
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I’m going back to Vegas in a few weeks and gonna take my clubs this time since my wife has a trade show one day and I’ll have time. Staying at the Wynn and would like to play there but I think it’s about $500. Been to Vegas probably 20 times but only played once and don’t remember where. I’ve heard good things about Las Vegas National but wanted to see if anyone here has any course suggestions or even better a hook up to a nice course.

Who do we think will hit the portal or opt out that will significantly impact our chances at a win? Obviously MK is gone and hurts our QB depth, If ROK hits the portal I think we might be ok with Townsend. JJB could be an issue if he leaves. Our secondary cant get any worse.......thoughts?

I'm anxiously and patiently waiting.

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UCF head coach Gus Malzahn talks about their upcoming game against Duke in the Military Bowl, which will take place Wednesday, Dec. 28 at 2 p.m. in Annapolis, Maryland at the home stadium of the Naval Academy.

UCF finished the regular season with a 9-4 record, falling on Saturday at Tulane in the AAC Championship Game.

This will be the first-ever meeting between the Knights and Blue Devils. Malzahn previously matched up with Duke head coach Mike Elko during their SEC days - Malzahn obviously the former head coach at Auburn and Elko served as Texas A&M's defensive coordinator from 2018-21.

(I'll recap/transcribe this in a little bit)

Is there anyone here that is associated with FCS? My father is a big FSU fan but is wheelchair bound. Wondering what the ADA seat location is and how to get an ADA parking pass.

Looking to surprise him with tix for Xmas.

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We got a lot of ground to make up facility wise.

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Military Bowl President & Executive Director Steve Beck and Duke head coach Mike Elko talk about this year's game, which will feature the Blue Devils of the ACC and the UCF Knights from the American. Duke finished the 2022 regular season with an 8-4 record under the first-year coach, becoming bowl eligible for the first time since 2018. Elko was named ACC Coach of the Year.

The Military Bowl will kick off from Navy-Marine Corps Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland on Wednesday, Dec. 28 at 2 p.m. The teams though will stay about 45 minutes away in Washington D.C.

First off ... UCF is favored to lose to Tulane and the Green Wave have all the momentum.

But... Should UCF pull off the upset, I think Kansas State would be the most desirable matchup for the Knights.

I think UCF matches up poorly with Penn State. I hope the Rose Bowl takes the Nittany Lions and sends 'an' Ohio State University to the Orange Bowl again klempson. bammer would draw hypel in a toilet bowl rematch and free up Kansas State to play UCF in the Cotton.


Rose: Penn State/Washington
Orange: 'an' Ohio State University/klempson
Sugar: bammer/Hypel
Cotton: UCF/Kansas State

UCF can compete against KState. Penn State, I fear, will beat the brakes off the Knights.

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Knights take 1st set 25-19. Penn State takes 2nd set

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