….are we still going to be playing a lot of Thu and Fri night games? Or, will we be mostly (or strictly) on Sat?

Heretofore, UCF would play on Thu or Fri, as dictated for ESPN’s programming. Unless I’m way off, you don’t see a lot of P5 schools playing weekday games, particularly the higher end programs. I don’t mean to imply that we’ve now been anointed with the sacred oil, never to see another Thu night. Instead, I mean, we don’t see a lot of Thu or Fri night games, featuring Iowa St, Oklahoma, Illinois, etc., and, of course, those are they teams we’ll be playing.

Next year and beyond, can we expect to see mostly (or all) games on Saturday?

Ok Knights! Season starts Saturday against Navy. We’re 0-0 (EVERYTHING that has happened prior to today is history). Time to look in the mirror and ask that man if he’s worthy and willing to give his all for his brothers. Destiny awaits but it demands a 110% effort, from everyone. Are y’all ready to go down in UCF history as one of the best teams or are you going to say we did ok? Go Knights! Take no prisoners and sink Navy. The Bounce House will be rocking! Fans need to come ready to show America what it means to visit our house!

This story always comes back to me anytime I think about Navy.

“Snorkeling.” 😂

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Facing the top defense in the AAC, UCF didn't miss a beat. The Knights ran all over Tulane, highlighted by John Rhys Plumlee's 176 yards which is a UCF record for a quarterback. UCF offensive coordinator Chip Lindsey recaps the performance and gives a look ahead to this week's game vs. Navy

If UCF wins and Houston loses this weekend I believe we clinch a spot in the AAC title game. I don’t see a sceanario to clinch home field this week. Anyone want to fact check this?

Can someone explain why?

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 - 65.2

Overall Defensive Grades

DT Lee Hunter (15) - 82.6
DT Ricky Barber (54) - 74.3
S Jarvis Ware (62) - 69.7
S William Wells (14) - 68.7
S Koby Perry (58) - 68.6
CB Brandon Adams (30) - 66.4
LB Jason Johnson (68) - 65.4
DT Anthony Montalvo (53) - 62.9
DT Matthew Alexander (16) - 61.3
LB Walter Yates (34) - 60.9
DE Keenan Cupit (1) - 60.7
DE Tre'Mon Morris-Brash (58) - 60.7
DE K.D. McDaniel (25) - 58.4
CB Corey Thornton (53) - 57.9
DE Malachi Lawrence (9) - 57.5
CB Nikai Martinez (24) - 56.4
LB Kam Moore (37) - 55.6
CB Davonte Brown (52) - 54.2
CB Justin Hodges (41) - 53.6
DE Josh Celiscar (44) - 50.4

Ricky Barber was a stud again. Notable to see the reserve safeties grade so highly. PFF did not think highly of the corners besides Brandon Adams. Josh Celiscar played 44 of 68 total defensive snaps. The past three weeks he had been playing every snap. Not sure why he's at the bottom.

Did Malachi Lawrence or Keenan Cupit really get in the game? I didn't notice but I have poor viewing angles at times and neither were listed in the partcipation chart. PFF does make mistakes on reading numbers.

Here's the breakdown by position:

Defensive End (5):

DE Keenan Cupit (1) - 60.7
DE Tre'Mon Morris-Brash (58) - 60.7
DE K.D. McDaniel (25) - 58.4
DE Malachi Lawrence (9) - 57.5
DE Josh Celiscar (44) - 50.4

Defensive Tackle (4):

DT Lee Hunter (15) - 82.6
DT Ricky Barber (54) - 74.3
DT Anthony Montalvo (53) - 62.9
DT Matthew Alexander (16) - 61.3

Linebacker (3):

LB Jason Johnson (68) - 65.4
LB Walter Yates (34) - 60.9
LB Kam Moore (37) - 55.6

Safety (3):

S Jarvis Ware (62) - 69.7
S William Wells (14) - 68.7
S Koby Perry (58) - 68.6

Corner (5):

CB Brandon Adams (30) - 66.4
CB Corey Thornton (53) - 57.9
CB Nikai Martinez (24) - 56.4
CB Davonte Brown (52) - 54.2
CB Justin Hodges (41) - 53.6

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

5 - Ricky Barber
3 - Tre'Mon Morris-Brash
2 - Josh Celiscar
1 - Kam Moore, Lee Hunter, William Wells, Malachi Lawrence, Jason Johnson

UCF 17 with Tulane at 21 and Cincy at 22.

Saw this in a recent article about uwcf's coaching search. Is this actually true?

But USF has also never won a conference title or played for one. Since 2000, only four other Group of Five programs have played every year without at least appearing in a conference championship: Eastern Michigan, UNLV, New Mexico and Tulane (which might get there this year).

Took 1st set 25-18. 🏐 🍺 Another nice crowd at The Venue.

Was he mistreated in his youth? No Tulane, No Cindy and has UCF barely in the poll. Not to mention he's got some serious reaches in there.

https://collegepolltracker.com/football/pollster/don-williams/2022/week-12

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Knight Nation showed up to New Orleans in a big way, dominating Tulane's stadium and giving UCF a home-field advantage.

On the series that we were stopped on 4th and 1 it looked to me that for 2 or 3 plays we only had 10 players on offense? Did anyone else se that or am I hallucinating?

He was always going to leave even if he finished the season as QB1. If he never plays another down he has his red shirt and an amazing highlight reel from this year. He will get some great offfers

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 - 64.7

Overall Offensive Player Grades (Snaps Played)

QB John Rhys Plumlee (88) - 79.7
C Matt Lee (89) - 76.5
RB Johnny Richardson (18) - 69.5
RG Lokahi Pauole (89) - 67.5
WR Javon Baker (76) - 66.9
RT Ryan Swoboda (89) - 62.2
LG Samuel Jackson (89) - 62.2
WR Ryan O'Keefe (78) - 59.7
RB Isaiah Bowser (38) - 59.7
WR Kobe Hudson (44) - 58.7
WR Jaylon Griffin (1) - 58.3
TE Zach Marsh-Wojan (43) - 58.3
LT Paul Rubelt (5) - 58.0
RB Trillion Coles (4) - 57.6
WR Stephen Martin (12) - 54.6
RB R.J. Harvey (34) - 51.2
TE Alec Holler (83) - 51.1
LT Tylan Grable (89) - 42.6
TE Kemore Gamble (9) - 41.0

The first five players graded well with the rest around average or below. The only OL to grade highly was Matt Lee. Strange. Tylan Grable was credited with two penalties so I'm sure that dinged his score. JRP at the top with a goodish grade, but I think it's hard to a QB to get near elite status without amazing passing.

Offensive Line Grades

Pass Blocking:

RG Lokahi Pauole - 84.1
RT Ryan Swoboda - 82.8
C Matt Lee - 82.0
LG Sam Jackson - 69.6
LT Tylan Grable - 38.5

Grable was dinged for allowing four QB pressures (though UCF didn't allow a sack).

Run Blocking:

C Matt Lee - 74.1
RG Lokahi Pauole - 65.4
LG Samuel Jackson - 60.2
RT Ryan Swoboda - 56.2
LT Tylan Grable - 48.6

Matt Lee graded well... but PFF wasn't particularly impressed with the overall run blocking by the OL for some reason.

Quarterback Grades

John Rhys Plumlee - 73.4 passing grade

Passing Pressure Grades for John Rhys Plumlee:

Kept Clean - 74.3
Under Pressure - 61.3
Not Blitzed - 71.5
When Blitzed - 70.3

A closer look at passing depth for John Rhys Plumlee:

Deep (20+): 0 of 0
Medium (10-19): 3 of 10 for 46 yards - 70.9
Short (0-9): 5 of 5 for 42 yards, 1 TD - 83.0
Behind LOS: 9 of 12 for 44 yards - 64.4

Rushing Grades

John Rhys Plumlee - 73.2
Ryan O'Keefe - 63.4
Isaiah Bowser - 58.9
R.J. Harvey -56.3
Johnny Richardson - 51.0

Wide Receiver Grades

Johnny Richardson - 81.4
Javon Baker - 66.5
Isaiah Bowser - 64.4
John Rhys Plumlee - 59.1
Kobe Hudson - 58.2
Ryan O'Keefe - 55.9
R.J. Harvey - 43.3

SIAP

Not so rosy.

Losing to NCState…

UCF officially becomes the highest rated AAC team moving up to #21.

I own some nice vacation rentals here in the Smoky mountains. In January I ordered a couple new Hot Springs hot tubs as my old hot tubs are pushing 20 plus years in service . Back in 2001 I paid just over $6k for a Hot Springs Sovereign model. You could get a crappy hot tub for around $2k then. I went to buy a new one and it was just under $15k but before the pandemic and supply chain stuff that hot tub was around $9k. So from 2001 to 2019 that hot tub went up around $3k to $4k in price .

Yesterday I went to check ony delivery date ,now 10 months out from the purchase. It supposed to be in by the end of the month. I was asking the dealership of they are noticing a slow down in sales and they said yes . They said since I bought my tubs they have had two price increases totalling over $5k. The hot tub I bought in January is now over $20,000.

In two years that hot tub went from $9,000 to $20,000 !

I make about 80% of what I sell in my business and Wednesday I got a notice from three suppliers on price increases coming by the end of October.. I spent the day analyzing what I was paying and charging to what will pay and charge . On average those costs went up 12% and my prices adjusted accordingly.

I am not a Democrat but their advisors and strategy going into November is a fools run. Their ploy on thinking abortion is going to save them in the mid terms is folly. What family's and mothers care about is the price at the pump,the grocery store and clothes and such,not whether abortion is legal at the state level.
Hillary once said, it's the economy stupid . She was right.
It's the economy coupled with rising crime due to policies like no cash bail and defund the police .

I saw on ESPN 8 one time during a dodgeball match that the color commentator once said It's a bold strategy Cotton do you think it will work. Come November we will see .

Who did we piss off?

Oklahoma, worst season start since 1998.

UCF, best season start since 2018.

Correlation or causation?