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Miami shows off their indoor facility 🤣

A couple of well-deserved shout outs to Brandon in the Yormark presser thread prompted me to finally get around to starting this thread. Been wanting to do this for a while.

I thought it would be a cool exercise for us to share our memories, comments, etc. about the incredible job that Brandon has done for us over the years. Not only as a thank you for what he has provided for us as fans, but also to his contribution to putting UCF on the map (and on the lips of a lot of people).

I came onboard here around 2003. My screen name was UCFK at the time. Yes, you see what I did there. Lol. In those days I seem to recall the coaching staff not being big fans of the message boards. In some ways I am sure that is still true to some degree, but it was a big deal back then. Brandon had the courage to plow through it and continue asking questions anyway.

While I understood the coaches' concerns at the time, I always felt the positives greatly outweighed the negatives. Even in recruiting. I am a prime example of being what I thought was a supporter of the program to actually being a supporter of the program. By that I mean that I had been going to UCF games at the Citrus Bowl and get this, even buying programs! I thought I was a superfan for that. Lol. Joining Brandon's message boards showed me that I was a big nothing in terms of real program support. I remember some of my first posts and how ridiculous they were. Instead of contributing, I was exposing how little I knew.

The real fruit of Brandon's efforts though, in my opinion, were the number of donors he spawned. I went from zero to whatever the highest GKC level there was at the time. I ended up in club seats in football, hoops, and baseball. My point here is that I wasn't the only one. Brandon absolutely created donors. He absolutely created superfans who proudly became moving billboards with their UCF apparel, vehicle magnets, flags, license plates, etc. I would bet that the majority of members here have similar stories that collectively played a role in UCF growing to the recognition and place it stands today. I don't believe this can be overstated.

I remember the days that Brandon had minimalistic equipment. I think I gave him an early digital voice recorder that I had laying around. He put in the hard work to provide us content that was much harder to get and do in the early days.

I remember he would travel on his own dime, sometimes with his mother and brother, to away games so that he could bring us his coverage. I think he could only go to a couple per season due to the expense.

I could write on and on about what Brandon has done for UCF, but I don't want to be one of those TLDR guys. Lol.

Just a couple of months ago, I texted Brandon and asked him how he was able to always get the first question in at pressers. He said that the others just give him that honor. That honor is well-deserved.
What are your memories?

Pretty cool story of drawings on how it started and where it went.

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As an aside...How/why does Brandon always have the first chance to lob his softball questions during every media PC?

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@dali drama Jumping in to help a lil lady fight the good fight against whatever the hell a Bearcat is

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They’ve hit the “acceptance” stage of grief much more quickly than we would have in their shoes. Their perpetual realignment thread is also now several pages back. #bullspeedahead #should’veaddedgeorgiastate

He's not in the portal but there's buzz he will be following the season.

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Tarvarish Dawson initially committed to Gus at Auburn and stuck with Auburn during the coaching change. He had an excellent preseason camp and was on the initial two-deep, but got COVID right before the season and missed a couple games. He's pretty much disappeared since, only appearing in the Georgia State game and not registering any stats. However, the knock on him has been his hands - needs to become more reliable in that area (sounds a lot like Jordan Johnson). He could also be a returner.

If you remember his name, he had UCF among his finalists last year.


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I've got my epic road trip planned from Memphis to Nashville (middle daughter lives there) to New Orleans and have everything covered....except I never got tickets for the Memphis game. I'm sure it's out there somewhere but could someone please tell me where the UCF section is? The last time we were there - for the last minute win in the freezing rain - we sat with Matt Wright's and Mac Loudermilk's families, among others, and had a blast. It was in the endzone corner which I think might be section 115. Thanks in advance.

Nothing fancy. Any lot or garage will do. If you have a pass to sell for $30, I’ll buy it now. Just need a place to put one more car 😄.

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Today was Media Day for both the women and men. Johnny Dawkins was unavailable (something came up) so we spoke to assistant coaches Kevin Norris and Robbie Laing. Then we had maybe 30 minutes for player interviews, then it was rinse & repeat with WBB head coach Sytia Messer and a few minutes afterward for players.

I spoke exclusively to newcomers and I was impressed with each and every one. I'll be dropping those interviews in the days to come, probably will try and post the coach ones first.

One of the interesting things from today was some not-so-subtle comments about this MBB team being more cohesive with better chemistry. Kevin Norris said as much and I was told by Trace that C.J. Walker said similar. Sounded like there were some "me guys" on last year's MBB team.

Darius Johnson and Kendra Douglas of WESH:



Trace from Sons and Brandon Suggs (ECU transfer):



Myself and C.J. Kelly (UMass transfer):



Adam Shadoff (Fox 35) and C.J. Walker:



Jason Beede and Lahat Thioune (Utah transfer):



Myself and Taylor Hendricks:





Myself with Ithiel Horton (Pittsburgh transfer):





Myself and Brandon Suggs:

This is my view this morning from my house. Have a great day at work or play .

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Multiple fatalities, multiple injuries...Suspect still at large. Shot at parade from elevated position thought to be rooftop of nearby store...6 dead, 24 injured so far...
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FLORENCE, Ala. (WAFF) - A man in Florence was arrested Saturday night after shooting at his neighbor’s house following Alabama’s loss to Tennessee.

According to the Florence Police Department, Ricky Franks Jr. allegedly had been involved in an argument with his neighbor about the Alabama game Saturday. Franks Jr. then allegedly left the neighbor’s home following a verbal argument and fired a shotgun at the home.

The house was hit but no one inside was injured in the shooting. Officers with the Florence Police Department responded to the incident and arrested Franks Jr. without any further incident.

Franks Jr. was released on a $30,000 bond.

https://www.waff.com/2022/10/18/florence-man-arrested-shooting-neighbors-house-after-alabama-loss/

Just popped up on the news. Shooter and 2 others killed, 3 injured.

Another Gus recruit from GA...played in 6 games as a true Freshmen (free Covid year), played in 4 games last year (Redshirt year) but only played in 1 game this year.

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Hi all, me and the esteemed @UCFGrad05 split 4 tickets. We both live out of town and we can’t make it to the cincy game

Free to a good (UCF fan) home. tickets are in 222 on the aisle so nice vibes from the student section (and you will probably show up on tv)

DM me and I’ll send them over.

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October 15 - vs. FAU
October 22 - vs. UGA in Savannah

No spectators allowed

Name that player!!! Below are 10 stat lines of "real" QBs this season. You know, ones that can throw a forward pass, ones that throw catchable balls, ones that weren't WRs last year, etc. This is a list of QBs that I guarantee you people on this board, that want JRP benched, would be dying to have if I just listed their names. There is a mix of QBs that Gus "missed" on in the portal (though they went P5 vs coming to a G5), players that people think would fit Gus' system perfectly (though some are there for other comparisons), QBs we have played or will play either this year or next. Since it will be hard to name all the players (kudos if you can), just pick the top 3 stat lines of the QB that you think if they were here instead of JPR that we would be 7-0. I am sure that if anyone of these guys were our QB starting this year people would definitely believe we would be 7-0. Believe it or not this is a serious question. I am actually curious.

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