Pretty cool interview with Sr Exec Associate AD Jimmy Skiles.

Of particular note: Those of us who graduated pre 2000 can now claim we are 41 years old, on average, right? LOL!

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UCF, Auburn and Oklahoma.

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I know there were posts about it, but I wrote a front-page story about it.



Two announcements this week have provided clarity regarding UCF's 2024 non-conference football schedule.

With the Knights moving to the Big 12 in 2023 and adopting a nine-game conference schedule, there will be three available slots for non-conference games moving forward.

FBSchedules.com, via a public records request with the University of New Hampshire, discovered the FCS Wildcats recently signed an agreement to play a game at UCF on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024 with a guarantee of $350,000. An FCS game on UCF's 2024 schedule was always a given, though it was previously unclear who the opponent might be.

UNH finished with a 3-8 record in 2021, including a 77-7 loss at Pittsburgh.

On Wednesday, Sam Houston State announced a future game at UCF scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. The Bearkats will replace Liberty as the Flames are rearranging schedules to accommodate their upcoming move to Conference USA.

SHSU currently competes in FCS, though will be moving to FBS and C-USA in 2023. The Bearkats have been highly successful in recent years, including an 11-1 mark in 2021 and an FCS National Championship and perfect record (10-0) during the 2020-21 spring season.

Rounding out the 2024 schedule is a road game at Florida on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, which was announced last year.

UCF's 2023 non-conference schedule - their first season as a member of the Big 12 - includes a home game against Kent State (Sept. 2, 2023) and the return game at Boise State (Saturday, Sept. 9). An additional home game against an FCS opponent is expected.

While the future Big 12 conference schedules have yet to be finalized, UCF Director of Athletics Terry Mohajir recently said they expect to host four Big 12 games in 2023 with five games on the road, which would be flipped the following season in 2024 (five home, four away).

2025's non-conference schedule includes a road game at Maryland and home games vs. FAU and North Carolina.

Beyond that, UCF's future schedules are wide open with return games against UNC (2027), Maryland (2028) and Florida (2030, 2033) as the only games on the docket.

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We just aren't there yet as a fanbase. Nobody gives a shit about South Carolina and I'm ready to run through a wall to this pre-kickoff. And this was a decade ago.

I'm looking for someone that provides periodic in-home aftercare assistance while I speak at a few conferences. Does anyone have a reference for the Orlando area for someone who does this? I have one lead, but I'm looking for some backups too.

The other thread was getting a bit long winded with other discussion...

As I said a couple days ago, Cam Goode had been rumored to be entering the portal for a quite a while. I initially heard it in December around the time Tatum Bethune entered, but obviously it didn't happen then and he returned for the spring semester. I knew it would be something to watch though and I guess teammates started hearing about it again a few days ago and he finally did enter.

Like Tatum, I think there will be some variations circulating of the reasons why he wanted to leave. One thing I did hear was Cam was a bit disgruntled that he had an injury that was misdiagnosed (torn meniscus in the Navy game) and he continued to play on it. Is that enough reason to leave? I don't know.

UCF does have some depth at DT with Ricky Barber, Anthony Montalvo, Keenan Hester and Lee Hunter, though I'm not going to spin it and act like Goode isn't a loss because he definitely showed up in some games this past season.

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They talk about UCF and interview Eric around the last 25 minutes.

Came in tied at 55th. Seems to high but if you look at the schools above us it doesn't seem to bad.

Meanwhile, DG got a truck in Oklahoma.

Thanks, Carl Black?

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I hope this doesn’t actually happen…

First time I've seen one like this. I think it looks pretty good.

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@Kevin Reis @Big12Knights

WTF is wrong with people?

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UCF gets to pick a conference -- which one are we joining?

Shout out to South Florida joining the ACC.

@ucfsky you're not allowed to vote

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Might be a good idea to get in front of this? Good thing UCF has a backup mascot ready to go.


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NIL and Realignment killing what made college football great IMHO: That said, one positive thing in this new realignment is that so many schools are being forced to prove their true worth and expose all their bumps and warts. No more hiding behind the skirts of the big programs and P5 status. This favors someone like UCF who has had to continually prove its value and still does. We hit the ground running lean and mean and in a total upswing. Teams like Oregon State, Washington State, Cal, Colorado have been sitting back fat and happy. Secure in their positions. Even Oregon struggling to prove its value. If they have to join the B12 it will be a big serving of humble pie.

Thanks Biden. Damn you for strengthening the USD and/or causing insane euro inflation.

70+ UCF football players have kicked off their campaign with FTX today (Instagram stories). Make sure to show the fellas some love and boost their analytics! Deal runs through December 31

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