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It feels like this program is stagnant

Let me say that this could change if UCF beats the Gators. However, it feels like all the momentum of going to the big 12 is dead. Cincinnati has taken our spot as the best G5 team and has all the momentum in the world. Meanwhile, we had to endure a painful to watch season. It felt like every game was a chore to watch rather than it be something to build on. We have no qb while people are making the weird comparisons between KZ and Dinovo 2.0 and all the fire power and excitement is on the defense.

I expected there to be massive buzz about our best recruiting class ever. But there’s not. It’s just Gus struck out on every single transfer target he’s gone after this off season. That’s the narrative. He says we’ll add 10 more players, but from where? Then there’s the weird situation with the o line recruits something that Auburn fans warned about and as a uf grad school alum something sec teams all knew about Gus. He always messes with the o line recruits and it costs his teams dearly. It just feels like something is rotten within this program. Blame Heupel all you want, but he’s not the coach anymore and this is stemming from what he’s doing.

No one wants to watch this offense. It’s like getting a root canal. That’s why attendance dropped towards the end. We gave Gus a chance to correct his offense philosophy and now we’ve lost all momentum from the fan base. Seriously read the dungeon and read every other message board connected to UCF. There’s nothing but concern. This is well founded despite some shills saying you aren’t a true fan unless you pretend Mikey is kz 2.0 and Gus is a offensive genius. That doesn’t match reality and the fact that our two best playmakers want nothing to do with Gus should send giant red flares up in every UCF fan. This is not healthy. Something is very wrong here and to ignore it is not good. It feels like the 2015 off season. not that we are going winless, but that we are in for a painful next year now gus is probably going to promote Hinshaw. So our offensive staff will not be fun and exciting, but filled with a guy who was fired from Auburn, one fired from Kentucky and one fired from Texas . That’s awful.

Now if we lose to uf this will be an awful hit to the program. If we get humiliated then we are so f ucked on the trail. You have no idea. If uf humiliates us then all that buzz about us going to the big 12 will be dead. Now again THIS CAN CHANGE IF WE BEAT UF. But this program is not healthy and to pretend it is just seems wrong.

I never wanted Gus. I wanted Brian Johnson, Chadwell, or Dan Lanning. I wanted to avoid our Charlie strong and it feels like we made a mistake

Any chance of being ranked?

Any chance we jump up into top 25?

AP Top 25

RKTEAMRECPTSTREND
1AlabamaAlabama(50)12-115353
2MichiganMichigan(9)12-11480-
3GeorgiaGeorgia12-114082
4CincinnatiCincinnati(3)13-014041
5Notre DameNotre Dame11-112801
6BaylorBaylor11-212283
7Ohio StateOhio State10-21177-
8Ole MissOle Miss10-21101-
9Oklahoma StateOklahoma State11-210604
10UtahUtah10-39294
11Michigan StateMichigan State10-2895-
12BYUBYU10-2866-
13PittsburghPittsburgh11-28384
14OklahomaOklahoma10-28071
15OregonOregon10-35945
16LouisianaLouisiana12-14904
17IowaIowa10-34462
18NC StateNC State9-34043
19ClemsonClemson9-33953
20Wake ForestWake Forest10-33932
21HoustonHouston11-23585
22ArkansasArkansas8-42791
23Texas A&MTexas A&M8-41711
24UTSAUTSA12-1146NR
25KentuckyKentucky9-3129-

Others receiving votes: Utah State 109, Wisconsin 66, San Diego State 63, Minnesota 38, Purdue 36, Louisiana Tech 11, Appalachian State 9, Army 7, Mississippi State 4, Penn State 4, Northern Illinois 1

OT: Anyone else getting "Bad Gateway" messages periodically?

I've been getting them the last day or so and thought it was just my phone. Now I'm on my laptop and seeing them too. Usually that happens when one more of the servers on a load balancer is messed up. It's easy enough to fix by just refreshing but curious if anyone else is seeing the same thing.

OT: Daniels tries to talk UCF Bowl win over UF with Mike Tuck on the Bridge

Felt bad for Marc...as Bianchi is on vacation and his first show after the big bowl win...he has to talk to #1 Hurricane Fan, who just so happens to be a UCF Grad, Mike Tuck instead of Bianchi.

Tuck even calls us "Central Florida"...and he knows soooo little about this team or program...he can't really ask Marc any specific follow up questions outside the "atmosphere" of game.

  • Poll
Gasparilla Covid.

Watchu got?

  • Positive w symptoms

    Votes: 28 17.6%
  • Positive w no symptoms

    Votes: 1 0.6%
  • Not sick/ no testing

    Votes: 111 69.8%
  • Sick/ forgoing a test

    Votes: 11 6.9%
  • Sick/tested negative

    Votes: 8 5.0%

Please do not make this political. Just wondering if anyone else got Covid LIKELY from the game. 9 out of 22 in our group have tested positive as of today. 7 with mild or no symptoms 2 pretty strong.

***Regarding Isaiah Bowser***

The plan was to have a great season as an audition for the NFL... that really didn't go according to plan because of the injury. As you may have noticed, Bowser chose not to walk out for Senior Day. I'm hearing there's a pretty good chance he comes back for another season. I'm sure he'll put in for an evaluation, but he didn't do enough to have a chance at getting drafted and the injury issues would be a concern for teams.

Bowser was never quite himself after that Louisville game, the few games he was able to play. A healthy returning Bowser would be great news for the RB room to complement an improving MAR/Johnny, hopefully a healed RJ Harvey and then the incoming Jordan McDonald.

AAC (and G5) v. SEC Articles

Going to start a separate thread for articles that address both UCF and Houston and other AAC (or G5) v. SEC. For starters?


"Florida got trucked by UCF, and yeah, the SEC side cared ... but you don’t lose three games to Group of Five programs if you’re the supposed be-all-end-all of super-conferences. At the same time, give all due credit to the American Athletic Conference for going 2-0 so far against the SEC"

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