Not from the dungeon.
Not sure if it is same guy.

Let’s just say it would be a QB that knows Gus’ offense very well.

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I wonder if an 82 year old dementia patient has enough energy to keep these young, intelligent go-getters at bay.

UCF's 2021 recruiting class is adding some international flair.

Leander Wiegand, a 6-foot-5, 280-pound offensive tackle from Germany, committed to the Knights earlier today. He had recently received an offer from the staff.

"I am really grateful and excited," Wiegand said in a message. "UCF said they really liked my abilities and my work attitude."

UCF recruited another lineman from Deutschland in this past recruiting cycle, Paul Rubelt, who is now a true freshman. Leander said he was already somewhat familiar with Paul and did connect with him during his decision-making process.

"I looked up everything I could find and talked to Paul about the school," Wiegand said. "There are several reasons I like UCF a lot. I think it is a great place to get perfect education! Also, I heard great things about the people and the community. And of course the football program looks and sounds amazing. I love to compete in everything and that's why I think it is the right place!"

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Wiegand said the COVID-19 pandemic hampered his recruitment. Ideally, he would have embarked on a visit tour during the summer so schools could have become more familiar with him. That's the route that helped many Germans the past couple years gain offers.

TCU, UMass, UConn, Central Michigan and South Florida were among the schools also in contact. Wiegand said he felt most comfortable with UCF's coaches and trusted the advice from Rubelt.

American Football is surging in popularity throughout Germany. Wiegand has been a member of the Aachen Vampires, a team based in the western part of the country near the border with Belgium. (https://www.aachen-vampires.de/)

Germany has also become an international hotspot for college football recruiting in recent years. Players currently committed in the 2021 class include QB Alexander Honig (TCU) and OL Danijel Miletic (Virginia Tech).

In addition to Rubelt signing with UCF, other German players that signed in the 2020 class included DE Alexander Ehrensberger (Notre Dame), TE Maximilian Mang (Syracuse), TE Roberto Miranda (Arizona), OL Miles Zietek (Temple), DE Melle Kreuder (Minnesota) and DE Hugo Klages (UMass).

The 2019 class of Germans featured OL Kariem Al Soufi (Virginia), WR Luke Wentz (Virginia) and DT Joseph Appiah Darkwa (Penn State).

Wiegand is slated to be a mid-year enrollee and enroll in January.

Gus Malzhan and UCF transfer article

How crazy would that shit be if we could get him. Wow. Time to get out the McDonald’s bag. Figured this was big enough for own thread.

A 2.67 gpa and 850 SAT won’t cut the mustard anymore.*

On Episode #46 of the Sons of UCF LIVE Show: UCF OL Sam Jackson stopped by to talk about UCF Football, the Gasparilla Bowl and his efforts to help children in need in Central Florida.
Then, Men's Basketball legend BJ Taylor joined us to talk about the Knights' season so far and how he's teaching the game of basketball to the next generation of players.

Thanks for clicking here to watch.

Watch the juke move he puts on this DB in the first highlight in this video of his playoff game tonight. He is going to be a very exciting QB for us.

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Brandon has a vision for what he wants to achieve and proud of the UCF connection


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Gunfire at Orange County high school today. Nobody hurt, thankfully.

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – No one was injured after a shot was fired in the parking lot of East River High School on Monday afternoon, according to Orange County Publics Schools.

All the school’s students and staff are safe, the school’s principal Nikki Campbell said.



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SMH.

Today is the team's first official bowl practice now that the coaches are off the road. Everything I've heard says Big Kat Bryant playing and not opting out - I know that's been a question mark by some. He has participated in all the workouts and is active this weekend as the player host for Kentucky transfer target KD McDaniel, so I'm pretty sure he's good to go. There is a press conference later today with Gus Malzahn and I'm sure we'll get definitive word then.

Here is a list of recruits to keep your eye on based on offers, visits, and social media updates. I plan on keeping this list updated frequently until we reach signing day so others on this board can stay informed of our biggest targets and monitor the progress of this recruiting cycle. I used Rivals, 247, and ESPN to gather this info.

QB:
5.7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Thomas Castellanos - Committed UCF!

RB:
5.7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Jordan McDonald - Committed UCF!
5.6 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Xavier Townsend - Warm
5.7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Anthony Hankerson - Cool
5.8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Jamie Felix - Committed GT


WR:
5.6 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Tyler Griffin - Committed UCF!
5.7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Quan Lee - Committed UCF!
5.6 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Kaleb Webb - Committed Tenn
5.6 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Joanes Fortilien - Committed Jackson St.
5.8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Omari Kelly - Committed Auburn
5.8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Amarion Brown - Committed Rutgers

TE:
5.6 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Grant Stevens - Committed UCF!
5.7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Tyrus Washington - Committed Ark

OL:
5.7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Miguel Maldonado - Committed UCF!
5.5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Caden Kitler - Committed UCF!
5.7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Layton Nelson - Committed UCF!
Isaiah Adams - Warm (Garden City CC OT)
5.8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Bryson Hurst - Committed Ole Miss


DL:
5.5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Jamaal Johnson - Committed UCF!
5.7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Keahnist Thompson - Committed UCF!
5.9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Khurtiss Perry - Top 5 - Warm
5.5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Ky'mani Williams - Cool (Trending UCF/Kansas/Arizona St)
5.8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Nick James - Cool (Trending South Carolina/Ohio St/A&M)
5.8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Zane Durant - Committed Penn St.
5.8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Caden Story - Committed Auburn
5.6 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐ Jordan Phillips - Committed Tenn
5.5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Malachi Madison - Committed VT
6.0 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Gabriel Dindy - Committed Oklahoma
5.9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Jeremiah Alexander - Committed Bama
5.6 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Nick Campbell - Committed NCST

LB:
5.6 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ TJ Bullard - Committed UCF!
5.5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️Kam Moore - Committed UCF!
Nick Jordan - Warm *Wait and see approach here*
5.7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Micah Pollard - Committed Michigan

CB:
5.8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Nikai Martinez - Committed UCF!
5.7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Ja'Cari Henderson - Committed UCF!
5.7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Demari Henderson - Committed UCF!
5.7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Jaquise Alexander - Cool
5.6 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Dominick Fields - Cool
5.5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Audavion Collins - Committed Miss St
5.7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Cam Miller - Committed Penn St
5.6 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Dylahn McKinney - Committed Oklahoma St
5.8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Antonio Kite - Committed Bama
5.7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Markeith Williams - Committed Miami

ATH:
5.7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Jarell Stinson - Committed Ole Miss
5.5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Eddie Kelly - Committed USF

PWO:
LS - Aiden Fedigan - Committed UCF!
K - Colton Boomer - Committed UCF!
TE/OL - Logan Nelson

Transfer Portal Additions:

QB:
6.0 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Joey Gatewood (Auburn/Kentucky)

RB:
5.9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Mark Antony-Richards (Auburn)
5.6 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Isaiah Bowser (Northwestern)

WR:
6.1 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Jordan Johnson (Notre Dame)
6.0 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Nate Craig-Myers (Colorado State, Auburn)
5.6 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Brandon Johnson (Tennessee)

OL:

DL:
5.6 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Big Kat Bryant (Auburn)
5.2 ⭐️⭐️Ricky Barber Jr. (WKU)

LB:
5.6 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Hirkley Latu (BYU)
5.4 ⭐️⭐️ Bryson Armstrong (Kennesaw State)

DB:
5.8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Marco Domio (Auburn)
5.2 ⭐️⭐️ Jarvis Ware (Missouri)

K:
5.4 ⭐️⭐️ Garin Boniol (Louisiana Tech)
Ryker Casey (Appalachian State)

Anyone know what the “it” is?

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Yesterday, I did a tailgate project for NFL Films so we had to do some fun spots with both Bucs and Bills Fans while tailgating for their "hopeful" playoff run.

I've had friends who were from Rochester, Buffalo and Syracuse who were died hard fans and we all have seen some Bills away games with tons of Bills fans in attendance but their #billsmafia is quite impressive to see it in-person.

One Bucs fan we were shooting, who was surrounded by hordes of Bills Mafia tailgating said "how did all of these Bills Fans get tickets?" I told him just how important the team is to that region of the country and having a road game in Tampa (a rarity for them) and IN December...made this a must trip for so many, regardless of tix price.

It was an added bonus that the weather was sooooooooo nice and warm yesterday as we met many Bills Fans who were at last Monday night's game when it was in the 30s with 40 plus mph wins with freezing sleet/rain/wet snow.

PS. Yes, Bills Fans do crush tables...even in Tampa too!

Note: I've been to 2 Bills Home Games in then "Rich" Stadium...and their tailgate game has always rivaled the best college tailgates around.

BUCS AVOID NEAR DISASTER!

Curious if the transfer portal has put more power to the players or to the coaches to push players out? Players transferring out use to be seen as a negative but now coaches are judged just as much as who they get in the transfer portal as they are which High school recruits they get. Thoughts?

Found tickets, thank you all!

Terrible news. *

FAU, USF, Vanderbilt, and Samford who scored 52 points against them. Not really too impressive!

Wow. Very concerning…

Texas Football Reportedly Weaponizing NIL To Try And Lure Quinn Ewers With Insane Amount Of Mone

hey Y'all, I got assigned 107 .My son is a marching knight and they are in 114 .My wife wanted club seats or next the band in 113. Anyone interested in a trade for 2 seats from 113 to 107 ?

The UCF email said the tickets will be issued next week to swap or whatever. send me a DM if interested in helping band parent out. thanks .