Anybody know how the tiebreaker will work?
UCF 5-3
ECU 5-3
Tulsa 5-3

Lots of challenges. A successful season overall. Who is the MVP of the season?

#UCFacts

contract extension for Jeff Scott? it's just a stupid enough idea to believe they will do it

Telling us that we can’t be mad at him and should be understanding. We’re not upset that he transferred. We’re upset because

1. He gave up on his team mid season. Even if it’sa business, you can help your team while you’re here. Transfer mid season.
2. He continued to sell his NIL to us when he knew he was leaving.
3. He is the reason we lost KZ.

As much as bianchi won’t read this, I had to get it off my chest. I hate that dg is coming off in the media as a darling in all of this.

Oklahoma State would win by 40. Get ready because right now we’d barely win the MAC. I think we’d lose there.*

Do we need to be worried about Gapman??

TRK

Really don't look forward to us playing FSU or UF this bowl season without a better offense (RB and QB).
Also, the venue is horrible.
Hope the future players get some good practice in and can enjoy the bowl experience unlike last season. Omicron is coming, oh no...

She’s trying to get me on Twitter jail or some shit
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Dali is not only addicted to UCF pain, also the New York Football Giants. Impromptu trip to see St. Augustine Christmas lights on the eve of my birthday Monday.

Any recommendations for a good NFL Sunday Bar to watch my Giants and recs for dinner tomorrow evening and breakfast Monday to ring in my 34th trip around the sun?!

Love you all.

We'll see what happens, but UCF needs an OT and is definitely interested.

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Both UCF and South Florida started true freshman QBs this season. This is the assessment of PFF, which I realize is not a perfect science but it's interesting to see how they rated both players.

Mikey Keene Season Grade - 64.7

Best three games: Tulane (77.1), Memphis (76.1), UConn (74.2)
Worst three games: Cincinnati (41.4), SMU (46.0), usf (62.6)

Timmy McClain Season Grade - 54.8

Best three games: Tulsa (69.2), Houston (69.0), Temple (65.7)
Worst three games: Tulane (30.2), NC State (35.8), FAMU (47.8).

I know it's been noted but pretty cool that 4 new Big 12 teams are playing in conference championship games this weekend.

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Does anyone know how much money that will make UCF??? Since other conference teams get a cut of all post season revenue

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Surprised I beat @Kevin Reis *

After the chatter about Michugan, OK St, and Lincoln Riley to USC, Herbie closed with an emphatic statement that the great teams thus year are those with seniors that are unselfish TEAM guys, that the head case NIL chasing players may not be on the top of the lists coaches are using to build programs.

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)

Boise State - 66.9
Bethune-Cookman - 83.2
Louisville - 66.2
Navy - 68.4
ECU - 65.2
Cincinnati - 58.0
Memphis - 71.7
Temple - 72.8
Tulane - 64.6
SMU - 60.6
UConn - 76.1
usf - 70.9

Overall Offensive Player Grades (Snaps Played)

LT Marcus Tatum (54) - 89.9
LG Cole Schneider (54) - 85.2
RT Samuel Jackson (54) - 73.9
TE Alec Holler (37) - 70.4
WR Titus Mokiao-Atimalala (13) - 68.4
RG Lokahi Pauole (54) - 67.4
C Matt Lee (54) - 67.2
QB Parker Navarro (1) - 65.9
RB Johnny Richardson (18) - 64.1
TE Jake Hescock (13) - 63.2
QB Mikey Keene (53) - 62.6
WR Ryan O'Keefe (49) - 61.9
RT Edward Collins (3) - 60.1
WR Brandon Johnson (38) - 58.5
TE Charlie Browder (1) - 57.5
RB Mark-Antony Richards (32) - 56.3
WR Jaylon Robinson (31) - 56.1
WR Jaylon Griffin (13) - 55.9
WR Nate Craig-Myers (15) - 55.0
WR Amari Johnson (3) - 54.7
RB Trillion Coles (4) - 54.2

PFF seemed to value the OL performance above all other positions. Johnny Richardson's grade seems low to me.

Offensive Line Grades

Pass Blocking:

RG Lokahi Pauole - 87.8
LG Cole Schneider - 87.8
RT Sam Jackson - 80.9
LT Marcus Tatum - 77.9
C Matt Lee - 72.7

Run Blocking:

LT Marcus Tatum - 88.2
LG Cole Schneider - 85.6
RG Lokahi Pauole - 69.0
RT Samuel Jackson - 68.8
C Matt Lee - 64.0

Quarterback Grades

Mikey Keene - 62.4 passing grade

Passing Pressure Grades for Mikey Keene:

Kept Clean - 69.8
Under Pressure - 46.9
Not Blitzed -71.9
When Blitzed - 50.7

A closer look at passing depth for Mikey Keene:

Deep (20+): 0-for-1 for 0 yards - 38.9 grade
Medium (10-19): 2-of-7 for 37 yards - 62.6 grade
Short (0-9): 6-of-7 for 51 yards, 1 TD - 77.8 grade
Behind LOS: 6-of-6 for 27 yards - 65.9 grade

Rushing Grades

Parker Navarro - 62.5
Johnny Richardson - 61.0
Mikey Keene - 59.5
Amari Johnson - 59.0
Ryan O'Keefe - 57.7
Trillion Coles - 57.3
Mark-Antony Richards - 56.3

Wide Receiver Grades

Johnny Richardson - 71.8
Titus Mokiao-Atimalala - 67.4
Ryan O'Keefe - 63.9
Mark-Antony Richards - 59.2
Charlie Browder - 59.1
Jaylon Robinson - 59.0
Mikey Keene - 58.5
Brandon Johnson - 58.0
Alec Holler - 57.5

Here is today's Bridge....Marc starts off discussing USC Job and why Riley (or any successful business person) might want to go try out opportunities in the LA Market, the Black Friday discussing and radio call starts at 10:15 mark.

Marc's Radio Call...where UCF wins "twice" is pretty darn exciting...and then he discusses correctly the rules and why the refs did what they did.

Interesting that Big Kat did not make any of the lists.

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)

Boise State - 74.4
Bethune-Cookman - 73.9
Louisville - 68.3
Navy - 67.6
ECU - 83.0
Cincinnati - 54.0
Memphis - 75.5
Temple - 73.0
Tulane - 77.2
SMU - 62.2
UConn - 79.0
usf - 72.2

Overall Defensive Grades

S William Wells (19) - 84.3
DE Josh Celiscar (30) - 76.1
LB Tatum Bethune (78) - 75.2
S Divaad Wilson (78) - 74.5
DE Tre'Mon Morris-Brash (48) - 71.5
CB Corey Thornton (65) - 69.5
DT Keenan Hester (50) - 69.3
CB Brandon Adams (21) - 66.6
S Quadric Bullard (59) - 66.4
DT Ricky Barber (54) - 66.1
DE Landon Woodson (3) - 60.8
CB Davonte Brown (70) - 58.2
SCB Justin Hodges (78) - 58.1
DT Cam Goode (28) - 54.2
LB Jeremiah Jean-Baptiste (78) - 53.9
DE Big Kat Bryant (75) - 53.9
DT Anthony Montalvo (24) - 49.9

William Wells stepped in when Quadric Bullard went down and made some big plays, including two pressures (one sack, one hurry). He was graded at an elite level on run defense.

Here's the breakdown by position:

Defensive End (4):

DE Josh Celiscar (30) - 76.1
DE Tre'Mon Morris-Brash (48) - 71.5
DE Landon Woodson (3) - 60.8
DE Big Kat Bryant (75) - 53.9

Defensive Tackle (4):

DT Keenan Hester (50) - 69.3
DT Ricky Barber (54) - 66.1
DT Cam Goode (28) - 54.2
DT Anthony Montalvo (24) - 49.9

Linebacker (2):

LB Tatum Bethune (78) - 75.2
LB Jeremiah Jean-Baptiste (78) - 53.9

Safety (3):

S William Wells (19) - 84.3
S Divaad Wilson (78) - 74.5
S Quadric Bullard (59) - 66.4

Corner (4):

CB Corey Thornton (65) - 69.5
CB Brandon Adams (21) - 66.6
CB Davonte Brown (70) - 58.2
SCB Justin Hodges (78) - 58.1

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

5 - Ricky Barber
4 - Jeremiah Jean-Baptiste, Big Kat Bryant
2 - William Wells, Tatum Bethune
1 - Corey Thornton, Justin Hodges, Josh Celiscar, Quadric Bullard, Davonte Brown, Tre'Mon Morris-Brash, Cam Good, Divaad Wilson