My son uses the new Bounce Pass for tickets. For the first two games he had real seats but this is the first game his tickets say Standing Room Only. Specifically it says SRO234. Is 234 where the band is ?

Thoughts?


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I think its ok to call last night's winner THE Florida Cup Champ for 2024!*

Last 3 mins of the crazy highlights.

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There will not be a radio show tonight.

I have 4 tickets available for the Gator game. This is cheaper than any ticket on ticketmaster (accounting for the fees). Get 'em before they are gone.

Welcome to The Knighted One’s Podcast, Episode number 57!! We are the ONLY podcast that features a former UCF National Champion, a former UCF radio host, an ESPN Analyst and Hoops Player, a INfamous rapper, Our Resident Influencer, and an IG star, shooting the breeze, talking UCF Sports. Remember to like and follow us Youtube, IG, and check out the 70+ teams and conferences on the College Huddle.

This week we breakdown the Buffs, talk to UCF Hall Of Famer Kyle Bono, and we talk about what this game means to the community!

Please comment for subjects that we should cover in our Intern Re-Education segment!

Go Knights! and Charge On!

Introductions
Walked It Like We Talked It With UCF Baseball Hall Of Famer Kyle Bono - 00:02:54
- The Origin Story Of The Lake Mary Legend
- A Walk Down Championship Lane
- Coach Wallace Confidential
- Family Ties
- Ben Forgets Addison
- Special Seasoning
- Coaching The World Champions
- Cardiac Knights And Close Calls
- Cincy Celebration
Text Talk Trash Talking - 00:38:26
- Josh Is Disappointed At The Pool
- RJ 150
- Gator Baiting
Herding The Buffalos!! - 00:46:25
- Biggest Game Of The Season
- High Noon On Memory Mall
Week 5 Preview - 00:47:50
- Game Time Confusion
- Hot Tropics
- Rehydration Game
- Turning Up The Volume
- Run V 1
- Pressure Cooking
- Double Dipping
- Colorado Is Mid
- Buffs Living In 1 Dimensional Space
- Hunting Down Hunter
- .3 Yards Per Carry?
- Do We Sack Up?
- Putting The Brakes On RJ
- Josh Is A Yes Man
Week 5 Score Predictions Review - 01:29:11
- Ben Cheats Again
- Josh Slides Into The Private Chat And Calls Cleo
- Is Colorado Even Good Bro?
Big 12 Scores Recap - 01:30:01
- Houston Is Turrible
- Into The Abyss
- Utah The Clear Favorite
- Breaking TCU
- BYU Good
- 5 Ranked Teams And 4 Undefeated
- Ben Is Scurred
- Josh Watches Too Much Frozen
- Rankings Are Rank
Allen's Oxymoronic Stats Of The Week - 01:40:16
- Allen Needs To Improve His Own Introduction
- Cooking In The 4th Quarter
Josh’s Sometimes Funny Fact Of The Week - 01:44:42
- Josh Has Questions About Colorado
- Dumpster Fires And The Vandy Of The West
UCF Athletic Sports Update - 01:50:30
- Women's Soccer Pleads No Contest
- Men's Soccer JMU Scores Again
- Women's Volleyball Gets Lucky With Nevada And Hurt By The Terps
Final Thoughts - 01:52:33

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KJ 11th at +2500
RJ 31st at +15000

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Interesting.

I thought that they wanted to go with the 5 star.

Someone isn’t telling the truth.

Gabriel was asked about Venables' comments at his own interview at Oregon later on Tuesday.

"Honestly it's so far gone," Gabriel said

So far gone? It’s last year. Lol. What are we (UCF), ancient history?

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UCF's RJ Harvey is showing why he should be considered the best running back in the Big 12.

After three games, Harvey ranks No. 4 nationally in rushing yards per game (149.3) and rushing touchdowns (8). The Knights' first two opponents were overmatched but Harvey showed up in a big way during UCF's rally to beat TCU, rushing for 180 yards and two touchdowns while adding a 29-yard touchdown reception.

Despite his 1,416-yard rushing output in 2023, Harvey has been often overlooked. He was a 2023 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention selection behind four other running backs that placed on the first (Oklahoma State's Ollie Gordon II and Texas Tech's Tahj Brooks) and second teams (Kansas' Devin Neal and Texas' Jonathon Brooks).

On the 2024 Big 12 Media Preseason Team, Gordon and Brooks got the nod while Harvey was nowhere to be found.

Granted, the Big 12 features excellent running backs. Ollie Gordon II was every bit deserving of his 2023 accolades, which included the Doak Walker Award, Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year and a unanimous All-American.

2024 numbers? Gordon has been underwhelming, averaging 64.5 yards in his four games. He rushed for less than 50 yards in the Cowboys' three previous games against Arkansas, Tulsa and Utah.

Texas Tech's Tahj Brooks though is off and running. He's trailing just behind Harvey, averaging 126.3 yards per game which is No. 6 nationally.

There's no reason to think Harvey won't continue to put up monster numbers with favorable upcoming matchups against Colorado and Florida.

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This thing is probably better than some MLB team’s facilities.
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New video produced by his oldest son.

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We currently have 8 4-stars committed for the 2025 class. I know stars aren't everything, but it can't hurt to rack em up. From when Scott Frost started coaching UCF in 2016 to the announcement that we were joining the Big 12 in 2022 (6+ years), we had a total of 6 4-stars according to Rivals. Then we had 5 in '23, 6 in '24 and now 8 in '25. And there could still be more to come in the 2025 class.

I saw an interview Scott Frost did in April where he mentioned UCF could be a national power in 10 years. Just keep grinding!

Lemme know if you can't use yours. Thx.

Two Seats for Colorado game. Section 224 Row 8, seats 11-12. $300 total.

Reduced price from TM listing due to their fees. I also have access to two additional seats next to these if you need 4.

Venmo, cash app, PayPal accepted.

Help me get these to a UCF fan!

he always talks up UCF fwiw, that longstanding recruitment matters to him.

Ouch! This could end up very poorly for these firms.

Many of the OOC games we already knew about, but the interesting thing to me is UCF will play public exhibition games vs. Florida Gulf Coast (home) and Georgia (away).

UCF has pretty much exclusively played closed-door scrimmages the past few years, but NCAA tweaked the rules about scrimmages/exhibitions earlier this summer.

Also, a TBA in the Orange Bowl Classic.

SUN, OCT 20 vs. FGCU Orlando, Fla. / Addition Financial Arena TBA
TUE, OCT 29 at Georgia Athens, Ga. / Stegeman Coliseum TBA

MON, NOV 4 vs. Texas A&M Orlando, Fla. / Addition Financial Arena TBA
FRI, NOV 8 vs. Purdue Fort Wayne Orlando, Fla. / Addition Financial Arena TBA
TUE, NOV 12 vs. Florida Atlantic Orlando, Fla. / Addition Financial Arena TBA
TUE, NOV 19 vs. Tennessee Tech Orlando, Fla. / Addition Financial Arena TBA
FRI, NOV 22 vs. Wisconsin White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. 5:00 PM EST
SUN, NOV 24 vs. Pitt / LSU White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. 2:30 or 5:00 PM EST
WED, NOV 27 vs. Milwaukee Orlando, Fla. / Addition Financial Arena TBA
SUN, DEC 1 vs. Cal Baptist Orlando, Fla. / Addition Financial Arena TBA
SUN, DEC 8 vs. Tarleton Orlando, Fla. / Addition Financial Arena TBA
SAT, DEC 14 vs. Opponent TBA Sunrise, Fla. / Amerant Bank Arena TBA
SAT, DEC 21 vs. Jacksonville Orlando, Fla. / Addition Financial Arena TBA

A look at a few of the bigger names:


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Colorado held their game week press conference Tuesday in advance of their upcoming road game at UCF.

Here's what head coach Deion Sanders, defensive lineman Shane Cokes and safety Cam'Ron Silmon-Craig had to say about facing the Knights.

Coach Deion Sanders​

On facing UCF and head coach Gus Malzahn:

"Coach Malzahn, I love him. I appreciate him. He's one of my favorite coaches in college football. The way he gave us love and showed us love and compassion, when I think Shedeur was a sophomore or a junior going up to a visit at Auburn, and he offered him on the spot. It was tremendous.

"I love what he's brought to college football. A lot of similarities, he does it his way, and I love the way he does it. He's unapologetic about the way he does it. And he's with a bunch of Florida boys, which is my home state, which I absolutely adore.

"And it's gonna be a great game. I look forward to the contest. They run the ball extremely well. They get to the ball on defense, pretty much a veteran team when you're looking at several seniors on each side of the ball.

"So that's a tremendous amount of experience. And they don't make a lot of mistakes. Big quarterback, strong guy that can not only throw the football, but he can run as well.

So we got our work cut out for us."

On defending UCF's strong running game:

"Well, we gotta load the box up and pray and stop the run. I feel good about our scheme. I feel good about what I saw at practice today. I feel good about what we've been accomplishing versus the run defensively.

"We gotta improve in some certain areas. But I think we get Chidozie (Nwanko) back this week as well. That's a tremendous plus because of his attitude, his leadership, and the way he works. Tremendous plus."

More on going up against Gus Malzahn:

"Well, it's an honor. It's an honor, you gotta understand. I was a little high school coach visiting those guys, taking my kids on the college tours. And now to have the opportunity to coach on the same field, it's an honor. It's a tremendous honor, and I got love for him.

"I mean, after we play them, then I could call him for advice. He's not gonna give me advice before. But he's one of the guys that I would call for advice on certain situations that may occur with college football players. I'm pretty sure everybody's dealing with the guys that wants to redshirt. I think everybody's dealing with that right now. So you're having those meetings. We're not the only one having several meetings.

"But I'm pretty sure a host of college football coaches are having those. And I would like to know how they deal with certain situations. But maybe after the game. That's what Chip Kelly told me last year. He said, after the game, you can call me."

On Sanders and other Florida natives on the team returning to their home state of Florida:

"Well, it's good now. Until you get down there and play, you gotta win. We don't wanna go down there and think it's just a road trip, it's a field trip. We wanna go down there and win. So we're practicing our butt off, trying to make sure we dot I's and cross T's. And we give it a valiant effort.

"It starts in practice. Everything starts in practice. I tell the kids this morning, it's like a vending machine. Whatever you put in, you're gonna get out, unless you wanna go to Vegas.

"And put a little bit in, you expect to get a lot out. But that's called gambling, where I'm from. And you don't wanna gamble with your career, with your life, and with the time you have left.

"So our Florida boys are excited, but they know we're on the job, it's on the job."

On why Florida has tremendous football talent:

"That hunger, that thirst, that will, that want, that me against the world. That we don't have the best of things, but we gonna make the most of things.

"The way our parents came up to desolate and turbulent times that we've come through, the naysayers, the haters.

"Florida may have the least paid high school coaches in the country, but may produce the most athletes in the country. I don't know how that happens, even when it comes to facilities.

"I'm sure Texas is number one when it comes to facilities. And Florida's still putting out dogs. I don't know if anybody have done a study lately, but in the NFL, I'm pretty sure Florida's ranked up there pretty darn high.

"And it's not a huge state. But I'm speaking, because one of the kids just asked this question. And (Warren) Sapp just took over that conversation and let them know, if you want to put an All Pro team out there with Florida boys, we got one. So that just happened in the game, before the game in the cafeteria the night before. So one of the guys was talking about Georgia was like that. And Sapp had to check him on that."

On leaving for Florida early because of the approaching storm (Colorado will now fly in on Wednesday instead of Thursday):

"Well, our players like simplicity, and I do too. So I don't wanna take a risk and a chance of, we're gonna leave Thursday anyway. So the storm is supposed to hit Thursday. So we don't wanna take that chance, and the storm hits Thursday. Now we can't get there to Friday evening, now it's a rush.

"So we're trying to get ahead of the curve and be smart with it. Our guys like consistency. So being settled and having a consistent plan in place works in our favor.

"We've already secured practice facilities. We already, I think, set the truck on the road. We're right where we wanna be. We're just gonna make it consistent as possible for our young men."

DL Shane Cokes​

On how to defend UCF's running game, which ranks No. 1 in the country:

"Simply, dominate, start off fast. I mean, that's the biggest thing for us. I think it's taken us a little bit to start off fast.

"The first two games, start off slow in the first quarter, come back in the second half. I think these past two weeks from Baylor and CSU, we've kind of done that. We've kind of started off, played a complete game.

"But we know they're No. 1 in the nation, so we need to match up to that. And we need to play to that level, be physical up front, be gap sound, be disciplined, and play with the competition."

On moving on from the dramatic win vs. Baylor and shifting focus to UCF:

" Short-term memory, short-term memory always. Win, lose, draw, no matter what. So obviously, Saturday night was crazy. Probably craziest game I've ever played in, for sure. But enjoy that Sunday, fix mistakes, watch the film.

"And now today, get ready for UCF, because, hey, gotta go 1-0 again this week. Big game before the bye week, so focus on them."

On defending UCF QB KJ Jefferson:

"Yeah, I mean, obviously, like always, QB draw and plays like that. But going up against KJ Jefferson this week, we know he likes to run. They ran on us the past weeks through quarterback runs.

"So I think it's just putting emphasis on that. If this worked a few weeks ago, they're probably gonna work on it this week and run against us. So we know it's coming, they know they wanna do it. So point is to stop it, see it in practice, see how we're gonna run against it and just put a stop to it. We know the challenge is up, so we just gotta face it."

On UCF being a heavy favorite and whether they feel like an underdog:

"I mean, underdog, no matter what the situation is, you gotta go into every game with the mindset of going 1-0 that week. That's how I take it, that's how the defense takes it, that's how the D-line room takes it. Every week is a challenge.

"They practice too, they practice plays, they practice to win. So no matter if they're the favorite, we're the underdog, we're the underdog, they're the favorite. It's about going in that Saturday and playing a full and complete game."

DB Cam'Ron Silmon-Craig​

On playing in the Bounce House, a hostile environment, similar to what they faced at Nebraska:

"Just everything, just trying to start fast. I mean, we've had a problem with that since I've been here. Honestly, I'm just coming out and starting fast from the jump. We had a pretty good start this week, coming out and getting a three and out.

"So it's something you just gotta work at. We're just trying to find different ways to start fast. When we come to practice, we just make sure we're ready to go practice. So when we hit the field and nobody's fiddling around with their helmet, shoulder pads, we're just trying to start fast. And it comes, it comes.

"It's kind of like we wanna make the game dramatic. We kinda want all the games to go viral at this point. So that's how it is, but we're just working on everything."

On facing UCF QB KJ Jefferson:

"Just tackling him hard and early. KJ is great with his legs, a lot of running we fixing to get. So just make sure everybody doing their jobs and get to the quarterback and we get to him, we make sure the tackles on him, the big old guy."

On Colorado's Florida players being excited to go home:

"These guys ready to go back home. Everybody's trying to trade tickets and everything. They got a million people coming to the game. So everybody's excited to go down to Florida. It's gonna be a nice venue, a nice team to play against."

Brandon Marcello from CBS Sports joined the Sons of UCF LIVE to talk about the current results in the Big 12 conference - including contenders and dark horse teams to watch.

He also provided some unique insight on the UCF Knights, including head coach Gus Malzahn, from his time reporting on the team.

Lastly, Brandon previews his upcoming piece of the future of Florida coach Billy Napier.

Thanks for watching here.

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