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Saturday College Football Thread 🏈

Big 12

No. 13 Oklahoma State at Tulsa - 12 noon (ESPN2)
Cincinnati at Miami U. - 12 noon (ESPNU)
North Texas at Texas Tech - 12 noon (FS1)
West Virginia at Pittsburgh - 3:30 (ESPN2)
No. 12 Utah at Utah State - 4:30 (CBS Sports Network)
Air Force at Baylor - 7:30 (FS1)
Colorado at Colorado State - 7:30 (CBS)
UCF at TCU - 7:30 (FOX)
Rice at Houston - 8:00 (ESPN+)
BYU at Wyoming - 9:00 (CBS Sports Network)

Other games of interest

No. 4 Alabama at Wisconsin - 12 noon (FOX)
Memphis at Florida State - 12 noon (ESPN)
No. 24 Boston College at No. 6 Missouri - 12:45 (SEC Network)
No. 9 Oregon at Oregon State - 3:30 (FOX)
Tulane at No. 15 Oklahoma - 3:30 (ESPN)
Texas A&M at Florida - 3:30 (ABC)

[SIAP] Pre-season UF SI Beat: "...rewards of constructing a program the correct way...a model of college football program construction"

PREFACE: I did a search, and couldn't find this posted in any thread. My apologies if it's already been posted elsehwere.

I missed this back on July 1st. Ignoring the headline... this is the greatest complement I've ever seen from a Gator beat writer. For once it's nice to hear another fanbase say we built our program correctly, which we utterly did, and on our own. It's even 10x nicer to see an in-state rival beat, much more Florida, do it.


QUOTE:
"UCF
Outside of Florida and FSU, the third-most important program in the state. To their credit, the Knights built a program out of proverbial thin air. People flock to Orlando and watch a school that slowly built themselves into a respectable program on the serious upswing.
After raising their occasionally-debated national championship, the Knights play in the Big 12, reaping the rewards of constructing a program the correct way. Never taking a shortcut, UCF made true progress in a competitive football landscape. UCF became a model of college football program construction."

Some TCU/UCF numbers to think about this week…

Kendal Briles (brother in-law of Jeff Lebby), TCU’s current Offensive Coordinator, served as Arkansas OC in 2020 when the Razorbacks matched up with Gus Malzahn’s Auburn Tigers. Auburn won (at home) 30-28 on a last second FG. Arkansas gained 437 total yards, QB F. Franks threw for 318 yards and 4 TD’s.

As a starter in Briles offense at Arkansas, UCF QB KJ Jefferson threw for over 5,000 yards and 45 TD’s (2021-22).

The last time Malzahn’s team faced current TCU HC Sonny Dykes, it was when Dykes was the head coach at SMU (2021). On the road, UCF surrendered 55 points, 631 yards of total offense, and 377 yards passing (3 TD’s) to Tanner Mordecai.

In 2022, TCU put up 55 points (668 total yards) against Oklahoma. UCF’s current DC - Ted Roof - was the DC for the Sooners. Oklahoma defeated TCU last year. But under Roof in 2023, Oklahoma still surrendered 45 points and over 500 yards to Briles and Dykes at TCU.

Against lesser opponents, UCF leads the nation in rushing, and ranks third overall in total yards through Week 2. TCU’s defense has compiled six sacks through two games, and has allowed just over 200 yards per game.

With Briles and Dykes calling to shots, UCF’s defense is going to have its hands full Saturday. Since 2021, Malzahn has compiled a 7-9 record on the road leading UCF (5-8 on the road in-conference). That includes losses at Navy, at East Carolina, at Kansas, etc.

Week 3 Big 12 Scores and Standings!

Arizona St 31, Texas St 28
Kansas St 31, Arizona 7 (non-conf game)
UNLV 23, Kansas 20
UCF 35, TCU 34
Oklahoma St 45, Tulsa 10
Cincinnati 27, Miami (OH) 16
Texas Tech 66, North Texas 21
Pitt 38, WVU 34
Utah 38, Utah State 21
Baylor 31, Air Force 3
Colorado 28, Colorado St 9
Houston 33, Rice 7
BYU 34, Wyoming 14

Standings:
UCF 1-0 (3-0)
Arizona State 0-0 (3-0)
BYU 0-0 (3-0)
Kansas State 0-0 (3-0)
Oklahoma State 0-0 (3-0)
Utah 0-0 (3-0)
Iowa State 0-0 (2-0)
Arizona 0-0 (2-1)
Baylor 0-0 (2-1)
Cincinnati 0-0 (2-1)
Colorado 0-0 (2-1)
Texas Tech 0-0 (2-1)
Houston 0-0 (1-2)
Kansas 0-0 (1-2)
WVU 0-0 (1-2)
TCU 0-1 (2-1)

Week 3 Big 12 Scores and Standings!

Arizona St 31, Texas St 28
Kansas St 31, Arizona 7 (non-conf game)
UNLV 23, Kansas 20
UCF 35, TCU 34
Oklahoma St 45, Tulsa 10
Cincinnati 27, Miami (OH) 16
Texas Tech 66, North Texas 21
Pitt 38, WVU 34
Utah 38, Utah State 21
Baylor 31, Air Force 3
Colorado 28, Colorado St 9
Houston 33, Rice 7
BYU 34, Wyoming 14

Standings:
UCF 1-0 (3-0)
Arizona State 0-0 (3-0)
BYU 0-0 (3-0)
Kansas State 0-0 (3-0)
Oklahoma State 0-0 (3-0)
Utah 0-0 (3-0)
Iowa State 0-0 (2-0)
Arizona 0-0 (2-1)
Baylor 0-0 (2-1)
Cincinnati 0-0 (2-1)
Colorado 0-0 (2-1)
Texas Tech 0-0 (2-1)
Houston 0-0 (1-2)
Kansas 0-0 (1-2)
WVU 0-0 (1-2)
TCU 0-1 (2-1)

ESPN Playoff Predictor - UCF has 12th best chance to make the CFP

ESPN Playoff Predictor has us with the 12th best chance to make the CFP at 37%:


I'll happily take that 3 games into the season!

Holy Toledo! Which one of y'all wanted Lebby over Gus?

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