The UCF Men's basketball team suffered another tough loss, this time at home to Baylor, 77-69. Guard Darius Johnson got the Knights off to a hot start, and UCF took the lead going into the locker room. However, the second half saw UCF cool considerably from the floor, miss three throws, and turn the ball over consistently.

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Double-bye for top 4 seeds
Single-bye for next 4 seeds
Bottom 8 start it off, winners of those games face the 5-8, winners of those then face top 4.

Could this also be how the other Power conferences go about it to determine their champs in the future?

Like it? Love it? Loathe it?

I am sure many of you heard the press conference about Gus and his staff changes. So all the new coaches are people he has worked with before and most likely won't challenge him or bring any new ideas. Said he is going back to play calling so we are back to where we began. What the hell happed to being the Fopotball CEO and how important that was since "things are so different now with NIL and Portal?" That didn't last long and in my opinion doesn't bode well. Gus will never evolve, there will never be anything new. Don't expect to ever see young blood. We are stuck in the bast with a coach that isn't going anywhere and will never adapt or change. I will give him one thing he's got a lot of ego.

What's the record for lowest score by a team at the half?

We have 5 pts.

2-16 from the field.

18-5.

oin Eric Lopez and Trace Trylko as they debate some of the current topics surrounding UCF Athletics.

In this episode, the guys discuss the release of the Big 12 football schedule, overall is it favorable for UCF?

And, a way too early look at the expectations for the season.

Plus, the guys talk about the latest staff changes for Gus Malzahn.

Also: Why don't we give basketball a chance, is it fair to question the coaching moves, and what is the best time to watch a game?

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Welcome to The Knighted One’s Podcast, Episode number 23. We are the ONLY podcast that features a former UCF National Champion, a former UCF radio host, and several podcasters shooting the breeze, talking UCF Sports.

This week we have UCF Baseball HC Rich Wallace as our guest, discuss Gus recruiting from the skies, and Tre's tells us about a teammates luxurious stay at the Wayne Densch Sports Center

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

Introductions
UCF Head Baseball Coach Rich Wallace Joins Us! – 6:00
- The Coaching Journey
- "Link"-ing Things Together
- Elite In All We Do
- O' Captains , My Captains
- Speaking In Tongues
- Is The Big 12 a Big Help? Or a Big Hurt?
- Setting Expectations
- Staying "Arm"-ed & Ready
- The Big Hitters
- Sundean The Machine
- Coach Bergman Predicted the Future?
- Looking Ahead
- Tre's Ready To Get On The Diamond
Text Talk: Hoops – 00:50:19
Country Roads & Cincy Woes – 57:00
- Conquering Country Roads in WVA
- A Man Down
- Strats & Stats
- Ben's Tall Take
- Josh Wants To Get Pooh On The Court
- Feels Good To Take Down a Big One
- Feeling The Blues In The Blue-Chip City
- Down 4 Starters
- Simple Plays But Simple Mistakes
- Not Getting To The Foul Line
- Diallo Fouling Out Left a Big Gap
- Josh Turns Bionic Once Again
- Playing With Half a Team, and Looking Like It Too
- Josh Is Left Speechless
UCF Football Talk – 01:23:00
- Gus Is Cleaning House
- Harris & Hinshaw Are Co-OC's
- Gibb Us a Break
- Finding Some New Strength
- Sims Likely Not Sticking Around
- Too Many Cooks In The Kitchen?
- Not a Rebuild, a Re-Tool
- Making Vet Moves
- A Teacher At Heart
- Weight Coaches Play a Big Part
- Friday Knight Lights
- It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's Gus?
- UCF Football Schedule Drops
Student ReEducation – 00:00:00
- Shaqueem At The Densch Confidential
Allen’s Oxymoronic Stats Of The Week – 01:57:00
- Keeping Our Opponnents Stats Low
Josh’s Sometimes Funny Fact Of The Week –
- Triple Jeopardy
- Harder To Hit Than a HR?
UCF Athletic Sports Update –
- Loss v TCU, But Grabbed a Conf Win In Houston
- Men's Tennis Sweeps FGCU, Women's Loses a Tight Game
- Softball Fan Fest, Baseball Fan Fest Coming Soon
Final Thoughts –

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It was announced during tonight's game that the Oklahoma game is SOLD OUT. (Looks like less than 15 unsold tix are for sale)

Resale market has a few deals some deals for $9-$11 (includes fees)

Thursday, Aug. 29 vs. New Hampshire
Saturday, Sept. 7 vs. Sam Houston
Saturday, Sept. 14 at TCU
Saturday, Sept 21 - BYE
Saturday, Sept. 28 vs. Colorado
Saturday, Oct. 5 at Florida
Saturday, Oct. 12 vs. Cincinnati
Saturday, Oct. 19 at Iowa State
Saturday, Oct. 26 vs. BYU
Saturday, Nov. 2 vs. Arizona
Saturday, Nov. 9 at Arizona State
Saturday, Nov. 16 - BYE
Saturday, Nov. 23 at West Virginia
Friday, Nov. 29 vs. Utah (Black Friday)

If you went back in time just a few years ago and showed a UCF fan this 2024 schedule, what would they think had transpired?

I keep on gazing at this slate of games and it's absolutely trippy. UCF is playing both Arizona schools, Colorado, BYU and Utah all in the same season?

In that time travel scenario, I guess at some point my old self would have guessed UCF (and Cincinnati) joined some sort of Big 12/PAC hybrid league, but it's still wild to me seeing how realignment has completely shattered the concept of geographical conferences.

At the end of the day, that's fine by me as UCF is clearly one of the biggest benefactors of the recent shifts.

Now, looking at the schedule:

-Season opener vs. FCS New Hampshire is moving to Thursday. This was reported a few weeks ago, but always expected. You'd have to go back to 2016 for the last time UCF opened the season on a Saturday (vs. South Carolina State). Ever since then, it's been Thursday starts.*

*(The 2020 schedule was blown up due to COVID, but UCF was originally set to open at home vs. UNC on the first Friday. The opener ended up being a few weeks later at Georgia Tech).

-Sam Houston joined FBS last season and is a member of C-USA, finishing with a 3-9 record. They lost their first eight games before winning three of their last four.

-We always figured the third weekend would be a Big 12 game, considering UCF has Florida in October and two Big 12 opponents (TCU and Iowa State) had vacancies. Now we know it's TCU. That's fine, I guess. I would have preferred Iowa State in this slot over a steamy September trip to Texas, but it's fine.

I was able to tour TCU's stadium during my 2021 trip to the SMU game and it's quite impressive.

-With how Labor Day falls this year, there's an extra weekend before Thanksgiving so schools have two bye weeks. I would have loved that first bye to be a week later prior to the Florida game, especially since the Gators have one then, but it is what it is.

-Big 12 home opener vs. Colorado and Coach Prime. That will be a hot ticket.

-Early October game in the Swamp vs. Florida - we already knew that. UCF will have already played two Big 12 games (TCU, Colorado) and Florida will have already played Miami, Texas A&M and Mississippi State.

-Next up is the home game vs. Cincinnati. That will hold some intrigue especially with UCF's two-game winning streak in the series and the recent influx of Bearcat transfers.

-Mid-October road trip to Iowa State. At least it's not late November. It will probably be a bit chilly, but manageable. I already booked my hotel in Ames.

-Then it's the two-game homestand vs. BYU (Oct. 26) and Arizona (Nov. 2), two western teams making long treks to Florida.

-The Nov. 9 road trip to Arizona State is the seventh consecutive game without a bye. Having a bye date after this game is key. Who knows when the game will be, it could be a Saturday 10 p.m. EST kickoff. This allows the opportunity to regroup and recharge afterward.

-UCF's toughest games could be their final two: at West Virginia and Black Friday vs. Utah. WVU shocked a lot of people this past season, many figured Neal Brown wouldn't last the year. And Cam Rising is expected to be back at QB for Utah.

-Aside from Black Friday vs. Utah and UCF's choice to open the season on a Thursday, every other game is on a Saturday.

-In all honesty, it's a crapshoot trying to predict the top of this conference. The trendy pick would've been Arizona, but that's probably out the window due to the recent coaching change. I haven't kept up with their portal exits, and I guess there's always the spring window to watch as well. They may still be good, but I'd assume they're taking a pretty big hit.

TCU and Iowa State should decently good, but not worldbeaters. Tough games though being on the road.

Colorado is more hype than substance.

Cincinnati might be the pick for the worst team in the Big 12. BYU and Arizona State may not be far behind.

UCF upgraded at most positions via the transfer portal and Gus made big moves within the coaching staff. Will it work out? We'll find out, but I would certainly hope is in the Big 12 Championship hunt come late November. Given the expected strength of WVU and Utah, those games could be particularly meaningful in terms of the conference championship game.

Ole Miss defensive tackle DeSanto Rollins, who said he was recently kicked off the team for missing practices and meetings during a "mental health crisis," is suing the university and coach Lane Kiffin for failure to provide equal protection, racial and sexual discrimination, and multiple other allegations, according to the lawsuit filed Thursday.

Rollins, a backup lineman whose career has been marred by injuries, is seeking $10 million in compensatory damages and $30 million in punitive damages. The lawsuit alleges that Kiffin intentionally took adverse action against Rollins "on account of race for requesting and taking a mental health break, but not taking adverse action against white student-athletes" for the same request. It alleges sexual discrimination on the basis that Ole Miss has not taken "adverse action against female student-athletes for requesting and taking a mental health break."


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Says goal is still to have new tower done by 2026.
Should expect to see the beginning of football campus moves this spring.

...on who we have as QB1 next year.


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a VERY favorable schedule...no Kansas, KSU, TT, OKST....no big travel besides ASU. One cold game at WVU in Nov.

And no, we're not playing 5 straight road games like some you dolts had thought.


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Has anyone ordered this shirt from the Kingdom and received it yet? I ordered mine on 1/12 and it doesn't look like it's even been shipped yet.

Join Eric Lopez and Trace Trylko as they debate some of the current topics surrounding UCF Athletics.

In this episode, the guys discuss the release of the Big 12 football schedule, overall is it favorable for UCF?

And, a way too early look at the expectations for the season.

Plus, the guys talk about the latest staff changes for Gus Malzahn.

Also: Why don't we give basketball a chance, is it fair to question the coaching moves, and what is the best time to watch a game?

Click here to watch ... from the Sons of UCF.

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Just curious if anyone has Starlink for Internet, especially as the network has filled in. With AT&T jacking up the price on even crappy, old ADSL, it's not much more.

I understand the latency, but it's much better than old geosychronous satellites, and basically not much worse than 4G/5G wireless Internet. I have that at my new place in Huntsville (T-mobile 5G is working well, better than Verizon's), since the wired options are just as bad at my home mid-state.

Long story short, I live in a very beautiful, but hilly area -- which is blocking even 600 & 700MHz towers -- where most everyone has 3-40 acres (myself included). So there are only a few dozen of us, and it's not worth anyone running any cable, despite some of the rural initiatives here. I'd start my own service provider, but I'm not at my home throughout the week (at least not right now, that may change). There's a fiber trunk only 1.4 miles away, but it's the university, let alone DSL really doesn't run over a mile.

Again, AT&T isn't going to spend the money to upgrade any copper, much less lay fiber, for a couple dozen homes over many square miles. And yes, again, I've tried wireless Internet, it's just too hilly. But I'm not paying $80 for 10/1Mbps ADSL ... asychronous, any burst upload kills it. Otherwise, the 20ms latency is pretty good, and even fine for video conferencing.

Hence the inquiry about Starlink. It's probably worth it at this point, especially if I take on more remote work in the coming weeks.

Time to go portal shopping
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$200 for all 4. Includes E3 parking pass if you buy all 4 tickets.

2025 DB Tae Harris, recently decommitted from Georgia.

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