Okay, he's gone, now what?

He could have forced us to pay him out the 12 million to leave. If he left without a payoff he did UCF a massive favor. It that is the case, thank you to Gus. Best of luck!

Thanks Gus, you could have really stuffed us in the butt but you saved UCF a crap ton of money. Don't sell your house to the next UCF coach.

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Per the FSU forum…Malzone will take Herb Hand with him. This is not an unusual move as the OC always gets to pick who the OL coach is.

As far as that goes…Hand is the only coach expected to follow Malzone over to FSU.

..... Hallelujah !!!! ....the Football Gods have answered our prayers, now it's on the powers that be to do the right thing !!!


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to follow Gus to FSU

TE Randy Pittman -- chose UCF over FSU after being committed to FSU.

K Grant Riddick and P Mitch McCarthy -- FSU loses both specialists.

(Boomer to return to UCF.)

LB Xe'ree Alexander -- second leading tackler for UCF.

CB Chasen Johnson and S Christian Peterson -- Bright futures.

And of course WR Xavier Townsend ...
That last part made it all worth it.


Seriously though, I think the back story behind Gus resigning from UCF centers on the incident with Agiye Hall.

Gus had to have had knowledge of Hall's arrest and proceeded to get him enrolled at UCF anyway through UCF's football admissions office. Hall was a student at UCF for an entire semester before his enrollment was announced publicly. UCF must have had proof that Gus knew of the arrest, which in addition to the KJ Jefferson arrest (that Gus also had knowledge of), constituted unprofessional conduct, enabling UCF to fire Gus for cause.

I do not know if any of that is true. However, it simply does not make economical sense for Gus to walk away from a $12 buyout unless he knew he would lose in arbitration.

This is a great idea!

https://www.denver7.com/news/politi...police-to-block-mass-deportations-under-trump

I know it isn’t on everyone’s mind, but how do we like the no divisions, 4 way tie? The common opponents had to be used since none of the top 4 played each other. Then the tie between ISU and BYU came down to conference opponent records which sucks for byu because they played OSU and Arizona but ISU did not. Anyway, anything else going on? *

Peach Bowl loss to UCF ✅

National Championship loss to FSU 🔲

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Purdue, North Carolina, West Virginia, and counting

A reliable source says as of now John Walker plans on staying, but he does want to see who UCF hires.

They are fired up because they think are getting Herb Hand…. They are in for a rude awakening

Who's your pick to take over the defense? I would hope we do a real national search for the DC position and not just stick with what's currently in-house. Here's an intriguing name I saw just looking at defensive rankings this year:

Bill Brechin - Miami University (OH) Defensive Coordinator
- In his third year as DC at Miami they currently rank #11 in the nation in defensive stop rate (the percentage of a defense's drives that end in punts, turnovers or a turnover on downs.)
- Miami's 2023 defense allowed just nine touchdowns(!) in conference play and held all eight opponents under their season scoring average.
- In Brechin's first year (2022) running the defense, Miami led the MAC in scoring defense (22.6) and rush defense (135.9) and forced 22 turnovers, a Miami best since 2014.

I’ve got two in 107 Row P on the Aisle.

Row H. GKCO!!

Felt like he wanted to be here the whole time and recruited decently. My guess is he thought KJ would be the player to turn the corner, just don’t know if he did enough homework before he brought him in. Weird tenure.*

Fire this idiot and he can take tik tok Terry with him.

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“If the right guy gets this thing goin…”

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Week 14 Rushing Defenses (Our Schedule) sorted by yards

1. Colorado vs. Oklahoma State. 31 Carries. 70 Yards. 2.3 YPC. 0 TD
2. Arizona State vs. Arizona. 27 Carries. 84 Yards. 3.1 YPC. 0 TD
3. UCF vs. Utah. 32 Carries. 85 Yards. 2.7 YPC. 0 TD
4. BYU vs. Houston. 36 Carries. 97 Yards. 2.7 YPC. 2 TD
5. Florida vs. FSU. 44 Carries. 99 Yards. 2.3 YPC. 1 TD
6. Cincinnati vs. TCU. 32 Carries. 124 Yards. 3.9 YPC. 2 TD
7. Iowa State vs. Kansas State. 31 Carries. 144 Yards. 4.6 YPC. 0 TD
8. Utah vs. UCF. 44 Carries. 173 Yards. 3.9 YPC. 1 TD
9. SHSU vs. Liberty. 36 Carries. 179 Yards. 5.0 YPC. 1 TD
10. WVU vs. Texas Tech. 32 Carries. 209 Yards. 6.5 YPC. 4 TD
11. TCU vs. Cincinnati. 39 Carries. 214 Yards. 5.5 YPC. 2 TD
12. New Hampshire vs. UT – Martin. 52 Carries. 236 Yards. 4.5 YPC. 5 TD
13. Arizona vs. Arizona State. 37 Carries. 284 Yards. 7.7 YPC. 3 TD

Season Cumulative Rushing Defenses (Our Schedule) Sorted by Yards per game