Sons of UCF EXTRA: We catch up with CJ Walker as the UCF Men's Basketball standout distributes backpacks during a Back-to-School event in Sanford. Walker talks about the importance of giving back and looks ahead to this year's team.

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Sons of UCF EXTRA: We catch up with CJ Walker as the UCF Men's Basketball standout distributes backpacks during a Back-to-School event in Sanford. Walker talks about the importance of giving back and looks ahead to this year's team.

Click here to watch.

I'm over realignment and begging kids to come here. @CoverSix bless us with some analysis. Anyone seen a decent hype video for the new season?

Fifth-year senior Isaiah Bowser and junior Johnny Richardson are up for the award that annually honors the nation’s top running back.

UCF is 1 of 12 teams with two backs on watch list. Orig article from pay wall da*slant. Here is link of all candidates

UCBearcats is also in the Rants worst poster contest. Today he came in with this take. For some reason it got me good.*

I have two tickets to the concert on August 10th at the Amway I’d like to sell. I bought them a while back and then booked a cruise for the week.

For some reason I can’t sell them from the Ticketmaster app but can transfer them.

They’re in section 115, row 11 seats 1-2 and I’m asking what I paid. $200 each.

Haven't heard a word about him in connection with any teams as training camps are about to start.

#17. Highest ranking I’ve seen this year.

Reading about soccer players in the USA having symptoms of CTE. The rest of the world have way more players, playing at higher levels and I don’t see anything about CTE being discussed anywhere else.
1. Are other countries oblivious to CTE?
2. They don’t care
or
3. CTE is an american issue due to improper training, emphasis on playing the ball with head, etc.

Is it just me or has the fan engagement from some of our official accounts been basically non existent this summer?

Pretty much no workout videos/pictures.

I guess new uniforms getting released this week?

Other schools updating rosters/depth charts/media presence for fall camp

Zero word about the QB battle

Maybe I’m imagining things but it just feels like it’s been a weird summer

2022 UCF Fan Fest date.

Braeden Marshall loved his official visit to UCF this past weekend.

"This one was way better than I expected, to be honest," Marshall said. "I feel this visit really set the bar. I got a great vibe with the coaches being able to hang out with them for a long period of time. And hanging out with the players, we really clicked."

Being local from Lake Mary High School, Marshall has been building a relationship with the coaches over the past year. And he was already familiar with many fellow recruits and several UCF players.

"I just had a great connection with everybody," Marshall said. "Being closer to home, being able to learn about UCF, I thought I knew what it was about. It was so great connecting and being with the boys I knew. It was just a different type of feeling."

Marshall's official visit began Saturday and concluded Monday, so his first day was for the Bounce House Weekend festivities.

"It was a great afternoon," Marshall said. "I was having fun with some of my guys, getting to know those boys. Although I should have won the watermelon eating contest. I was robbed. But I had a great time."

As for other recruits visiting, he was already close with Kaven Call and Zachary Tobe.

"We were vibing together, having a great time," Marshall said.

True freshman Nikai Martinez, who enrolled in January, served as Marshall's player host.

"We were already friends," Marshall said. "He told me about UCF from a player's perspective, what it's like. The differences between high school and college. It was just great."

As for coaches, Marshall spent a lot of time with secondary coaches David Gibbs and Addison Williams.

"We really didn't talk ball," Marshall said. "We didn't really have to. We were talking about life and stuff we like to do. Just getting to know each other. They tried to keep ball out of the whole visit. We had a great time."

What was his favorite part of the visit?

"Probably Saturday," Marshall said. "That was the best day, just being able to have fun. Playing those games and having fun with the coaches and see what they're like."

His family loved it too. They were appreciative UCF provided a volleyball jersey so his sister Sydney, who is Class of 2024, could join the photo shoot fun.

"She's a big-time volleyball player," Marshall said. "She really loved it."

Marshall said he could really see himself at UCF.

"I feel like Coach Gus Malzahn is building something special," he said. "I can just feel it. When he says UCF is the future of college football, it's true. He's trying to keep everybody home. Gus is up front with you. He's gonna ride with you. That's really why I like UCF so much, why they're one of my final schools. I actually grew up an Auburn fan and Coach Gus Malzahn was someone I always looked up to. So having the opportunity to play for him is a blessing. Something I've always dreamed about. We clicked right off the bounce."

Marshall will visit Wisconsin this weekend, then Pittsburgh (June 16) and North Carolina (June 24). He is planning his commitment announcement for July 30.

"The biggest thing I'm looking for is a school that's going to develop me," he said. "Not just as a player, but as a man. I want a coaching staff that believes in me. A school with a great environment where I'm comfortable. I feel being comfortable will help you play. If you're not comfortable, then you won't be yourself on the field either. I want a school that's going to help push me to get that degree. Those are the biggest things."

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gonna give @lindsaykaye_realtor a run for her money.........😂

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So HGTV is on in our command post this morning and the show Fixer to Fabulous is on. The star of the show is Jenny Marrs who looks super familiar to me. Does anyone know if she went to UCF? The more I watch the more it bugs me that I knew her. Quick Google says she is my age (43) and from Orlando so it’s definitely probable.

Since we are reminiscing about the 2000’s I thought I’d share this nicely done retrospective about the Wildcat being implemented by the Dolphins - and in particular stunning the Patriots with it. You probably have to launch into YouTube since it looks like the NFL blocks it from playing on websites

That game in Foxboro was the day after UCF lost to Boston College. I’m sure there are at least a handful of others on here who made both games.

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Shout out to @kroghman for the epic four game weekend: Holy Cross @ Harvard, UCF @ BC, Dolphins @ Patriots, and Indians (I think) @ Red Sox. Good times!

13.9 miles for me.

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Wondering how others handle voicemails these days.

I tell people the easiest way to contact me is via text and if it's a real emergency or urgent need to call me twice as I rarely answer my phone if the number is not saved. I may check voicemails once a week at best these days and feel like voicemails are just an annoying hinderance at this point.