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Note about PFF grades for the bowl game

They look way off to me... They weren't posted until Sunday night. I noticed some stat discrepancies with Mikey Keene so I thought I'd wait to see if anything was updated. There are sometimes updates that happen a day or two after the initial posting. With fewer overall games during bowl season, I thought maybe that would occur and I didn't want to post too soon.

But it's now late afternoon on Tuesday so I'm just going to go ahead and post what they have. They do make logging errors from time to time, but basically it's a miracle UCF won this game. Defense played their worst game of the season. 🤔

Big Kat to Bianchi: UCF "would beat Auburn for sure"

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I'm in the process of uploading the full Big Kat Bryant interview, but this was an interesting clip with Bianchi asking Big Kat how he thinks UCF would stack up against SEC teams.

Bianchi: "UCF has had trouble getting SEC teams to play them. They don't want to play them. I was just wondering. How does this roster stack up vs. SEC?"

Big Kat: "Right now? We'd beat somebody like Auburn for sure. We'd beat Auburn for sure."

Bianchi: "You didn't play in the Peach Bowl against UCF?"

Big Kat: "I did. I was a freshman. It's a lot different, a lot of different caliber guys. But we'd beat a team like Auburn and Ole Miss."

Bianchi: "Does this program have a chip on its shoulder?"

Big Kat: "For sure. That's why I came here. That's something I was looking for in a team and I felt like UCF had it. That's why I came."

OT: Gator Karen goes nuts on Delta flight out of Tampa

At least she is acting like a Gator Karen after a Bowl loss to UCF as she went nuts on a Delta flight from Tampa to Atlanta on Christmas Eve. She verbally assault then struck an older gentlemen who was eating.

She was taken into custody by the FBI in Atlanta when the plane landed.

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Poll: I just attended my 10th UCF Bowl Game! How about you?

How many Bowl Games have you attended?

  • at least 12 Bowl Games

  • 9 - 11 Bowl Games

  • 5 -8 Bowl Games

  • 2 - 4 Bowl Games

  • One Bowl Game

  • Still waiting on my first UCF Bowl game


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It seems not that long ago when I was attending Div II UCF Games at the Citrus Bowl on Saturday Nights at 7 pm...having a blast with my friends...but it was hard to imagine that my school would not only end up in Div I-AA and then Div I-A and then join multiple conferences...including another one in the Big 12 in 2023...that my program would play in a bowl game (especially after the 1998 UCF Team that went 9-2 and was left home for the holidays.

Time REALLY flies...so enjoy every moment (especially UCF regular season and Bowl Games), as it will be gone in a blink of an eye.

I only missed 3 UCF Bowl Games:

2005: Hawaii Bowl lost to Nevada 49-48 in OT
2012: Beef O'GBrady Bowl win vs Ball State 38-17 (UCF Pantry Donation Drive and B Day Party)
2020: Boca Raton Bowl loss vs BYU (Covid)

I made:
2007: Liberty Bowl (loss vs Miss St)
2009: St Pete Bowl (loss vs Rutgers)
2010: Liberty Bowl (win vs Georgia)
2013: Fiesta Bowl win vs Baylor

2014: St Pete Bowl loss vs NC STATE
2016: Cure Bowl loss at Arkansas St
2017: Peach Bowl win vs Auburn
2018: Fiesta Bowl loss vs LSU
2019: Gasparilla Bowl win vs Marshall
2021: Gasparilla Bowl win vs Florida

How many UCF Bowl Games have you attendend?

2023 Recruit List

I'm sure Brandon will eventually put something similar together with much more information, but since we already got one guy on the board I figured why not get a thread going with our top prospects all in one place. I definitely leaving some out, but these are all names I've seen thrown around at some point.

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***Now official: Chip Lindsey hired as OC/QB coach***

There is considerable buzz that Gus Malzahn may have zeroed in on his GJ Kinne replacement:

Chip Lindsey, a former offensive coordinator for Malzahn at Auburn (2017-18) and recent Troy head coach (2019-21). He was just dismissed by the Trojans after finishing with losing records in each of his three seasons.

Earlier this month, he was reportedly hired - but not officially announced - to join Willie Taggart's FAU staff (co-OC/QB). It appears he could be on the move again.

2005–2006 Colbert Heights HS (AL)
2007 Hoover High School (OC)
2008–2009 Lassiter HS (GA)
2010 Troy (QB)
2011–2012 Spain Park HS (AL)
2013 Auburn (OA)
2014–2015 Southern Miss (OC)
2016 Arizona State (OC/QB)
2017–2018 Auburn (OC/QB)
2019–2021 Troy


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Keys to beating UF

Went back and researched the UF losses to see correlations. Some keys to the game IMO:

1. Run the damn ball: in all of their losses (or close games) the opposing teams pounded the rock 25+ times. Bowser, Jrich, and MAR will get a heavy workload. I hope the oline is hitting the sled all week in preparation.

2. Make Emory beat us: thank god AR is sitting this one out, EJ is average and if we keep everything in front of us and make EJ have 10-12 play drives, that only benefits us.

3. Front 7 must dominate: building off point 2, the front 7 has got to dominate. Gotta get home to Jones and pressure him and also control the running game and get them into 3rd and longs.

What say you? I feel this game is manageable but will take a clean, high effort game from everyone on the team.

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CFP coming up Friday, are you rooting for Cincy?

Are you rooting for Cincy?

  • Yes

    Votes: 105 78.4%
  • No

    Votes: 23 17.2%
  • Don't care

    Votes: 6 4.5%

It is going to be a big time game Friday between Cincy and Bama. We will see how legit Cincy is when they face Bama.

I know we are out of American soon and this win won't do good to the conference.

But in the Big 12, Cincy could be our main rivalry going forward. Should we root for them?

Are you rooting for them?

But I will. Go Cincy!
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