CENTRAL FLORIDA: After demolishing Stanford in late September, athletics director Danny White whined about the Knights being ranked No. 16, telling Yahoo! Sports that “there has to be some other motivation” for being slotted in the back half of the top-25. That kind of conspiratorial nonsense plays well with the hard-core fan base but has proved to be overwrought. As turns out, UCF was overrated if anything. The Knights’ status as a thorn in the College Football Playoff committee’s side ended a couple weeks ago with a loss to Pitt, and their two-year domination of the AAC is now over as well after a 27-24 loss to Cincinnati. This isn’t a shot at the Knights, who put together back-to-back unbeaten regular seasons and became a massively important story/lightning rod for college football conversation. But maybe, just maybe, the people who were skeptical that UCF was really on par with the top power conference teams were right after all.
And later:
TOTALLY REAL AND IRRATIONAL MESSAGE BOARD THREADS
“Please tell me one of you threw something at those officials” – CanesInsight
“The score, the attendance, enough to make a grown man cry” – BruinZone
“Post Petersen Era needs to start today” – HarcoreHusky
“Face it, friends, the honeymoon is over” – GoldandBlack.com (Purdue)
“Prepare to lose 5 games this season” – UCFSports.com
And later:
TOTALLY REAL AND IRRATIONAL MESSAGE BOARD THREADS
“Please tell me one of you threw something at those officials” – CanesInsight
“The score, the attendance, enough to make a grown man cry” – BruinZone
“Post Petersen Era needs to start today” – HarcoreHusky
“Face it, friends, the honeymoon is over” – GoldandBlack.com (Purdue)
“Prepare to lose 5 games this season” – UCFSports.com
