Happy New Year ..many of us watched Cincy yesterday and it was what I expected in terns of the results . I then started to think about us and what a tumultuous five years our program has seen versus what Cincy did. It was crazy in 17 when Frost was blowing through teams like a hot knife through butter . We destroyed Fickle in his first year and the game was called in the 3rd for thunderstorms.
Frost leaves and Heuple comes in and we beat them again in 2018 with Game Day and boy were we on top of the world that night. Then the unthinkable happens to KZ and sock boi takes over . We don't beat them again, the Hippo leaves and in comes Gus.
Meanwhile, Fickle continues to craft and build his program and in part because of the noise UCF made in 17&18 his team breaks in and plays in the invitational. Cincy had stability and good recruiting while we were in flux and a lot JHs kids are gone .
I know I am stating the obvious here , but to be successful we need a good to great quarterback to build an offense around and a solid D and we need a coach here for 4 plus years to do it. The BigXII is wide open with Oklahoma going to the SEC. There is no Alabama to beat to even make the playoff . I understand why Gus says this is the place of the future of college football given the conference jump. However, we don't get to that future without him being successful on the field and staying for a long term period.
All the teams we see playing for the big prize have coaches who are there for the long haul . It's the only path in my opinion to success for UCF football. I hope Gus is that guy for us . Otherwise we will be just another UCF one hit wonder program with the ever self proclaimed title thrown in our faces by fans and ESPN commentators.
Frost leaves and Heuple comes in and we beat them again in 2018 with Game Day and boy were we on top of the world that night. Then the unthinkable happens to KZ and sock boi takes over . We don't beat them again, the Hippo leaves and in comes Gus.
Meanwhile, Fickle continues to craft and build his program and in part because of the noise UCF made in 17&18 his team breaks in and plays in the invitational. Cincy had stability and good recruiting while we were in flux and a lot JHs kids are gone .
I know I am stating the obvious here , but to be successful we need a good to great quarterback to build an offense around and a solid D and we need a coach here for 4 plus years to do it. The BigXII is wide open with Oklahoma going to the SEC. There is no Alabama to beat to even make the playoff . I understand why Gus says this is the place of the future of college football given the conference jump. However, we don't get to that future without him being successful on the field and staying for a long term period.
All the teams we see playing for the big prize have coaches who are there for the long haul . It's the only path in my opinion to success for UCF football. I hope Gus is that guy for us . Otherwise we will be just another UCF one hit wonder program with the ever self proclaimed title thrown in our faces by fans and ESPN commentators.
