ITT: List the reasons why this could be an up year for UCF:

[UCFhonors]

I'll start.

1. 17 (out of 22) Returning starters
2. Returning starting QB
3. New HC - Scott Frost
4. New OC (this may should be #3)
5. New DC
6. All Returning starters in the Secondary
7. Oline with tons of experience
8. New modern offensive and defensive schemes
   
9. Depth and experience at WRs
10. All returning kickers / punter starters

Feel free to add to the list or provide your thoughts. As many will remember that I was spot on last year with my thread preview last year.
ITT: List the reasons why this could be a down year for UCF:

 

[jetsaholic]

11. New uniforms

 

[SublimeKnight]

12. The existence of this thread.

 

[Ace of Knights]

@UCFhonors, I gotta give credit where credit is due. You nailed it last year with that thread. All of those reasons were exactly why we fell. Let's hope you go two for two with this new one.

 

[SublimeKnight]

13. Modern nutrition and training techniques

 

[jucf97]

14. Renewed sense of enthusiasm/confidence/fun for the game

 

[HammerB08]

15. Unpredictability. This is related to the new coaches/schemes points, but I think it's critical. Teams will have a lot of trouble scheming for a team that they don't really know what to expect. There's simply no tape or track record for them to go off of.

 

[UCFhonors]

16. TEs - very athletic and will be called upon to catch passes which hasn't happened in over a decade (notice we don't have HBs). This is the group that I'm most curious about.

 

[ucf_71127]

8b. Offensive pace will wear down opposing teams and we will catch teams between substitutions to give us an offensive advantage

 

[firm_bizzle]

Conditioning.

Fan Support.

@UCFhonors, I gotta give credit where credit is due. You nailed it last year with that thread. All of those reasons were exactly why we fell. Let's hope you go two for two with this new one.

He knows because he goes to practice.

 

[firm_bizzle]

16. TEs - very athletic and will be called upon to catch passes which hasn't happened in over a decade (notice we don't have HBs). This is the group that I'm most curious about.

Or FBs

 

[IsOwenThere]

Lol

 

[LemmyKilmister]

Lol

Mommy let you out of her basement?

 

[KNIGHTTIME^]

17. New half complete scoreboard

 

[SublimeKnight]

17. New half complete scoreboard

Looks half incomplete to me

 

[CommuterBob]

1. We have nowhere to go but up. Quite literally.

 

[firm_bizzle]

Free bbq

 

[Stormthecourt?]

Our OL has tons of experience being turnstiles. They certainly didn't learn blocking last year. Didn't we have a game with a total of minus 19 rushing yards?

 

[Great2BAKnight2]

We won't be as injured as last year. Last year we were the most injured team in the country. Hopefully the new training regiment and conditioning also helps prevent injuries.

 

[goodknightfl]

New video board, they will want to see themselves in replays....

 

[UCFhonors]

New video board, they will want to see themselves in replays....

Pure motivation right there.

 

[SCKnight]

3 Rivers in the Cabana. Will keep people at games even in the 4th Quarter

 

[UCFhonors]

Our OL has tons of experience being turnstiles. They certainly didn't learn blocking last year. Didn't we have a game with a total of minus 19 rushing yards?

From my experiences, mainly seeing development at practices, OLinemen take the longest to develop AND the longest to "gel." Returning oline starters generally are the 2nd most important group of returning starters behind a good returning QB. You could probably predict the success or regression of an offense by how many oline starters or upperclassmen WITH experience are returning. They are that important.

Fact is we didn't have very many returning oline starters, or upperclassmen last year. This year is different. Get excited.

 

[Central Floridave]

18) Facial hair

UCF players embrace beards and freedom of style under Scott Frost
http://www.baynews9.com/content/new...cles/bhsn/2016/8/31/ucf_players_embrace_.html

 

[jetsaholic]

18) Facial hair

UCF players embrace beards and freedom of style under Scott Frost
http://www.baynews9.com/content/new...cles/bhsn/2016/8/31/ucf_players_embrace_.html

O'Leary didn't allow beards? Fukc he thought we were, the Yankees?

 

[Knight_Classes_begin_7pm]

Did anyone mention that there is no previous film of Frost & UCF.....so SCS has no idea what Coach Frost may throw at them!

 

[Stormthecourt?]

Did anyone mention that there is no previous film of Frost & UCF.....so SCS has no idea what Coach Frost may throw at them!

I'm sure they've watched FishDuck's breakdown of the offense

 

[Flem3000]

Did anyone mention that there is no previous film of Frost & UCF.....so SCS has no idea what Coach Frost may throw at them!

A lot of the wishbone.....