I sat next to one of the WR's on the plane to Orlando last August from Seattle. Very cool guy and former Olympian (braceyaself on Instagram). He had just been cut by the Seahawks. Unfortunately he went to FSU, but i don't hold that against him. Nice guy. He had nothing but good things to say about UCF and lives in the Orlando area.
still don't see either of these leagues lasting long unless the NFL is just going to prop it up so it doesn't lose money
I’m a big fan of kickoff returns. Seems like all levels of football are phasing it out and this league doesn’t even have them at all.
Why? Not trolling, seriously asking.
Right - a very exciting player. But even Hester, being arguably one of the greatest returners of all time, still only had 5 TDs on 300 KO returns (<2%) and actually had more than twice as many fumbles (11) on those returns.
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Yeah he definitely was better at punt returns. Even if he didn't score a lot on KOs, it was fun watching to see if he would.
Just because KO and punt returns for TDs are some of the most exciting plays even when they only happen sparingly. I guess as a UCF fan I’m a little biased
I agree - would be odd to not have them at all and the biggest question mark for me when taking them away are onside kicks. Another thing that rarely is exciting but can give teams a chance when they otherwise wouldn’t have one.
This! I didn’t even think of that. It gives a team virtually no chance of a desperate /miracle comeback
I believe it was the Rutgers coach who was pushing for rule changes after one of his players was paralyzed on a KO who had an interesting idea for this...
That’s better than an onside kick. Guarantees the team the ball and at the 50. That’s a 67 yard FG. Record is 64. Plus PI penalties or even offsides and it gets closer. That’s too much of an advantage.
The AAF rules allow you to either "kick" or attempt a 4th and 10 from your own 35. This is essentially the same idea, as kickoffs are from the 35 and the ball needs to go 10 yards. I bet teams would view this as more doable than an onside kick, so you will see teams go for it more often in the AAF. Imagine a really good offense keeping the ball again and again by converting the "onside" 4th and 10
NBA regular season is a joke. Way too many games. Also had to fight UFC last night.
wonder how this is going to effect any structural fixes to the Stadium..any updates on the timeline of that?
doubt it has any effect, probably pulling from the same demo that went to Arena league games. if anything they may like the tailgating setup On Campus and consider going to a few UCF games in the Fall
More money for stadium upgrades, like the Cabana wall.
