Reminder: TMo put in work to secure this bowl game against UF

Treyway · Dec 24, 2021

I don't remember it ever being posted here, but Terry Mohajir spoke about how hard he lobbied to get us this bowl game.

So, when the possibility of a bowl matchup featuring UCF (8-4) and either Florida or Florida State arose, Mohajir began working the phones to make something happen.
“We started lobbying pretty heavily with folks about the winner of the Florida-Florida State game,” Mohajir told The Orlando Sentinel. “We knew that the ACC and the SEC were possibly going to go long and have more bowl-eligible teams than what they had bowl contracts.”

After sharing his idea with school president Alexander Cartwright and coach Gus Malzahn, Mohajir reached out to the American Athletic Conference and ESPN to persuade them to make a matchup would be beneficial to everyone involved. He also wanted to ensure everyone was in the loop and going through the proper channels.

“There were some other talks about finding other SEC or ACC teams, so I just called as many people as possible that would listen,” said Mohajir. “ESPN saw it as an opportunity as did the SEC and some others, so everything just happened to align this year and they were able to make it happen.”

Sounds like Terry was working the phones before the regular season even ended. Probably caught those lazy ass gators in Gainesville off guard and his preemptive lobbying is what saved us from getting pushed out of the Gasparilla bowl by UF.

UCF AD Terry Mohajir lobbied to get a matchup with Florida in Gasparilla Bowl

UCF athletics director Terry Mohajir makes no bones about working hard to put the Knights in a position for success. So, when the possibility of a bowl matchup featuring UCF (8-4) and either Florid…

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UCFBS · Dec 24, 2021