No pregame fireworks necessary. Both the No. 11 LSU Tigers (9-3, SEC) and No. 8 UCF Knights (12-0, American) were straight hyped to kick this baby off. Bands loud, crowd loud, play loud. The whole package a New Year’s Day bowl game can bring. Say hello to the 2019 PlayStation Fiesta Bowl. If we weren’t […]
One of the defining aspects of New Year’s Day is watching college football. We have the Tournament of Rose Parade, followed by hours of top-ranked teams dueling in the premier bowl games of the season. This January 1st, before the College Football Playoffs begin, the 50th annual Chick-fil-a Peach Bowl pits Auburn from the Southeastern Conference […]
The 2017 UCF Knights football team was putting together a historic 2017. At 6-0 and ranked in the Top 20, the Knights passed their first two big tests. UCF ran past the West division-leading Memphis Tigers and survived a tough matchup against the Navy Midshipmen. In our previous part, we looked at the first half […]
The 2017 UCF Knights came into the fall football season with higher, yet still subdued expectations. The previous season, they jumped from 0-12 in 2015 to 6-7 in 2016. At the American Athletic Conference media days, the Knights were selected to finish second in the East Division. This was all part of UCF head coach Scott […]
He’s coming “home.” It was officially announced during the American Athletic Conference Championship that UCF Head Coach Scott Frost was leaving for the University of Nebraska to coach in 2018. While speculation is still abound, the word as of this posting is that Frost will be on the sidelines during the Peach Bowl on Jan. […]
Orlando, FL — This championship game was a crown jewel duel for the American Athletic Conference. It pitted the East Division’s undefeated University of Central Florida Knights against the Western Division-winning Memphis Tigers. Between the two teams, there was only one loss for the season, and the Tigers suffered that back in September on their first […]
UCF’s 49-42 win Black Friday over the Bulls of the University of South Florida is going down as one of the top games in 2017. Not just for either of the two rival teams – but the whole of college football. For the Knights specifically, it locked up the East-Division Championship in the American Athletic […]
The narrative after No. 15 UCF’s 49-24 victory over UConn wasn’t one of the continued streak of success. Nor was it about another high-scoring, dominant win — the program’s ninth-straight this season. It wasn’t even about how far the Knights have come in the first year of Scott Frost’s era as head coach. Instead, it was […]
When UCF went to face Southern Methodist in Dallas on November 4th, the Knights found themselves in big trouble. On their opening offensive drive, they were stopped on a fourth down. The Mustangs then responded with a big play and touchdown their opening drive. On top of that panic-inducing start, The Knights lost the turnover […]
When the Knights came off the field after their victory hosting FCS school Austin Peay, 73-33, there were accolades galore that followed. UCF had achieved the most points scored in a game in the school’s history. They were officially 7-0, also a program-first during a season. Additionally, as one of five remaining undefeated teams in […]
