"Thursday said it all. As Twitter raged, the Knights, under first-year, two-scoops-of-vanilla head coach Josh Heupel, remained one of the four unbeaten teams in the nation, along with Alabama, Clemson and Notre Dame. They were led by quarterback McKenzie Milton, the same Milton who strafed USF last season. Milton threw for 312 yards and three touchdowns against Temple. In other news, Temple had a school-record 670 yards of offense against a rickety UCF defense, something right out of the USF playbook.
But who would you rather be, UCF or USF? No, UCF hasn't played anyone. And, yes, it might get its doors blown in the AAC title game if it runs into high-scoring Houston, which ended USF's perfect season last weekend.
I've had USF types tells me their school would have never lowered itself to crow about being co-national champions. I've been asked if this newspaper would have gone all in like the Orlando Sentinel, which produced a championship book on UCF after the Knights beat Auburn in the Peach Bowl to complete their perfect season.
Know what I tell them? Have USF go 13-0, then let's talk.
USF is chasing UCF. Go ahead, make fun of UCF's Erector-Set stadium that shakes when fans stomp their feet, but at least they stomp their feet and they stomp them on campus. Thursday night felt like college football. I like USF athletic director Michael Kelly, he's a can-do guy, but any chance of USF ever making a Power Five conference rides on a partnership with its I-4 neighbor. At present, UCF would do all the talking if the two schools ever got in the room. It leads the way."
https://www.tampabay.com/sports/2018/11/02/ucf-the-underdog-that-everyone-loves-to-hate/
But who would you rather be, UCF or USF? No, UCF hasn't played anyone. And, yes, it might get its doors blown in the AAC title game if it runs into high-scoring Houston, which ended USF's perfect season last weekend.
I've had USF types tells me their school would have never lowered itself to crow about being co-national champions. I've been asked if this newspaper would have gone all in like the Orlando Sentinel, which produced a championship book on UCF after the Knights beat Auburn in the Peach Bowl to complete their perfect season.
Know what I tell them? Have USF go 13-0, then let's talk.
USF is chasing UCF. Go ahead, make fun of UCF's Erector-Set stadium that shakes when fans stomp their feet, but at least they stomp their feet and they stomp them on campus. Thursday night felt like college football. I like USF athletic director Michael Kelly, he's a can-do guy, but any chance of USF ever making a Power Five conference rides on a partnership with its I-4 neighbor. At present, UCF would do all the talking if the two schools ever got in the room. It leads the way."
https://www.tampabay.com/sports/2018/11/02/ucf-the-underdog-that-everyone-loves-to-hate/
