Game Thread: Gasparilla Bowl: Florida vs Central Florida (ESPN 6 CST)

[81usaf92]

That didn’t look good

 

[81usaf92]

FIIIGGGHHHTTT!!!!!

 

[selmaborntidefan]

So Gus Malzahn gets off to the same SEC start at UCF that he did at the University of Auburn.

 

[81usaf92]

So Gus Malzahn gets off to the same SEC start at UCF that he did at the University of Auburn.

“We beat a team that nearly beat Alabama”

 

[GrayTide]

Well he’s making $2.3mil a year vs $6.9mil. He had to make cuts somewhere and we know it wasn’t going to be Kristi’s hair budget.

Or after game winning nights out at IHOP.

 

[crimsonaudio]

 

[selmaborntidefan]

“We beat a team that nearly beat Alabama”

UCF will always be a bunch of wannabes but never gonnabes who will tell you they "beat a team who beat a team." I swear these people need wrapped up in a pinata and smacked for Christmas AND New Year's.

 

[81usaf92]

UCF will always be a bunch of wannabes but never gonnabes who will tell you they "beat a team who beat a team." I swear these people need wrapped up in a pinata and smacked for Christmas AND New Year's.

They are a far better program now than Miami and Florida St but really what is that really saying? If they joined the ACC then they would likely rule it along with Clemson.

UCF is growing at an alarming rate, and probably is one of those teams in the G5 (along with Cincinnati) that SHOULD be P5. But we need to pump the brakes in saying that they are a playoff team or got screwed in 2017 and 2018.

 

[DawgAlum2054]

They are a far better program now than Miami and Florida St but really what is that really saying? If they joined the ACC then they would likely rule it along with Clemson.

UCF is growing at an alarming rate, and probably is one of those teams in the G5 (along with Cincinnati) that SHOULD be P5. But we need to pump the brakes in saying that they are a playoff team or got screwed in 2017 and 2018.

72,000 students at UCF, it is a huge school. I would love to see them join the ACC, but there is no way they will have 3 ACC schools from one state.

 

[81usaf92]

72,000 students at UCF, it is a huge school. I would love to see them join the ACC, but there is no way they will have 3 ACC schools from one state.

Yeah. They really should swap UCF for Miami. I know alot here but Miami hook line and sinker but Miami is still a tough university to get into in a community outside the city.

 

[81usaf92]

Thanks Florida. UCF winning the state championship gives Gus room to gloat.

 

[seebell]

Florida QB play is terrible.

 

[crimsonaudio]

CoNgRaTuLaTioNs tO tHe 2021 NaTIoNAl ChAmPiUn KuH-nIgGeTs !!1!11!!

 

[Crimson1967]

They didn’t even have a football team until 1979, when they began as a Division III program. Now they are in a quasi-P5 league. Quite an accomplishment.

Granted, this is a bad Florida team led by a coach who was prepping for the game with the new coach peering over his shoulder. But it is still a big win for them in terms of perception.

UCF beat Alabama in 2000. After the game, Mike Dubose was fired.

 

[TideEngineer08]

72,000 students at UCF, it is a huge school. I would love to see them join the ACC, but there is no way they will have 3 ACC schools from one state.

How many of those students are on campus?

How many will turn into season ticket holding alumni?

How many actually attend the games now?

Their attendance number is an overrated statistic when it comes to whether or not they are worthy of P5 status, IMO. Even the concept of them passing UF, FSU, or Miami is still not a given because of the foundation those 3 have in place. The right coach can turn them around instantly and UCF would be yesterday's dirty laundry. But the longer they all take to get their acts together, the more entrenched UCF becomes.

 

[Tidewater]

Florida QB play is terrible.

That is putting it mildly.

 

[JayBama_in_PCOLA]

UCF won the National championship game last ni…. Hold up!

 

[OSUTideFan]

Florida QB play is terrible.

They will be better next year with their new OSU transfer QB coming in. Not good enough to risk upsetting Alabama, but good enough to beat a directional school at a meaningless bowl game.

 

[Tidewater]

They will be better next year with their new OSU transfer QB coming in. Not good enough to risk upsetting Alabama, but good enough to beat a directional school at a meaningless bowl game.

Is "Central" really a direction?

 

[OSUTideFan]

Is "Central" really a direction?

Sure, you can work out the vector from your current position to (0,0,0) on the coordinate system.