UCF athletic director Danny White has a really outsized voice in the college athletics world for a Group of 5 AD. Overseeing a recent undefeated football season and declaring your program “national champions” will do that. Amid the current ongoing health crisis, White has been a pretty active voice as well. A few weeks ago, […]
Read More2 Prominent ADs Comment On 2020 College Football Season
Losing March Madness was a big enough hit to the sports world this month. If this winds up impacting college football season, things could get pretty dire for schools across the country. Despite what some schools will claim, college football is a huge moneymaker. While the NCAA Tournament obviously provides a nice monetary benefit to member schools, […]
Read MoreBetting Lines Released For Top College Football Games Of 2020
Fans are already looking forward to the upcoming 2020 college football season. LSU won last season’s national championship after a dominant performance over the Clemson Tigers. Which team will win it all this year? There are plenty of pivotal games for the 2020-21 season. Despite the season still being a few months away, FanDuel has […]
Read MoreA ‘Consensus’ 2020 Preseason Top 25 Poll Has Been Tabulated
We’re deep in “way too early Top 25” season for college football, where just about every outlet gives a prediction for how next season will look. There’s a distinct trend at the top of many of the major rankings. College football writer Matt Hinton took the liberty of creating a “consensus” poll, combining 15 of […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2019 College Football Staff Picks: Bowl Games, College Football Playoff
Tomorrow afternoon college football returns, with bowl season getting underway. After months of picks, we’ll now do our best to predict the winner of all 40 postseason games, including the College Football Playoff. Things get started with the ever-entertaining Bahamas Bowl on Friday afternoon at 2 p.m. Charlotte plays its first ever bowl game against […]
Read More12 Players Have Announced They’ll Be Skipping Their Bowl Games
There has been a growing trend in recent years of players skipping bowl games in order to avoid injuries before entering the NFL. And with less than a week before the start of bowl season, there are already a dozen players who are planning to skip. 247Sports has kept an updated list of players skipping […]
Read MoreReport: Lane Kiffin Makes Ole Miss Offensive Coordinator Hire
Weird as it may be, offense rules the day in the SEC West. It wasn’t long ago that the division, and conference as a whole, was predicated on defense, but Lane Kiffin helped spur on that shift during his time as Alabama offensive coordinator. Nick Saban made the decision to modernize his offense by hiring […]
Read MorePhotos: UCF Unveils Incredible ‘Space Game’ Uniform
Oregon, Boise State, Ohio State and Notre Dame are among the college football programs renown for their unique uniforms. But the UCF Knights are unveiling a new uniform for their now-annual ‘Space Game’ that is simply incredible. In a video released by the team, UCF Football revealed their space-themed uniform with President John F. Kennedy’s […]
Read MoreCincinnati Had An Epic Message For UCF After Upset Win
The first big game of this weekend in college football resulted in an upset loss. On Friday, Cincinnati handed UCF in its second loss of the season in an absolute stunner. UCF went the past two regular seasons without losing a single game. It’s only taken six weeks this year for the Knights to lose […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2019 College Football Staff Picks: Week 6
College Football Week 6 kicks off tonight with a pair of Group of Five games between Georgia Southern and South Alabama, and then Temple and East Carolina. On Friday night, things heat up a bit. No. 18 UCF makes the trip up to Cincinnati in what will be a crucial game for deciding the ACC […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2019 College Football Staff Picks: Week 5
We’re getting into the heart of conference play here in College Football Week 5. That means plenty of big Power Five matchups. Last week brought some pretty significant upsets. Only one of our staff members had Utah falling to USC in Los Angeles, and Appalachian State knocking off North Carolina. All of us missed TCU’s […]
Read MoreUCF Football Announces Major Non-Conference Series
UCF isn’t afraid to play any team. The Knights tend to be at their best when they’re on the biggest stage. They already proved it earlier this season when they dominated the Stanford Cardinal. Now, the Knights have scheduled a home-and-home series against an exciting Group of Five opponent. UCF and Boise State will play […]
Read MorePitt Just Knocked Off UCF On A Wild Trick Play In The Final Minute
The UCF Knights will not finish the season with an undefeated record this year. The Pitt Panthers, behind a wild trick play in the final minute, knocked them off 35-34 in a stunner. Pitt raced out to a 21-0 lead early, only to blow it in less than one quarter of play. But one final […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2019 College Football Staff Picks: Week 4
College Football Week 4 is here, and with it, a lot of in-conference, Power Five vs. Power Five match-ups. After a few weekends of relatively light schedules, that is very welcome. Week 3 provided some major trouble spots for our whole staff, especially with the ACC’s struggles. We all took Boston College, NC State, and […]
Read MoreKirk Herbstreit Thinks UCF Is Being Underrated Right Now
Over the past few years, ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit has been tough on the UCF Knights. Well, it appears his stance has finally changed. Herbstreit always respected UCF’s winning culture, but he did have doubts about the program. Since the Knights are thriving with freshman quarterback Dillon Gabriel, Herbstreit believes it’s time for the nation […]
Read MorePhoto: Tiger Woods In Attendance For Stanford-UCF Game
Stanford and UCF will battle this afternoon in one of the best non-conference games Week 3 has to offer. There will be a very special guest in attendance at Spectrum Stadium as Tiger Woods is ready to support his alma mater. Before Woods put together a legendary golf career at the PGA level, he spent […]
Read MoreCollege GameDay Staff Makes Week 3 Picks For 2019 Season
College GameDay was in Ames, Iowa this week ahead of the big matchup between the Hawkeyes and the Cyclones. Just before Noon, as usual, the staff made its picks for the biggest games of the weekend. This week’s celebrity guest picker was country music singer Eric Church. Although it didn’t sit well with the home […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2019 College Football Staff Picks: Week 3
College Football Week 2 didn’t bring a ton of drama, though the highly-anticipated game between LSU and Texas in Austin was a treat. The Tigers pulled out the win, as five of our nine staff members predicted entering the weekend. There were some games that tripped us up, big time. UCLA continues to free fall, […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2019 College Football Staff Picks: Week 2
We’re all very glad to have college football back in our lives. While Week 1 didn’t bring the craziness that many weeks of this sport do, we did have some big upsets. Oregon was the only Top 25 team to go down, and it did to another ranked squad in Auburn. The Tigers and Ducks […]
Read MoreTim Brando Releases A Bold College Football Top 10 After Week 1
The Associated Press and the Coaches’ Poll released their new college football top 25s on Tuesday afternoon. There are few surprises regarding the respective polls. Clemson and Alabama held firm in the top two spots at No. 1 and No. 2, respectively. Auburn joined the top 10 after defeating Oregon in comeback fashion. After the […]
Read MoreThe Week 2 AP Poll Top 25 Has Been Released
The first week of the college football season is officially in the bag. Last night put a bow on Week 1, with Notre Dame’s road win over Louisville. Earlier this afternoon, USA Today published its Week 2 Coaches Poll. Clemson remains No. 1 in the country, followed by Alabama, Georgia, Oklahoma, and Ohio State. Now, the Associated […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2019 College Football Staff Picks: Week 1
Week 1 of the College Football season is finally here. After a pair of games opened things up last weekend, we finally have our full slate of games. Last Saturday, a pair of match-ups opened up the 2019 season. Florida and Miami played the first game of the year, a rare Week Zero game between […]
Read MoreUCF QB McKenzie Milton Issued A New Injury Update
UCF fans have been waiting with baited breath to get a prognosis on star quarterback McKenzie Milton – regardless of whether he plays again or not. Fortunately, Milton just got an injury update that bodes extremely well for his career. Speaking to ESPN this past weekend via 247Sports, Milton explained that his recovery from reconstructive […]
Read More247Sports Projects 2019 College Football Playoff, New Year’s Six Bowls
Next Saturday rings in “Week Zero,” where we get a nice appetizer of college football, before the big August 31 kickoff of the season. From there, we go on our long march to the College Football Playoff. 247Sports has looked into the crystal ball—or, at least, the preseason polls—to project ahead. Today, the site put […]
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