UCF Knights unveil 2017 championship banner
Part of me does think that UCF has a point when I read: ". . . we feel very strongly as the only undefeated team, and having beat Auburn, who beat both teams competing for the national championship, that we have an extremely sound case to claim the crown." Maybe not a great point but, still, it is a point.
Also I did not know the Knights finished No. 1 in at least one ranking -- the Colley Bias Free Matrix Rankings, one poll among many recognized by the NCAA that was formerly used in the BCS computer rankings. I guess if I went to school there, I'd support the banner since the team didn't get a chance to compete in the playoffs.
Anyway, here is the link
April 22nd, 2018 at 11:49 AM ^
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April 22nd, 2018 at 11:50 AM ^
Anything to punk the NCAA is a good thing.
April 22nd, 2018 at 11:51 AM ^
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April 23rd, 2018 at 10:52 AM ^
At least 3 of the historical National Championships they claim were awarded to them by the Tuscaloosa News...
April 22nd, 2018 at 11:52 AM ^
It's April 22nd and we're still talking about UCF football. They were brilliant with this entire thing and the sports media combined with the people who got irrationally angry about it fed right into everything. Honestly I respect it, because the system really does f*** mid majors right now (expand it to 8 games with an auto bid for the best mid major, please).
April 22nd, 2018 at 11:53 AM ^
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April 22nd, 2018 at 12:01 PM ^
This program move forward and winning something in the modern era than claiming titles from the 20s and 60s. Yay.
April 22nd, 2018 at 12:41 PM ^
That's exactly why it would be done when we were leading in the fourth quarter with a current national title secured!
April 22nd, 2018 at 11:58 AM ^
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April 22nd, 2018 at 11:58 PM ^
Yeah of course. I still think any loss in the big house to a non-P5 team is by definition a bad loss. Even if that non-P5 team ends up being a as good as UCF was this past year or Utah in 2008.
Do you think Oklahoma fans consider their loss to Boise St in the bowl game a "quality loss"?
I wouldn't consider Michigan's two point loss to an undefeated Utah a bad loss. Yeah, it was disappointing but it wasn't like Utah was some crap team -- they were coming off a 9-4 season and had a good QB in Brian Johnson.
Michigan's loss to Toledo? Now, that was a bad loss.
Fair enough. I guess Michigan football has fallen off that much. I remember a time when any loss in the big house was considered a bad loss. Much less one to a Mountain West team.
April 22nd, 2018 at 12:27 PM ^
April 22nd, 2018 at 12:54 PM ^
Meh....
I highly doubt that they would have "compltely owned" Michigan in Ann Arbor had we played this year.
(A) It would have been before Speight got hurt (who was better than O'Korn).
(B) We would have had a realistic chance at an undefeated regular season last year with UCF's schedule. What were their best regular season wins? Navy? Memphis?
(C) 2 common opponents suggest that they weren't significantly ahead of us:
UCF 38 Maryland 10, Michigan 35-10 (Michigan jumped out in front quicker than UCF did and then coasted, perhaps Harbaugh wanted to be kind to Durkin)
UCF 51 Cincinnati 23, Michigan 36-14.
(D) It is highly possible that our Defensive Line would have disrupted their offense.
You're taking the bait...
April 22nd, 2018 at 12:03 PM ^
April 22nd, 2018 at 12:56 PM ^
They let 68 teams into the NCAA Bball tourney and there is still controversy with who gets in and who doesn't.
I am not opposed to expanding it to 8, but don't think for a minute that if they expand it to 8, teams ranked #9 and #10 won't still whine about being better than teams #7 and #8.
Didn't the NCAA tourney expand from 64 to 65 and then to 68 in part because people were complaining that it wasn't fair that such and such teams were left out?
If they expanded the CFB Playoff field to the best 8, based on the CFB Playoff rankings there still would be controversy - no?
2017's final poll before the playoffs - Penn State was ranked 9th and claim that they were better than #7 3 loss Auburn. Undefeated UCF was 12th.
2016's final poll before the playoffs - Undefeated #15 WMU would claim that they were more deserving than a 3 loss #8 Wisconsin team. FSU and WVU would also likely claim that they were better than Wisconsin.
I am for expanding the playoff field, but there would still be some controversy, perhaps not as much, but some.
for NCAA BB Tournament are all teams that had no shot of winning it all whereas for Football, they actually have a shot of winning it all. That's a big difference between the two because there aren't enough sample size to determine a true champion since it's 12-13 games as opposed to 30+ games. Any of the top 10-15 teams can win it all in Football hence the argument for playoff expansion.
April 22nd, 2018 at 12:12 PM ^
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April 22nd, 2018 at 12:57 PM ^
Technically they didn't participate in all of their games. Due to weather they canceled the Georgia Tech game and never made it up. They canceled the Maine game to make up the Memphis game, which had also been canceled due to weather.
They got out of two opponents last year...through no fault of their own.
Beating another Power 5 team who had a losing record would not have moved the needle for a Power 5 playoff candidate, and it should't for them. Schools like UCF need to basically schedule at least one serious title contender and one other solid P5 team AND beat them in order to be in the conversation, otherwise their whole schedule has about as much menace as Alabama's typical nonconference lineup.
Memphis, Navy and USF who are all in top 50 in Football Outsiders rankings.
Bama meanwhile only faced three teams in top 50 in Football Outsiders rankings and lost to one of them.
April 22nd, 2018 at 12:23 PM ^
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SHOULD (but doesnt have the guts to) order them to take it down and if they dont level hard penalties on them. This undermines the NCAA and its playoff
April 22nd, 2018 at 12:32 PM ^