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 12:56 PM ^
The College Football Playoff is not, in fact, an official NCAA event. There is no official NCAA FBS football champion.
The NCAA would surely like to run an FBS football Championship --- they would make a TON of money on it.
But many FBS schools, most notably the big $$$ schools, prefer the current system. So, that's where we are.
Obviously UCF does not fall into the "many FBS schools" above.
First off, who cares? They went 13-0 and beat all comers, not their fault that the system is built as it is - as a single institution, they have no ability to change the NCAA and no option but to participate in it.
As for precedence? Oh man... every major program in the US claims some National Championship pre-modern era that has at least some doubt to its legitimacy. This includes Ohio State, Alabama, even Michigan as major programs doing it. Not to mention a lot of outlier programs who do the same.
I don't think this does any harm and good for them for continuing to build the program in the face of losing their head coach.
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April 22nd, 2018 at 12:45 PM ^
There should be a real playoff (ideally 16 teams, though we will probably have to start with 8). Until that time, UCF has every right to claim a national title, and credit to them for paying out all their coaching staff's national title bonuses.
Did they win a national championship this year, under a system they willingly participate in?
No.
What a joke.
I'm also in the "I really don't give a shit about UCF and this silly claim" camp. My gauge on the national sentiment toward this topic is that no one takes it seriously and they think it's "cute".
If UCF thinks that claiming a National Championship that they didn't win will bring their program prestige and cache, they're sadly mistaken. This just highlights the fact that they are a mid-tier program that doesn't really belong with the big league teams.
Then the team that finished ranked 20th would hand out national championship rings since they were denied the chance at proving themselves in the playoffs. And it would still be stupid.
Nobody wouldve kept Wisconsin out with one solid win over OSU.
Also 2004 Auburn, who went 13-0.
It's hard to imagine an SEC team going undefeated and not playing for the title. Those were the days...
Thank you. This is the correct take. UCF looks like a bunch of jackasses in my book. All this says is, if you want to "win the national championship", play in a horseshit conference against horseshit teams, and then pull out all the stops to beat the one actual real team you play, after which you can have a dumbass banner based on the totally real concept of the transitive property of sports.
If you want to say that most of the schools they played were "teams". Then have at it hoss.
when the national championship game appearance was on the line.
Do you honestly think their resume was one of the four best?
http://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/2116/year/2017they were undefeated and should be given a chance to be in the playoff. Their win over Auburn further bolstered their argument that they should've been given a chance.
It was one thing to claim a national championship back when there was no national championship game or CFP...
Now it's just kinda lame
Did they take the team out for dinner at chucky cheese also after handing out their 7th place ribbons?
let alone capping it off beating Auburn makes them champions no matter how you slice it.
Think of the determination and perservance those players on the winless team had to dig themselves out of that hole.
It's one of the most impressive turnarounds and team efforts in recent CFB.
Among the many reasons we are CFB fans.
Let's get that 2013 banner up! We have just as much of a claim as UCF in football!
Us: Hey NCAA, how did we do in that national championship?
NCAA: You lost.
Us: Who did we lose to?
NCAA: Uhhhhh...
In all seriousness though, I just want a giant banner of the Trey Burke block in the rafters instead.
"The Block Was Clean....And So Was The Team...2013"
The rest of me couldn't care less...
jdon