The Rise of UCF Football
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
- Back in 2016, the UCF Knights football team went an entire regular season without winning a single game. Fast forward to 2019 and they have just completed a stretch over the last 2 seasons where they went 25-1, with their only loss coming to LSU in 2019. They completely revamped and turned around the program and put the University of Central Florida on the map, but how exactly did this fast turnaround happen? In today's video, we will be talking about the Rise of UCF Football.
Just to correct you, Darriel Mack is not out for the season. He’s expected to miss six to eight weeks with a broken ankle which is just about the time when the season starts
Oh wow. I hadn't heard that. I thought he'd be out for the whole year. Thank you for the correction
Darriel Mack will miss a couple of games this season but i fully expect him to play this year
Scott's Week In Sports nothing is confirmed but yeah a broken ankle isn’t a season ending injury. Heupel keeps quiet on his team’s health just to keep UCF’s opponents preparing and guessing. But mack will be back by week 4 at the latest I believe. I also think Dillon Gabriel will earn a start from wimbush before mack gets back
As a Memphis fan this one hurt
Yeah, but the Tigers played us well in nearly every game over the past two years. No shame in being a Memphis fan. . . .
Go tigers!!
As a UCF fan, Memphis is super good and should feel no shame. Always nervous about UCF facing the Tigers. See you in the AAC championship again hopefully.
@@zbellucf You'll love this. I now teach in California but after the last championship game, I ran into a student wearing a Memphis shirt. Told him, "You're gonna hate me but. . ."
Reed Naylor y’all stole the grizzlies, pain is what you deserve
My freshman year at UCF was in 2017. I was already really really into college football but holy shit I cannot tell you how insane it was to have that atmosphere on campus
It was my sophomore year and you're right 100% right it was electric. The 2018 was even more crazy, I remember getting to College Gameday at like 2 AM along with half the fucking school lmao. We decided we probably were't getting in the pit so we just stood right behind division between the pit and the rest of the stuff. I'm definitely not getting the football experience I expected when I applied in 2015 that's for danm sure.
Brandon Ball oh man me and my boys made it in the pit! If you ever watch that back, look for “UCF scores faster than a Bama fan at a family reunion”, that’s our sign!
I, being a Husker especially liked the detail you gave telling Frosty's philosophy for hiring coaches. He's truly a wonder as a coach, & I'm glad that UCF got to benefit from him. I'll always rout for UCF, unless they play NE of course. Which is incredibly weird, Husker never ever routed for FL teams before. Huge rivalry with the other 3 schools what with us getting Tommy Frasier away from FL. I'd watch UCF pulverize any of those other 3 FL teams any day.
Even though Frost is gone, the culture he built at UCF is alive and strong. I can’t believe how quickly he built such a strong family unit especially considering he started with a totally broken team.
As special as Frost is to us (well some of us choose to dislike him cause he left, but I understand why he did), he must be even more special to Husker nation. I’ll always be a fan of Frost so I guess that means I’ll be a Husker fan for quite some time lol. Hope he turns you guys around like he did for us!
Scott Frost was not only a great coach, he was the definition of class. Usually, when a coach is hired at the end of the season, he moves on, and never looks back. Coach Frost worked 24 hours a day to recruit for NE, AND he coached the UCF Knights to their biggest victory in the Peach Bowl. UCF will ALWAYS love Scott Frost.
George O'Leary needed to go. He wasn't was really deep thinker on the field and tended to play more old school 'smash mouth' type football which won't work in the modern era. Scott Frost, who played for the legendary Huskers in the 1990s when the Huskers were the team to beat, showed that UCF had a solid program that was just being mismanaged by someone who didn't know how to work with talent in the 21st-Centruy. Frost is proof you can have all the talent and facilities in the world but if you don't know how to use them then it won't matter. Great video.
Completey agree with this man
I agree George O’Leary wasn’t that good of a head coach
It sucks that wimbush didn’t play any meaningful minutes, but Dillon was a beast man. I loved seeing Brandon get his random snaps though, he was really talented.
Then a few years later. UCF going to the big 12. What an amazing story of a program that started in D3 and has made it up to the Power 5
It was 2015 UCF lost every game. We went to a bowl game in 2016 under Scott Frost.
And 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, and 2014 under George O'Leary.
Good video. Let's get a sum up of the other G5 schools in Florida: USF, FIU & FAU.
One edit : when referring to the peach bowl win you said “somehow” they won. UCF was the better team and would beat Auburn again if it was played again
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auburn didnt even want to be in that game if they played in the regular season or a more meaningful hame auburn would destroy ucf
Matt Dukes that’s not a valid argument. They played in the game, and it’s the peach bowl which is one of the biggest games of the year. If they stepped on the field, they wanted it and they were beat. That argument has been pushed by the media to nullify the importance and significance of Ucf’s big win. Ucf clearly was the better team.
@@lnd1998 lmao whatever that still doesnt make ucf champions
@@lnd1998Multiple people on Auburn have said that that's not how they feel, no fucking football player steps on the field to lose, that's just not how you get in that position be realistic. Both of their lines were MASSIVE but it's a good thing UCF literally went out to recruit the fastest mfers in Florida (Adrian Killin Jr. was a track star IIRC) and Shaquem pretty much single-handedly (rimshot) crippled their offense. Matt's just making a clown out of himself and that's fine, he has that right, just like I have the right to laugh at him.
Hi I’m from cole Adams! Looks like you’ve havegreat content! Can’t wait for future videos!
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Nice video bro!!
Thank you!!
Thaught QB was still open. Dillon Gabriel might be the better choice.If Wimbush gets the nod this kid may transfer because he knows Darriel Mack will be back for most of this season and Mackenzie M. will be given every opportunity to reclaim his old job. Let him get the nod against FAMU.This kid was offered by USC! He will keep the hyped fan based hyped.Wimbush WAS a starter;fans won't be excited by him.UCF needs to remain The Story in NCAA football.Prediction
Gabriel QB
Wimbush Wildcat,RB,WR,TE
I do not agree with this stance because when he committed to UCF Mack was already the starting QB and milton was already hurt. He literally committed to compete for the job and did not expect Mack to be injured. Plus Wimbush is a senior so it will only be one year with him and at best 1 more year of Milton so if Gabriel is redshirted he still will have 2 years to start (if he wins the job).
he was offered by Georgia too (probably more impressive)
Would have added:
Big East picking South Florida over UCF
Brandon Marshall shout out for 2005
Opening of On Campus Stadium
Kevin Smith chasing Barry Sanders record in 2007
Stay Consistent with your videos, they're very educational & you're very knowledgeable which leads you success!!
Kyle Kinnaird Thank you for the support!!
@@JKJ002 no problem at all, keep it up!!
Great video. Hopefully the UB Bulls become the next UCF
Jonathan Reddy They might be, you never know!
Watching this in 2023 UCF IS OFFICIALLY BIG 12 BOUND ⚔️
Mack will start when he is healthy and Gabriel will probably get a few starts. I would consider Wimbush 3rd in the depth chart at QB but is starting because of injury and freshman combined with two fairly easy opponents to start the season. Gabriel or Mack will be QB against Stanford.
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I have no clue so this is a legit question, but is Miami's fall part of the reason for UCF's success? Cause in a way, i see UCF as the third team in the state of Florida right now behind UF and FSU. They have been fantastic over the last few years.
Well made video man
Thank you!
They need to schedule better teams winning records. It’s too many cupcakes in their schedule. Just because you schedule somebody from the POWER conference don’t mean it’s a good team. Start scheduling with the good teams top 25 teams
Good luck with your channel, amazing potential. You'll break 25k during the football season
Chris Deoudes Thank you! That would be amazing if I could even get anywhere close to that
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"Doriel Mack" lol
Lets go Knights!!!!
Scott Frost is the one and only reason #GBR
Was Scott Frost coaching the team in 2013 or 2018? Nope. Was he a huge factor in the 2017 success? Of course but he wasn't the only reason.
Well, not exactly. He was indeed a huge reason. But if he was the only reason then Nebraska would have won their conference, gone undefeated, and made the CFP. You need talent and he had it at UCF. He was just unbelievably good at maximizing the talent at every level on the team. He and his coaches for that matter. Good for him! I wish him the best even if I don't like Nebraska.
Did you start watching in 2017?
Do a Cuse football vid
That's a great idea!! They've definitely been on the rise over the past few seasons
Cole Adams sent me
Thank you for checking my channel out!
It was 2015 UCF went win-less
Everybody wants to compare the UCFs schedule to the SEC. I get it! The SEC is great, the best conference in college football! No argument there. A better argument is the AAC vs the ACC. Take Clemson out and the ACC is garbage (as of the last couple of years). Who did Clemson play for the conference title in 2018 and 2019??? Another argument is the AAC vs the PAC12 who also has been pretty bad the past few years. Undefeated ACC and PAC12 teams would automatically earn a playoff spot. Why not the AAC. Just saying.
Oregon vs Auburn. Oregon almost won. UNC, Syracuse, Miami, and FSU have all been great recently in the past couple of years for the ACC. Stanford, Oregon, USC, Utah, and PAC 12 have also been really good in recent years as well. Put UCF in any other power 5 conference and they wouldn’t have the same record. They may still do good, but would point out that they aren’t national champion worthy or close to it
@@lsutigernation9024 You said it! Oregon vs Auburn. Oregon almost won. UCF vs. Auburn. UCF did win. UCF also beat Stanford last year by a wide margin. Then look at Memphis and Cincinnati. They have been better than Syracuse, Miami and FSU the past couple of years. Houston, Temple and Navy have been playing strong football lately and SMU is on the rise. If you stop buying into all of the media bias and look for yourself, you'll be surprised that the AAC is actually a pretty strong conference. Not SEC strong, but it can go toe to toe with the ACC and PAC 12.
King Hip-O So you’re telling me they’d go undefeated in the Big 12, Pac 12, or ACC?? High doubtful. They might win a good bit but definitely not championship worthy. Phony “National Champs”. Sad y’all have to call y’all selves that
@@lsutigernation9024 Probably not the ACC because Clemson is top notch but UCF is good enough to probably finish with a 1 loss season assuming UCF is placed in the Coastal with Miami, they don't play Clemson in conference play and lose in the ACC championship. A 1-loss ACC team will still be in play for a playoff spot.
However, UCF can have a run against Pac 12 opponents. Oregon is currently the only real roadblock in that conference and they are not unbeatable.
Last, I didn't say anything about the "Big" conferences.
No emotions, just facts.
King Hip-O Bro, I don’t even know what your point is anymore lol. They’re definitely not national championship worthy and I doubt they’d only have 1 loss in ACC. They pull upsets a good bit, not to say beating UCF is an upset but still lol
UCF is NOT on the rise. Beating schools like Connecticut and South Carolina State, then declaring yourselves national champs does not make you a powerhouse. They have not been in the playoffs because of their schedule. The only real team they played during that "run" was LSU, giving up 40 points to a team that Alabama shut out. They are not on the level of Alabama, Clemson, or LSU, and they never will be.
You mad salty bruh. But you steady on a UCF video though. OK closet fan XD
The reason is they have a to easy schedule and conference like when they got exposed against LSU as a bama fan who plays LSU every year they are a hard opponent so if the played a team like that every year but wait when the beat Auburn they were facing a injury plagued team with a coaching problem so they don’t deserve to be in the playoffs yet since they haven’t played any top 10 teams except LSU and got beat so if you can beat any top 10 or top 5 teams then I will show respect so until then keep on talking because you will eventually will play somebody like Alabama and get crushed so y’all can keep on talking but until you can beat a top 5 D1 school then you might be able to get in the playoffs
FTN_Pranks do you know what punctuation is?
Going undefeated in two seasons during the regular season and losing to LSU by eight points isn't really 'getting exposed'. It's kind of the opposite, it shows that UCF could hang with the big boys its not like LSU blew them out. Get over yourself and actually pay attention to what's actually going on.
"Exposed" by LSU by losing by 8 points without their starting QB? Huh?
@@119Agent lsu also had their 3rd string dbs and 2nd string dline because of the draft plus 2018 lsu wasnt quite the type of team you have to play close to prove you belong in the playoffs you need to beat a top 5 team lsu was close but not quite that
Matt Dukes Yeah that has been debunked. Nobody on that LSU defense was making their first start at that position.
They are definitely not the 2017 champions. Y’all can say all y’all want, y’all didn’t deserve to go the playoffs and they definitely wouldn’t have won lol
...and the fall of UCF football as predicted by most of America.
Not really.. UCf schedule is very weak overall.
There is always that one guy with the same weak argument, as if you're a parrot to a commentator. Come up with something original and better than that. Hater gon' Hate
Lol, is that the best you can do? Try playing a regular season SEC schedule . Then ucf cry’s we should be in the play offs and claims their mystical national championship, while losing to an LSU team who was completely depleted on defense due to the NFL draft. Please! Earn it!
@@sonsoftheedelweiss72 Thanks for the paragraph you just sent but not interested in the malarkey your spewing. Go waste your life trolling another video
@@sonsoftheedelweiss72 If they played a regular season SEC schedule would they also be given the better recruiting class for being in the SEC and the money for being in the SEC as well?
@@sonsoftheedelweiss72 they would....if SEC teams actually scheduled ucf instead of D2 schools