1) Quadry Jones, redshirt freshman. From Orlando's Jones High School. He only played for one snap last year. He threw for a trick play long bomb TD.

2) Brandon Wimbush, 5th Year Senior transfer from Notre Dame. Was previously a heisman candidate at ND. However, got replaced by Ian Book who is starting this year. He was eligible to transfer as he graduated at ND.

3) Dillon Gabriel, Freshman from Hawaii. Broke Bama's qb Tua records along with McKenzie Milton's records. He is good friends with KZ. A reason he came from hawaii. Heavily recruited by Georgia, South Carolina and USC. Chose UCF due to story of McKenzie Milton.

4) Dariell Mack, Jr. Started two games last year and came in after KZ's gruesome leg injury. Junior. He suffered a ankle injury off season so is booted up. Reports that he will be eligible to play a few games in.

5) McKenzie Milton. Taking a redshirt his Senior season so will be eligible in 2020. He is walking now but still wears a knee brace. He is carrying the clip board and acting like an assistant Qb coach. He has said he wants to coach after school. I doubt he will play again. but, keeping the faith. Milton has performed miracles for UCF. Proud fan.

Here is a post first practice interview of Coach Heupel and the three Qb's in the starting race to propel UCF into the next era. Preseason Coach Poll has UCF at #17. UCF's highest preseason rankings ever. Go Knights!

http://www.facebook.com/ucffoo...deos/2095950177374990/

Why not start Gabrielle... If he beat Miltons and Tuas high school numbers he should slide right in. How does the defense look? Milton was a true freshman starter correct? I wish Miami and UCF would set up a home and home every year.

Coach KZ: While injured leg heals, Milton still leads UCF

http://sports.yahoo.com/coach-...063703280--ncaaf.html

He very well may start. Coach Heupel has said no starter has been announced and it is an open competition. Gabriel looked good in the spring game. Both Wimbush and Gabriel were here for the spring game so they both got in early.

It will be interesting who wins. During the UCF coach meet n great at Port Canaveral a couple months ago, Coach said whoever is the most consistent will win the starting job.

I think Wimbush will be the starter Aug 29th just due to he has starting experience and is older. He looks a lot bigger also. Don't count out Quadry Jones though. Although not a flashy named player he is reportedly pretty good as well.

Defense is looking to be pretty good this year. DBs are best in conference. Linebackers really good. Some question marks on DL though. We lost a lot. However, we have some returning players and had a slew of transfers on the DL. Hoping Randy Shannon knows what he is doing. I think he does. He has been around for awhile in coaching circles.

I do think this is UCF best team ever. However, with that said, putting faith in a bunch of 18 to 22 year olds is iffy. Won't know until see them play. I've burned before as a UCF fan. Will be burned again. However, please dear football gawds...not this year...

Schedule:

Thursday Aug. 29 Florida A&M Spectrum Stadium, Orlando, FL 7:30pm ET CBSSN

Saturday Sep. 7 at Florida Atlantic Owls

Saturday Sep. 14 Stanford Cardinal Spectrum Stadium, Orlando, FL

Saturday Sep. 21 at Pitt Panthers

Saturday Sep. 28 UConn Huskies Spectrum Stadium, Orlando, FL

Friday Oct. 4 at Cincinnati Bearcats

Saturday Oct. 12 OFF

Saturday Oct. 19 East Carolina Pirates (HC) Spectrum Stadium, Orlando, FL

Saturday Oct. 26 at Temple Owls

Saturday Nov 2 Houston Cougars Spectrum Stadium, Orlando, FL

Friday Nov. 8 at Tulsa Golden Hurricane

Saturday Nov. 16 OFF

Saturday Nov. 23 at Tulane Green Wave

Friday Nov. 29 USF Bulls Spectrum Stadium, Orlando, FL

Saturday Dec. 7 American Championship Site, City TBD

Randy Shannon is one of the best d coordinators in the country. He will have UCF's Defense stuffing. Stanford coming to Orlando is definitely a game worth going to.

McKenzie Milton interview with Van Pelt on Sportscenter last night

UCF Qb Coach Jeff Lebby talks QB battle

http://ucf.rivals.com/news/jeff-lebby-talks-qb-battle

A heated battle is good! Can't wait for the opener and Stanford especially! Game on.

Yup, can't wait either. This UCF team is stacked this year. Just need a great Qb. Hopefully one of the three, or all of them are great!

UCF Sells Out 2019 Season Ticket Allotment
http://ucfknights.com/ViewArti...34100&ATCLID=211808983

Qb coach interview. No announcement yet on starting Qb.

Well now I am paying attention. This is interesting.

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ESPN:

Can Notre Dame transfer QB Brandon Wimbush keep UCF rolling?

http://www.espn.com/college-fo...mbush-keep-ucf-rolling

Interview with Tre Nixon and brother. Former Viera Hawks players.

http://spacecoastdaily.com/201...alk-with-steve-wilson/

AP Poll out today:

Record Pts Prv
1. Clemson (52) 15-0 1540 1
2. Alabama (10) 14-1 1496 2
3. Georgia 11-3 1403 7
4. Oklahoma 12-2 1331 4
5. Ohio St. 13-1 1261 3
6. LSU 10-3 1199 6
7. Michigan 10-3 1164 14
8. Florida 10-3 1054 7
9. Notre Dame 12-1 1044 5
10. Texas 10-4 1005 9
11. Oregon 9-4 860 -
12. Texas A&M 9-4 852 16
13. Washington 10-4 786 13
14. Utah 9-5 772 -
15. Penn St. 9-4 651 17
16. Auburn 8-5 578 -
17. UCF 12-1 410 11
18. Michigan St. 7-6 377 -
19. Wisconsin 8-5 370 -
20. Iowa 9-4 330 25
21. Iowa St. 8-5 302 -
22. Syracuse 10-3 209 15
23. Washington St. 11-2 200 10
24. Nebraska 4-8 154 -
25. Stanford 9-4 141 -
Others receiving votes: Missouri 117, Army 94, Mississippi St. 87, Miami 70, Northwestern 63, TCU 57, Virginia 44, Boise St. 38, Cincinnati 16, South Carolina 15, Virginia Tech 12, Fresno St. 8, Utah St. 8, Minnesota 7, Memphis 6, Appalachian St. 5, UAB 3, West Virginia 3, Oklahoma St. 3, Arizona St. 3, Arizona 1, Southern Cal 1.

"Brandon Wimbush will be our starting quarterback and Dillon Gabriel will get an opportunity to play in the first game as well," Heupel said in a release. "We've been pleased that all three quarterbacks have played at a high level during fall camp."

UCF names former Notre Dame player Brandon Wimbush starting quarterback
By Iliana Limon Romero And Matt Murschel Orlando Sentinel 4 hrs ago

http://www.southbendtribune.co...urce=twitter_SBTribune

This team is going to be special this year.
Josh Heupel: UCF's Man with the Plan Plots Encore
August 25, 2019
http://ucfknights.com/ViewArti...lraj90hrIz27IYe08ntmJo

"Dillon Gabriel is going to play in the first half. He's earned that opportunity. I'm looking forward to seeing him go out and play."#UCF head coach #JoshHeupel

Well...It is Game Day...UCF vs FAMU tonight, 630pm kick off. In the stadium or CBS Sports Network.

Go Knights!

UCF blanked FAMU last night 62-0.

Dillon Gabriel. OMG, McKenzie Milton 2.0. He played great. Wimbush played alright but is mistake prone.

Quandry Jones got in at end and threw a TD also. He looked goo.

But, it was FAMU. Next week FAU prob will have more talent.

News of the day for UCF is that they drop one notch to #18 in the recent AP poll. Wow. Did UCF do something to drop in the polls? 62-0 makes you drop in the polls. Got it.

#16 Oregon with one loss is ranked higher in the AP poll than UCF. In the Coaches poll they stay at #17 with one loss Oregon #18.

Next UCF game is Saturday @FAU. 7pm. Boca Raton. FAU just got spanked by @OhioState 45-21

Coach interview says that both Qbs will again see action at FAU. My reaction is I think that is a good decision. Eventually Dillon Gabriel will win the starting job. Wimbush is pretty good but will make mistakes and those mistakes will show up with better competition. After FAU, then Stanford at UCF. Stanford just beat Northwestern 17-7. This weekend Stanford plays @USC. Stanford is ranked #23 in both polls. Hope they beat USC and come to UCF undefeated. I also hope UCF is undefeated as well. I expect FAU game to be pretty good. Don't know what the odds are but am sure UCF is heavily favored. But, who knows. Go Knights.

Dillon Gabriel got the start last night against @FAU.

UCF 48 FAU 14 They stopped the game with 4 minutes to play. It was over. FAU scored a td in mop up duty then lightning.

UCF played a complete game. UCF Defense is much improved and played lights out. Only allowing FAU to score a TD late in the game.

I know its dangerous to compare scores around here. But, #5 Ohio State 45 FAU 21 AND at the horseshoe. UCF travelled to FAU and beat them completely.

I expect UCF to drop in the polls again. <--- not kidding

I'll repeat, this is UCF best team ever.

Stanford lost to USC late last night 45-20. Bummed they couldn't be coming to Orlando undefeated.

Next up Saturday 9/14 3:30pm. Stanford vs @UCF

AP Poll after week 2.

1 Clemson
2 Bama
3 Georgia
4 LSU
5 OU
6 OhioSt
7 Notre Dame
8 Auburn
9 Florida
10 Michigan
11 Utah
12 Texas
13 PennSt
14 Wisconsin
15 Oregon
16 A&M
17 UCF
18 MichSt
19 Iowa
20 WashSt
21 Maryland
22 BoiseSt
23 Washington
24 USC
25 Virginia

Notre Dame didn't even play this weekend and moved up in the polls. Washington lost last night but still in top 25 with only a win against a Div 1aa team. Florida beats a Div 1aa team and they move up 2 or 3 spots back into the top ten. Michigan struggled with Army in 2OT. Should they be top ten? Eh? Wisconsin so far looks like the best team. They should be higher.

It was announced today that Darriel Mack Jr is cleared to play this week. Not that means he will but you can now throw him in the great UCF Qb mix. Nobody knows who the starter is going into game 3.

Also, UCF favored by 7 points over Stanford. Kick off 3:30pm.

So much depth developing at QB. I think Heupel is genius. Keep the opponent guessing who to prepare for. Gabriel starting @FAU was a bit of a surprise despite how well he played against the Rattlers. Thanks to the most inefficient gate security I've ever passed through (don't even get me started on the beer line), until I asked the guy next to us, I thought Wimbish put up 14 and then sat down.

Interesting that Mack's injury detail has been on lockdown from day one. One thing's for certain..he's been able to study Stanford film for a month. Maybe the whole thing was mis-direction and he'll come out throwing Can't wait to get a beer in timely fashion and bounce on Saturday!

I was going to the FAU game, had tix. But a family emergency happened. Watched it on tv instead. Glad I didn't go as I saw and read how bad the security lines and concession lines were. There has been some articles written about FAU and how it dropped the ball on a sold out stadium and fumbling getting people in.

Coach Heupel is great. UCF is loaded at every position. What really stood out for the FAU game is how great our defensive line is. Going into the season that was a huge question mark. Not any more. Randy Shannon has them playing very aggressively and rotating players in/out to keep them fresh. FAU Qb had no time to throw. 16 tackles for loss.

Next two weeks against Stanford, Pittsburgh could put No. 16 Central Florida back in spotlight
Paul Myerberg, USA TODAYPublished 6:45 a.m. ET Sept. 11, 2019 | Updated 6:58 a.m. ET Sept. 11, 2019
http://www.usatoday.com/story/...nford-pitt/2275078001/

I'm as confused as everyone else who the starting Qb is or will be!

UCF's Wimbush expected to play as QB Mack knocks the rust off
After not playing against Florida Atlantic, UCF quarterback Brandon Wimbush has had a "good week" and is expected to play, according to offensive coordinator Jeff Lebby.
by Jason Beede
@therealBeede
1 hr ago . 1 min read

http://www.cbssports.com/colle...k-knocks-the-rust-off/

Josh Heupel tight-lipped on quarterback plans
http://ucf.rivals.com/news/jos...d-on-quarterback-plans

Anybody see that complete beat down of Stanford yesterday? Dillon Gabriel. OMG...What a coming out party


Want to tune out UCF's battle cries? Got to beat the Knights first
Fennelly: Like last year and the year before, Saturday's big win (this one over Stanford) isn't music to every ear.
http://www.tampabay.com/sports...at-the-knights-first/


Hey, CFB playoff committee, did you see what UCF did to Stanford? | Commentary
http://www.orlandosentinel.com...ry.html?outputType=amp

"Pretty straightforward today. We got beat by a very good football team," Stanford coach David Shaw said. "Going into it, all this Group of Five talk ... I don't know what any of that stuff is. Doesn't matter. Doesn't matter. What matters is they've got talent, they've got speed. They've got playmakers and they're a tough team ... one of the best teams in America the last two years. They don't need a statement win."

Gabriel lights up Stanford for 4 TDs UCF freshman quarterback Dillon Gabriel throws four touchdowns on 347 yards as the Knights take down Stanford 45-27
http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=27615481

from an article. best quick-read summary

Dillon Gabriel, quarterback, Central Florida Knights

Central Florida entered the summer hoping either Brandon Wimbush or Darriel Mack would emerge as a reliable, temporary replacement for McKenzie Milton. Now a few months later, Gabriel is making fans start to forget about their old star.

Gabriel took the field with a chance to help deliver UCF's biggest win in years. He did more than prove this team deserves greater national recognition. Gabriel showed he is UCF's future. He threw for 186 yards with three scores in the first quarter alone. He is a gunslinger who packs a lot of heat and his 347-yard, four-touchdown outing would have been even better if UCF didn't blow out Stanford in a single half.

Game highlights by UCF Football video production

Yes, i'm that much of a ucf homer that I watch the game the next day on DVR. I thought this was pretty good coverage of the bounce house during the thick of it. It really cleared out at half time due to the game was over, but cool coverage of UCF on national TV.

A Coronation: Dillon Gabriel Leaves No Doubt Who Should Be UCF's Starting QB
2
The true freshman looked like anything but versus Stanford

By Brian Murphy_UCF Sep 15, 2019, 10:35am EDT


http://www.blackandgoldbannere...ld-be-ucfs-starting-qb

No Huddle: UCF Finally Played (And Crushed) Somebody But It Didn't Seem To Matter
http://watchstadium.com/news/n...-to-matter-09-15-2019/

good article above

"At what point do we, the collective college football-consuming populace, need to stop making excuses against UCF and believe, maybe even somewhat unwillingly at first, that the Knights are really good?"

I'll just sit around and wait for everyone to come on board. But, don't wait too long, the bandwagon is filling up fast.

I can't post pics or link shite on here but after chopping down the Cardinal, Herbstreit's finally on the bandwagon and says UCF deserves a 9 or 10 ranking

Another great vid by UCF video production:



Edited: 09/19/2019 at 04:53 AM by Central Floridave

And, UCF loses to PItt 35-34. What a great game. I hate losing. Haven't felt the pain of losing in awhile. But, UCF lost.

Ugh. Fun game to watch though. But, on wrong end of it.