UCF Football Gus Malzahn Fall Camp Press Conference (8.3.21)



First game under 4 weeks to go....

AAC predicted order of finish for 2021: Cincinnati the overwhelming favorite to repeat as conference champion

https://www.cbssports.com/coll...s-conference-champion/

Preseason AAC Media Poll
1. Cincinnati (22)
2. UCF (2)
3. SMU
4. Houston
5. Memphis
6. Tulsa
7. Tulane
T8. East Carolina
T8. Navy
10. Temple
11. South Florida

UCF defensive coordinator Travis Williams speaks to the media Thursday following the Knights' second practice of preseason camps.

Former Auburn DE Big Kat Bryant has big plans at UCF: 'I'm ready to show the world what I'm about'

If you gonna watch only one vid gotta watch Big Kat. Holy Cow...makes me run through a wall...

6'5" 250 pounds. 5th year Auburn Grad. ... I'll be watching for him this year.

Gus Malzahn's Version of Power Football Close to being Unleashed in Orlando
Power football continues to evolve, and here's a further examination of how the Knights can make power football a part of the spread package, Gus Malzahn-style.
BRIAN SMITH15 HOURS AGO

https://www.si.com/college/ucf...-spread-power-football

A week from tonight, we find out. Thursday, Sep 2, Boise State @UCF.

UCF enters the season with a sense of accountability under new coach Gus Malzahn

"All five of the team's starting offensive linemen return, making it one of the most experienced units on the team with a combined 4,404 offensive snaps under their belts from last season."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/spor...gus-malzahn/ar-AANTp6q

Today's UCF press conference. First game this Thursday, 7pm. Boise State coming to the bounce house. Big game for both teams. We will find out real soon what's up with UCF Knights. I'm expecting big things, but so is everyone team's fans. The first loss will blow the bubble I'm in but I'm all in on UCF going all the way to the National Championship! Go Knights!

UCF Qb Dillon Gabriel Game Week press conference:

Dear Football Gawds...Please steer my UCF Knights into Victory tonight against Boise State Broncos.... Win Or Lose still gonna be fun...(Funner if we win though)...

Who stopped watching UCF football when there was a 3 hour weather delay on kickoff? Who stopped watching UCF football when losing 21-0 to Boise State?

Might want to watch the highlights to that game if you turned it off!

I did. I woke thinking Malzahn's debut was a loss. Damn was I wrong. That is quite feat the Knights just accomplished. For a first game, that will put a lot of wind in their sails.

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"One of the reasons why propaganda tries to get you to hate government is because it's the one existing institution in which people can participate to some extent and constrain tyrannical unaccountable power." Noam Chomsky.

UCF shows glimpse of future and what big 12-membership could bring.

'Ham and cheese omelet - scattered, smothered, covered and chunked'

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One more time.

Edited: 09/03/2021 at 06:31 AM by Chuck

If you aren't a UCF fan yet, you will be. Go Knights!

Yeah for football season starting up! This weekend some great games scheduled. Glad I got a win in my back pocket going into the weekend.

So, my assessment of the game. Boise is really talented and should have won that game. It was theirs in the first half. UCF kept making dumb mistakes. The 3 hour delay may have done something.

But, UCF did not give up. The score right before the first half to get within ten points was crucial. Half time adjustments and both teams came out the 2nd half looking to win.

UCF defense stepped it up and finally stopped Boise. They have some talent and look really good. They probably crying on their long flight back today. They let that slip away.

For first game for Gus Malzhan, he coached the team back. He rode Isaiah Bowser (RB) to ground and pound Boise in submission. 33 carries and 174 yards. Boise got tired in the 4th. some players were dropping with cramps. UCF was not tired in the 4th. Strength and conditioning won that game.

The refs were Mountain West refs and they had some questionable phantom holding calls and called back a blatent targetting penalty that would have ejected a key player for Boise. Then a couple other no call targetting. At one poing UCF qb Dillon Gabriel (late 4th quarter) looked like he needed carried out on a stretcher on a helmet to helmet collision. No call. Dillong got up and finished the game but no call was BS.

The game was never decided until the final play in the game. Boise clock management (new head coach) was lousy at the end. Boise made a ton of mistakes like UCF did in the first half. Probably due to being tired.

Game could have gone either way and if that game was played in Boise, they probably would have won.

Now, with the win, UCF better move into the TOP 25. A ton of football in front of us.

UCF crowd looked like a near sell out. They had locked the gates to get in at 7pm (scheduled kick off). Thousands were stranded right outside the stadium with a storm approaching.

2 hours and 45 minutes later they opened the gates. A good crowd stayed but most left to escape the storm and get some food. I wish I had stayed but the wifeola wasn't having it. I ended up getting home to watch on ESPN. Kick off around 945pm'ish. I forget.

Down in the dumps with a 21 point deficit, but stayed with it. Cursing at the Tv, the refs, dumb UCF plays...then the ship got turned around. 2nd half was a nail bitter.