Scott Frost Returns to Lead UCF Knights Football Program
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https://ucfknights.com/news/20...ights-football-program

Good news!

Wow, can he bottle lightning twice? This will be very interesting. I am impressed they can overlook his failures at his last school.

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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.

Seems like a safe enough choice. Familiarity w/ the program helps him hit the ground running; hopefully in time to minimize some of the transfer portal bleeding. Hopefully also a return to some pass-happy offense!

Frost hired Mckenzie Milton as QB coach.

It's been less than a week since UCF announced the return of Scott Frost as its football coach, and the athletic department is already feeling the move's impact. T

he waitlist for season tickets climbed to 2,500 people and, according to a spokesperson, the athletic department has seen 12 major gifts in the Shareholder Society since the announcement. Final figures won't be available until the end of the year.

Orlando Sentinel

Mackenzie Milton will end up being the coach when Frost moves on again.

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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 Football: The Return of Scott Frost - RISE Episode 1

I saw an interview with assistant coach Sean Beckton about the uptick in confidence with Frost's return. I played ball with Sean in High School. Hope UCF improves with the new coach this year. At least they don't play UF again.

Good and quick read at end of UCF spring practice:

Focused on retention, UCF football coach Scott Frost laments transfer portal 'bidding war'
Story by Chris Boyle, Daytona Beach News-Journal . 2h . 4 min read
https://www.msn.com/en-us/spor...idding-war/ar-AA1DfVw9

The portal sounds like a nightmare. I don't know how this whole college level doesn't descend into money ball.

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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.

It's going that way. Starting Jul1 schools can spend 20 million dollars a piece on players payrolls. Not all schools can afford that. Thus, more separation from the haves and have nots.

Basketball is even worse in football on the transfers.

It's also why most schools have gotten away from hosting spring games. They don't want recruiting tape on potential players leaving. The portal opens towards the end of most spring practices.

Big 12 Media Days this week. Scott Frost quote:

"I didn't want to leave UCF," Frost said. "I always said I would never leave unless it was some place you could go and potentially win a national championship. And you know, I got tugged in a direction to go try to help my alma mater. And I didn't really want to do it. It wasn't a good move.

"And I'm lucky that I have an opportunity to get back to a place where I was a lot happier."

Betting big on program legends: Why West Virginia, UCF called on Rich Rodriguez, Scott Frost to recreate magic
Rodriguez and Frost led their respective programs to great heights during previous stints

https://www.cbssports.com/coll...ost-to-recreate-magic/

Born to coach, McKenzie Milton hopes to take alma mater UCF back to relevance after stellar playing career
Five years after his UCF career ended, Milton is back as the program's QBs coach
Shehan Jeyarajah

By Shehan Jeyarajah
Aug 18, 2025 at 11:33 am ET
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4 min read

https://www.cbssports.com/coll...tellar-playing-career/

UCF is 2-0 going into Scott Frost 2.0 era.

First game against Jacksonville State was a good warm up for all the new players and coaches. UCF won at the final minute drive 17-10. Javaen Jackson, transfer Qb from Indiana played pretty good from the Qb2 position to win it. Jax State beat a real good Liberty team for their 2nd game and Jax State did win C-USA last year. So, maybe not as a bad as a team as expected. UCF survived.

2nd game was a blow out against fcs NC A&T. it was 40 to nothing at half. UCF looked like world beaters on both defense and offense. But, keep in mind NC A&T hasn't won a game since 2023. And, that is in the fcs level. EVERYBODY scored in that game and a lot of 2nd and 3rd stringers got playing time.

The first two games were perfect soft opener schedule for UCF who is breaking in 70 new transfer players and entire new coaching regime.

Next up, UCF has to battle BWU. Bye Week University can be tough but Scott Frost is a very inspirational and player's coach that will keep them sharp and get ready for Game 3 against the North Carolina Tarheels.

Bellichek won his first game as a college coach yesterday defeating Charlotte 20-3. They play Richmond next weekend. A tune up game for them I'm sure. They lost the first game against TCU. TCU is a great team this year.

First play of last night's game after a 1.5 hour delay. Kick off!

Gotta hope Frost can keep this up. There's definitely some talented legs on the team, but winning against a school full of farmers and engineers is no great accomplishment.

It was interesting that Gus Malzahn got so much credit in last week's FSU victory. The articles kept noting he was "former UCF head coach." My neighbor (an FSU alum) declared Malzahn an offensive genius after FSU's blowout win this weekend. Nole QB Tommy Castellanos "from Boston College" is also getting a lot of love, with people conveniently forgetting he was UCF's QB2 before going to BC. And of course former UCF QB Dillon Gabriel went to the Cleveland Browns in round 3 of this year's NFL draft. Former UCF head coach Josh Heupel is doing pretty well at Tennessee.

My rambling point here is that UCF has to figure out some way to retain and maximize its talent, or identify if there is some kind of internal cancer driving it away. Lack of money to feed the NIL monster is only going to make it worse.


Edited: 09/07/2025 at 06:36 PM by CurtisEflush

I too wondered how the newly minted malzahn would somehow shine at FSU when the shine was definitely off the apple at UCF. The bigger mystery is why UF doesn't have an offensive coordinator or a coach that understands time outs. I miss the old aac conference schedule where UCF played USF last. Those games in Frost's first tenure were the most exciting games of the entire NCAA.

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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.