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Speaker 1: Gonna get to know the UCF Knights.
Speaker 2: They're looking to play spoiler as they come into Provo
and try to knock off the Cougars.
Speaker 1: They're also trying to get Bowl eligible.
Speaker 2: They have a couple of motivations to knock off the
Kugs here in Provo this weekend. B Yu the pressures
on right. They got to win this game in order
to get to the Big twelve title. Matt the title match.
They are the master of their own destiny? Can they
knock off the Knights? B Why you a favorite? But
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the UCF Broadcast Network to get to know the folk.
Speaker 1: Scott, how you living.
Speaker 3: Man? How is my favorite? Salt Lake City Sports Radio show.
Happy Holidays, Gobble Gobble, making our way out to Provo
come Friday. Can't wait to see what the Koobs are
gonna have here in that midday That what eleven am kickoff?
Speaker 1: Right?
Speaker 2: Yeah, yes, indeed, Happy Holidays and Happy Thanksgiving to you.
Speaker 1: I'm grateful for you.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm grateful that they're in the Big twelve and
that we get dead out to Orlando on occasion and
take take up in the Mouse and Walt Disney World, etca.
Speaker 3: I will say this ben last year when Coognation came
into the Bounce House, that was by far the largest
contingency of a fan base that we have seen since
two thousand and seven when that stadium first opened up.
So we know that the Koogs can travel. Obviously, you
guys were able to get that victory, and as you
just mentioned, Knights are going to try to play the
role of the spoiler. They've got a lot riding on
the line trying to be able to get a six win.
It would be it would be awesome here in Scott
Frost's first year. And I recall when you and I
spoke at the beginning of the season, theirs we were
kind of trying to try to take a peek at
the Big twelve there prior to the season beginning, and
I mentioned to you it was it was like Charlie Bucket,
I just found that golden ticket. So hear me out here.
We're going to continue here with this WILLI Walker trend is.
I feel like the Knights go in as Charlie Bucket
because nobody thought that that bucket had a chance to
go all the way through Wonka's universe and then come
out on the other end. So if you'll indulge me
with my analogy here go, that's the way the Knights
are going to be looking at it coming up, coming
up on Saturday.
Speaker 2: Well, they have some motivation, and Scott Frost is a
heck of a coach. I think he's a program builder.
I think he's a culture builder. Yeah, how would you
describe Scott Frost as he's led this team this year
in his second tenure at UCF.
Speaker 3: So the one thing you got to know about the
Knights coming, you know here in twenty twenty five, just
ravaged with injuries on the defensive line, on the offensive line,
the quarterback position. Davin Jackson, who has been the starter
for the majority of the year, he has not been
at one hundred percent. The Oklahoma State game just this
past weekend, he was a warrior there in that second half.
Nights are down fourteen to nothing, They're going into intermission.
It's senior night. You got twenty five seniors, and you know,
there was a wake up call at halftime, not just
for the offense, but the defense as well. They get
the ball to start the third quarter, hit on an
eighty three yard pass play to tight end Dylan Wade,
and you're back. You're back in the game. And then
that fourth quarter the Knights were able to come up
with two big drives, one of which would tie the
game as they would score on a fourth and two
another touchdown to Dylan Wade and then the fuel goal.
By no way, ruellis to win things. So that that
brought a lot of good spirits obviously into the locker room.
And the one thing that I can say about Scott
Frost and even going back when he was here in seventeen,
sixteen and seventeen, was he is putting a stamp in
a culture within the pro You know, going into this season,
I think as a Knight fan, you would have been
happy to go five hundred. I think that would have
exceeded expectation. So the fact that they're in this position
to potentially get that sixth win this is this is
a huge deal, especially based off all the injuries and
then you know, I'm sure you guys heard about Sean Clark,
the offensive line coach at the beginning of the season
who passed away suddenly. That that has a huge ripple effect,
you know, within your program. So the Knights, They've had
a lot of adversity. We've gotten a couple of licks.
Obviously Texas Tech Baylor got us pretty good as well.
But the fight continues, and I can tell you that
these guys in this locker room they continue to play
with Scott Frost. So that's a that's extremely promising.
Speaker 1: Do you U se have Knights upgraded? Right? I mean
to a degree?
Speaker 2: I mean Gus mals On leaving and uh, Scott Frost
coming in. I know Florida State struggled a little bit
to uh to to win football games this season?
Speaker 1: Uh?
Speaker 2: Does does the collective fan base feel like Da've upgraded
from the prior era.
Speaker 3: Being able to take a look back at it now
here after the year obviously, Scott Frost is the prodigal son.
He comes back and sure, you know, you have an
undefeated season, You've got the national championship. You guys can
laugh at that all you like. I don't laugh at yeah, I.
Speaker 1: Don't laugh at it. No, No, I don't laugh at it.
You know what I mean.
Speaker 2: It's like you're living in a corrupt collegiate college football
cabal system.
Speaker 1: You got, hey, you gotta declare your own batties. B
what you got?
Speaker 2: Lucky in nineteen eighty four because the media got to
decide and everybody lost ahead of them.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and Ben, you know, in a lot of regards
the twenty seventeen and eighteen season in which they ripped
off twenty five victories in a row and got to
the to the Peach Bowl, which they beat Gus Melson.
Mind you, that paved the way for where the Knights
are at today. That's in the Big twelve. Yes, you're
getting three million dollar checks in the American from your
television contract. You know what you're getting in the Big twelve.
It's like thirty five million. So that is a huge
game changer, and it also puts you on the map
even more so in terms of the college football sphere
there within the power force. So Gus leaving and Gus
did did the Knights of favor as well, because he
said I'm going to step away. So it's not as
if uc had to fire him to then pay a buyout. Instead,
you get to recoup you get to recoup all that money,
and then you get to hire a guy that led
you to the Promised Land the first time around. So
your number one here. I think if the Knights can
be competitive on on Saturday, I think that that'll be
a win and send us out here in twenty twenty
five with some pretty good momentum going into twenty six.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's an interesting study with all the new teams,
the new kids on the block if you will, that
got the initial invite post twenty twenty two byu U, Ston,
UCF and Cincinnati. If you look at their resumes prior
to getting the invite from a total wins and losses, standpoint,
bowl game births, et cetera, they all very similar resumes.
I think dy won ninety nine games, ninety nine from
like twenty eleven to twenty twenty two, like the prior decade,
ninety nine wins fifty six losses. Houston was at ninety
eight wins fifty three losses. UCF was at one hundred
and one wins fifty two losses. And then I believe
Cincinnati had you know, maybe from a total wins standpoint,
he had the best resume one hundred and six wins
to forty seven losses. So I mean, very similar. They
all earned their right into Power four play.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and I think you take a look at Cincinnati,
which it was almost as if we had the mantle
and then we passed it along to them because then
they were able to go and play there into the
to the playoff for the first time somebody that was
outside of the Power four. And you see, I mean
you look on a Sunday Indi Ena fell that squad
in twenty one for the Bearcats. I mean it was
littered with with NFL players, and then you mentioned Houston.
They were atop the American standings with UCF for for
a lot of years. And now Willie fritz here Man
year number two, I think they've been a great surprise
in the Big twelve this year. And Cincinnati year year
three with Scott Saderfield. This is a guy that was
you know, at least from a fan base standpoint, they
weren't really happy with Scott's sadderfield. But I think that
has definitely changed. They've been able to turn some eyes.
They've played at a really high level. I know you
guys just saw it last week with the Bearcats.
Speaker 1: No doubt about it.
Speaker 2: No. Look, all these teams are competitive and their they're talented,
and now they're they're well coached as well, and now
they're from a certain extent you want you want them
to be able to retain coaches and not have their
programs be stepping stones. Do you feel like that's going
to be a part of all four of the seasons?
The Kalate, he stuck it out at b YU, He's
on his tenth year, Cincinnati building some momentum. UCF in
their first year with Scott Frost. Are these teams going
to be stepping so? Is the program is going to
be stepping zones to bigger jobs or do they retain
their guys?
Speaker 3: Man? I don't know. I think that that this is
retainable at least from those three schools. One. Scott Frost,
with the history that he's had in Orlando, he's come back.
He now has you know, a couple of kids. That
wasn't the case when he left to go to Nebraska.
Those were the heart strings that he had to go
back there to the homeland and then being able to
come back to uc if. They love it, absolutely love
it here in Orlando. He and his wife and his kids.
In the postgame show the other day, we're in the
locker room and I've got little RJ Who's sitting on
Scott's lap as we're doing the postgame shows. So he
loves the community, he loves what everything that UCF has
to stand for. Willie Fritz for Houston, he's an older coach,
Ben He's coached a lot of years. And the fact
that he's been able to get Houston here in his
second year to where they're at now in the Big twelve,
I don't think that's a stepping stone for him. And
then Scott Saderfield, he knows that area because prior to
to Cincinnati, he's at Louisville. Prior to that he's He's
he was at Appalasian State, so he knows that region
pretty well. It would be very surprising to me if
you saw those guys make a jump here in this
this coming cycle.
Speaker 1: Well, let's get back to UCF head to Provo.
Speaker 2: What makes you believe that UCF can knock off the
b WAYU Cougar's and Provo on a Saturday game game
game game day type of venue.
Speaker 3: Well, I'm just gonna say this. I went to our
equipment manager at the Beauty of the Week to get
a park because I didn't know how sideways that weather
could potentially be on Saturday. I think if it does
get a little salty, I think that definitely can assist UCF.
I think if the Knights can run the ball. They
just got Miles Montgomery back from injury from a game ago.
He had missed the game prior. He ran. Well, he's
one of UCF's senior leaders, senior captains. He was effective.
This pass came out, and I think at the offensive line,
who is It's just been a revolving door. And so
if Tavin Jackson can maybe hit on a couple plays
in this night defense, if you look at them statistically
here in twenty five, they've been one of the better
groups collectively in the Big twelve. And so bear Bachmeyer,
who has been able to do it through the air
on the ground with his legs, you know, throwing the
ball down the field. That's kind of been UCF's specialty
in terms of being able to counterbalance teams being able
to throw the ball effectively down the field. So I
think those are kind of a couple of keys. And
getting a little bit of pressure maybe on bear Bachmeyer
I think would go a long way. But again, this
is my Charlie bucket sort of here. He's the underdog
coming in Kenny, rise above and get past Wonka's wonderland
here on set.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's gonna be a tough one.
Speaker 2: Note doubt by He's playing some really good football, especially
coming off.
Speaker 1: That Texas Tech aloge.
Speaker 2: How would you value what your scattered report on the
bway you Cougar's what did the coaches or players said
about BAYU leading up to this game?
Speaker 3: So we had our coaches show last night. We had
a couple of the offensive linemen, and you know, they
had tons of good things to be able to say
about the front. I think I think the defense for
BYU has just been solid, you know, all season long, consistency,
and then offensively they're just so they're so dynamic. LJ. Shelton.
We've now seen a couple of years in a row.
He ate up UCF a year ago. But obviously in
this new world of portal land, and you see if
getting seventy new players coming into the season, a lot
of those guys didn't even see BYU from from last year.
So I think if if UCF can can can get
that offense a little bit a jar, then who's to say,
you know, who's to say? And again, i'd love to
see some of that that weather come into play coming
up on Saturday.
Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, well you know, I figured you wouldn't want
the weather. You want some like Florida weather coming to
to Provo rather than you know, the blizzard.
Speaker 3: Well, I mean how many blizzards has has by you
played it?
Speaker 1: Yeah? Yeah, we just want chaos. Baby, it was like chaos, yes, yeah, and.
Speaker 3: Give it to me, Ben, I love it. I love it.
Speaker 2: Great breakdown. I can't wait to see what happens on Saturday. Well,
enjoy your time in Provo. I know it'll be short lived,
but hopefully it's a competitive one in Provo this weekend.
And uh, you know, I know, b what's a heavy favorite,
But you feel like you's get to cover right, uc
has to get a cover I think it was at
seventeen and a half.
Speaker 1: I check.
Speaker 3: I don't, I don't. I don't participate in any of those.
Speaker 1: I better not topely this day age quite honestly. Uh
well yeah, yeah, no doubt about it.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, love it, follow him today, guys. Appreciate you, Scott.
Have a great day, Dan. I'll see on Saturday, right, Yeah,
we'll see you in the press box.
Speaker 3: Brother, awesome man. Love it guys.
Speaker 2: Happy Thanksgiving, Happy Thanksgiving. Grateful for you and UCF coming
to Provo.
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