Here is the interesting thing about the Gasparilla Bowl – Central Florida got what it wanted, but I’m sure the Knights would have preferred one of their better teams received the chance to play the cross-state Gators in a bowl game.
Ironically, the Gators feel the same way.
UCF has had some great teams over the last decade. This isn’t one of them. They would like to show the college football world that they are ready for the Power 5 jump to the Big 12 in a couple of years. But not with this team.
And Florida would like to put little brother in his place before the Gators face them in the first of three regular-season games in 2024.
But not with this team and its skeleton staff.
Still, they must play. Just what Billy Napier needed: another rivalry game added to some of the future schedules.
Anyway, it’s still two weeks away, but here’s a quick primer on our neighbors in Theme Park City: