1. UCF just beat Florida. Yeah, it matters.
It was exactly the way this was all designed. Two Florida schools were supposed to generate a buzz and a whole lot of interest, and they did just that.
The game was a sellout. It was a big deal to the respective fan bases.
Florida is in a transitional phase, and this all might change in a big hurry under the new guy, and it’s still the big college football thing in the state, but …
UCF fans get bragging rights, and if you don’t think this fan base knows how to get under the skin of other schools, you’re new to the college football side of social media.
Of course this win doesn’t really mean anything in the larger scheme of things, but this is still all relatively new.
Even with all of the recent success, UCF isn’t a blue-blood football school – the football program only been around since 1979 and has only been in the FCS since 1996.
But considering the great run a few years ago, and now with the Gus Malzahn era just getting going with a win over Florida, and with the school joining the Big 12 in 2023, this is one bowl win that’s going to resonate.
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