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Originally Posted by Namath12
Feels like I need to respond to this. I was an active UCF supporter for a long time. My (now ex) fiancé was a grad, we went to games and tailgated and had fun and the people were really cool. It’s mainly Danny White and local Orlando sportsball media that turned me against them. White especially. While endearing himself to his fan base, he’s alienated everyone else. He seems convinced he can troll his way into the CFB and pretend scheduling has nothing to do with it and just acts idk if entitled is the word but not sure which word fits better. He likes to pretend he didn’t bug out of a game with Texas last year because it doesn’t fit the narrative, but he did, because he (reasonably) wanted an extra home game. You can’t have it both ways, though. Those decisions have consequences and UCF isn’t immune thereto. I get advocacy for your school but at a point it just becomes tiresome. This is the first team with a winning record UCF has played this year. People (rightly) know this. You have to earn the benefit of the doubt. I admire the streak and it’s really something to be proud of, but instead of enjoying it while it lasts he’s ****ting all over it.
I'm pretty sure local talk radio is designed to make me hate whatever market they are in. For example, earlier this week someone on the local show made a sincere and earnest argument that the Cowboys would be better if Kyle Orton was their quarterback. Not "a person similar to Kyle Orton" but literal, actual Kyle Orton that hasn't played since 2014. The phrase "he's on his couch right now" was used if my memory serves correctly. If part of your hatred is due to talk radio I entirely understand it. I can't imagine how insufferable they'd be when they only have UCF, a bad basketball team, and a soccer team maybe to talk about.
The scheduling thing is an interesting discussion to me. First note is that the schedule WAS supposed to be better both years. UNC and GT games getting cancelled hurts even if they aren't top teams.
Second one is that I feel the schedule conversation is a hollow suggestion. Boise State DID schedule better. In 2011 they scheduled Georgia, beat them, had one loss by 1 point to #18 TCU, and only got ranked #7 behind two 2 loss teams and every 1 loss team from a p5 conference. In 2010 they scheduled #10 Virginia Tech and #24 Oregon State, only lose by 3 in OT to #19 Nevada, and ended up ranked 10th behind every single 1 loss team and 2 different 2 loss teams.
So when they say "hey, well if you'd schedule better then you'd get more respect", you schedule better, and still don't get the opportunity, why would the next crop of teams like you believe them when they tell them "hey, well if you'd schedule better then you'd get more respect"?
It's just a way to handwave away results. Even if they DO schedule better, then suddenly SOS won't matter as much and they'll find another reason (see: TCU having a much better SOS than Ohio State in 2014).
With that said, I'd love for them to schedule more opponents that make for better games during the year and increase visibility. I just don't think it'd actually change anything because history has shown that it wouldn't.
