http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/martin-chr...ry-period/

It might be near the top 10 for UCF too-- it's close. Really every game at this point in the season has an argument to be up there.

(11-17-2017 03:32 PM)FonzKnight Wrote:  http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/martin-chr...ry-period/

It might be near the top 10 for UCF too-- it's close. Really every game at this point in the season has an argument to be up there.

The game at Temple isn't anything compared to the USF game, b/c you could lose it and still win the East, and have every single reasonable goal (CFP not reasonable) still ahead of you.

(11-17-2017 03:32 PM)FonzKnight Wrote:  http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/martin-chr...ry-period/

It might be near the top 10 for UCF too-- it's close. Really every game at this point in the season has an argument to be up there.

FWIW, Martin Fennelly:USF::Mike Bianchi:UCF

Fennelly writes to maximize attention, so he intentionally publishes 'hot takes' to get locals riled up. Sometimes (recently, rarely), they're over the top positive. More often, they're over the top negative. Always, they're controversial.

I think we all can agree that this is a big game for USF, since it's for our first chance to appear in a conference championship game. But we've played for conference championships before. We've beaten top 5 ranked teams in our sold out stadium before. Any objective person would agree that next weekend's game is not "the biggest game in USF history period." Honestly, none will ever compare with the first one ever. But that's not going to get Fennelly clicks or sell newspapers, so he's not going to write that.

USFFan

I could see it being #1 for USF and #2 for UCF behind the Fiesta Bowl game a few years back.

(11-17-2017 03:32 PM)FonzKnight Wrote:  http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/martin-chr...ry-period/

It might be near the top 10 for UCF too-- it's close. Really every game at this point in the season has an argument to be up there.

Yeah going undefeated in the regular season wouldn't be that big of a deal...assuming you take care of Temple

Lol. Biggest game in USF/UCF history is for a chance to play Memphis.

(11-17-2017 04:02 PM)jlcolvin Wrote:  

(11-17-2017 03:32 PM)FonzKnight Wrote:  http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/martin-chr...ry-period/

It might be near the top 10 for UCF too-- it's close. Really every game at this point in the season has an argument to be up there.

Yeah going undefeated in the regular season wouldn't be that big of a deal...assuming you take care of Temple

Huh? Not even close to the biggest game for USF. The West Virginia game in 2007 was way bigger. Statement game for the program. The game they lost to Rutgers when ranked 2nd in the nation was bigger. They were in the hunt for a national title at that point.

Right now, USF is playing for a chance to play in a conference championship game for the right to play in a second tier BCS game against a P5 school that will probably be disappointed that they are there. While it would be nice for the school to get to a BCS bowl, that is still a long way off at this point in time, even if they beat UCF.

(11-17-2017 04:46 PM)shere khan Wrote:  Lol. Biggest game in USF/UCF history is for a chance to play Memphis.

Think of Memphis as the boring afterparty where 3 people show up.

(11-17-2017 04:46 PM)shere khan Wrote:  Lol. Biggest game in USF/UCF history is for a chance to play Memphis.

Yeah, seriously. The west really stunk it up this year.

(11-17-2017 03:45 PM)usffan Wrote:  

(11-17-2017 03:32 PM)FonzKnight Wrote:  http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/martin-chr...ry-period/

It might be near the top 10 for UCF too-- it's close. Really every game at this point in the season has an argument to be up there.

FWIW, Martin Fennelly:USF::Mike Bianchi:UCF

Fennelly writes to maximize attention, so he intentionally publishes 'hot takes' to get locals riled up. Sometimes (recently, rarely), they're over the top positive. More often, they're over the top negative. Always, they're controversial.

I think we all can agree that this is a big game for USF, since it's for our first chance to appear in a conference championship game. But we've played for conference championships before. We've beaten top 5 ranked teams in our sold out stadium before. Any objective person would agree that next weekend's game is not "the biggest game in USF history period." Honestly, none will ever compare with the first one ever. But that's not going to get Fennelly clicks or sell newspapers, so he's not going to write that.

USFFan

Spot on.

(11-17-2017 04:02 PM)jlcolvin Wrote:  

(11-17-2017 03:32 PM)FonzKnight Wrote:  http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/martin-chr...ry-period/

It might be near the top 10 for UCF too-- it's close. Really every game at this point in the season has an argument to be up there.

Yeah going undefeated in the regular season wouldn't be that big of a deal...assuming you take care of Temple

We’ve already done that in 2013.........how about usf?

I wonder if any UCF fans realize they have another game first?

(11-17-2017 06:30 PM)TripleA Wrote:  I wonder if any U_F fans realize they both have another game first?

I'd like to see the winner of the F_U schools play winner of the U_F game.

(11-17-2017 06:30 PM)TripleA Wrote:  I wonder if any U_F fans realize they both have another game first?

I’m pretty sure _S_, to fill in the blanks fans are confident they don’t!!

(11-17-2017 06:50 PM)shere khan Wrote:  

(11-17-2017 06:30 PM)TripleA Wrote:  I wonder if any U_F fans realize they both have another game first?

I'd like to see the winner of the F_U schools play winner of the U_F game.

Since the _C_ team beat one of the F_U contenders 61-17 already this season, I’m not sure it would be all that compelling.

(11-17-2017 05:59 PM)NestaKnight1 Wrote:  

(11-17-2017 04:02 PM)jlcolvin Wrote:  

(11-17-2017 03:32 PM)FonzKnight Wrote:  http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/martin-chr...ry-period/

It might be near the top 10 for UCF too-- it's close. Really every game at this point in the season has an argument to be up there.

Yeah going undefeated in the regular season wouldn't be that big of a deal...assuming you take care of Temple

We’ve already done that in 2013.........how about usf?

Didn't you lose to South Carolina that year?

Are there even any other rivalries in this conference? Well just take care of that for the conference too. Memphis doesn’t want any part of us again.

My favorite part of the article: “Pretend, for a moment, that UCF is ahead of USF as a football program. Pretend that UCF has better facilities, that on-campus stadium, an indoor practice building, and that is has broken ground on a football-only building. Pretend that UCF has already been to a major bowl game, the 2014 Fiesta Bowl, where it stunned No. 5 Baylor.

Oh, wait. All that stuff is true.”

That’s why if you’re still saying UCif you’re proving how stupid you are.

(11-17-2017 07:00 PM)RobUCF Wrote:  

(11-17-2017 06:30 PM)TripleA Wrote:  I wonder if any U_F fans realize they both have another game first?

I’m pretty sure _S_, to fill in the blanks fans are confident they don’t!!

Yeah, that USF-Tulsa game last night was so compelling I already forgot it, lol. j/k. Edited my post.

(11-17-2017 08:32 PM)zfred12 Wrote:  Are there even any other rivalries in this conference? Well just take care of that for the conference too. Memphis doesn’t want any part of us again.

That's not it. In fact, some Memphis fans want UCF for revenge. But many think USF would be easier partly b/c we would likely play it in Memphis, and partly b/c UCF looks stronger. Duh.