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Why did UCF change from Golden Knights to Knights?
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RE: Why did UCF change from Golden Knights to Knights?
(08-15-2013 12:29 PM)Inigo Wrote:  
(08-15-2013 11:27 AM)CorporateRobot Wrote:  We were the "Fighting Knights" when I attended. I hated the move to "Golden Knights." However, I now support the abbreviated "Knights." It is just part of the branding plan (similar to wanting to be "UCF" rather than "Central Florida").

UCF was never officially the "Fighting Knights", but the football team was frequently referred to as the Fighting Knights. Similarly, the basketball team was often referred to as the "Running Knights" and the baseball team was the "Diamond Knights". All were just nicknames and not the official names of the teams. The school's official mascot was always the UCF Knights until Steve Sloan changed it to the UCF Golden Knights in 1993.

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True to some extent, but the program did market themselves as the Fighting Knights. Lots of print media referred the us as the Fighting Knights during this time. Its hard to call it a nickname when you print the name on your media guides as your name.
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