{"id":136830,"date":"2023-08-23T16:10:27","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T20:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=136830"},"modified":"2024-02-12T12:42:52","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T17:42:52","slug":"ucf-rivalries-old-and-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-rivalries-old-and-new\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF Rivalries: Old and New"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>As UCF approaches its inaugural season as the youngest member of a Power 5 conference, the athletics department is taking a look back to commemorate this special moment in history. The following feature is a part of UCF\u2019s 12 for XII series \u2014 12 stories that define UCF and the meteoric rise of the Knights in their journey to the Big 12 Conference<\/em>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>What makes a conference rival? Sometimes it&#8217;s geography. Sometimes it&#8217;s similarities. Sometimes it\u2019s on-field success and unforgettable finishes.<\/p>\n<p>As UCF has grown from its humble beginnings as a Division III program in the 1979 to joining the Big 12 this year, so too has its fiercest rivalries evolved.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_136846\" style=\"max-width: 1200px;\" class=\"figure mx-auto d-block\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid w-100 wp-image-136846 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/War-on-I4-Golf.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/War-on-I4-Golf.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/War-on-I4-Golf-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/War-on-I4-Golf-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/War-on-I4-Golf-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/War-on-I4-Golf-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid w-100 wp-image-136846 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201200%20800%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201200%20800%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/War-on-I4-Golf.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/War-on-I4-Golf-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/War-on-I4-Golf-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/War-on-I4-Golf-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/War-on-I4-Golf-360x240.jpg 360w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/War-on-I4-Golf.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">A taste of the War On I-4 rivalry series.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>War on I-4<\/h2>\n<p>The UCF-South Florida rivalry has been the standard for the last decade.<\/p>\n<p>Two proud Central Florida institutions, 100 miles apart, thrown together in the American Athletic Conference \u2014with no other leagues foes this side of East Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>The record book says the programs began competing in a 1971 baseball game between the Florida Tech Knights of the Pegasus and the South Florida Golden Brahmans. South Florida prevailed 5-1.<\/p>\n<p>The schools first met in men\u2019s basketball in 1972.&nbsp; Alum and longtime season ticket holder <strong>Joe DeSalvo \u201975<\/strong>, former Florida Times-Union sports editor, remembers a home-opening game in 1974-75 (won 75-74 by UCF) played at Winter Park High School.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_136847\" style=\"max-width: 272px;\" class=\"figure float-left\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"702\" height=\"896\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid w-100 wp-image-136847 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-25-at-11.34.42-AM.png\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-25-at-11.34.42-AM.png 702w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-25-at-11.34.42-AM-235x300.png 235w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-25-at-11.34.42-AM-627x800.png 627w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-25-at-11.34.42-AM-401x512.png 401w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-25-at-11.34.42-AM-313x400.png 313w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-25-at-11.34.42-AM-282x360.png 282w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"702\" height=\"896\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid w-100 wp-image-136847  lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20702%20896%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20702%20896%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 702w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-25-at-11.34.42-AM.png 702w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-25-at-11.34.42-AM-235x300.png 235w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-25-at-11.34.42-AM-627x800.png 627w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-25-at-11.34.42-AM-401x512.png 401w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-25-at-11.34.42-AM-313x400.png 313w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-25-at-11.34.42-AM-282x360.png 282w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-25-at-11.34.42-AM.png\"><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">A taste of the War On I-4 rivalry series.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While the War on I-4 rivalry was officially established in 2016 across all sports between the programs, ABC and ESPN helped cement the status of the football rivalry three years earlier by making it a regular Black Friday nationally televised event to end the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>Though the teams have played only 14 times overall (and never until 2005 when it was Big East vs. Conference USA), their football meetings have produced notable fireworks \u2014 most recently in 2022 when a favored UCF squad needed a highlight-reel end-zone grab by tight end Alec Holler to ensure a spot in the American Athletic Conference (AAC) Championship Game a week later.<\/p>\n<p>There have been other headline-making contests \u2014 a 49-42 Knight home win in 2017 that finished off a perfect regular season, then a crazy 58-46 UCF victory in Tampa in 2020 that featured 646 yards by the Knights and 577 by South Florida.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe great thing about the South Florida situation is that it was a rivalry for many years even when the two teams did not play,\u201d says longtime UCF radio play-by play voice Marc Daniels. \u201cUCF had a very young program \u2014 and then South Florida announced it was starting a program. The thought was, \u2018Does UCF want to play them?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it\u2019s a game that should have been played.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy the time it happened in 2005, (head coach) Jim Leavitt had South Florida rolling. The 2007 game wasn\u2019t close (64-12 in favor of South Florida). It began as a four-game series, South Florida won all four \u2014 and they had their \u2018We\u2019re No. 2 in the country\u2019 moment in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut there was no guarantee the teams were going to play again after that until UCF joined the American in 2013.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In fact, AAC commissioner Mike Aresco talked often about the need for his league to build more interest via rivalries \u2014and used the UCF-South Florida version as the conference\u2019s best example. UCF took home the inaugural War on I-4 trophy in the all-sports competition and its never left Orlando since.<\/p>\n<p>UCF in 2023 has moved into the Big 12 Conference, and there currently are no more football meetings between the Knights and Bulls on the books. Any future games in any sport will be of the non-conference variety.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_136835\" style=\"max-width: 485px;\" class=\"figure mx-auto d-block\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"485\" height=\"752\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid w-100 wp-image-136835 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Big-12-Series_Rollins-Newspaper.png\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Big-12-Series_Rollins-Newspaper.png 485w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Big-12-Series_Rollins-Newspaper-193x300.png 193w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Big-12-Series_Rollins-Newspaper-330x512.png 330w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Big-12-Series_Rollins-Newspaper-258x400.png 258w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Big-12-Series_Rollins-Newspaper-232x360.png 232w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"485\" height=\"752\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid w-100 wp-image-136835 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20485%20752%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20485%20752%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 485w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Big-12-Series_Rollins-Newspaper.png 485w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Big-12-Series_Rollins-Newspaper-193x300.png 193w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Big-12-Series_Rollins-Newspaper-330x512.png 330w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Big-12-Series_Rollins-Newspaper-258x400.png 258w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Big-12-Series_Rollins-Newspaper-232x360.png 232w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Big-12-Series_Rollins-Newspaper.png\"><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Jan. 23, 1986 edition of the Central Florida Future promoting an upcoming men&#8217;s basketball game against Rollins College.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Before the War<\/h2>\n<p>There was a meaningful rivalry with Stetson in basketball and baseball \u2014 two of UCF\u2019s earliest sports established \u2014 because of the proximity of the schools. The Rollins and Florida Southern series (in the Sunshine State Conference starting in 1975-76) flourished in the \u201970s and \u201980s when Torchy Clark was the UCF men\u2019s basketball coach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemember, in Florida at that time, there was no one (in pro sports) except the (Miami) Dolphins and (Tampa Bay) Bucs\u2014 no hockey, no baseball, no Orlando Magic, and no UCF football until 1979.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTorchy had a competitive basketball team \u2014 and when they would play Rollins in the Winter Park High School gym (in 1976) it was the biggest sporting event in Orlando,\u201d Daniels says.<\/p>\n<p>Knight fans have seen plenty of football shifts \u2014 based on UCF beginning as an NCAA Division III program in 1979, elevating to Division II (1982), FCS (1990), FBS (1996), the Mid-American Conference (2002), Conference USA (2005), the AAC (2013) and now the Big 12 (2023). That doesn\u2019t count the handful of other conferences other Knight teams participated in.<\/p>\n<p>Considering Daniels has called every Knight football game since 1995 (the Daunte Culpepper days), the broadcaster and voice of the Knights knows a little something about which opponents over the years have fired up UCF fans:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs UCF went through its Division II and I-AA years, people talked about Bethune-Cookman as a rival because of the geographics,\u201d he says. \u201cYoungstown State is often mentioned just because of the history of a (1993) playoff game in the snow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In DeSalvo\u2019s view, the football aspect started in 1979: \u201cI went to that first game \u2014 we played St. Leo right out of the gate. It was only the two games those first two seasons, but that made it a rivalry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd in those really early years Valdosta State (eight games from 1982-94) was a rival for us \u2014 and Georgia Southern (11 games from 1982-91). Those were the better programs we were challenging back then. Southern Miss (UCF dropped six of eight meetings between 2005-12) was always a tough game in Conference USA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody wanted to beat UCF. We seemed to have a big target on our back. Maybe it was partly because we were a big school from a big city. In their minds, we were the city slickers from Disney World.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt made it more of a challenge, but history shows we were up for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_136832\" style=\"max-width: 1200px;\" class=\"figure mx-auto d-block\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" class=\"figure-img size-full wp-image-136832 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Big-12-Series_East-Carolina.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Big-12-Series_East-Carolina.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Big-12-Series_East-Carolina-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Big-12-Series_East-Carolina-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Big-12-Series_East-Carolina-599x400.jpg 599w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Big-12-Series_East-Carolina-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" class=\"figure-img size-full wp-image-136832 img-fluid lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201200%20801%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201200%20801%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Big-12-Series_East-Carolina.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Big-12-Series_East-Carolina-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Big-12-Series_East-Carolina-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Big-12-Series_East-Carolina-599x400.jpg 599w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Big-12-Series_East-Carolina-360x240.jpg 360w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Big-12-Series_East-Carolina.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">UCF vs. East Carolina in the unforgettable Hail Perriman game in 2014.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Rivalries with Longevity<\/h2>\n<p>Veteran Knight fans talk about the days when games against Tulsa (three of the teams\u2019 meetings have been C-USA title games\u2014in 2005, 2007, 2012) and East Carolina qualified as red-letter calendar dates.<\/p>\n<p>The Tulsa rivalry was fueled by four straight Golden Hurricane wins (2015-16-19-20). The Knights have played more football games (21) against East Carolina than any other opponent and own more triumphs over Memphis (15) than any other foe.<\/p>\n<p>And Daniels is quick to point out, don\u2019t forget about Marshall \u2014 and old foe from the MAC who went on the ride along with UCF to C-USA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn my mind, Marshall was the first big rivalry because of how it happened,\u201d Daniels says. \u201cUCF went from independent to the MAC. Marshall made the move from dominating in I-AA to the MAC and they were having success.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat leads to the first time we played which was 2002. UCF had played at Arizona State two weeks before and (quarterback) Ryan Schneider injured his ribs. After a bye week we went up to play Marshall and (quarterback) Byron Leftwich and they were just ready for us. It was as if they were saying, \u2018Who is this new kid on the block from Florida?\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marshall won 26-21, but the Knights earned some respect, in part due to Schneider\u2019s warrior-like approach. UCF actually had the ball at the end on Marshall\u2019s side of the field until the drive stalled. Marshall won the first three games of the series.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat brought us to 2005 and UCF had a 17-game losing streak, the longest in the country, including all of George O\u2019Leary\u2019s first year (2004),\u201d Daniels says.<\/p>\n<p>UCF beat Marshall 23-13 \u2014 and Knight Nation tore the goalposts down in the old Citrus Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFast-forward into a series that had been owned by Marshall and that UCF then began to dominate,\u201d Daniels says. \u201cThe two teams played in the Gasparilla Bowl after the 2019 season, and that brought back a lot of memories. There were good things about the Marshall series as far as turning UCF fortunes around \u2014 and that made it special for Knight fans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were certain schools you <em>had<\/em> to get up for\u2014you <em>had<\/em> to win that game. Marshall became one of those,\u201d DeSalvo says.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_136833\" style=\"max-width: 1200px;\" class=\"figure mx-auto d-block\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"figure-img size-full wp-image-136833 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Big-12-Series_2018-Bearcat-game.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Big-12-Series_2018-Bearcat-game.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Big-12-Series_2018-Bearcat-game-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Big-12-Series_2018-Bearcat-game-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Big-12-Series_2018-Bearcat-game-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Big-12-Series_2018-Bearcat-game-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"figure-img size-full wp-image-136833 img-fluid lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201200%20800%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201200%20800%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Big-12-Series_2018-Bearcat-game.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Big-12-Series_2018-Bearcat-game-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Big-12-Series_2018-Bearcat-game-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Big-12-Series_2018-Bearcat-game-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Big-12-Series_2018-Bearcat-game-360x240.jpg 360w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/08\/Big-12-Series_2018-Bearcat-game.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Kyle Gibson trucks a Bearcat as Brandon Moore returns a blocked field goal in the 2018 College GameDay primetime matchup.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Memphis is next on the list and extended beyond football.<\/p>\n<p>Keith Clanton led the UCF men\u2019s basketball team to its first win over Memphis, 68-67, in 2012 in front of the then-fifth largest crowd in school history \u2014 who rushed the court to celebrate the milestone. In women\u2019s soccer, UCF and Memphis appeared regularly atop the C-USA standings \u2014 and the Knights headed into the AAC with momentum by shutting out Memphis in the 2012 C-USA tournament en route to its first C-USA tournament title. The teams\u2019 series evened out, 6-6, during their AAC era.<\/p>\n<p>In football, the Tigers beat UCF back in 1990 and then the Knights won 13 straight. The 2005 UCF victory (38-17) saw All-America UCF running back Kevin Smith (164 yards) outrush DeAngelo Williams (136) when Williams was the leading rusher in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Adds Daniels, \u201cThat game was noteworthy because at that time UCF didn\u2019t have all that many wins over name programs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2013 there was the UCF kickoff with the game tied and less than two minutes to go\u2014resulting in a big hit and forced fumble by the Knights\u2019 William Stanback. Drico Johnson picked it up and scored\u2014and UCF won 24-17.<\/p>\n<p>The teams played four times combined in 2017 and 2018, though the regular-season meeting in 2017 almost didn\u2019t happen because of a hurricane. The conference title game in 2017 was a 62-55 UCF double overtime win that pushed the Knights to 12-0. McKenzie Milton threw for 494 yards and five touchdowns in the highest-scoring FBS conference title game in history (including 1,479 combined total yards). At one point in the first half, Milton completed 15 consecutive passes for 266 yards and three TDs.<\/p>\n<p>Then in 2018, UCF was down 16 on the road in the rain and came back to win 31-30\u2014partly via a fourth-and-one TD play (a 71-yard run by Taj McGowan). UCF backup quarterback Darriel Mack did the job in the 2018 AAC title game with 348 passing yards and four rushing TDs&#8211;after Milton had been hurt the week before.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose were four incredible games. In fact, there was another one, that UCF lost 50-49 in 2020 after gaining 798 yards, that was an incredible football game as well,\u201d Daniels says.<\/p>\n<p>Daniels puts Cincinnati on the rivalry list with South Florida, Marshall and Memphis \u2014 and says he will never forget the 2015 game versus the Bearcats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUCF lost 52-7 in the winless season,\u201d he says, \u201cthen turned around and beat them in Scott Frost\u2019s first year in 2016. The ESPN <em>College GameDay<\/em> meeting in prime time in 2018 was an amazing week in so many ways as far as overall branding for the football program and for UCF in general.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cincinnati claimed three straight versus UCF (2019-20-21), making the Knights\u2019 comeback victory over the Bearcats in 2022 all the more satisfying (and coming against a CFP qualifier from the 2021 season). UCF fans and national college football writers (Andy Staples, Andrea Adelson) believe the impact of the Knights\u2019 2017-18 25-game unbeaten streak paved the way for Cincinnati\u2019s CFP breakthrough in that \u201921 season.<\/p>\n<p>UCF and Cincinnati have been responsible for four of five AAC football titles from 2017 through 2021.<\/p>\n<p>And now the story will continue as both programs head to the Big 12.<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" class=\"img-fluid aligncenter wp-image-136199 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/07\/big-12-family-portrait-800x800.jpeg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/07\/big-12-family-portrait-800x800.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/07\/big-12-family-portrait-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/07\/big-12-family-portrait-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/07\/big-12-family-portrait-512x512.jpeg 512w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/07\/big-12-family-portrait-400x400.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/07\/big-12-family-portrait-360x360.jpeg 360w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/07\/big-12-family-portrait-767x767.jpeg 767w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/07\/big-12-family-portrait.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" class=\"img-fluid aligncenter wp-image-136199 size-large lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20800%20800%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20800%20800%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/07\/big-12-family-portrait-800x800.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/07\/big-12-family-portrait-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/07\/big-12-family-portrait-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/07\/big-12-family-portrait-512x512.jpeg 512w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/07\/big-12-family-portrait-400x400.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/07\/big-12-family-portrait-360x360.jpeg 360w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/07\/big-12-family-portrait-767x767.jpeg 767w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/07\/big-12-family-portrait.jpeg 1200w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2023\/07\/big-12-family-portrait-800x800.jpeg\"><\/p>\n<h2>Who&#8217;s Next?<\/h2>\n<p>So, where can UCF partisans direct their enthusiasm in this expanding new league?<\/p>\n<p>Cincinnati may be the frontrunner, but what about Houston, where SpaceU takes on Space City? Maybe former independent BYU, part of the quartet that became Big 12 members July 1?<\/p>\n<p>How will Knight Nation react to conference assignments against Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Iowa State, Baylor, West Virginia, Texas Tech and TCU? (Given the move of Oklahoma and Texas to the Southeastern Conference beginning in 2024, exclude that duo.)<\/p>\n<p>What about the most recent Big 12 additions \u2014 Colorado, Arizona, Arizona State and Utah?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think rivalries are really healthy,\u201d says DeSalvo, \u201cand it\u2019ll be interesting to see how they develop in the Big 12.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe Cincinnati? At least recently they were always in the way \u2014 it came down to that game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe West Virginia. Maybe Houston. Maybe even Baylor, just based on that Fiesta Bowl game 10 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd we have a history with Cincinnati and Houston \u2014 and they have a history with us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf the schools from the AAC, there will be a little bit of competition to see who is going to do better in the Big 12.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>UCF recently recorded its first victory in its first outing as a Big 12 member in a 1-0 women\u2019s soccer road win at Purdue.<\/p>\n<p>There will be many more opportunities to come.<\/p>\n<p>Check back in five years \u2014 and see how the rivalry debate unfolded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to be fun,\u201d DeSalvo says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From its early days against Rollins College to dominating the War On I-4 Rivalry Series, UCF looks ahead to who\u2019s next as the Knights change 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