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What an incredible win tonight. I am sure we have not seen anything like it since we lost Kelley. In fact that is how far back we need to go to see UC football beat a ranked team. But this is better than beating Pitt on the road IMO. We ended the longest conference win streak in history! I could not be happier with Fick. I loved all of his play calling. Style is way in the back seat behind winning ala Tressle ball and the defense was stunning with 4 take away and the dismantling of a freshman phenom quarterback. Also best crowd in the history of Nippert and in front of the ESPN nation. My sister watches it at a bar in Chicago and did not have to ask for it to be put on. The other one was at the game. Very tough games remaking against Houston, Memphis and Temple but if we keep this level of play up we are certainly favored to be in the championship. Much to look forward to. My question is with this win has football turned a corner to be the signature UC program now? We have what may be the best coach outside the P5 with some hopes of holding on to him. We proved we can play on a national stage under lights and beat a ranked team. Meanwhile Basketball seems to be a far cry from claiming any of the above. I think it is time we woke up and smelled the pig skin. For the foreseeable Football is king at UC. Let’s embrace it - Go Cats!
 
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Great win. Good game. Excellent atmosphere.

I can tell Lawrugby is a football fan and that's great. The team deserves a pat on the back. But since you are bringing up comparisons, I don't think this team is as strong as 2009...and that Pitt game was crazy good.

But really, why compare? It doesn't really matter. Fick does have this program advancing. And it was great to see lots of big plays from younger players. Shows they are going to be having playmakers for years to come. If they can win the next four it will be a big step forward, given the competition.
 
No we haven’t seen this kind of program shift since Kelly I don’t wanna hear ucf isn’t that good their offense is dam good. It’s crazy to think fickle just now getting to point where his recruits aren’t under classman
 
You act like our basketball team hasn't beat ranked teams in televised games. This is the like first time UC football has done it in 10 years. It was a great win, hopefully a sign of better things to come, but get real man.
 
What a great win last night. The crowd was awesome and looked/sounded great on prime time TV. Fickell is building something great here. I really hope he stays to see the program become what it can be.
 
Alum2013 said:
You act like our basketball team hasn't beat ranked teams in televised games. This is the like first time UC football has done it in 10 years. It was a great win, hopefully a sign of better things to come, but get real man.
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I would like to know the last time the basketball team beat a top 20 team when it was unranked. It has been a while.
 
UCF had the longest streak of 30+ point games since 1936 snapped on Friday night. It was an absolute clinic on how to defend a hyper-fast spread offense. They used 27 players on defense, forced UCF to work down the field one short pass at a time (until the final possession), and strategically took risks.

The offensive line is a mess, which may spell trouble from time to time, but the skill positions on offense are in the best shape in a decade, and the defense may be the best they have ever had, and that is with their best player out for the year, and their best CB just getting on the field for the first time Friday night.
 
Lawrugby said:
What an incredible win tonight. I am sure we have not seen anything like it since we lost Kelley. In fact that is how far back we need to go to see UC football beat a ranked team. But this is better than beating Pitt on the road IMO. We ended the longest conference win streak in history! I could not be happier with Fick. I loved all of his play calling. Style is way in the back seat behind winning ala Tressle ball and the defense was stunning with 4 take away and the dismantling of a freshman phenom quarterback. Also best crowd in the history of Nippert and in front of the ESPN nation. My sister watches it at a bar in Chicago and did not have to ask for it to be put on. The other one was at the game. Very tough games remaking against Houston, Memphis and Temple but if we keep this level of play up we are certainly favored to be in the championship. Much to look forward to. My question is with this win has football turned a corner to be the signature UC program now? We have what may be the best coach outside the P5 with some hopes of holding on to him. We proved we can play on a national stage under lights and beat a ranked team. Meanwhile Basketball seems to be a far cry from claiming any of the above. I think it is time we woke up and smelled the pig skin. For the foreseeable Football is king at UC. Let’s embrace it - Go Cats!
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First part was great, but what the hell are you talking about with the basketball team? We were a 2 seed 2 years ago, we’ve beat tons of ranked teams on the road and at home. And I went to midnight madness after the football game, we’ve got some seriously talented new players coming in to go with the good core we already have. The basketball team is not going to be a push over by far this year, honestly I believe they will be better than last season after what I saw Friday night. Might take a month or so to work out the kinks with all the new guys, but we’ve got depth and some great players that could actually help us make a run in the tourney this year. That was a great win by the football program, but basketball still rules at UC.
 
Lawrugby said:
I would like to know the last time the basketball team beat a top 20 team when it was unranked. It has been a while.
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2016-2017 when we beat Iowa State on the road. So 3 years ago, not a while by any means, considering we were ranked the entire season after that, and half the season after that.
 
Lawrugby said:
I would like to know the last time the basketball team beat a top 20 team when it was unranked. It has been a while.
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Last year when we played #11 ranked Houston and beat them. I don't know why it matters that we were unranked because really all that does it make your argument even more invalid. The basketball team has been consistently ranked for years.

And if we're going to talk about best sport programs at UC it would clearly be the Track and Field team.
 
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Alum2013 said:
Last year when we played #11 ranked Houston and beat them. I don't know why it matters that we were unranked because really all that does it make your argument even more invalid. The basketball team has been consistently ranked for years.

And if we're going to talk about best sport programs at UC it would clearly be the Track and Field team.
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Clearly?

Nope. Dance team. ;)
 
Jon Rycek said:
First part was great, but what the hell are you talking about with the basketball team? We were a 2 seed 2 years ago, we’ve beat tons of ranked teams on the road and at home. And I went to midnight madness after the football game, we’ve got some seriously talented new players coming in to go with the good core we already have. The basketball team is not going to be a push over by far this year, honestly I believe they will be better than last season after what I saw Friday night. Might take a month or so to work out the kinks with all the new guys, but we’ve got depth and some great players that could actually help us make a run in the tourney this year. That was a great win by the football program, but basketball still rules at UC.
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I only saw highlights from the Thomas Moore game but based on what I saw I am very geeked about this team and Brannen. I think we need to give Fick and this great team their due though including the inimitable Ridder, Warren and Posey among others. I hope the basketball team will exceed a 17 ranking as the football team will do Monday in all likelihood but that will greatly exceed expectations if it happens. The football program is getting national coverage in all of their games now and is generating quite some buzz. Accordingly I am not willing to concede that “basketball rules” at the moment. I think it may be a couple of years until we get back to that state.
 

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