![]() I’ll be honest, it made sense at the time. Never forget your rival's arrogance, this is a MUST READ for EVERY UCF fan: /Etlesm2TH7- UCF Sports Info November 23, 2020 If you were a UCF fan during the dark days of south florida in the BIG EAST, you'll know how big it is to get the series back even this Friday in Tampa.īuy a ticket and go watch UCF crush the bulls!!! Recall Joe Henderson’s infamous 2008 column in the erstwhile Tampa Tribune, when he declared the series had “outlived its usefulness”: USF beat UCF four times in a row from 2005-2008, including the infamous 64-12 beatdown by the bay. While UCF was toiling through the MAC and Conference USA, South Florida played their cards right, and was just one step ahead, and loved to remind us of it. It wasn’t all that long ago our places were reversed. The War on I-4 rivalry is filled with the stuff that great college rivalries are made of: Proximity. I argue that, once that happens, we will lose something integral to what makes college sports so great: Our only natural rival, living within our conference. I’ve heard many UCF fans argue that, with the move to the Big 12, it’s time to leave South Florida behind, both literally and figuratively, like they’re Tulane or ECU. And yes, I know the two schools will very much likely meet again in non-conference match-ups in several sports.īut football is both schools’ crown jewel sport, and they won’t meet on the gridiron for the better part of a decade at least, if ever again. ![]() ![]() With UCF now announcing that 2022-23 will be its final year in The American, it will also be the Knights’ final season as conference mates with their hated rivals.
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