UCF vs USF

Orlando vs Tampa

No Respect vs National Respect

There are a lot of battles this week behind the scenes for the UCF @ USF game this Saturday at Noon in Tampa. Here’s one more you can add…

Battle of the Journalist Bloggers

Here are the bloggers in the battle, be sure to keep an eye on these blogs for tons of coverage leading up to the game. Some of them are already filled with good tidbits and discussion points.

On one corner, hailing from the beautiful city of Orlando:

Kyle Hightower, Orlando Sentinel UCF reporter:
Kyle Hightower’s Knights Notepad

Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel Columnist:
Mike Bianchi’s Open Mike

And in the other corner, hailing from the city of Tampa:

Greg Auman, St. Pete Times USF beat reporter:
Greg Auman’s USF Sports Bulletin

Brett McMurphy, Tampa Trib USF reporter:
Brett McMurphy’s USF Bulls Blog

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Once again here Sami’s (aka punk0mi) weekly game analysis which he gives on UCF’s Live Journal community. He wrote an extra long analysis for USF week!

Week 7
University of Central Florida Knights @
University of South Florida Bulls
Raymond James Stadium – Tampa, FL
Capacity: 65,000 (Typical College Game Lower Bowl Only 45,323)
Kickoff: 12:00pm ET
Line (As Of 10/9) : USF -12
Television: ESPNU – BrightHouse channel 109 (if you pay for the
Digital Sports Package)
Radio: AM 740 (Orlando), 1350 (Cocoa & Dade City), 1340 (Daytona)
1240 (Melbourne)
UCF Record: 3-2,last win against Louisiana-Lafayette, Last loss
to ECU.
Opponents Record: 5-0, Last win against FAU.
Series Record: USF leads the series 2-0.
UCF Depth Chart: Click Here To See
USF Depth Chart: Click Here To See

Analysis by: punk0mi of the ucflj community.

Welcome to the super size edition…

This analysis is going to a lot longer than usual because I am going to
go in-depth about a lot of things. So, get your granny glasses and let’s
get started….
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It wouldn’t matter if we were 0-5, I’d still be pumped up for this game. Yes it’s USF week! The fact that we have ourselves a great team makes with one of the best backs in the nation makes me downright giddy!

Time for forget ECU and move on, let’s paint Tampa BLACK & GOLD! If you are having trouble getting over ECU, then please see this video created by the great Matt from the boards on UCF rivals. It’ll get your ready…

GO KNIGHTS!!! BEAT THE BULLS!!!

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Rough game as you all know, or I should say rough 3rd quarter. I’m not going to dwell on the game here, the turnover machine started and we couldn’t stop the snowball..by the time it finally ended the game was just about out of reach. However we still had a fun roadtrip and I’m glad we were there to support the Knights.
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I’m in the process of working on the pics, but I’m also pretty tired so may not finish up until tomorrow. We had a great time on the road trip, okay well maybe with the small exception of the 2nd half. But we had a fun drive up, tailgate, and cheering on the Knights in person. Any time I can watch the Knights play in person it’s a success. Plus ECU is a wonderful place to watch a college football game as they get great support from the community and have a top notch tailgate scene.

It’s only 1 game, we still have 7 games left so don’t get too down on the team we’ve got a lot of football left to play!

GO KNIGHTS – BEAT USF!

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CFN has put up it’s “fearless predictions” for C-USA games this week, including UCF @ ECU. They are picking UCF over ECU in a 28-24 game. Also look who is on CFN’s front page…24K.

Here’s the link: CFN: C-USA Predictions for Week 6

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I was contacted today by a site visitor (Sami aka punk0mi) who let me know how they write a pre-game analysis each week on Live Journal. I was asked if I would want to post it on UCFPride.com and I said absolutely. Little did I know what a thorough analysis I would be getting, it really is top notch so take a look– be sure to click READ MORE! Thanks Sami, hopefully we can make this a weekly deal.

Week 6 UCF Knights @ East Carolina Pirates
Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium – Greenville, NC
Capacity: 43,000
Kickoff: 7:30pm ET
Line (As Of 10/2) : UCF -3.5
Television: CSTV – BrightHouse channel 106 (if you pay for the
Digital Sports Premium Package)
Radio: AM 740 (Orlando), 1350 (Cocoa & Dade City), 1340 (Daytona)
1240 (Melbourne)
UCF Record: 3-1,last win against Louisiana-Lafayette, Last loss
by three to #19 Texas.
Opponents Record: 2-3, Last win against Houston 37-35. Last loss
against #15 West Virginia 48-7.
Series Record: ECU leads the series 5-1.
UCF Depth Chart:Click Here To See
ECU Depth Chart:Click Here To See.

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National Rankings in Offense & Defense

Before you get too excited consider who we’ve played in comparison to who the Pirates have played. Here’s the break down according to Sagarin rankings.

UCF: 73 (113 SOS)

NC State: 87
Texas: 25
Memphis: 126
ULL: 153

ECU: 74 (14 SOS)

VaTech: 28
N. Carolina: 70
USM: 64
WVU: 7
Houston: 71

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A Knight fan on the Rivals board pointed this out. I had never heard of it, but he gives it good reviews so thought I’d pass along. It’s a service where you pay $5 per game, no matter how long you listen, to hear the radio broadcast of UCF games over the phone.

Here’s the link: Team Direct for UCF Knights

If anyone else has used this let me know your thoughts!

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Here are a few bits of information in regards to ECU for those that are heading up there for the big game this weekend.

-Lots open 6 hours before kickoff so that means 1:30pm.

-Much like UCF many of the surrounding lots are donor/pass only so take a look at this parking map for parking options.

-Lastly here is a ECU Visitor’s guide from college football fan.

It seems a lot of focus is already on USF, but we’ve got a big game before that. We did the ECU road trip back in 2005 and had a great time which is why I’m so pumped to go back again this year. It’s going to be a great atmosphere both inside and outside of the stadium, and I have no doubt ECU will be ready for us so we need to bring our A game!

For those not making the trip the game is on CSTV with kickoff is 7:30pm.

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