April 1 is the “deadline to renew your season tickets for next year. Judging by the phone calls and emails I’m getting, the waiting list behind us is not very long. I’m sure the economy has to take at least half of the blame. But I think it also says a lot about the lack of enthusiasm among the fan base. When teams are going well they send you a notice and if you miss it, it’s your loss. They just move on to the next name on the waiting list. So far UCF has called me willing to move me to cheaper seats, even work out a payment plan. I have a feeling empty seats will be the norm next season.

As some of you already know, I am not only a huge UCF fan but also a huge fan of UF. Right now UF is on top of the college sports world. They’ve won two National Championships in football and basketball in the last four years. They truly are what everyone else wants to be. But, it has not always been that way. It took UF 90 years to win it’s first football title. Think about that. 90 years.  UCF had been fielding a football team for 30 years. So if it takes us 60 more years to win a National Title, we are doing no worse than UF. UF had DECADES where they were getting no better. So it got me to thinking, are we better off than 10 years ago? Well, it depends. Facilities wise, we are WAY better off than 10 years ago. Talent wise, no. Not really. The late 90s teams of Duante Culpepper would kick this team’s ass.

There are two ways to measure whather or not we are making progress. First, would be the program’s status as far as things like the stadium, conference affiliation, bowl games, etc.  Second, how are we on the field, especially compared to other similar programs. While we are maybe not moving at the snail’s pace Florida did, we are getting blown away by USF and FAU. We are doing well as far as the first part. We have USF and FAU beat facilities wise I think. Now we must do it on the field. That is why we need to act swiftly in getting in a new head coach. Otherwise we’ll be fighting FIU for recruits.

Yes it is about to get cranked back up. Check the headlines link for updates on the Knights.