Here’s to hoping everyone has a great New Year and that it will be the last one that GOL is UCF’s coach! (Clink)

Now that the depression of that awful bowl game has subsided, I am back and gatting fired up actually about next year. So Merry Christmas everyone from fireoleary.com and we will see you after all the presents have been opened. Maybe next year Santa will put a new coach under our tree.

Another 8-5. Another Bowl loss. So I guess you can pencil us in for 4-8 next year? I’m out. I’m tired of beating my head against the wall. You guys can have it.

The game is a sellout! Looks like the Knights will have the crowd on its side. (The ones in Gold) A win in this game could be large for recruiting. With the game being on prime time in the Tampa area, and with Leavitt being a player abuser, maybe we can make some noise over in the Tampa Bay area.

It’s the end of another football season for UCF. Man these things are short! We got one more week to get behind the Knights (not the Scarlet ones) and judging from reports I’ve been getting, the UCF fans are excited about this game. It looks as if we will have a considerable home field advantage in St. Pete. After this week it’s time to then turn our attention to recruiting, which at last glance, rivals had us down to #70. That’s not going to cut it. But we’ll worry about that next week. For this week we will focus on Gold over Scarlet. GO UCF!

Well there goes the guy at the top of my list to become UCF’s next coach. I hope he has success at Louisville. It’s not like we were in the market for a new coach now anyway I guess.  Time to come up with a new list for next year. I know you guys might think I’m nuts but I’m thing Steve Kragthorpe. I know he failed at Louisville but he was hell on wheels at Tulsa. He was their coach when we lost to them in the ‘05 C-USA Title Game. That team was unstoppable that day. He blistered the defenses in this league, which ok who doesn’t (besides George). But he did his magic at a tiny school in Tulsa OK. What could he accomplish here? Something to think about.

In a battle of the Knights, the (formerly) Golden Knights of UCF will meet the Scarlet Knights of Rutgers in St. Pete’s Tropicana Field on Dec. 19th.  Check the shop for some t-shirts for the big game. Looking forward to seeing you there.

We know where. We just don’t know who. Either way it’s a good deal for the Knights. We will be playing a BCS conference team in a bowl game for the second time. THe first time the Knights fell a bit short two years ago at the Liberty Bowl against Mississippi State. Let’s hope this time it goes better. It looks like the Knights will either face USF or Rutgers. Hopefully we will know soon.