We did it! The Knights of UCF went up to State College Pennsylvania to take on the Penn State Nittany Lions and came back with one of the top victories in UCF football history. This is the type of victory that will get people's attention in the rest of the college football world. I'm sure going into the game on Saturday most casual fans expected Penn State to beat us and not even give it any more thought. Even before this game was played I have started noticing that there have been little bits and pieces about UCF football leading up to the past weekends game. We even got some attention from ESPN on two separate occasions. On College Football Gameday Lee Corso picked us to upset Penn State. I am so glad he got it right. Also on the back end of the college football weekend when they were handing out helmet stickers we (actually Blake Bortles) got a helmet sticker presented to him and the team by none other than Lou Holtz himself.
The offense looked great Saturday Knight and the defense played well enough for us to win the ball game. Of course that is all you can ask of any unit on a football team. I was very impressed with the way the offensive line played all Knight, blocking well for the running game and giving Blake plenty of time to find the receivers down field. That was I believe the key to our victory and to think that we did it without starting left tackle Torrian Wilson. On the defensive side of the ball I thought the team did very well for the most part. Yes there were a few too many big plays given up by us but their punter had to come out to punt more than a couple of times during the game. I still would like to see us get a better push up front with the four down lineman but maybe that is something they will continue to work on in practice.
The last time I was this excited about a win had to be when we won the Liberty Bowl against the Georgia Bulldogs back in 2010. Once again these are the games we have to find a way to win more often than not for us to continue to grow as a program.
Go Knights! Charge On!
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