The Moment: Less than six months after leading UCF to its first BCS bowl victory, Blake Bortles found out that he wouldn’t be leaving the state to continue his football career. While UCF certainly had its moments before White arrived, it’s likely that the Knights wouldn’t be in the Big 12 without the national success brought under White. Undefeated.” After Frost departed for Nebraska, White hired Josh Heupel, who guided the Knights to a second straight AAC championship and New Year’s Six appearances. Frost led UCF to an undefeated season in 2017 and White said the famous words in a six-second video posted to Twitter: “National champs. White quickly brought in Scott Frost to coach the football program and went on to hire basketball coaches Johnny Dawkins and Katie Abrahamson-Henderson, baseball coach Greg Lovelady, and softball coach Cindy Ball-Malone among others. Why It’s On This List: With one hire, the Knights changed the course of their athletics department. White was joined by Kentucky deputy athletics director DeWayne Peevy and Texas A&M deputy athletics director Marcy Girton as finalists to interview for the position. The Knights hired Buffalo athletics director Danny White, marking the start of what would become a golden era in UCF athletics history. Former president John Hitt moved quickly to hire a new athletics director and eventually chose a rising star to fill the open job. The Moment: Following a winless football season and the retirement of George O’Leary, UCF found itself near rock bottom just two years removed from winning the Fiesta Bowl.
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This game became the highest-rated UCF sporting event of all time with an 8.8 national TV rating on CBS. In addition, a lot of people watched the second-round matchup.
In a matter of seconds, Johnny Dawkins’ program earned respect from fans across the country and showed that UCF had the potential to one day make a deep March Madness run. Why It’s On This List: Although this moment hurts more than most for UCF fans, the game itself against Duke became an instant classic in NCAA tournament history. The Knights’ magical season came to an end in a shocking turn of events. 1 overall in the NBA draft, scored 32 points with 11 rebounds and 4 assists. In a battle of the bigs, Fall finished with 15 points, 6 rebounds and 3 blocks while Williamson, who went on to be picked No. Dawkins, who finished with 32 points in his final college basketball game, was able to get his hands on a missed shot from Taylor but the putback attempt rimmed out and Duke won 77-76 to advance to the Sweet 16. The Moment: Tacko Fall, Aubrey Dawkins and BJ Taylor came ever so close to pulling off a major upset in the second round of the NCAA tournament against top-seeded Duke, but Zion Williamson and the Blue Devils survived in the final moments. Although its next CUSA championship wouldn’t come until 2010, UCF was able to capitalize on a special season. The Knights rode home-field advantage and Smith to their first conference championship while showing that they were bound for greatness. Smith ran for 2,567 yards, which ranks second all-time behind only Barry Sanders, and became the first player in UCF history to earn consensus All-America. Why It’s On This List: Playing on campus for the first time in program history, the Knights didn’t disappoint during their first season in the Bounce House.
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