UCF Knights
Final Overview
The Knights have enough on offense to carry this team if a running game can be found, and some decent receivers present themselves out of this crop. The line should be more than good enough to get the work done in the trenches, and they have a solid kicker as well.
The real issue here will be on defense, where the entire back seven must be rebuilt, save Griffin. If that project cannot get off the ground in the early part of camp and the season, my projections could all be moot. Defense and the run game will be the most major areas of concern here, as is the schedule from 10/7 through 11/14, where the Knights play three road games in four weeks.
What really happened
Not only was that back seven not a concern, UCF had one of the better defenses n the AAC, allowing just 25 points per game, and most of that number was brought upwards by season ending shootout wins against both USF and Memphis. All in all, UCF had one of the greatest turnarounds in two short seasons of any program in history. The Knights, who were 0-12 just two years ago, finished 12-0, and are a NY6 participant, a spot I had reserved for USF, not UCF. At least I had the conference for that spot correct. UCF was projected to finish 2nd in the AAC East in my projection, but they finished first and won the conference championship, leading Scott Frost to take the bigger job at Nebraska after the AAC title game.
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