Saturday Knight

I figure I 'd post since it has been awhile. I know I have been posting about Bella- but I figured I would write about my Saturday. Thanks to Kristen for letting me enjoy tailgating and UCF football!

Of course it was a hot day! This season has been different for me since Bella's arrival and I am not Mr. Tailgate with getting everything and planning and setting the tailgates up. The cool thing is our tailgate crew is great and we have fun together.

I should have known that our Survivor Flip Cup game would be very similar to the football game vs USF. How was it similar? We played a team that has beaten us consistently. We started off strong and then it looked like it would be over and we surged back and in the end we still found a way to loss.

Survivor flip cup is a great version of Flip Cup- the winning team kicks off a member of the losing team so they are now one man short. You do that until you take out the entire team. The hard part for the losing team is that the person has to drink more times to make up for the losses. For Team Motorboat- I was the lone person left and knocked off 4 members of Team Boobs (Yes it guys vs girls).

In the end I fell short and it sucks. Just like the UCF game.

Now to the game: I am still not sure what team we will have this year. I know we have lost some key members of the offense- Kevin Smith and the senior leadership of Kyle Israel. Also some member of the Offensive and Defensive Line.

Mike Greco was starting in his 2nd game of his career and we have 4 Freshmen RB running the rock. The positives of this year is that our Defense is solid and Defense wins championships.

I have said it before and I will continue to say it- I am UCF addict. I drink the Kool Aid and just when I am spent and done- UCF brings m back again. I had no expectations for the UCF/USF game. After the previous 3 games I was like- I want to beat them bad- but we probably won't.

I was pretty even keel with a few criticisms of the team for most of the game and thought it would be over- We are down 24-10 and its like 4 minutes left in the 4th. I actually considered to leave early. Then Bruce Miller gets an interception and our offense scores a touchdown and then the D stops them again and we score again- We are now tied and all hell break loose!

Going into OT- all i am thinking about is that it has to be our moment. 0-17 vs ranked teams and we are on a 7 game win streak- I am basically BELIEVING that we are going to win. We are due.

Well I was wrong and it stinks. It is not as painful for me as when I was younger- it use to mess up my weekend when the Knights lost (yes I had many bad weekends). It still hurts since you want something you love to win and be successful. No one likes a loser.

I think the Bella will be good for me- UCF won't cause me to have a heart attack or broken heart. Since in the end its a just a game.   I will continue to support the Knights and hope that I get to see them when they break through and "wake up".  I will forever bleed Black and Gold!

I think the bye week is good for the fans and bad for the team. I think if we played BC and Coach O'Leary could use that pain to be successful.

Based on the short UCF/USF history- the years that we play USF close- wWe are not as good as the years we get the doors blown off. Those years we win the conference and go Bowling! Of course the next time UCF plays will be my Birthday! So lets see if my Knights give me a BCS win or I should expect the usual gift on my birthday!