We are 6-0 and I am not ashamed to admit that watching these six games brought me more agitation than excitement. We were in a weird situation created by our soft schedule (due to Wisc & I believe Mich St backing out) which made style point almost as important as winning. With the SDSU loss, all that gets thrown out the window!
We can now just enjoy the games regardless of how much we win by. If we keep winning, we will play on New Year's Day, which is really the best we could have hoped for. This is not just about 2017, but about setting the foundation for the future. A conference championship and NY6 Bowl help to solidify our recruiting class and bring legitimacy to Tampa.
Special Teams have been fixed. Penalties have not. Play calling...Now when we are winning by 12 and run up the middle three times in the red zone, we can be happy that we aren't showing UCF our cards. UCF is playing at peak performance. With style points out of the way, I prefer to go into Black Friday as the unknown and then unleash the hounds on them! We have been the favorite before, where it looked like there was no way we could lose (most Thursday's in the past!). I prefer going into the bounce house as an underdog and leaving with a ticket to the conference championship game.
Until then, I'm going to finally sit back and enjoy the ride!