Yes! You are reading this correctly. All the data that I've been gathering about this game says USF WINS.
I know we've played sluggish football all year offensively, and we've gambled too much on defense at times and paid the price at least once -to Houston.
However, everything is lining up perfectly for a nice, solid win over the rusted tin men.
(1) Florida Athletes vs. Florida Athletes: USF wins this matchup because we'll have more rest and we have more seniors.
(2) Flowers and the senior leadership on this team, they've seen it all, including losing their head coach and adjusting to new coaches.
(3) Flowers, his talent, and his elusiveness. ucf hasn't seen a QB like Flowers since last year when they got beat. Nobody has ever stopped Flowers! ---NOBODY!
(4) Our guys have already gotten all the bad voodoo plays out of their system, including that snake-bite play against Houston. The guys will play well.
(5) Strong and Gilbert will make better decisions on play selections: the odds are just staggering against them making the same mistakes after what they've seen this season.
(6) ucf is not that good. Solid but not world beaters. I've watched a lot of their games now. With Flowers and our RBs, I think we will move the ball and score plenty. Not a problem!
(7) All things being equal, I think the intangibles favor USF. Plus, ucf hasn't had to fight for a game this year; they don't know what it's like. Get on top of them and they will start to doubt. And deep down they know their coach is gone after a few more games. That's got to eat at them.
Home field advantage? I don't think so. Our players are just going across I-4 and taking their year-long frustrations out on the rusted tin men!
These gnats are very average (as in not a FSU-like team when we played FSU).
USF WINS! I GUARANTEE IT! ---In all the years on this forum, don't think I've ever guaranteed a victory before.