usfsig Posted April 13, 2016 Group: Member Topic Count: 51 Content Count: 693 Reputation: 114 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/21/2008 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Monkey see monkey do... I guess little brother feels that if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/ucf-knights/knights-notepad/os-ucf-football-spring-game-20160413-story.html UCF football coaches spike competition for spring game with a player draft Every Tuesday and Thursday, most of the UCF football coaches get together for some pretty intense pick-up basketball games. And there's a subtle competition among the staff for who is staying in the best shape, with most working out on the track or running the stadium steps when they're not at practice or in meetings. So it only made sense that head coach Scott Frost would add another competitive layer to the Knights' Black and Gold game Saturday. He split the team into two squads, with both coordinators leading a team. On Monday, the coaches held a player draft to assemble their groups for the spring game. Offensive coordinator Troy Walters will coach the gold team, while defensive coordinator Erik Chinander will coach black team. "We got probably the most competitive staff I've been a part of. Whether you're playing basketball at noon or going to workout and run stadiums, there's always a winner and a loser," Walters said. "There's always competition involved so there's gonna be something at stake. I'm not sure what the odds are right now, but in terms of the favorite I heard the gold team was a three-and-a-half point favorite." Chinander added with a chuckle, "That's alright. I've been an underdog my whole life, might as well not start [changing that now.]" Players weren't at the draft, of course. But senior quarterback Justin Holman said the draft element made practice just that much more competitive leading up to the spring game Saturday. "It's fun for the guys," Holman said with a smile. "I can see it out there on the field now and guys are in a group message texting about it. It's a big thing between us and it's a different way of doing things from how we usually did it." Holman added, "[Practice] was definitely more fun because everybody wants to be a first-round draft pick." The spring game, coined UCFastival, format will consist of two halves of a running clock. All punts will be fair catches and there will be no kickoff returns. The game starts at 7 p.m E-mail Shannon Green at sgreen@orlandosentinel.com. Follow her on Twitter at @osknights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptorcj Posted April 13, 2016 Group: Member Topic Count: 18 Content Count: 8,878 Reputation: 1,266 Days Won: 28 Joined: 07/12/2013 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Thank goodness our PR dept is competent. "UCFastival"!? That's knight-tastic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usfbullrider Posted April 13, 2016 Group: Member Topic Count: 64 Content Count: 3,222 Reputation: 387 Days Won: 8 Joined: 07/30/2011 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Fastival sounds terrible. Who are we to throw stones? Purple homecoming shirts Blue mechanics shirts with name embossed Jerseys with no name embossed Jersey with failed "The Team" embossed 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUpperHand Posted April 13, 2016 Group: Member Topic Count: 44 Content Count: 2,036 Reputation: 1,410 Days Won: 20 Joined: 06/29/2007 Share Posted April 13, 2016 2 minutes ago, usfbullrider said: Fastival sounds terrible. Who are we to throw stones? Purple homecoming shirts Blue mechanics shirts with name embossed Jerseys with no name embossed Jersey with failed "The Team" embossed South Florida nails it again with another misspelled trophy Apparently South Florida needs to work on getting some English classes instituted at the university, mainly in the football front offices. Last week they presented the Bulls’ 2012 Special Teams Player of the Year Award to senior punter Justin Brockhaus-Kann. Or did they? The word “offense” was not only misspelled on the trophy, but so was Brockhaus-Kann’s name. Simply put, the award makers butchered “offense” into “offensice” and Brockhaus-Kann’s name into Brouckhaus Kahn. But Brockhaus-Kann needs to worry no more, because USF tight end Evan Landi received his award this week and, to no one’s shock, it contained a misspelled word. Landi was presented with the Lee Roy Selmon Award, which is given annually to the player with “the greatest courage perseverance and determination in pursuit of team goals.” Take a look at the picture below and you’ll notice “perseverance” is spelt “perserverance.” http://gamedayr.com/sports/south-florida-nails-it-again-with-another-misspelled-trophy/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usfbullrider Posted April 13, 2016 Group: Member Topic Count: 64 Content Count: 3,222 Reputation: 387 Days Won: 8 Joined: 07/30/2011 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Tbh probably the trophy makers fault. Im going to assume positive intent and hope they havent used that company again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaUSFBull Posted April 13, 2016 Group: Member Topic Count: 263 Content Count: 24,750 Reputation: 3,107 Days Won: 87 Joined: 12/15/2009 Share Posted April 13, 2016 LOL, not sure why this is turning into a rehash of all the poor USF marketing efforts of the last several years. We've certainly improved our game there of late. UCFastival - WTF, that's the worst attempt of a play on words that I've ever seen. That's god-awful. I hope they go 0-12 again this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usfsig Posted April 13, 2016 Group: Member Topic Count: 51 Content Count: 693 Reputation: 114 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/21/2008 Author Share Posted April 13, 2016 2 minutes ago, GaUSFBull said: UCFastival - WTF, that's the worst attempt of a play on words that I've ever seen. That's god-awful. I hope they go 0-12 again this year. Idk... that might be hard to do with how FAST they'll be playing. It seems their whole hype train this year hinges on the "playing fast" mentality. Heck their catch phrase is #UCFast. I'm a believer of the whole you better learn fundamentals and the game before you try to play fast, or you'll most likely suck. Here's to hoping they go 0-12 again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptorcj Posted April 13, 2016 Group: Member Topic Count: 18 Content Count: 8,878 Reputation: 1,266 Days Won: 28 Joined: 07/12/2013 Share Posted April 13, 2016 (edited) 2 hours ago, usfbullrider said: Fastival sounds terrible. Who are we to throw stones? We are USF, and any opportunity to throw stones their way is a good one... Edited April 13, 2016 by raptorcj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2000bull Posted April 14, 2016 Group: Member Topic Count: 83 Content Count: 7,065 Reputation: 654 Days Won: 11 Joined: 06/04/2009 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Meanwhile in Orlando .... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCBull Posted April 14, 2016 Group: Member Topic Count: 112 Content Count: 8,159 Reputation: 864 Days Won: 8 Joined: 09/25/2008 Share Posted April 14, 2016 1 hour ago, Ned A Starr said: You mean our little brother up I-4....the one with 4 Conference Championships and a BCS Bowl Trophy? Yes, that's the one. Just wanted to confirm for you. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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