So Central Florida earns a share of the American Athletic Conference championship but it was a heck of a way to win it.
Knights quarterback Justin Holman connects with Breshad Perriman on the successful hail mary to lift UCF to a 32-30 win over East Carolina.
"Justin threw the ball." Perriman said. "I knew he was coming to our side. It was a perfect ball. I was blessed enough to come down with the catch."
"That was a great last play," UCF head coach George O'Leary said, "That's the second conference championship in a row, that's the first time in school history. That's great for the players and I'm happy so happy for them."
Here's how the voice of the UCF Knights Marc Daniels called it.
UCF shares the AAC title with Memphis giving the Knights claim to back to back conference championships.
It was a gut wrenching loss for East Carolina.
“I’ve experienced games like that before and it doesn’t get any easier. It’s tough." East Carolina head coach Ruffin McNeill said.
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Saturday, December 7, 2013
ICYMI: Temple Unversity Drops 7 Sports
And the non-big time BCS schools continue struggling to stay competitive.
Temple University announced on Friday the school would drop 7 sports in an effort to control costs.
Baseball, men's crew, men's gymnastics, men's outdoor and indoor track and field and women's softball and rowing are the sports impacted by the cuts. 150 athletes and 9 coaches are left without a program at the Philadelphia area school.
For their part, Temple says they don't have the money to upgrade their facilities in all their sports facilities, so they decided to concentrate on the ones they considered the most important. The school is a member of the American Athletic Conference.
Read more from the school's press release RIGHT HERE
Temple's football and basketball programs are the biggest programs. The football team has struggled mightily over the past few seasons and to Temple's defense, the cost of maintaining a top flight program is pretty steep.
But this is an indicator of an oncoming problem in college sports. Football is very profitable for SOME, but not most Division 1 schools. If you are a lower tier program in a smaller FCS conference that doesn't get the mega-TV deal, you struggle. And eventually it takes a toll on the school, it's budget and the athletics department.
You will see this happening more and more over the next few years....
One of Temple's athletes attending the announcement posted this video:
Temple University announced on Friday the school would drop 7 sports in an effort to control costs.
Baseball, men's crew, men's gymnastics, men's outdoor and indoor track and field and women's softball and rowing are the sports impacted by the cuts. 150 athletes and 9 coaches are left without a program at the Philadelphia area school.
For their part, Temple says they don't have the money to upgrade their facilities in all their sports facilities, so they decided to concentrate on the ones they considered the most important. The school is a member of the American Athletic Conference.
Read more from the school's press release RIGHT HERE
Temple's football and basketball programs are the biggest programs. The football team has struggled mightily over the past few seasons and to Temple's defense, the cost of maintaining a top flight program is pretty steep.
But this is an indicator of an oncoming problem in college sports. Football is very profitable for SOME, but not most Division 1 schools. If you are a lower tier program in a smaller FCS conference that doesn't get the mega-TV deal, you struggle. And eventually it takes a toll on the school, it's budget and the athletics department.
You will see this happening more and more over the next few years....
One of Temple's athletes attending the announcement posted this video:
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