UCF Knights Claim ‘We’re National Champs’ After Beating SEC West Division Champ Auburn In Peach Bowl
By Sam Cooper, Yahoo Sports // January 2, 2018
“We’ll line up and go against anybody. I’ll take our ball club against anybody in the country”
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(YAHOO SPORTS) – Central Florida upset Auburn Monday in the Peach Bowl to complete a perfect 13-0 season.
UCF is the only team without a loss for the 2017 season, and that led Knights athletic director Danny White to make a bold proclamation after the 34-27 victory:
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“National champs,” White said. “Undefeated.”
UCF rolled through the regular season undefeated and knocked off Memphis in double-overtime to win the American Athletic Conference title game. That win clinched a berth in the Peach Bowl as the top-ranked team from a Group of Five conference, but the Knights were down at No. 12 in the final College Football Playoff rankings. That ranking understandably drew a lot of ire from folks at UCF.
After UCF came in at No. 14 in the second-to-last rankings from the CFP selection committee, White voiced his displeasure to Yahoo Sports’ Eric Adelson.
“I thought finally we’d get a little more respect,” White said. “It doesn’t seem to matter what we do.
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“What more do you want from us?”
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