University of Florida offers UCF a 2-1 and UCF, who has been crying no one will give them a chance - hence their pathetic schedule - tucks tail and declines.
Mmmmm’kay
Yeah, uhhh...that isn’t completely correct. That’s what the bullshit SEC media likes to put out, but isn’t right.
Our AD has been adamant that he would like to play UF but they aren’t willing to play ball. They claim they’ve offered a 2:1, but no formal offer has ever been extended.
And to be honest, if they did bring a formal offer and we declined, I would support our AD. In the past when in discussions, UF wanted an uneven series with our “home game” being off campus at Camping World Stadium which will give them half the profits from the gate. That’s the same deal they just got with USF with half their home game gate at Raymond James Stadium going to UF while they got a measley $500k for the series. This is on par for a wanna be blue blood program who doesnt play a legit non-conference road game ever except for at FSU every other year and the only reason that even takes place is because FSU slums in the Florida Senate forced them to 25 years ago. Other than FSU, UF’s last non-conference road game was against Syracuse in 1991.
Also of note, for a G5 team who gets only $2M annually from their TV contract, giving up the profits from a true home game would destroy our yearly budget. Danny did counter their bullshit public comments saying he’s willing to do a home and home with a 3rd game at a neutral site, but nobody seems to care about that. Also, his model of only offering home and home series seems to be working as we have a decent cast of P5 teams on future schedules. If UF doesn’t want to be part of it, F them.