BY JOHN MASTALIR jmastalir@yahoo.com
INTERESTING HOW IT ALL COMES TOGETHER WITH MY HISTORY
BIG COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAME FRIDAY NIGHT 7PM ESPN2
NEBRASKA.....I WAS BORN THERE.....BOTH COACHES...HISTORY THERE...
FRIDAY GAME IN ORLANDO.....1968 I UMPIRED IN THE FLORIDA
STATE BASEBALL LEAGUE AND UMPIRED THERE...WORKED THERE...
THIS GAME.... THERE...WITH CENTRAL FLORIDA'S MAJOR CHAMPION
POWER HOSTING FLORIDA ATLANTIC....STARTING THE SEASON THE
TWO SCHOOLS HAD THE LONGEST TWO WINNING STREAKS IN
COLLEGE FOOTBALL.....BIG MATCHUP..
IN THE 80S I WORKED IN SPORTS GAMING IN LAS VEGAS.... NEITHER
SCHOOL HAD NOTICEABLE COLLEGE FOOTBALL SO WE COULD NOT
SCHEDULE AND BET ON THEIR GAMES....HOW THINGS CHANGED !
1979 UCF STARTED FOOTBALL AND GREW TO THE 2017 UNBEATEN
COLLEGE CHAMPION (IN THEIR MINDS AND MINE) DEFEATING AUBURN
IN THEIR BOWL GAME...
AFTER THIS COACH SCOTT FROST RETURNED TO COACH NEBRASKA...
HIS ALMA MATER
1998 FLORIDA ATLANTIC BEGAN FOOTBALL WITH HIGH PROFILE
COACHES TO NOW INCLUDE LANE KIFFIN WHO HAS COACHED AT
USC AND THE OAKLAND RAIDERS....NO SMALL HISTORY THERE.
KIFFIN...THE SON ON LONG TIME HISTORICAL NEBRASKA FOOTBALL
COACH MONTE KIFFIN. MONTE.....NOW AN ASSISTANT TO HIS SON
AT FAU.
MONTE KIFFIN BORN LEXINGTON NEBRASKA
LANE KIFFIN BORN LINCOLN NEBRASKA
SCOTT FROST BORN WOOD RIVER NEBRASKA
JOHN MASTALIR BORN OMAHA NEBRASKA
WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN ….NOTHING...ONLY A HOOK FOR THE OLD
HISTORY BUFF....ME !
NOW ….WE HAVE A WEDDING TRIP IN FLORIDA ON SATURDAY AND ON
FRIDAY THIS FOOTBALL GAME APPEARS IN MY LIFE....A SUPER
TREAT TO COVER THIS GAME AND BRING ALL THIS NEBRASKA
HISTORY TOGETHER..
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