UCF 56 FAU 36

BY JOHN MASTALIR jmastalir@yahoo.com

YET ANOTHER ONE OF THE GREAT DAYS OF MY LIFE.....

GO …..SEE....DO.....LIVE...

21 SEPTEMBER 2018....ORLANDO, FLORIDA

FOUR OF THE BEST MUSEUMS IN MY LIFE...

CORNELL FINE ARTS MUSEUM
CHARLES HOSMER MORSE MUSEUM...TIFFANY
OLD FIREHOUSE MUSEUM
ORLANDO MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS

ALL BETTER THAN THE NEXT....TIFFANY.... BEST I HAVE EVER SEEN.

AH...THE MISSION....FOOTBALL...... BEFORE THE WEDDING AND CRUISE.

AS IN THE PREVIOUS STORY I HAVE COVERED COLLEGE FOOTBALL
AT 38 VENUES....THIS AT UCF....THE BEST BY FAR...
FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS....

BEING IN FOREIGN TERRITORY WE MADE A DRY RUN IN THE A.M.

SECURITY EVERYWHERE....STAFF EVERYWHERE....
PREPARATION AT EVERY STOP...CREDENTIALS AND PRESS BOX
PENULTIMATE ORGANIZATION AND UNLIKE THE MGM
PROPERTIES IN LAS VEGAS WHERE THEY ALL TELL YOU WHAT NOT TO
DO AND WHERE NOT TO GO....HERE AT UCF.....ALL HELP YOU

AMAZING HOW COLLEGE FOOTBALL HAS …..FAU HAD 21 COACHES...
THERE WERE 8 REFEREES....ONE SORT OF STANDING OVER THE
BALL BEFORE THE SNAP....DISALLOWING PLAY AND HELPING TO
THE TOTAL TIME OF THE GAME TO ALMOST 4 HOURS....THAT WITH
NEITHER TEAM FORMING A HUDDLE FOR THE WHOLE GAME..

EVERYTHING SPEED AND POWER AND ITS SO DIVERSE FROM
OLD SPORTS REPORTERS WHO ARE SLOW AND WEAK !

TWO HOURS BEFORE GAMETIME FAU ARRIVED WITH A FIVE
BUS CARAVAN....FIVE POLICE CARS IN FRONT AND FIVE IN
BACK.....DONT KNOW IF THEY DRESSED AWAY FROM THE
FIELD OR TAPPED AT THE HOTEL OR JUST WANTED TO MAKE
AN ENTRANCE.....

LOTS OF OPULENCE ON BOTH ENDS WITH FAU OUT OF BOCA
RATON AND UCF FROM NEAR BY WINTER PARK....HIGH END
SCHOOLS....UCF HAS 60,000 PLUS STUDENTS HERE AND THERE..
DONT KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS OTHER THAN...BIG !
PLAYING OF THE GAME ALMOST ANTICLIMATIC TO THE DAY...
BUT WE EXPECTED A GREAT GAME WITH TWO OF THE TOP
COLLEGE TEAMS IN THE COUNTRY......FAU ACTUALLY AHEAD
17-14 IN THE SECOND QUARTER AND THEN  IN 58 SECONDS
UCF UNLEASED THEIR UNSTOPABLE OFFENSE AND RAN
AWAY IN THE SECOND HALF....WAY TOO MANY TOUCHDOWNS
FOR ME BUT NOT FOR 44,257 WHO REALLY HAVE IT GOING
IN CENTRAL FLORIDA...….THIS TEAM COULD GO 12-0 AGAIN..
GLAD I LIVED TO SEE SOME OF IT.....STILL THE OLDEST ONE
IN THE PRESS BOX AND THE MOST GENUINE REPORTER...

ANOTHER HOOK.....THE UCF STUDENTS FILL UP THE END ZONE
SEATS BEHIND THE GOAL POSTS AND AFTER EACH SCORE (LOTS)
THEY ROLL UP FROM THE FIELD A MONUMENTAL BANNER...
"WELCOME TO THE KNIGHTMARE".....ALSO ….LIKE THE
LAS VEGAS KNIGHTS HOCKEY TEAM.....THEY STOP SIGNING THE
NATIONAL ANTHEM WHEN THE WORD "NIGHT" COMES UP
AND ALL YELL "KNIGHTS".....I AM NOW CURIOUS WHERE THIS
THEME ORIGINATED.....ANY WAY THEY ALL STOOD AND NO ONE
TOOK THE KNEE !



THANKS UCF