Black & Gold Banneret: for UCF Knights fans SB Nation

On this UCF Rewind edition of the Black & Gold Banneret Podcast, Jeff, Eric and Brian are joined by former UCF safety Tre Neal to look back at UCF's 62-55 overtime victory in the 2017 American Championship Game. Neal recaps the season up to that game, and breaks down every turning point and key play, including his championship-clinching interception.
Neal also discusses the moments after the game when Scott Frost announced his departure for Nebraska. He also gives us the reasons for his transfer to the Cornhuskers as a grad student, and what he's up to now.
Audio clips courtesy ESPN
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On this special UCF Rewind edition, Eric Lopez speaks with UCF Knights Baseball legends Justin Pope and Jason Arnold.
Pope and Arnold were UCF's top pitching duo in the early 2000s, culminating in their phenomenal 2001 season, when they led UCF to 51 wins and within one game of a Super Regional. They discuss their careers at UCF with Eric, as well as their pro careers and what they're up to now.
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On this edition of the Black & Gold Banneret Podcast, Jeff Sharon, Brian Murphy and Andrew Gluchov discuss Danny White going on Sirius XM and stating that having a football season without fans would result in a "$30 million problem" for UCF's $70 million athletic budget, as well as the financial ramifications of COVID-19 at other programs.
Then they discuss Jeff's alternate history story on UCF joining Conference USA in 1995, and what other big what-ifs have happened in Knights history.
Finally the guys go over some news on Joe Sheridan leaving and Darin Green returning to UCF.
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On this special edition of the Black & Gold Banneret Podcast, Jeff and Eric are joined by the great Bo Clark on the day of the release of his new self-published book, "Torchy: The Humble Life of a Coaching Legend".
Bo discusses his father, the legendary former FTU/UCF head coach Torchy Clark, from the family's roots in Wisconsin, through Bo's playing career at UCF (where he remains the school's all-time leading scorer) and Torchy's contributions to the Knights' program, which he founded in 1969, through Bo's 31-year career as the head coach at Flagler College. It's an amazingly in-depth conversation about basketball, coaching, and UCF's great basketball legends from the program's early days. We even settle an ongoing myth about Bo's shooting prowess.
You can purchase "Torchy: The Humble Life of a Coaching Legend" on Amazon here.
You can also read a feature that Sports Illustrated did in 1979 about Bo and Torchy at UCF here.
Finally, Brian Murphy joins us to discuss Nevelle Clarke, Ben Lively in the KBO, the recruiting dead period, and various other topics.
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On this special UCF Rewind edition of the Black and & Gold Banneret Podcast, Eric Lopez speaks with UCF Softball’s “Shake and Bake” ace combo of Mackenzie Audas and Shelby Turnier about the Knights’ 2015 championship season.
Audas and Turnier discuss how they ended up at UCF and clicked together as teammates, as well as the team’s success in 2015, through some of memorable moments of the season, which included both of them breaking program records, as well as Kahley Novak becoming the program’s all-time leader in stolen bases. Mackenzie and Shelby also discuss in-depth the key factors and highlights of the season that saw UCF reach the 50-win plateau and finish ranked 16th in the country.
Eric breaks down the numbers from the season and the records that Turnier, Audas and the rest of the Knights set that season and beyond. The episode includes highlights and comments by players and coaches during the 2015 season.
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On this edition, Jeff, Brian and Eric recap McKenzie Milton's meeting with reporters and his outlook for the 2020 season, and Brian goes back through his discussion with Nate Evans after his signing with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Then the guys discuss Eric's selections for the top UCF teams by sport in the 2010s, and finish with looking at Ben Lively's debut in the Korean Baseball Organization.
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