Saturday Knights Live - A History of UCF Football (1996-2024)

[@empireonyt15]

few quick corrections - the 2007 Texas UCF game was not in Austin, it was the Bounce House’s inaugural game the AAC was still an AQ conference in 2013, meaning 2013 UCF was technically not a BCS buster

[@lowesmobiledj]

Heupel pronounced “Hi pul “ not “hew pul”

[@midnight5267]

new comfort channel has been found.

[@grahamsebren2295]

fr empire the goat

[@HighAltitudeWeatherEnthusiat]

Real

[@Supernova2464]

Crazy that UCF has gone from a D3 school too a power 4 school I can’t help but be endeared to them

[@ThatC1official]

Don't forget their fake natty

[@cristiantorres3761]

@@ThatC1officialyou’re talking about it so that fake natty did its job.

[@Carbonara_Carl]

Florida College football history is wild. FSU, Miami, and UCF all came from the wilderness of independence to power 4 conferences.

[@TaurineDippy]

"Babe wake u- No, stop screaming, yes, I know the restraining order is still in effect, but listen, Empire put out a new video!"

[@TheNudeSon]

After taking UCF to the natty in CFB 25 I feel a personal connection to this video great vids empire

[@atpyro7920]

UCF has always been a fascinating subject within college football. The almost-rivalry with UConn is yet another part of that mystery wrapped in a riddle sealed inside an enigma.

[@tommizell]

The Connflict has never been a rivalry

[@levibaum4206]

I just graduated from UCF this past May. That game against #15 OSU was nuts! Pouring rain and still an absolute blowout. This video makes me so proud to be a Knight. Charge On!

[@manitobamodeler24]

Citronauts is such a sick name, shame they don’t go by that Another wonderful video!

[@JohnnyDeJesusRodriguez]

The Citronaut mascot is one of the best as well

[@lukeontheplains]

COOKING BREAKFAST

[@bens5661]

I'm watching this in a ULM parking lot while it pours down raining and storming before the game tonight, one I have to leave early. Thanks for this great way to spend time!

[@worthlesswaste3136]

Thank you Empire for the content you are the best college football documentary channel by FAR keep it up all of us supporters greatly appreciate what you do

[@hiroshi1046]

Can’t wait for Empire mid-season content

[@TheKalebWard]

2017 UCF was undefeated and beat the team who beat the eventual CFP champs, what’s there to dispute 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@119Agent]

strength of schedule

[@phaw-0]

i love you and Dalukes so much

[@braydenwilliams4478]

Always incredible content. Found your channel a few months back and I’ve watched almost every video. Keep up the good work and the growth will continue

[@hoover9390]

god damn i've been waiting for this

[@KPOjbarj]

I’ve waited so long for this day.

[@clemson7103]

Hope you’re doing well empire thanks for the content

[@raybiscardi8029]

Great content, keep up the good work!

[@bradleyedwards2329]

Love these history videos hope you keeping doing them

[@612sPhenomenal]

Great stuff! the 2007 Texas game wasn’t in Austin… it was the first ever bounce house game

[@fruitcups4682]

This account is awesome. I really appreciate what you do.

[@knightu1642]

This was a great video! Good job Empire!!!

[@Rebeefio]

Awesome history video. Well made and really informative.

[@classjacksonlawsuit]

Another absolute banger masterclass, EMPIRE. I'll be right there with you in week six too. Go Gators and let's pray to the football gods we somehow end up with a strong 8-4 record and make the playoffs if only to piss off the casuals.

[@aura7242]

came to see the ucf story, stayed for The Formula (trademark still pending)

[@mitchbabineau7494]

best channel

[@braydenwilliams4478]

36:56 gotta re-record that. Can’t leave the burp

[@empireonyt15]

it sounded more like a swallow but it's been cut out, shocked I didn't notice it before going live

[@braydenwilliams4478]

@@empireonyt15 great vid still, love the content

[@megadoomerr]

This is such an awesome video.

[@Jertie84]

UConn mentioned! Also, the best UConn logo was used for this video.

[@DNSKansas]

UConn should never, ever be in the Big 12.

[@WildWilliamPlayz2]

@@DNSKansas Yeah And Cal And Stanford Are In The ATLANTIC Athletic Coference And Louisiana Tech Was In The WAC So, Anyone Can Be Anywhere. And If Not Geography UCONN Has Been A Power Team Before In The Big East.

[@suavetempobeats4968]

Please post your soundtracks they are MASTERFUL.

[@empireonyt15]

all the music used should be in the description under the sources link 👍👍

[@kennethhines3045]

Your videos are amazing, keep up the great work ! Would love a video on the usc v ucla rivalry !

[@xxXmonster889]

Came home to find this WHAT A TREAT

[@santib9039]

First of all great video. I saw this mentioned in reply to a r/CFB comment you made, so I checked your profile. Lo and behold I saw these two masterpieces. While I have heard from UCF fans about their journey, it's another thing to see it broken down like this. You can see how much the football team's journey is reminiscent of the university's journey at large. To say that Trevor Colbourn's gambit starting the program paid off is an understatement.. I'm a fellow Florida fan myself, hoping they don't win week 6 either (though I'm not counting on it lmao) and while I've been a part of the fanbase interaction that you mentioned (shit talk and all), can't help but be happy for the Knights making this journey as a fan of the sport. Count me in as a subscriber.

[@empireonyt15]

thank you for checking them out, and go gators!

[@Drew25t]

Amazing once again Empire

[@erinnarmstrong993]

Was waiting on this

[@armoredupknight2808]

UCF wasn’t a BCS Buster. The American retained the Big East Autobid in 2013.

[@andrewpowell6360]

Great video 🔥 GKCO

[@Tony3821]

Great channel man

[@Skippz2282]

Could we get a history on SDSU Aztecs football by chance? 😅

[@Adam-ho7xv]

LETS GOOOOO GKCO ⚔️

[@YosemiteSam99]

We are not the Golden Knights, we are the Knights and it’s UCF!!!

[@dusatriplife333]

What are you colors?

[@nickcarwell912]

You should a history of Georgia Southern and Georgia State next

[@jimmyjohn5674]

Knights by a billion

[@brandensimmons653]

I'm Guessing Florida vs. UCF in week 6 will be critical for the gators playoff dreams?

[@gmann2101]

Let's go! No other programs history go like this 📈📉📈📉📈📉 quite like the Knights

[@tseroofing]

Yea!!

[@andrewpowell6360]

I still love how usf was so far ahead and thought they were too good to play us…only for UCF to pass them up in everything and leave them stranded in the AAC 🤣 such a great underdog story

[@aidanwong8425]

Criminal how few views this video has.

[@HalianTheProtogen]

“War on I-4”. No “the”. Other than that, as a Central Floridian, I loved this video. :D Also, Space Game funfact: The 50-yard line of the Bounce House is aligned perfectly with Launch Complex 39 at Cape Canaveral.

[@wizman243]

The Big East (American) had an automatic tie-in for the 2013 season. Technically not a BCS buster in that year!

[@Djiehh]

It's crazy to think that the 2017 UCF team wouldn't even have made the 12-team playoffs.

[@OGDeepStroke]

How did you not notice you switched USF AND UCF and then still put this out.

[@dcilibrary]

Your hope is misplaced; UCF is gonna be the team to get Napier fired

[@FrankBevins-kh7mq]

I think it’s cool how they have a stadium. USF doesn’t have their own stadium.

[@E92Noah]

GKCO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@dancolonna6590]

My high school made a cameo in here lmao

[@AzAzrael]

Great vid. And nah, we're not losing week 6, not against this Gators team. Love UF tho, best brothers-like rivalry where we (UCF) are undoubtedly the younger brother. Hope UF get that momentum tho so we have a fun game.

[@joncross8483]

I died when he called him Josh Hyoopel

[@jonathanbeck4697]

Hail the SPACE U! GKCO!🖤💛⚔️

[@Teddyknockou]

Milton needs a statue.

[@ervinjd]

Yeah, 2017 UCF was screwed, Auburn beat both Alabama & Georgia, and UCF beat Auburn.....do the math.

[@gazamidori2866]

Todd Cleveland was a friend of mine and my barber. He tragically passed of a heart attack just over a year ago. That scandal really ruined his relationship with UCF. Im also friends with another player on that ucf team, darryl Lattimore. Early 1A UCF was wild for sure! Im glad i was in marching knights when we we had frost and heupel. Was such a special experience at gameday!

[@dannyjones2146]

Great video. However, Josh Heupel is not pronounced Hughpel. It’s Highpel.

[@JohnSmith-nf5gk]

UCF 2017 natty logic is always funny. Its based on beating Auburn, who beat the champion Alabama, but always ignores that in the second game between Auburn and Georgia, Georgia won, and Alabama beat them.

[@Mmlyniec1]

UCONN MENTIONED RAHHHHHH

[@OrangeSmoky]

Excellent video, but I want to be picky and point out that Coach Heupel's name is pronounced Hype-el, not Hewpel. Lol.

[@HavokXL200]

I enjoyed this, but there were a lot of historical inaccuracies.

[@empireonyt15]

if you don't mind me asking what were a few you picked up?

[@HavokXL200]

@@empireonyt15 The fall of the Big East and the 2013 season. When the Big East expanded at the end of 2011, the conference hadn't fully fallen apart yet. Louisville and Rutgers were invited out of the Big East almost a year after UCF/Houston/SMU were invited in(but before they became official members). You probably could do a whole video on just the death and rebirth of the Big East. In 2013, the AAC was still an AQ BCS conference, not a mid-major. There were a few small things like 2007 UCF vs Texas being in Orlando and the first in UCF's new stadium.

[@empireonyt15]

I see, a lot of the big east section was very oversimplified just to not get too bogged down in the specifics, but it should’ve been more chronologically accurate. I did not know the AAC was still an AQ conference in 2013 though. The Texas game was a complete mistake though, i caught it while editing but didn’t realize I said it was being played in Austin

[@sdotsloan4809]

Somebody literally user controlled UCF in reality. Any guesses who? Correction; sliders were up for USF.

[@ajpersa]

"Golden Knights" in the first couple of seconds but I'll give it a pass since you were talking about 1996

[@igorslocks]

588-2300

[@FLORIDA_DAN]

"The" I-4.. 😬

[@chasefinch5783]

it’s pronounced like josh hypel

[@AmandaLittle-d6u]

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[@DNSKansas]

UCF should not be in the Big 12. ACC is where it belongs, if it even belongs in the P4.

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[@sdotsloan4809]

Dammit its hypel. Pronunciation not actually spelling. BOOMER!

[@bryanbiltoft8141]

First!

[@POPToppins]

Well me putting USF in the ACC and making a yearly matchup with UCF in CFB25 is happening now. I had no idea about the history between the two.