UCF: The Story of The OTHER 2017 National Champions

This video gives the full story about how UCF Football came to be, the rise of the Knights, and how this college football team managed to stun the sports world in 2017 and how the nation would declare them as national champions.
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[@allsportscentral]

First documentary on the channel! Hope you all enjoy. More of these will be coming. Let me know any other documentaries you think I should do (I will mainly be doing college football and NFL ones).

[@LuisGarcia-pr2tc]

That 2017 season was special. It’s the reason UCF and got the invite to the big12, and it opened the door for cincy to get into the playoffs, even though they got crushed but I think anyone other than Georgia would’ve been crushed too. They were robbed by the committee but claiming the national title angered so many people and it’s still talked about today that it was a genius move

[@D1HIMMYPRODZ]

Did bro just act like Alabama didn’t exist

[@Dr.Mister98]

Fun fact UCF was chosen as the national champions by the Colley Matrix which is recognized by the NCAA this is why we could claim national champs without repercussions from the NCAA.

[@D1HIMMYPRODZ]

Well never let him cook again

[@Blueian742]

As a Georgia fan I’m more than happy to just declare UCF 2017 national champions over the detestable tide!

[@KNIGHT-T1ME]

Thanks for this. 2017 was a great year for UCF. We are still proud to have claimed a national title.

[@HowellSzn]

“National title”

[@joshuachadwick9762]

Fake ass title they don't mean shit and is completely irrelevant

[@SuperTayten]

I wish y’all made the playoffs instead of bama and Georgia would have won in 17 instead of having to wait until 21

[@SuperTayten]

And it would be a good game but I wish that the 2017 uga team won it all with chubb

[@Toast2222]

@@SuperTaytento bad Georgia daddy came with the belt

[@cameronharris4365]

Great doc, great graphics. Well done. 👏🏼

[@allsportscentral]

Thanks Cameron ✊🏼

[@NewsomSportsATL]

And the game that got canceled was vs a 4-5 win Georgia Tech team… I think they were supposed to host the game too, basically 14-0 which notches them even higher in the polls

[@noelramirez1551]

I love how people hated UCF for declaring themselves national champions when we all know any other team would've done the same thing lol

[@brian2440]

Well historically G5 teams haven’t done this, even though they probably should. For comparison sake, if we look at teams that won major bowls: 2004 MWC Utah absolutely demolished their season. They beat 5 P5 teams 202-44, averaged a 29.8 margin of victory per game on the season and never trailed in a single quarter of play. 2006 Boise State demolished their season with a 26.5 margin of victory and beat Oklahoma in their bowl game. 2008 MWC Utah beat 5 Top 25 teams, including 2 Top 10 teams and destroyed #3 Alabama. This team was ranked #1 in the country by 4 of 6 BCS computers, but didn’t make the title game. 2009 Boise State went undefeated for the 5th time in 8 years including back to back undefeated regular seasons, beating 2 Top 10 teams including #4 TCU. 2010 TCU became arguably the biggest snubbed team in the history of the sport. Recording back to back undefeated regular seasons, #1 defense, #4 offense, 4 Top 25 wins including #4 Wisconsin, and a 31.4 margin of victory. While each of these teams are recognized by multiple NCAA polls as being national champions none of these seasons are claimed as national championships by their respective schools. However then you look at the flip side and you have major brand name schools claim titles for ridiculous seasons such as Alabama claiming a national title when they went 9-3 and finished 3rd in the SEC.

[@jtp2007]

well they had the right because all it takes is for them to get 1 1st place vote and they did.

[@icaromarques7322]

@@brian2440 Yet non of those teams were quite as good as the 17’ Knights.

[@brian2440]

@@icaromarques7322 2010 Boise State, 2010 TCU and 2004 Utah would have annihilated 2017 UCF.

[@icaromarques7322]

@@brian2440 I guess we’ll never know, none of those teams went undefeated nearly two years though. Only reason our streak ended after a loss to 19’ LSU (arguably the best team ever) is because of Milton’s injury, our backup qb was a recycling bin (great kid though)

[@ronaldtaylor954]

That was so good! Hopefully Scott frost can turn your cornhuskers around.

[@allsportscentral]

Appreciate it!

[@alicewright9610]

I came to this video after Florida State got shafted this year saying they are not the only Florida team who has been screwed over by the playoff committee.

[@timterrell5133]

NCAA record books have legitimized the "claim" showing Alabama and UCF Co-National Champs.

[@raritania7581]

The championship is always a claim. The CFP is not sanctioned by NCAA.

[@PrimeTimeTravelers]

Great work! Go Knights! Charge On!

[@jakejones4513]

2015 was my freshman year at UCF, to say the 2017-2018 football seasons were a fever dream, would be an understatement! I am excited to watch them grow in the Big 12.

[@jonathanalbright550]

This was great!

[@allsportscentral]

Appreciate that!

[@MSU-DetroitFan]

"Scott Frost Turning Nebraska Around" Hmm well that hasn't happened yet 3 years later

[@allsportscentral]

Hey now, don’t doubt Scott Frost

[@MSU-DetroitFan]

@@allsportscentral I'm not doubting him I'm doubting Nebraska

[@fuquasports]

@@MSU-DetroitFan Don't say that to ASC lol

[@ronaldtaylor954]

@@MSU-DetroitFan west 😂

[@allsportscentral]

@@MSU-DetroitFan That’s fair😂

[@MB-pz6rn]

Just some stats. UCF that year beat 4 ranked (at time of game and pre-bowl) teams that year. Bama beat 2. Also most of bama's opponents had losing records. Media said UCF had no defense and didnt deserve but was completely ok with oklahoma giving up even more yards and scores. But what this video lacks....UCF did said they were national champs....but so did the NCAA. Its in the record book. Just like how bama claimed 1 from 1941.. in 1984...because some dentist said they were. Or auburn on suspension claiming it and awarding rings. UCF did exactly what every other major program did before them. They are officially in the record books. But that wasnt in the video.

[@robertc8766]

UF plays 4 ranked teams in the first half of every season

[@joshuachadwick9762]

It's been removed from the record book because it's not officially recognized by the ap coaches of cfp however ucf still claims it

[@glennduquette]

@@joshuachadwick9762 Not true. It is still listed in the 2018-2019 NCAA Football Record Book. Page 115. NCAA recognizes Alabama as the CFP Champion, they also recognize UCF as a co-national champion via the BCS ranking from Colley Matrix.

[@trueauburnchampion1322]

Give em the title. Alabama claims many titles they never won. Hell UCF beat us and we beat AL and GA that year and they played in the championship game. Or what we called, The teams that got beat by Auburn bowl.

[@brian2440]

I’d say well remove UCFs title claim if Auburn and the college powers recognize that Auburns 2010 title should have a massive asterisk in that they didn’t play the best G5 teams….. Because if Cam didn’t play like a god, Auburn would get absolutely crushed by the best G5 teams that season.

[@rustyshackleford1114]

Alabama has claimed multiple national titles in years when they lost their bowl game.

[@fuquasports]

Love the graphics and videos of this documentary. Nice addition to the channel

[@allsportscentral]

Appreciate that!

[@Blkarican]

looking back at this just makes me proud tbh were still doing good just having hiccups along the way and improving nothing bad to say we haVE A GREAT NEW COACH GREAT PLAYERS AND A GREAT FAN BASE TO FOLLOW AND NOW COMING TO 2023 WE JOIN THE bIG12 nOTHING CAN TURN US DOWN RN JUST WANT TO MOVE FORWARD AND BE HEAD OF THE BIG12 AND FINALLY GET A CHANCE TO WIN A NATTY

[@joshuachadwick9762]

FYI you're gonna get smoked in the big12

[@chaneygavin]

awesome dude. hopefully your channel can grow as possible as it can

[@allsportscentral]

Appreciate that man.

[@bradd2400]

I hate how teams get their schedule held against them. It's not like they hand picked their own schedule they have no control. And if if they didnt lose any game, it's amazing to me they didn't even make the playoffs

[@k1ngn1ko]

Nebraska will never be turned around

[@mikeob27]

Dominant? Look at the squads they played against

[@Dylandaboy751]

Y’all are really saying that the team that could only beat southern Florida but 7 points should have played for the national championship

[@The-one-person-you-remember]

As a USF fan, it brings me pain looking at that first clip.

[@rubengutierrez5102]

They won the National because they from the State of Florida. Miami 5, Florida 3, FSU 3, and UFC 1. Florida has 12 Nationals!

[@Kingsized_Kevin]

Wasnt 08 Boise St self proclaimed National Champions as well

[@edwardkelly3280]

Granted they probably wouldn’t beat Alabama but that team should had gotten a shot at the playoffs.Honestly college football playoffs should had started with 8 teams

[@allsportscentral]

I don’t think they would’ve either, but this team should’ve been definitely in the running for the 4 seed. We need an 8 team playoff soon.

[@gyb3115]

I think that UCF team could have beat a Jalen Hurts Alabama team. Jalen was so inaccurate at the end of the season.

[@campbellmunn5326]

Yes it’s always Trashbama. An 11-2 team who didn’t make it to the motherfucking CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP game. They would’ve absolutely destroyed them.

[@D1HIMMYPRODZ]

Yall just can’t use math in cfb. That’s saying that bc Auburn had beaten the two teams in the natty is basically saying that Georgia and Alabama should split the 2022 national championships

[@patchess5488]

I miss Adrain killins

[@daily2kvideo134]

This was great

[@randallgriffith4589]

Have you created a doc about the TCU's undefeated 13-0 team which finished #2 in the nation?

[@brian2440]

They should have been #1. In fact they are the only team in the history of the sport to start ranked in the Top 5, go undefeated, have every team in front of them lose and yet get jumped out of a national championship.

[@justinsmith1034]

So the whole Scott Frost thing didn't turn out so well....

[@therealanonymous12]

Frost did not turn Nebraska around.

[@WaldoHaraldoFaldo]

I just can't believe ScotT Frost was a bad Coach with the turn around at UCF.. Maybe Nebraska is just that bad of a place to coach.. sometimes it's not just Xs and Os

[@jmpayne333]

It’s crazy the only unbeaten team isn’t automatically the champion? Who beat them ? They beat the team that beat both teams in the championship, went undefeated yet aren’t champs? Yea right NCAA. Just like Reggie Bush isn’t a heisman winner. We all know the truth.

[@jordanlandry2541]

Not taking anything away from the accomplishments of this UCF team, but Auburn definitely Auburn's the h3ll out of the bowl game lol.

[@ericedwards3055]

Now u just need to come back and document the 2018 season for ucf losing kz and us fixing Joe burrow with that bad hit. Then dnd it with kz playing for fsu.

[@GoatParlay513]

Its 2021 y go back to 2017🤣😂

[@allsportscentral]

This was an outstanding story that needed to be told. UCF’s 2017 season is as good of a story as we’ve seen in recent history. You see documentaries on ESPN all the time recalling teams and events nowadays even from the 1990s. This was actually more of a modern story here.

[@ronaldtaylor954]

He’s doing story’s about interesting things to people of what teams have done in the past. Yet people go back to the 70s

[@savannahfan]

The “National Championship” everyone seems so concerned about has the same legitimacy as calling yourself the “Official soft drink of Summer” So who cares if UCF claims it…? There is no playoff, it’s merely a popularity contest decided by some committee, biased towards TV ratings, that pick the same small club of teams every year no matter what It’s as real as professional wrestling Ask yourself this Listing the 2017 team, undefeated conference champs in a power five conference… that beat an SEC team that defeated the supposed 1st and 2nd place programs earlier that year… as only TENTH ??? Is WAY more of a joke than UCF declaring itself Champions, and giving the middle finger to the CFR’s History is full of other examples of multiple teams claiming the crown, and it might happen again if FSU beats the Dawgs handily, splitting the AP vote Because if you think FSU got robbed now, but didn’t think UCF did in 2017 You are a hypocrite Next year will look more like a real playoff, and be more of an actual competition with 12 teams THAT kind of format is far more legitimate than the popularity contest they used in 2017 and up to now

[@transportman3498]

That 2017 was very special. Loaded with future NFL players. Yes, I believe they would have beaten Alabama and Georgia. I saw all three teams play that year and UCF was better.

[@JJJJ-he8bz]

😂 did you even look at Alabamas 2017 Roster? They literally had 3 nfl starting quarterbacks 3 nfl running backs 5 nfl wide receivers cut the fucking cap

[@brian2440]

@@JJJJ-he8bz to be fair Mackenzie Milton was playing better than all of them

[@joshuachadwick9762]

Stop the cap u don't don't put alabama and georgia in a powerhouse conference like the sec against a flaunted ucf team that played a weak ass conference because who played better against their opponents you r seriously delusional alabama and georgia would've smoked that lackluster ucf team

[@nenola504]

Man stop the cap 😂😂 yall was goin toe to toe with memphis

[@jbraddy2795]

UCF is a hub of talent…

[@daily2kvideo134]

Who is next?

[@allsportscentral]

Good question. Next one will be in February...thinking about doing a Drew Brees or Philip Rivers doc. I’ve got tons of other ideas though.

[@allsportscentral]

If you have any ideas, just let me know 👍🏼

[@daily2kvideo134]

I'd love to see Drew Brees. Are all of these "documentary" vids gonna be only cfb or some on NFL or NBA?

[@allsportscentral]

@@daily2kvideo134 mostly college football and NFL

[@daily2kvideo134]

@@allsportscentral ok cool

[@crm_baller3619]

Bro I think UCF definitely should have been in the playoff but I don’t think they would have beat Bama or Georgia it would be close but i don’t think they would’ve

[@crm_baller3619]

@Ryker Jett yeah actually your right because if they got in them Bama wouldn’t have gotten in so I mean

[@campbellmunn5326]

Ok bandwagon bama fan😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@crm_baller3619]

@@campbellmunn5326 just because my favorite team is actually good doesn’t mean I’m a bandwagon lol your probably not gonna respond because you know that I’m right

[@campbellmunn5326]

@@crm_baller3619 UCF beat most of their opponents by 3-4 touchdowns. They would’ve destroyed you.

[@crm_baller3619]

@@campbellmunn5326 wrong Bama would’ve destroyed them if they put Tua in

[@Kingsized_Kevin]

I dont know if they held off SFlorida , Bama would have beat the pants off them

[@patrickboren2211]

What happened to Scott Frost since going to Nebraska? Good season for UCF, but National Champions? Nah, but a great season!

[@tripvistica]

Hahahaha ew eh HaHa HA, and I thought my jokes were bad🤔‼️

[@jakelane8107]

Sorry he never turns around Nebraska

[@allsportscentral]

Yeahhhhh that part didn't age well lol

[@benmangrum8626]

I even think UCF was better than Alabama in 2017 and even would’ve beaten them in the CFP UCF 2017 and 2018 is why the CFP should be expanded

[@rustyshackleford1114]

Ucf would have crushed Alabama that year.

[@robertc8766]

@@rustyshackleford1114 you're delusional

[@nenola504]

@@rustyshackleford1114 u sound stupid 😂 they barely beat memphis and usf

[@brodiecook7761]

@@rustyshackleford1114this has got to be a joke.. right?

[@rustyshackleford1114]

@@brodiecook7761 Go ask your father.

[@DohertyMax]

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[@cxshapp.dvstin]

the ap poll is so dumb the 4 teams with the best record should go to the cfp

[@GreatMewtwo]

Yes, all the polls and everything are incredibly weird. Even as the CFB Playoff arose in an effort to fix problems with the BCS algorithms, it is difficult to pull the top 4 teams from dozens of teams with great records on paper; a 13-0 team in a conference as uncompetitive as C-USA may not hold water as well as a 13-0 team in the SEC or the ACC.

[@tripvistica]

The AP doesn’t decide who goes to the College Football Playoffs. It’s a committee that makes that decision. No polls, AP, ESPN, coaches, have anything to do with deciding the team’s that go to the College Football Playoff. If you don’t even know that, then you clearly don’t understand strength of schedule. For entertainment, let’s pretend UCF made the Playoff that year. What team do you take out? Georgia? NO. Oklahoma? NO. Clemson? NO. SEC CHAMPIONS, ALABAMA? NO. But for fun pick a team that UCF could’ve replaced. You know the committee didn’t put them in because their first playoff game would’ve been a joke. They put the 4 best teams in that year, and we got to watch 3 GREAT games (2 of the greatest games ever, UGA vs. Oklahoma in the Rose Bowl and UGA vs Bama in that comeback overtime, possibly best game this century, against Georgia). Most importantly, Auburn didn’t give a shit if they won or lost that Sugar Bowl. They weren’t trying, because they were just a couple plays away from being in the College Football Playoff. So, that game meant nothing to them, and it meant everything to UCF, despite it not being a Playoff game. It was just a New Year’s 6 Bowl game.

[@traviro3329]

@@GreatMewtwo In 50 years they’ll be like “How could u guys only choose 4 teams out of a 100?” Just like what we do with 1950’s champions. College football will always be controversial, until we figure out some kind of March Madness style without sacrificing player health. Anyways I’ll be telling my grandchildren this playoff system was ass and UCF won the title in 2017

[@Somedude819]

UCF vs Ga would be like TCU vs Ga

[@traviro3329]

Would’ve been a close game. Auburn beat Georgia and UCF beat Auburn. That ‘22 Ga team was way better than ‘17 Ga anyway. Just like this ‘17 UCF team was better than ‘22 TCU

[@UCFFAN407]

Welp 5-5 sk far in first year

[@icysnow9459]

This is the BS in FBS FCS>FBS

[@84m30]

They should have been let in the playoffs

[@brodiecook7761]

So cringy

[@MSU-DetroitFan]

I know 2017 more from Michigan State Improbable March from in 3-9 to 10-3

[@allsportscentral]

Yep, that’s another crazy turnaround. One of the top teams in the Big Ten that year

[@Yeapluto.]

Bama or georgia woulda blown out ucf😂

[@ShakShak1999]

You sure yet they lost to Auburn a team that lost to UCF

[@Yeapluto.]

@@ShakShak1999look at what has happened when a non sec team plays against an sec team in the championship or playoffs, it doesn't turn out good

[@ridiculousrick6897]

@@ShakShak1999you know Georgia did beat auburn that season in the conference championship right

[@rafael18267]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA that’s just embarrassing to look at

[@tylerlane8221]

I dont care about strength if scedule if your team goes undefeated you should be in the playoffs you have done everything you could possibly do

[@robertc8766]

then what keeps teams from scheduling a bunch of patsies every week????

[@brian2440]

@@robertc8766 Because teams play in a conference. Also the fact that Clemson made the playoffs in 2019 without beating a single ranked team kinda destroys your argument

[@robertc8766]

@@brian2440 notre dame doesnt...your argument destroyed....BOOM!

[@brian2440]

@@robertc8766 And what about the G5 teams that did schedule tough and still miraculously never made it? 2008 Utah 2009 TCU 2010 Boise State 2010 TCU 2013 UCF

[@robertc8766]

@@brian2440 none of those played more than 1 ranked team...strength of schedule matters...

[@ludicrousspeed8177]

I'm sorry but UCF would have been blown out if they played Alabama. If LSU can blow up UCF, idk what Alabama would have done.

[@brian2440]

2017 was a different team than 2018, and I’d be careful based on history given that prior to 2021 Alabama had never beaten a ranked G5 team.

[@mattww7]

2018 LSU was the same team as 2019, the national champions, and UCF somehow managed to keep it within 8 with a backup QB

[@jonathantopley8579]

Do you realize that lsu only beat ucf by 8 in that game and ucf didn't even have their star quarterback because of a knee injury. If Mackenzie Milton played that game they would've blown lsu out and had 2 perfect undefeated seasons. And on top of that the 2017 ucf team was even better than the 2018 one so shouldn't be any doubt that ucf would've beat alabama and georgia in the natty.

[@stevenstevens6149]

If you actually believe UCF deserves a title then you dont seriously watch college football . UCF would have been raped by any team that played. And I don’t use that term lightly … you played in a G5 conference. You played no real teams. Grow up and learn how the sport works. The talented teams win and you weren’t all that talented.

[@tonymorrison1379]

If wins are equal to talent, UCF had more talent than every team in the playoffs. Most talent means most wins.

[@traviro3329]

Clearly u don’t know how the sport works. If a team goes undefeated and a poll places them #1 they have every right to claim it. And for the record, they should’ve been in over Clemson