The worst tradition ever!

Ricky & I @ the game

Dave & Annika

Smokin' Joe running in for our 1st touchdown of the night

Greco warming up

My cousin Henry carrying the American Flag in the Color Guard

UCF CONTINUES LOSING TRADITION AGAINST "RIVALS" USF BULLS
31 - 24 (OVERTIME)

The three words to describe this game would have to be:
TENSE, 3RD QUARTER, & INCHES
(yes I now thats 4 words technically, but work with me)

For the 4th year in a row, UCF managed to come up short against the Bulls of USF. Granted, the game was not a blow out this year by any means. We tailgated prior to the start of the game for several hours. Aside from the heat and the orange box "hamburgers" the tailgating went well. It was also very nice to see Dave and Annika again since it has been awhile.

This as a very interesting and highly attended game because this is supposedly the last time UCF and USF will play for awhile. Most people believe that there is not a rivalry between UCF and USF, but considering the number of fights that took place during the game and the taunting between the fans, I would say the only one that doesn't want the rivalry is the USF coach. All I know is that there is at least a rivalry between my cousins since one goes to USF and one that goes to UCF.

Aside from the Greenberg household rivalry, this game was special because my cousin got to carry the American Flag in the color guard during pregame. He did an excellent job and they looked excellent. Ricky walked around the stadium to get closer photos and managed to get a lot of really good shots. The hardest ones to get were during the national anthem because the flag was directly in front of his face. Nonetheless we still managed to get some great pictures.

The game was great up until half time. The score was tied 10-10. We had hope. Then the 3rd quarter came and things went downhill. It wasn't until 4 minutes left in the 4th quarter that things started getting interesting. Within the last 3 minutes, UCF scored 2 touchdowns and USF missed a field goal. The end of the regular game, the score was tied 24-24.Unfortunately, during overtime, USF scored and we missed our opportunity on 4th down by about 4 inches. It was so close and yet we were so far. The only problem is that now we can't say next year because there isn't one.

Fortunately, we have next week off and then 2 away games so we have some time to recover from this week. Besides, we only have 2 more out of conference games (Boston College and Miami) and the rest are C-USA games, which are the games that count. So here's hoping the conference games go a lttle more smoothly than this game did. We just need more consistency and our large number of freshmen need more experience.