2008 Woodie Awards
Attention: It's time. After 28 years and $15 million, the Knights finally have a house to call their home. The opening of Bright House Networks Stadium represents the dawn of a new era for the UCF Football program, and welcoming the Texas Longhorns as its first visitor signifies how far it has come to get there.
The UCF Football team is ready to take part in the most monumental day of the program's history. But how can this day be described best? Is it the day that the Knights open a stadium that they can finally call their own? Or is it the day where the Knights will face what may be their toughest opponent ever? UCF could have put the focus of Saturday afternoon solely on Bright House Networks Stadium by choosing to play some Division I doormat and have the more than 45,000 fans inside the sold-out stadium celebrate without worry.
The UCF Football team is going to play its first game in Bright House Networks Stadium tomorrow in what might be the biggest game ever in UCF history. That's great. And it has the potential to be even better if the stadium is packed with UCF students and fans.
Despite a two-game winning streak, the UCF Men's Soccer team fell to Stetson 2-1 in its home opener on Wednesday night. Both teams eagerly awaited the start of the game, as inclement weather delayed kickoff by 30 minutes. When the stormy weather slowed things down, both teams got off to a fast start.