The Tampa Bay Times reported over 50,000 tickets sold for the War on I-4 game on Black Friday – the first time the upper bowl opened for a USF home game this season and the biggest crowd to attend a Bulls game since they hosted FSU in 2016.
USF football head coach Charlie Strong, when asked about the Knights coming to Tampa, said to media “I just don’t want them to come in and take over our stadium.”
Over 50,000 tickets have been sold for the War on I-4, the @TBTimes_Sports reports.
That would make the biggest home crowd for USF since 2016 when the Bulls hosted FSU https://t.co/nPcaiD0t33
— UCF Knight News (@UCFKnightNews) November 20, 2018
The Bulls began their season with a 7-0 winning streak and an AP Top-25 berth alongside UCF and Cincinnati. Since their first loss of the season against Houston on October 27, the team has suffered from embarrassing defeats: Tulane, Cincinnati, Houston, Temple. The struggle began long before the Halloween weekend – close-shave wins against Tulsa, UConn, ECU were the canary in the coal mine.
Like, we are about to watch USF lose it’s 4th straight game, while C. gets gameday and will most likely roll to another conference championship, I’m fine it’s fine
— Steeg (@RobertSteegLife) November 17, 2018
The spread for the rivalry game is only two touchdowns, where the Knights usually break for about three or four. If the suppressing losses against their conference foes weren’t enough to motivate USF leading up to Friday, a chance at breaking the unbeaten streak from the school up the road would surely make up for it.
USF head coach Charlie Strong: “I just don’t want them to come in and take over our stadium”
Challenge accepted https://t.co/67wqlX7FOL
— UCF Knight News (@UCFKnightNews) November 20, 2018
UCF plays at USF Friday at 4:15 p.m. Knight News will be there with a full crew to bring you coverage.
The Knights will host the AAC Championship again in Orlando after claiming victory over Cincinnati Saturday night. The winner of the West Division title will play UCF December 1 at 3:30 p.m. on ABC.
AAC Championship Returns to Orlando after UCF Wins East Division Title
