{"id":136411,"date":"2023-07-28T15:59:56","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T19:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136411///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136411//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136411//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136411//?p=136411"},"modified":"2023-10-19T13:06:37","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T17:06:37","slug":"how-ucf-footballs-run-to-the-2014-fiesta-bowl-kickstarted-a-national-brand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136411///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136411//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136411//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136411//how-ucf-footballs-run-to-the-2014-fiesta-bowl-kickstarted-a-national-brand/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136411//","title":{"rendered":"How UCF Football’s Run to the 2014 Fiesta Bowl Kickstarted a National Brand"},"content":{"rendered":"

As UCF approaches its inaugural season as the youngest member of a Power 5 conference, the athletics department is taking a look back to commemorate this special moment in history. The following feature is a part 色花堂/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136411/u2019s 12 for XII series /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136411/u2014 12 stories that define UCF and the meteoric rise of the Knights in their journey to the Big 12 Conference./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136411/n


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With 1:08 remaining in UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136411/u2019s Nov. 16, 2013, road football game at Temple, I realized I had taken the elevator from the press box too soon./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136411/n

By this point, I had written my story 色花堂/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136411/u2019s football team losing and its Bowl Championship Series (BCS) dream crashing. I went downstairs at Lincoln Financial Field to soak up as much of the atmosphere as I could from the final moments of the game./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136411/n

With the Knights trailing 36-29, I was standing in the tunnel as Blake Bortles rolled away from one defender, then hesitated and took a hit as he released the pass towards J.J. Worton. The receiver went full stretch, one arm held out. Somehow, he came down with the ball./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136411/n