UCF faces stiff test this weekend against No. 8 Texas Tech Knights are 4-5 overall and 1-5 in Big 12 play
ORLANDO, Fla. – It’s been an up and down first season back at the helm for UCF football coach Scott Frost.
The Knights are 4-5 overall and 1-5 in Big 12 play. With three regular season games remaining, UCF will need a pair of wins to become bowl-eligible.
This coming Saturday, the Knights face one of their biggest challenges in years, a trip to Lubbock, Texas to square off with 8th ranked Texas Tech.
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It certainly won’t be easy, but as Frost told reporters during his weekly press conference, nothing worth having is.
Watch and listen to his thoughts on maintaining a big-picture approach this season on the video at the top of this story.
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