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Danny Kanell seemingly enjoys to be a spur in the saddle of SEC fans, and his latest argument may make Georgia fans sit up and take notice.
Kanell on CBS Sports used Central Florida as a key element to his argument to expand the College Football Playoff to eight teams. Without that many teams, Kanell said a “team like UCF” can’t have a legit chance.
“Because now they don’t, and that’s a travesty,” he said. “The biggest argument I have about UCF is, ‘Oh, they’d get blown away by teams like Alabama and Clemson.’ You know who else gets blown away by Alabama and Clemson? Every other team on their schedule.”
Kanell argued that the Knights could go “toe-to-toe” with Georgia just like Oklahoma did last year in the Rose Bowl.
“You didn’t hear anybody complain about that game, when Georgia gave up over 500 yards of total offense, nobody had a problem with that,” he said. “And Oklahoma almost won with an incredible offense and a sub-par defense. Does that sound familiar? That’s exactly what UCF has.”
Kanell called QB McKenzie Milton one of the best quarterbacks in the country, and when the Knights go up tempo, they’re used to getting scored on.
“Georgia’s not,” he said. “That game would come down to the wire just the same way the Rose Bowl did. And I don’t want to hear anymore about ‘Hey, the team didn’t want to be there.’ So if your reward for UCF is to give them some garbage, after thought New Year’s Six, how about giving them a real chance at a playoff, and let’s get this thing to eight and see what UCF could do.”
As with most things related to Kanell, the feedback may be more interesting than the original argument, so stay tuned.
“UCF could go toe-to-toe with Georgia.” – @dannykanellpic.twitter.com/SCycycjis4
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) November 15, 2018
Danny Kanell is just like most of the other “journalists” out there. They have nothing to talk about from their own school or conference, so they make up stupid comments just to get one listener on the pod cast.
UCF 10 UGA 6… although I don’t think UCF knows how to score less than 30 anymore so you might be in trouble.
You’re an idiot. UCF has 0 defense since they lost that 1 armed guy that single handedly beat Auburn
Dude wears turtle necks.
He wears turtle necks, which in and of itself wipes away all his credibility.
Turtle neck is tuff
Kanell’s argument is this: Georgia gave up over 500 yards to Oklahoma therefore UCF should be in the playoff. No discussion of strength of schedule.
Hey man don’t disrespect UCF’s schedule. Just this past weekend, they came out a winner in a hard fought battle against a 2-win Navy team, winning by an astounding 11 points. And don’t forget the incredible win against that Temple dynasty, in which their defense allowed 40 points at home.
A win streak that will go down in college football lore.
they will go down in sports history as helping to end a corrupt and privileged system.
What system? You mean the excellent criteria of a neutral committee that gives 4 teams, no more, no less, a chance to compete? A system that keeps the importance of SOS and conference championships in high regard? A system that makes sure only the teams who have proved their mettle all season long get in? A system that’s not like some stupid March Madness that eliminates the value of the regular season and still has people complaining they were excluded?
At least it ended in a win. You can’t say the same about an over rated Florida and Kentucky teams. I’ll let you have Alabama. If you were 1 loss, you could talk… but Florida? Kentucky? … c’mon man..
We’re not perfect, that’s for sure. But we play a tougher schedule than y’all as well. If UCF was playing an SEC West schedule, they would have at least 4 losses. Y’all are a good team, but you’re not playoff caliber. A lot of SEC teams could play y’all’s schedule and go undefeated. But I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again. I want UCF to have their shot against the big boys. That way no matter what happened in the end, one side would be forced to eat their words, and the other side could say “I told you so”. If y’all managed to pull an incredible upset or even kepp it close, I’d have to take back all my criticisms of y’all that I’ve made, and I would. On the flipside though, if y’all got blown out, then y’all would have to hear about it for a while, as a reminder to be careful what you wish for. Either way, it’d be settled. So don’t think I don’t wanna see the same thing you do. Y’all’s fans seem to think that you’re better than you actually are though, just because there’s a 0 in the loss column of y’all’s record.
For the 9 billionth time, does UCF deserve a shot? If they go undefeated, sure. Does UCF stand a chance against a playoff team? Hell no. All this UCF hype is getting ridiculous. I’m going to be the biggest Cincinnati fan this weekend. The Bearcats have the best defense UCF has faced all season (ranked 6th in FBS in total defense). Let’s see how they handle their first real test. All it’ll take is a home loss to another G5 team, and this UCF discussion should finally go away. Kanell once again makes himself out to be a complete moron. UGA would demolish UCF. Their offense found success against UK’s defense, who has been pretty stout all season. If Temple could put up 40 on UCF’s defense (ranked 91st in FBS in total defense), imagine how many points UGA could?
Even if they go undefeated, they do not deserve a shot with that schedule.
Bingo. St Mary’s high school just went undefeated and they aren’t getting an invite either.
I would agree with you if they were dodging good teams. They schedule tougher teams for their out of conference games than most. The truth of the matter is that the top teams won’t risk the loss on the field or their pockets to play UCF. This means no good group of 5 team will ever have a schedule good enough to make the playoffs. The system is biased for you, and rather than acknowledge it, you make fun of the team that is pointing it out.
Exactly. That is progression from last season. “Do they deserve a shot? Sure.” Do they stand a chance? Depends on who you pick. Vs Alabama? I’m not sure many people stand a chance against them.. Vs Any of the other Top 10? UCF will go toe-to-toe no problem.
Danny Kanell is a professional troll. Nothing more really needs to be said.
UCF is not Oklahoma of last year. They don’t have a Heisman winner at QB, and they don’t have the same talent, or the same depth.
UGA is not Auburn of last year, minus their NFL back, and the letdown of losing the SEC championship to Georgia.
Kanell’s dreaming out loud.
Kanell needs to watch those Holyfield, and Swift highlights. Auburn didn’t have one of those, much less two like them when they played UCF. Get real.
Ya’ll got killed by an over rated LSU… You’re going to get killed by Alabama worse than LSU did.
Nick Saban is CKS’s daddy and Sanford is to be known as Bryant Denny east.
You can do better.
Kannell belongs in the same conversation as ilovemydawgs and ilovemytide. They are trolls that don’t have a life.
I’m only here to troll the original troll. Y’all are all good folk.
Do something with your life, loser…
Coming from the biggest Douch*r on this website… ironic. Gtfoh legend and worry about your sorry excuse of a football team.
We came one play away from being the best team in college football last year. How is our football team a “sorry excuse”?
UCF 40 Alabama 38, 22 wins in a row, the undefeated 2017 National Champs… you picked the one team Alabama shouldn’t troll lol
Where are you getting 40-38 from?
He is bragging about a win back in 2000 over a 3-8 bama squad…. That Bama team was actually shot out 21-0 by southern miss….. Those Dubose years.
The years in Egypt, I suppose.
One of these days, people will just ignore this idiot rather than continue to give him a platform. It’s amazing to think a guy that was as good of a player as he was can either know so little about football, or pretend not to just so he can be the “Anti-SEC Guy”.
What does Danny Kanell know about football?
I’ve seen Bulgarians with a better sense of style than Danny boy.
Come on Danny, the World needs to know, when are you coming out???
He’s comparing a team that struggled against Temple and Navy to Heisman led Oklahoma. That’s a fair comparison if your drunk I guess. That Oklahoma team would of put up 40 plus on anyone. UCF would get destroyed by anyone in the top 10. I blame Auburn for letting anyone think that UCF would have a chance in the playoff. And Danny Kanell is a DA!!
Temple scored 8 rushing td’s the following week against a good team. I’d like to see UGA play them right now. And if you think UCF struggled against Navy, you didn’t watch the game.
Whatever you say there UCF Fan! Who was the good team Temple put 8 TD’s on? The only team Houston has played this year that was average was Texas Tech and they got that A## beat. 35-24 is a struggle win against a 2-8 team, so yeah I actually did watch the game and saw a team struggle to beat a very awful team. UGA would beat ya’ll by 24 points on any given day! But keep on declaring yourself Natty Champs just so the rest of the nation can laugh at you.
As you hopefully know, there’s a thing in life called inconsistencies. Sometimes a team will perform better or worse than their average. But the one thing that IS consistent is UCF’s wins.. Something that Georgia wouldn’t know about.
“Oklahoma almost won” Translation: They lost. And if he thinks UCF could stay on the field with either OU or UGA, he is nutty. Or just trying to stay in the limelight to make some $$$.
The difference is that Oklahoma had the ability to go up early on UGA and it turned into a real shootout. UGA would go up early on UCF and then suffocate them with the run game.
Yeah, but how did Danny boy feel about 2007 Hawaii? I need another hot take!
This guy is an absolute clown. Of course Georgia couldn’t hang with UCF…
Just ruffling you Georgia fans feathers, I wish you’d play UCF so they’d shut up.
Nobody cares about you or Tennessee..
41-0 38-12
Obviously you do… and your mom does, too. Pu$$y.
no one cares about you UGA 10-6
Actually a lot of people care about TN its GA no one really cares about.
More people care about UCF. Which is why you are all on this article! :)
Dang, this comment section is an SEC jerk off circle for each other. Seems like you are stoking more than each others egos… nice! However, i’m glad you’re signing in and talking about us and helping articles about UCF trend more. We appreciate the publicity and will gladly use it to persuade some of your potential recruits. I wonder how it feels spending 150 million more (4 times as much) on your football program, but are too scared to schedule a home and home, or even a home game against us. Ask your AD to “put us in our place” – Thanks! Side note, apart from over ranked “toughness” the current average win % of opponents on schedule for both Alabama and UCF is .54%. You’re welcome.
You could play an undefeated FCS opponent to increase your opponents win % but it wont increase your SOS…..
If you think Fans posting on SDS is swaying recruits to UCF you’re crazy…
No, but the domino effect of talking about us will.
Not it won’t…
It already has! Why are we ranked so much higher this season with a weaker SOS then last year? All because of your publicity Mr. Bama Time – so again. Thanks. #WeWantBama
Guess you never heard the old saying about keeping your mouth shut and thought a fool…. stop posting while you are behind. You will just get behinder.
“behinder”? LMAO
lol
If UCF’s fictional national champship doesn’t sway SEC recruits to UCF nothing posted here will.
Fortunately for you, we played Auburn instead last year.
Check the NCAA Handbook of National Champions of 2017.
Where is the trophy?… When is UCF visiting the White House?
Do you have trophy’s for all your national championships Bama? Didn’t think so..
I’m not sure if you realize, but it takes many years to get a nonconference opponent scheduled. In the past year or so, for example, Georgia has added nonconference games for 2024-2030. Even if a major power 5 program were to schedule a game with UCF right now, it’s very likely the game wouldn’t be played for at least four or five years. As for this year, I checked three different strength of schedule rankings, and UCF was 80, 80, and 104. What that means is many schools would also go undefeated with the same schedule, especially if you take into account margin of victory. Yes you can only play the teams on your schedule for a given year, but you also have to realize winning out against your schedule is not a unique accomplishment and does not automatically grant you national honors. That’s objectively true. What compounds all of that is the proverbial eye-test, which clearly demonstrates that large aspects of UCF’s team is not performing at a high level. Against the frankly weak opponents UCF has played, they have consistently not played well. A ranking just outside or just inside the top 10 is generous and a realistic ceiling, all things considered.
Do you know how the strength of schedule is calculated? A bunch of estimates, with weights on different programs and players, and those weights being biased.
Kamel said that not even Alabama could win 22 in a row. He’s right, they won 26 in a row over 2015/2016 seasons. There is no way the pretenders in Orlando would stay on the field with Georgia.
As we’ve seen this season, anyone can loose to a scrub on any game day. With UCF pretenders, their odds of losing should be even higher! I wonder how they have defied the odds…. hmm… it’s definitely not because they are good or anything..
A Bad team has a very good shot of winning against really bad teams… That white speck on top of chicken $hit is still $hit…. You’re bragging about being the tallest midget.
The entire thread was stupid. If UCF worth their salt, they can give any team a game. After how many years of watch CFB do we all know this? However, I do believe the let-down effect is in store for whoever draws UCF as it is very underwhelming. See Auburn last year. Who could blame potential first rounders for not risking injury to a bunch of scrubs. Me and other SEC fans would likely agree…we would spend 1,000s on a good matchup against a high quality team but against UCF, no one cares. May god bless that they pass off UCF to some other conference other than the SEC.
Funny how the UCF players who were drafted are doing better in the NFL than the Auburn players… We call that the “over rated” effect.
Your use of a one year anomaly is overrated.
Everyone know what UCF stands for, right?
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Everyone knows what UCF stands for, right?
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Can’t
Finish
I’m glad you posted it twice. I’m ready for a 3rd when you’re ready.
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Nice! Now do you know the origin of why we came up with that nick name?
Try again Danny boy. That was last year and UCF has played who? How many Power 5 ranked teams has UCF played this year? Uuuuhhhh….
Yep, thought so.
one and they beat them by more than most of their AAC opponents. Power 6
They beat a terrible Pitt team, congrats on beating a terrible team from a not so good conference.
And Notre Dame could barely do so. So how are they ahead? When a group of people decide based on judgement who is best, that’s when sports loses it’s fun. Let the best teams in each category/region battle it out just like every other sport.
Um, no. We’re not changing 130+ years of tradition and the crucial importance of rivalry games, conference championships, playing the best teams, and having a near-perfect regular season to give you some stupid March Madness where one idiot can ruin a powerhouse’s perfect season with one slip, up or a blown call, or a crucial injury. Come back in 5 years if you’re not 3-9 again.
How can an Idiot ruin a powerhouse? Wouldn’t they have to be good or something? Ohh…. I see what you’re saying.. You don’t want UCF (the idiot) to be too good to ruin a season of another overrated team (Georgia). Got it! SEC Gang Bang only! :)
If they win out I hope that they get to play the best team not in the playoffs. That would show everyone where UCF belongs. I love the fan who said their schedule was as good as Bama. After 8 games Bama had at least 10 more wins. I don’t believe in transitive property from game to game but comparing conference to conference is less tricky. When the bottom of the SEC curb stomps the AAAC(?) then it is reasonable to say that conference is better. UCF fans say, “we beat Auburn”. 1 time is a fluke, 2 times is a streak.
UCF has active win streaks against Alabama, UGA and Auburn… can’t wait to see who is next.
Dude! Really? We went, what 6-6 that year y’all beat us in the Toilet Bowl. Good grief.
It’s still in the books. Rematch?
The 2015 season where UCF went 0-12 is still in the books as well..
We’d take a rematch in a heartbeat.
Actually, no we wouldn’t, because that would mean we didn’t achieve our goal for the season.
But, you wouldn’t know what having to play the #1 team in the nation just to have a bid at the playoff is like. And playing a stretch of 3 top-25 teams in a row, 2 away from home. And playing a top 25 team on the road in your second game of the season.
Cant expect anything less from an FSU guy.
I just think it’s funny that jawja is getting picked on..
Yep, as a cock fan you have to find humor where you can.