Oct. 20, 2010
ORLANDO, Fla. (UCFAthletics.com) - FISHING, great food, exciting fun, live concerts, valuable prizes and giveaways highlight the pre-game festivities taking place in IOA Plaza this Saturday, prior to the UCF Knights' Homecoming battle with the Rice Owls at Bright House Networks Stadium.
The pre-game party kicks off at 11 a.m. with the Southeast Regional Championship, which is part of the national FLW College Fishing Festival. The event, which runs through 3 p.m., is the culmination of a three-day fishing festival on Lake Monroe, featuring 20 teams from southeast region schools, including a tandem from the University of Central Florida, Leonard Gordon and Miles "Sonar" Burghoff. The free concert is from 1-2:30 p.m. from the FLW Outdoors stage in IOA Plaza, followed by the championship weigh-in, televised by the VERSUS Country cable network.
In addition to the big concert and televised weigh-in, the FLW Outdoors event will also have free pizza, the National Guard Warrior Challenge, Tailgate Games, free T-Shirts, Rapala Gaming Center, Ranger boat simulator, a sports zone and contests for cash!
SunTrust is this weekend's game sponsor and will be passing out "UCF Knights" pull-banners to the first 10,000 fans entering the stadium. The UCF-ISP Sports Fan Faire promises to be the busiest one yet, as over a dozen UCF business partners will be on-hand to help celebrate Homecoming 2010. Along with the popular Smokey Bones Tailgate Radio Show, the following will be on-hand passing out free items to the crowd:
•Busch Gardens
•Florida Farm Bureau
•E Tour & Travel
•Smokey Bones
•Holler Classic Automotive Group
•Blue Man Group
•The Parking Spot
•Air Force
•Bright House Networks
•CCM
•Howl at the Moon
•Orlando Sentinel
•SunTrust