Oct. 27, 2010
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By Leigh Torbin
UCFAthletics.com
ORLANDO, Fla. (UCFAthletics.com) - Central Florida's political leaders threw their support firmly behind the UCF Knights football team on Wednesday as both Orange County Mayor Richard Crotty and Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer issued statements of support today for the Knights as they prepare for a showdown against East Carolina on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at Bright House Networks Stadium.
UCF alumnus and Orange County Mayor Richard Crotty says: "One of the biggest football games in the country will take place right in our back yard on Saturday. Our hometown UCF Knights will battle their archrival, the East Carolina University Pirates, for the top spot in Conference USA. This is a defining game for the surging UCF football program and the student athletes deserve our support. The weather should be perfect for football and the atmosphere on campus will be electric, so I hope you'll join me Saturday afternoon at Bright House Stadium to cheer the UCF Knights on to victory. Go Knights!"
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer says: "Get out your black and gold to support the University of Central Florida Knights as they take on the East Carolina Pirates. This is one of the biggest games for the Knights as they battle the Pirates for the top spot in Conference USA. Be there on Saturday and cheer our hometown team to victory. Start showing your support for the Knights on Friday by wearing black and gold."
The winner of Saturday's tilt between UCF (3-0 in C-USA) and ECU (4-0 in C-USA) will clearly be in the driver's seat to host the Conference USA Championship Game on December 4. It is the latest that two teams which are undefeated in C-USA play have faced off since the 2003 season and will pit UCF's elite defense against one of the country's top passing attacks in ECU. UCF and ECU have won each of the last three C-USA championships between them.
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The Knights have two more exciting home games left in the 2010 regular season, both of which will help determine the Conference USA East Division champion. Standing at 3-0 in C-USA play, UCF's biggest league rivals come to town on Saturday, Oct. 30 with the East Carolina Pirates, 4-0 in C-USA play. The home finale will be Saturday, Nov. 13 against the Southern Miss Golden Eagles, 2-1 in the league this year. Saturday's game will also feature Knightro's Halloween Pregame Bash on IOA Plaza and also one lucky UCF fan will be selected as the 1,000,000th fan to come to Bright House Networks Stadium since it opened in 2007.
An affordable two-game mini-plan for the remaining 2010 home football games at Bright House Networks Stadium is currently available by calling the UCF Athletics Ticket Office at 407-UCF-1000 or logging on to UCFAthletics.com.
For the latest news on the Knights, log on to UCFAthletics.com - the official site for UCF varsity sports. The site, which also contains ticket and Golden Knights Club donor information, is also the home of UCF's new online apparel store.