ORLANDO, Fla. – Midway through fall camp, UCF is feeling confident about where the team is, but Head Coach Scott Frost isn’t ready to begin prep for week one opponent Bethune-Cookman.
“You have a ton of time just to put in your system and put in the techniques and then, the page gets flipped, and you’re getting ready for a new opponent,” said Frost. “We’re just taking one more swing at it, making sure that fundamentally and the basic things that our guys have to do, they’re good at them.”
He wants to solidify the team’s fundamentals before installing a new play scheme, and Frost emphasised the next three practices will be focused on that.
“I want our guys to be laser-focused, and right now, it’s laser-focused on our team,” he said.
With only two weeks left in fall camp, the Knights’ are feeling the urgency to get things right.
“Everything is just ramped up on every single front,” offensive lineman Preston Cushman said. “We always talk about, from the beginning, that every rep is a Big 12 Championship, so executing with the best detail and the best effort you got, and we’re going to do some big things.”
The players feel they are ready for the next practices, even in the extreme heat.
“I can’t wait to see the guys make plays,” wide receiver Duane Thomas, Jr., said. “We’re tired of beating up on each other; we’ve been beating up on each other all camp and all spring. I think we’re ready to go
The Knights’ first game is at home against Bethune-Cookman on Thursday, Sept. 3.