The Sons of UCF provides coverage and content for all things UCF Knights sports. From podcasts, live shows, video, and more, the Sons bring comprehensive and well-rounded coverage across Knight Nation. Fronted by UCF alumni, the Sons will keep you up to date, informed, and entertained on everything in and around the program
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Around The Kingdom - Is UCF really the 8th best team in conference?
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Join Eric Lopez and guest host Jeff Allen as they debate some of the current topics surrounding UCF Athletics. In this episode, the guys talk about the Big 12 preseason media poll, which has UCF selected to finish 8th in the conference. Plus, after the first year in the Big 12, what are so highs, low, and expectations for year 2. Also: Top 5 comeba…
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Sons LIVE featuring A Special Announcement
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On this special July 4th edition, the Sons reveal an exciting announcement Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy 2KnightsMedia
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Ep 261: Highs and lows of year 1 in the Big 12
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In this episode, the Sons look back on the highs and lows of UCF's first season in the Big 12 (or Sun Belt for Soccer). From upset wins and surprise teams, to massive losing streaks and post-season failures, the Sons break down the best and worst. Men's hoops continues to add to their roster, albeit in a potentially controversial way. However, is t…
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The Sons of UCF Podcast is brought to you by Diriga, a UCF led recruiting and staffing company that matches you with the RIGHT talent. Check out www.knightrecruiting.com On this week's Sons of UCF LIVE, we're joined by Chris Vannini - Senior College Football Writer at The Athletic, as we talk UCF Football, the BIG 12 and the ever-changing college f…
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Around The Kingdom - What is the biggest concern for UCF Football?
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Join Eric Lopez and Trace Trylko as they debate some of the current topics surrounding UCF Athletics. In this episode, the guys talk about their biggest concern as we approach the 2024 football season. Plus, while we are talking a lot about Florida and Colorado, are we overlooking TCU? Also: Expectations for Mikey Williams, recent comments from Gus…
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Sons LIVE featuring Kelley Ford and Ben Hazel
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The Sons of UCF Podcast is brought to you by Diriga, a UCF led recruiting and staffing company that matches you with the RIGHT talent. Check out www.knightrecruiting.com This week the Sons are joined by Kelley Ford of KFordRatings.com to talk about his first batch of win projections for UCF and the Big 12. Then, Ben Hazel gives us his insight on th…
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Around The Kingdom - New money coming to the Big 12?
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Join Eric Lopez and Trace Trylko as they debate some of the current topics surrounding UCF Athletics. In this episode, the guys talk about the latest reports of potential revenue additions to the Big 12 - namely via sponsorships and private equity. Plus, the ink is dry on the Johnny Dawkins contract extension, so what is next for UCF basketball? Al…
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Sons LIVE featuring Brice Larson and Keano Suarez
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The Sons of UCF Podcast is brought to you by Diriga, a UCF led recruiting and staffing company that matches you with the RIGHT talent. Check out www.knightrecruiting.com On this week's Sons of UCF LIVE: We talk with Brice Larson from ESPN 960 AM about BYU and Utah Football. Then, UCF Baseball's Keano Suarez joins us to recap a season that included …
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Sons of UCF Conversations - RB Coach Ryan Held
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The Sons of UCF Podcast was joined by former UCF Running Back Coach Ryan Held (2016-17) to discuss his time with the Knights. Coach Held came to UCF as part of Scott Frost's staff, and immediately began to change the running back room by adding talented speedster Adrian Killins and the dynamic Juwon Hamilton. After a year of learning in 2016, the K…
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Around The Kingdom - Is Florida the Knights Super Bowl?
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Join Eric Lopez and Trace Trylko as they debate some of the current topics surrounding UCF Athletics. In this episode, the guys talk about re-visit a topic from last week and consider a listener comment lamenting the game at Florida being treated as UCF's Super Bowl. Plus, changes continue coming in college athletics, this time with additional elig…
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Sons LIVE Featuring the Hescock Family and the debut of Up All Knight
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The Sons of UCF Podcast is brought to you by Diriga, a UCF led recruiting and staffing company that matches you with the RIGHT talent. Check out www.knightrecruiting.com On this week's Sons of UCF LIVE: We welcome Carey & Jeff Hescock as they remember their late son Jake Hescock. The former UCF Football player passed away in December 2022 and the H…
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Ep 260: Wheel of topics / Stephen Martin
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The Sons of UCF Podcast is brought to you by Diriga, a UCF led recruiting and staffing company that matches you with the RIGHT talent. Check out www.knightrecruiting.com This edition of the Sons of UCF podcast features a quick spin of the wheel of topics, where the guys talk about the end of the baseball season, football win totals, recruiting, and…
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Around The Kingdom - How big is the UCF and UF game?
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Join Eric Lopez and Trace Trylko as they debate some of the current topics surrounding UCF Athletics. In this episode, the guys talk about the upcoming football schedule, including some interesting comments made by the Gators AD. All of which begs the question, is that game the most important on the schedule? Plus: UCF and FSU played in the basebal…
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Sons LIVE featuring Matt Murschel and Brandon Helwig
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The Sons of UCF Podcast is brought to you by Diriga, a UCF led recruiting and staffing company that matches you with the RIGHT talent. Check out www.knightrecruiting.com On this week's Sons of UCF LIVE: We welcome in Matt Murschel from the Orlando Sentinel to talk about what he saw behind-the-scenes at EA Sports as it gets ready to debut College Fo…
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Around The Kingdom - UCF Baseball heads to the post-season
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Join Eric Lopez and Trace Trylko as they debate some of the current topics surrounding UCF Athletics. In this episode, the guys talk about some of the latest news in college football, including UCF's ranking according to On3 Sports, and at least one of the guys thinks the black Friday game against Utah could be the biggest black Friday game ever. P…
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Sons LIVE featuring UCF Baseball and Andrew Cherico
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The Sons of UCF Podcast is brought to you by Diriga, a UCF led recruiting and staffing company that matches you with the RIGHT talent. Check out www.knightrecruiting.com In addition to the latest UCF Football talk, this week the Sons of UCF go LIVE to the BIG 12 Baseball Championship with LIVE reports from the stadium. Plus, we go Around the Kingdo…
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Around The Kingdom - Where did all this money come from?
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Join Eric Lopez and Trace Trylko as they debate some of the current topics surrounding UCF Athletics. In this episode, the guys talk about the current litigation with the NCAA, which will see billions of dollars change hands and potentially change college athletics forever. Plus, will this significantly hurt the walk-on program at most schools? And…
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Sons "LIVE" featuring Phillip Dukes from On3 Sports
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The Sons of UCF Podcast is brought to you by Diriga, a UCF led recruiting and staffing company that matches you with the RIGHT talent. Check out www.knightrecruiting.com Technical issues prevented the LIVE show from happening this week, but we were able to spend some time with On3 Sports Recruiting expert Phillip Dukes. He joined Adam, Dali Drama, …
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Around The Kingdom - Will UCF Football win more than 7.5 games?
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Join Eric Lopez and Trace Trylko as they debate some of the current topics surrounding UCF Athletics. In this episode, the guys talk about the release of Circa Sports win projections for 2024, which has the Knights at 7.5 wins. However, some pundits still don't think UCF has enough toughness to contend - so what gives? Also: Softball goes to the Re…
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Sons LIVE featuring Jacoby Jones and Eric Henry
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The Sons of UCF Podcast is brought to you by Diriga, a UCF led recruiting and staffing company that matches you with the RIGHT talent. Check out www.knightrecruiting.com On this week's Sons of UCF LIVE: We get to know Ohio Transfer WR and newest Knight Jacoby Jones. Plus, we talk UCF Softball with Eric Lopez, covering the Knights at the BIG 12 Cham…
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Around The Kingdom - How are we feeling about the schedule?
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Join Eric Lopez and Trace Trylko as they debate some of the current topics surrounding UCF Athletics. In this episode, the guys talk about the current state of the football roster now that the portal has closed. The guys also review the latest with the upcoming football schedule, which saw some new games added in later years. Also: should the CFB e…
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Ep 259: It's Complicated / Alec Holler
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The Sons of UCF Podcast is brought to you by Diriga, a UCF led recruiting and staffing company that matches you with the RIGHT talent. Check out www.knightrecruiting.com In this episode of the Sons of UCF Podcast, the Sons go around the various sports at UCF and talk about the latest news, including some additions to the football schedule, the bask…
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Sons of UCF Conversations - UCF Baseball Coach Jay Bergman
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The Sons of UCF spoke with former UCF Baseball Coach Jay Bergman in a wide ranging interview covering his career with the Knights. Bergman was named coach in 1983, taking over a program that was behind in facilities, lacked a recruiting budget, and without a culture of consistent success. Over the next 26 years, Bergman helped to usher UCF Baseball…
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Sons LIVE featuring Dylan Barnas and Andrew Cherico
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The Sons of UCF Podcast is brought to you by Diriga, a UCF led recruiting and staffing company that matches you with the RIGHT talent. Check out www.knightrecruiting.com On this week's Sons of UCF LIVE: We talk UCF Football Schedules and BOOMs and welcome former Knights Kicker Dylan Barnas to talk about returning to the Arena Football League's Orla…
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Ep 258: Mark-Antony Richards / UCF Knight or US Congressman
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The Sons of UCF Podcast is brought to you by Diriga, a UCF led recruiting and staffing company that matches you with the RIGHT talent. Check out www.knightrecruiting.com On this edition of the Sons Podcast, the guys chat about the latest in transfer portal news, including the addition of a new QB to the roster. They also review the other recent boo…
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Around The Kingdom - Which Knights will have an impact in the NFL?
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Join Eric Lopez and Trace Trylko as they debate some of the current topics surrounding UCF Athletics. In this episode, the guys talk about some of the new additions to the UCF Football roster via the transfer portal, including another QB. Plus, the NFL Draft was completed, and several former Knights will now have an opportunity to play at the next …
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Sons LIVE featuring Chris Boyle and Miguel Chavez
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The Sons of UCF Podcast is brought to you by Diriga, a UCF led recruiting and staffing company that matches you with the RIGHT talent. Check out www.knightrecruiting.com On this week's Sons of UCF LIVE: We welcome back Chris Boyle, UCF Football Beat Writer for the Daytona Beach News-Journal, as we talk about the Transfer Portal, UCF's Quarterback R…
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Around The Kingdom - The INs and OUTs for UCF Football
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Join Eric Lopez and Trace Trylko as they debate some of the current topics surrounding UCF Athletics. In this episode, the guys discuss the latest in the transfer portal for UCF Football, which saw a Boom and a few more defections. While discussing the portal, the guys also review the new proposed rules, and once a Knight, always a Knight? Also: Ma…
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Sons LIVE featuring Paul Lounsberry and Jonathan Adams
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The Sons of UCF Podcast is brought to you by Diriga, a UCF led recruiting and staffing company that matches you with the RIGHT talent. Check out www.knightrecruiting.com On this week's Sons of UCF LIVE, former UCF Football Assistant Coach Paul Lounsberry joins us to look back on the Spring Game and Spring Camp. Then, Jonathan Adams, Sports Contribu…
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Around The Kingdom - Welcome (back) to portal season
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Join Eric Lopez and Trace Trylko as they debate some of the current topics surrounding UCF Athletics. In this episode, the guys break down the 2024 spring game, which featured some standout performances on both sides of the ball. Next, the spring transfer portal has opened, so what is next for UCF? Also: Maybe we shouldn't stream, Steve Sloan passe…
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Ep 257: The real spring season begins / Dan sh*t his pants
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The Sons of UCF Podcast is brought to you by Diriga, a UCF led recruiting and staffing company that matches you with the RIGHT talent. Check out www.knightrecruiting.com On this episode of the Sons of UCF podcast, we dive in to all of the happenings in and around the spring game, including KJ's performance, defensive standouts, and observations fro…
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Sons LIVE featuring Alex Cesarano and Paul Lounsberry
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The Sons of UCF Podcast is brought to you by Diriga, a UCF led recruiting and staffing company that matches you with the RIGHT talent. Check out www.knightrecruiting.com On this week's Sons of UCF LIVE we welcome in Alex Cesarano with UCF Brand Advancement as he talks about the special helmet decals being worn by UCF Football during the Spring Game…
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Around The Kingdom - Will UCF be a power in 10 years?
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Join Eric Lopez and Trace Trylko as they debate some of the current topics surrounding UCF Athletics. In this episode, the guys break down the latest with Spring Football, which is, well, STILL not very much. However, with the spring game coming up, there are some things the guys are looking to see. Plus, our old friend Scott Frost recently spoke t…
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Sons LIVE featuring Paul Lounsberry and Kenny Morales
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The Sons of UCF Podcast is brought to you by Diriga, a UCF led recruiting and staffing company that matches you with the RIGHT talent. Check out www.knightrecruiting.com We get ready for this week's UCF Football Scrimmage with former long-time Assistant Coach Paul Lounsberry. Coach attends every practice and provides insights on what he's seen this…
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The Sons of UCF Podcast is brought to you by Diriga, a UCF led recruiting and staffing company that matches you with the RIGHT talent. Check out www.knightrecruiting.com The Sons have returned from hiatus! In this edition of the podcast, they break down the latest from Spring Football camp, which is basically nothing. But, as one Son tells you, tha…
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Around The Kingdom - Is Spring Football too quiet?
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Join Eric Lopez and Trace Trylko as they debate some of the current topics surrounding UCF Athletics. In this episode, the guys break down the latest with Spring Football, which is, well, not much really. Is that a good thing though? We also discuss the latest news with the basketball transfer portal and high school recruits. Also: the battle for t…
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Sons LIVE featuring Rob Starkman (Rock Em Socks) and Paul Lounsberry
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The Sons of UCF Podcast is brought to you by Diriga, a UCF led recruiting and staffing company that matches you with the RIGHT talent. Check out www.knightrecruiting.com On this week's Sons of UCF LIVE, we welcome Rock Em Socks founder Rob Starkman to talk about his recent purchase of the UCF basketball court. Plus, our good friend Coach Paul Louns…
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Around The Kingdom - An extension looms for Johnny Dawkins
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Join Eric Lopez and Trace Trylko as they debate some of the current topics surrounding UCF Athletics. In this episode, the guys react to the breaking news of a contract extension for UCF Basketball coach Johnny Dawkins. Is this the correct move, and what do we think the details will be? Plus: as Spring Football camp continues, what is something tha…
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Sons LIVE featuring Ben Hazel and Matt Murschel
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The Sons of UCF Podcast is brought to you by Diriga, a UCF led recruiting and staffing company that matches you with the RIGHT talent. Check out www.knightrecruiting.com On this week's Sons of UCF LIVE, we put a bow on the 2023-24 UCF Men's Basketball season with former Knights Development Coach Ben Hazel. Plus, we welcome Matt Murschel of the Orla…
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Around The Kingdom - What's next for Men's Basketball and Coach Johnny Dawkins
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Join Eric Lopez and Trace Trylko as they debate some of the current topics surrounding UCF Athletics. In this episode, the guys discuss the end of the 2023-24 men's basketball season, which came at the hands of the cows in round 1 of the NIT. Where does UCF go from here, and does this loss change the outcome of the season? Also: What's new with foo…
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Sons LIVE featuring Ben Hazel and Paul Lounsberry
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The Sons of UCF Podcast is brought to you by Diriga, a UCF led recruiting and staffing company that matches you with the RIGHT talent. Check out www.knightrecruiting.com On this week's Sons of UCF LIVE: We welcome former UCF assistant coach Ben Hazel to talk about UCF's performance in the Big 12 tournament. Next, we get a breakdown of the UCF Footb…
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Around The Kingdom - How do we feel about Johnny?
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Join Eric Lopez and Trace Trylko as they debate some of the current topics surrounding UCF Athletics. In this episode, the guys discuss the start of the spring football camp, which has UCF debuting new QB KJ Jefferson and revamped coaching staff. Plus: men's hoops takes a game in the Big 12 tournament, does this solidify the season as a success? Al…
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Sons LIVE featuring Ben Hazel and Melissa Triebwasser
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The Sons of UCF Podcast is brought to you by Diriga, a UCF led recruiting and staffing company that matches you with the RIGHT talent. Check out www.knightrecruiting.com On this week's Sons of UCF LIVE: We welcome Chris Boyle from the Daytona Beach News Journal as we preview the start of UCF Football Spring Camp. Plus, we talk Men's Basketball with…
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Around The Kingdom - Football’s will soon be flying
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Join Eric Lopez and Trace Trylko as they debate some of the current topics surrounding UCF Athletics. In this episode, the guys discuss the upcoming start of spring football practice, including impact players and names to watch for. Plus, the way too early season predictions have already begun. Also: How will the basketball season end, should Kirk …
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Ep 255: The Bender on the Brightline
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The Sons of UCF Podcast is brought to you by Diriga, a UCF led recruiting and staffing company that matches you with the RIGHT talent. Check out www.knightrecruiting.com On this episode of the Sons of UCF, basketball drops another tough game, and with just a few games left, what are UCF's postseason chances? Is there any chance this team finishes b…
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Sons LIVE featuring Ben Hazel, Wide Right and Natty Light, and Kirk's Jerks
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The Sons of UCF Podcast is brought to you by Diriga, a UCF led recruiting and staffing company that matches you with the RIGHT talent. Check out www.knightrecruiting.com On this week's Sons of UCF LIVE: We go LIVE to Sons reporter Andrew Cherico at the Orlando Magic game as he covered Taylor Hendricks and the Utah Jazz. We reunited members of Kirk'…
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Around The Kingdom - Can UCF benefit from the new playoff?
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Join Eric Lopez and Trace Trylko as they debate some of the current topics surrounding UCF Athletics. In this episode, the guys discuss the change to the college football playoff, including the current and the proposed. Plus, UCF basketball is back in the win column, what do they need to do to keep that up? Also: Extend Dawkins, Softball struggles …
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The Sons of UCF Podcast is brought to you by Diriga, a UCF led recruiting and staffing company that matches you with the RIGHT talent. Check out www.knightrecruiting.com On this episode of the Sons of UCF, the Sons review the recent HUGE donation and what it means for UCF. Also, in the question of the week, would you change anything about the donat…
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Sons LIVE featuring Ben Hazel and The Tortillas & Takes Podcast (again)
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The Sons of UCF Podcast is brought to you by Diriga, a UCF led recruiting and staffing company that matches you with the RIGHT talent. Check out www.knightrecruiting.com On Sons of UCF LIVE: Reaction to Taylor Gerring's multi-million dollar donation to UCF Athletics and The Kingdom. Plus, Ben Hazel, former UCF MBB Development Coach, on what the Kni…
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Around The Kingdom - Orlando or Arkansas?
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Join Eric Lopez and Trace Trylko as they debate some of the current topics surrounding UCF Athletics. In this episode, the guys discuss a recent podcast interview with Gus Malzahn, and his comments about Arkansas. Plus, men's hoops has taken a slide, have we already seen the peak of this team? Also: Rain washes away Softball and Baseball, the NCAA …
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