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Blaze, I can't tell if you're being serious or not but I'll go with not. Yes they were undefeated in 2017 and played a THREE loss Auburn team and beat then by one TD and they had to score TWICE in the 4th quarter to pull it out. They would have gotten humiliated playing any of the top 4 teams and rightfully were not in the playoffs. They even stayed undefeated the entire next year until they met a THREE loss mediocre LSU team that summarily dismissed them beating them by 15 until they gave up a junk time (2 minute) TD to still beat them by 8. Heck look at the stats. https://www.espn.com/college-football/matchup?gameId=401032084 It was embarrassing. Again, that was against a mediocre team.The year the got pitted against Auburn in a bowl game was the year they went undefeated and everyone wanted them to play Bama to see if they were actually that good or were just lucky. They smoked Auburn in that bowl game and was one of the driving factors in why there should be an expanded playoff. So at large teams like that have a chance to be there instead of the blue bloods who cake walk into the playoff (Clemson, Ohio St, ND, Oklahoma)
Nobody who knows anything about college football believes UCF was one of the 2 best teams in the country in either of their 'undefeated' seasons or any other time for that matter.
College football is not basketball or baseball. In either of those sports 'upsets' are more likely. Yes upsets happen in football (of course) but it's a game of size, strength, and speed. The players with those attributes go to play for who they perceive as the best. Those that aren't that good can't.
UCF/Boise St. will continue to be big fish in little ponds. There is no problem with that until an illusion of grandeur comes into play.
This isn't hating on UCF or any other second (or third or fourth) tier team. I think it's great those athletes have an opportunity to play competitive ball and against like competition. The NCAA playoffs are not like competition. Kids are going to get hurt and careers ended, for no reason (except egos).