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Mailbag: Does UCF Have a Legitimate Shot at the Playoff?

In this week’s mailbag, we answer your burning questions about everything from UCF’s Power 5 statement win, to how Florida is coping after losing its starting QB, to which outsider might crash the College Football Playoff party this year. Perhaps our answer to that last question will surprise you…

From @Hamet4Deep: Dillon Gabriel looks like the real deal. Enough to finally get UCF some respect? Or just another Boise State of the 2000s?

UCF made a statement over the weekend by rolling visiting Stanford, 45-27, behind an impressive performance by QB Dillon Gabriel. The true freshman, who is the fourth quarterback to start for UCF in its last six games, went 22-of-30 for 347 yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions.