One side represents the American Conference past. It identifies by its conference championships, its New Year’s Six bowl appearances, its undefeated regular seasons, and its disruptive nature in the College Football Playoff conversation — a young program carrying a tagline that reads “the future of college football”. This is the final AAC Championship Game for the Big 12 bound UCF Knights, which are no stranger to living in the spotlight. This is the third AAC title game in six years for UCF, and with a win over Tulane, the Knights are bound to compete in their fourth BCS or New Year’s Six bowl since the inception of the conference in 2013.