It'd be naïve to believe the UCF football team's 0-7 record hasn't taken a mental toll on players fighting to add some positive momentum to a program that just two years ago made national headlines as a BCS game winner.
But as hard as it has been for current players, it's equally challenging for former players who once took the program to another level.
The fact that Houston, ranked No. 21 by the Associated Press, is coming to Bright House Networks Stadium Saturday afternoon for UCF's homecoming just adds more salt to an open wound that won't seem to close.