Even the usually reserved Scott Frost couldn't downplay the importance of his UCF football team producing a good showing against Cincinnati Saturday afternoon.
The Knights (5-4 overall, 3-2 American Athletic Conference) are just one victory shy from clinching bowl game eligibility and must pounce on a struggling Bearcats (4-5 overall, 1-4 AAC) team to complete the mission.
Everyone inside and outside UCF's locker room understands this week's game could validate all the hard work rebuilding a program that posted an 0-12 record last season.
". . . I think it'd be great for this program to get back a bowl game, that's where we should be as a program is in a bowl game every year with everything we have to offer here at UCF.