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It’s Christmastime.
It’s that time of year when we have warmth in our hearts, a spirit of togetherness and the urge to reconnect with loved ones. A time to express gratitude for the people who made us what we are. A time to rediscover the magic of coming together once again.
The perfect time for Frosty the Showman — aka Scott Frost — to load up his pyrotechnic offense and dashing sideline demeanor to make his triumphant return to Orlando.
Everybody sing along:
“Frosty the Showman, made UCF dreams come true,
With a playbook bold, of Black and Gold,
He’s back to start anew!
There must have been some magic in that UCF hat he wore,
For when Frosty placed it on his head,
The Knights began to soar.”
We can only hope.
We can only hope that Frosty can rediscover the magic and resurrect the fading Knights like he did before — while also re-igniting his own once-promising coaching career.
There were certainly many UCF fans and donors at Frost’s introductory news conference Sunday night who are willing to take that leap of faith. The marching band was there, the cheerleaders were there and the room seemed to hum with hope, like a pep rally to celebrate the future – and to commemorate the past.
“It feels surreal,” said Frost, who left his job as an offensive analyst for the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams to return to UCF as the head coach. “It feels like it was 100 years ago and yesterday at the same time (since he was at UCF). I wouldn’t have come back to just any place, but this place gave me a start and – in a certain way – maybe I had a hand in giving UCF a start.”
Call me a hopeless romantic or a sappy sentimentalist if you want, but I love that UCF is bringing back Frost. I commend UCF athletics director Terry Mohajir for making such a bold, bodacious decision.
It would have been very easy for Mohajir to…
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Author : Orlando Sentinel
Publish date : 2024-12-09 02:38:00
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