This is nothing new. Just the same old unfounded negativty that arrogant ESPN commentators have been dishing up against the non elite (formerly non-BCS) teams for years now. Negative analysis sells and the guy wants someone to read his pathetic analysis so he picks on what seems like a safe and easy target in UCF. Losing your QB is a big deal and in todays insider article Travis speculates that Texas A&M will similarly fall off post Johnny Deuchbag. ESPN could very well be right but in assuming a non power 5 team cannot reload, instead rebuild but it's just speculation and nothing more.

I will say this ESPN guy's application of logic for asserting UCF does not belong in the top 25 is flawed to say the least. Im not an insider so i did not read the whole thing but it it looks like his reasoning is damm near non-existent. Maybe UCF will drop off signicantly without Bortles and Storm but take the Houston game for example. This was a defensive struggle all the way and Bortles was not on the field when Houston's O'Korn and Greenbury failed to connect on 3rd 4th and goal from the 9 for what should have beeen a game winning touchdown in the final 30 seconds. The UCF defense deserves some credit, it was a complete team effort. In a similar situation, this year; I expect O'Korn and Greenbury would make that game winning touchdown. :)