New York Times:
"It started New Year’s Day, right after No. 10 Central Florida defeated No. 7 Auburn in the Peach Bowl, 34-27, and improved to a perfect 13-0.
Central Florida Athletic Director Danny White turned to ESPN’s roving camera and declared: “National champs — undefeated.”
White is, among other things, a salesman for his school. Forgive him for a move that had a whiff of pro wrestling to it.
But Central Florida is really serious about this.
The university’s president, John C. Hitt, congratulated “our undefeated, national champion Knights.” White announced the Knights would hang a national championship banner and pay the team’s coaches their national championship bonuses. Josh Heupel, the incoming head coach, — tweeted about how excited he was “to defend our national title.” (Scott Frost, who led the Knights to this season’s 13 wins, is leaving to coach Nebraska.)
By Wednesday, Wikipedia — perhaps the only factual authority still widely accepted in 2018 — identified Central Florida’s claimed national title".
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NY Times—“UCF claims National Title, want to fight about it??”
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