It's Knight Time

News and Notes about this week's game against Central Florida:

Although many fans may not know much about the Knights of UCF, plenty of folks remember the resume fiasco involving head coach George O'Leary during his 2001 bid to become the head coach at Notre Dame. What folks might not realize is, since then, he has built a darn good football program at the Orlando, Florida school.

In other UCF news:

• In a show of excellent judgment, UCF Wide Receiver Richard Jackson transferred from Notre Dame and will play against BC this week - making his first appearance with UCF.

• UCF appears to be focusing on their team speed leading up to this weekend's game.

• The UCF players are playing the roll of underdog this week and looking for a chance to break out of the CUSA shadow of East Carolina.

• Like the BC squad, the Knights are trying to build on their loss last week in a close game against USF.

• In this UCF Blog there is a discussion about BC's potential leadership problem in the absence of the departed Matt Ryan.

On the Boston College side of things, one area of concern (in addition to our questionable QB play), is how the defense will perform in light of Alex Albright's season ending injury.

On a non-football related topic the Allston-Brighton Neighborhood Taskforce has brought new meaning to the phrase nosy neighbor.

ACC's Quest For Respect
As noted below, after a weekend of relatively strong play, the ACC is starting to gain some well earned respect around the Country. Sure, noone is going to confuse the conference with the SEC this year, but don't be so quick to throw the ACC under the bus with the Big (L)East either.

Elsewhere around the league, Georgia Tech is gearing up for an SEC match-up against Mississippi State in the conference's continuing battle for respect around the nation.

Meanwhile, down in Raleigh, TOB's Wolfpack is a heavy underdog in this week's contest against the Pirates from ECU. This is the first time since 1999 that the 'Pack have been underdogs against their in-state rivals.