![]() Coincidentally space travel has become cool again, and other schools are following suit with their own takes on the initiative. UCF’s win against Temple on Octomarked the sixth installment of the game and the fifth anniversary of the first full SpaceU uniform - which went on to win the 2018 Uniform of the Year.Īlong the way, the Knights have picked up more uniform accolades (the 2019 Helmet of the Year and 2021 Uniform of the Year) and space-inspired games and gear have now spread across all Knights’ teams. With the university’s origin directly tied to supporting the space program in the 1960s, it’s easy to understand why this week’s Space Game means so much to the university, the athletics program and its fans. The PA cues up Elton John’s 1972 hit “Rocket Man.” Everyone starts singing along. Then, along the horizon in the eastern evening sky, it appears.Īn orange flare - the unmistakable streak of the SpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink darting upward and out of the atmosphere. Thousands of fans are still glued to their seats in FBC Mortgage Stadium. The UCF football team just thumped Georgia Tech, 27-10. (Photo by Conor Kvatek) More Than a Gimmick UCF’s win against Temple on Octomarked the sixth Space Game and the fifth one with full custom uniforms. So what exactly does it take to pull off the Space Game every year?Ī lot of planning and a little bit of stardust. Twenty-four hours later, the uniforms start to arrive and a collective sigh of relief can be felt throughout the UCF Athletics Association (UCFAA) administration buildings from the equipment room to the AD’s office to the cubicles that house the #brand designers who created the uniforms and the brand experience staff charged with the in-stadium experience. “Especially with how much this fan base, the players, the coaching staff, the community all love the Space Game - it can’t not happen.” “Every day I wake up with anxiety,” says Brad Anderson, director of equipment operations. 4, 2022 - less than 10 days away from the UCF football team’s Space Game, and although the order was placed back in March, the Knights’ uniforms have yet to arrive. The seventh installment of the annual Space Game will be held on Nov. It is included in the 12 for XII series because it captures the role space and space research has played in the university’s story. 12, 2022 in the lead up to the UCF football team’s sixth space game. This feature was originally published Oct. The following feature is a part of UCF’s 12 for XII series - 12 stories that define UCF and the meteoric rise of the Knights in their journey to the Big 12 Conference. As UCF approaches its inaugural season as the youngest member of a Power 5 conference, the athletics department is taking a look back to commemorate this special moment in history.
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