GLENDALE, Ariz. -- What a run it was.
Even in defeat on Tuesday at the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl, UCF helped push for change in college football, standing toe to toe with LSU before falling 40-32 at State Farm Stadium.
The loss snapped the Knights' 25-game winning streak and denied the American Conference champion a second straight perfect season.
There will be no claims of a national title in Orlando this year, no celebrating a postseason win over the SEC a year after the Knights upset Auburn in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. But when a Group of 5 team someday joins the postseason party to determine a champion, it can thank the UCF teams of 2017 and '18 for their contributions.