The giant video board outside of Gus Malzahn’s office at UCF reads, “The future of college football is here.”
It’s a familiar message the first-year coach has been preaching since his arrival on the Orlando campus in February. And Malzahn’s presence has provided a heightened level of excitement to a program that’s only a few short years removed from back-to-back conference championships and consecutive appearances in New Year’s Six Access bowl games.
But even in the five short months since Malzahn’s arrival, so much has taken place outside the program including conference realignment with Texas and Oklahoma leaving the Big 12 and the ripple effect it could have on the rest of the sport.