How soon they forget where they came from.
Not even former coach Scott Frost considers last year's undefeated UCF football team as the "national champions."
Last week it was former offensive coordinator Troy Walters who separated himself from UCF's national championship claims and now it's Frost, who left UCF to become the head coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
"I completely get behind their argument," Frost told USA Today. "I do think it was almost criminal how low they kept UCF in the rankings, and I think it was intentional. But at the end of the day, the playoff system is that the national champion is the team that wins the playoff.
"All I'll say is if we had stayed there, I would have had a hard time getting behind it," Frost added. "I think it was smart by them, because it has kept UCF in the media and in the conversation. But you know, like our rings, I kind of wish my ring just said 'Undefeated Season' and 'Peach Bowl Champion.' "
For UCF fans and the players like Shaquem Griffin who totally believe they are national champions, the words of their coaches _ Frost and Walters _ have to be utterly and completely disappointing.
I prefer the stance of college football legends such as Steve Spurrier, Bobby Bowden and Tim Tebow, who have all voiced their unwavering support for UCF's national championship proclamations, parades, banners and rings.
Spurrier told me: "UCF is a darn good team, they're the only undefeated team in the country and they beat the team (Auburn) that beat the teams (Georgia and Alabama,) who played in the national championship game. Why shouldn't they be national champions?"
Bowden told the Omaha World-Herald: "I'll be honest with you; they (UCF) deserve the national title in my opinion."
Tebow chimed in on UCF's behalf when the Knights were being criticized for trumpeting their self-proclaimed national championship.
"I think it's awesome. Celebrate it!" Tebow said on the Paul Finebaum Show.
Too bad UCF's former coaches don't feel the same way.
But I guess this is just the way it when you leave for a privileged Power 5 programs.
Sadly, you don't want to buck the system once you become a part of it.
