I’ve been writing this same column for 20 years now, and every so often, something happens that makes me pull it out, dust it off, and scream it louder:
The University of Central Florida should change its name to the University of Orlando … or Orlando University.
That’s right — drop the “Central,” embrace the city, and stop pretending that the rest of the country knows what or where “Central Florida” is.
In recent weeks, the case for change was once again dropped right in my lap, er, laptop.
When North Carolina coach Bill Belichick was preparing his Tar Heels to face UCF, he referred to the Knights as “Central.”
Not UCF. Not Central Florida. Just Central.
It was a casual slip, but an absolutely telling one.
When one of the greatest coaches in football history thinks your univers