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The original was posted on /r/cfb by /u/DampFrijoles on 2025-09-11 17:44:07+00:00.
An interesting and unexpected thing happened last Saturday. A group of people watching the South Florida-Florida game at a bar at UCF cheered when the Bulls took down the Gators.
This stunned me because UCF fans by and large still consider South Florida to be our biggest rival, even if we aren’t in the same conference anymore. It dates back to the 70s, although it really kicked up a notch when they played in football from '05–'08.
It was jarring given its backdrop against the Border War, where a Mizzou fan gave up a shot at $25k just to taunt KU. I know the UCF-South Florida rivalry is a baby compared to some of the most heated rivalries, but seeing UCF fans cheering for the Bulls was disheartening.
Has anyone else experienced that with one of their rivals they “lost” to conference realignment?