UCF's Trip to Kansas Now Has a Time and a Channel: 3:45 P.M. Saturday on ESPN2
The six-day television window closed Sunday and set the Knights' November 7 game at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium for a 3:45 p.m. Eastern kick on ESPN2 — UCF (4-4) looking to end a 12-game road losing streak against a 3-5 Kansas team, a week after the 41-9 Space Game loss to Baylor.
UCF's next football game is no longer a 'to be announced.' The Big 12's television selections for the weekend of November 7 were finalized on Sunday, November 1, and the Knights' trip to Kansas is set: Saturday, November 7 at 3:45 p.m. Eastern (2:45 p.m. Central) at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, on ESPN2. The game was one of a handful held under the conference's six-day option, which is why the time and network landed only this weekend.
The matchup the networks picked is two teams trying to rescue November. UCF enters at 4-4 after the humbling 41-9 Space Game loss to Baylor at the Bounce House on October 30 — a game played five days after Baylor fired its head coach, against the interim staff. Kansas enters at 3-5, having lost 22-16 to TCU on October 31. The Knights also carry a burden the schedule-makers did not create: a 12-game losing streak on the road, which Saturday in Lawrence is their next chance to end.
For Orlando viewers the logistics are simple — 3:45 p.m. Saturday on ESPN2, no trip required — and the week after frames the stakes: UCF comes home to host Arizona State on November 14. A win in Lawrence steadies the bowl picture before that home game; a loss makes the final stretch an uphill run. The Knights have their time, their channel and their assignment.
