UCF's football program wants to go where no C-USA team has gone before

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NEW ORLEANS - The wall that has separated where the UCF football program is and where it wants to go always has been transparent.

When the program started in 1979 in Division III, the goal was to find a way to leap to college football's top division. When UCF got there in 1996, the focus then quickly shifted to becoming a major player at that level.

Now the Knights' ultimate goal -- like that of every other team not in one of the six conferences with automatic bids -- is to break into the Bowl Championship Series.
Kyle Hightower: Orlando Sentinel