I think that the UCF offense was just a very conservative style. They did not play like a typical college football team that was about scoring early and often. UCF would try to run a lot and hold the time of possession lead, similar to how the NFL is run typically. Bortles was never needed to do anything eye popping which is why many people thought he was bad. But if you watched enough of the UCF games you knew he was going to be good. He could make any throw and if he needed to score in a game late he would drive down the field everytime and score.

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