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Billboard appears in Tuscaloosa challenging Alabama to home-and-home series with UCF

Central Florida fans cheer on their team against Baylor during the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Az., on January 1, 2014. (Joshua C. Cruey/Orlando Sentinel/MCT)

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Central Florida fans cheer on their team against Baylor during the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Az., on January 1, 2014. (Joshua C. Cruey/Orlando Sentinel/MCT)
By Juliakate E Culpepper
Jan 10, 2018

An interesting proposal popped up on McFarland Blvd. in Tuscaloosa, Ala. this week.

A billboard paid for and created by UCF fans proposed the two “national champions” face off in the coming seasons.

“Congratulations Alabama,” the billboard read. “How about a home-and-home series with UCF?”

UCF administrators and team officials claimed the national championship title for UCF after being the only NCAA Division-I football team to go 13-0 this season and defeating Auburn in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl on Jan. 1.

Alabama has yet to respond.

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