UCF Football has come a very long way in a short two-year span. Following a dreadful 0-12 campaign that resulted in the departure of George O'Leary, UCF gunned for University of Oregon's Offensive Coordinator -- and the rest is history.

UCF hired Scott Frost, a man that coached under offensive mastermind Chip Kelly, and was the Offensive Coordinator for Tennessee Titans' quarterback, Marcus Mariota. The promise was there, and it came to full fruition in just two years.

There is no excuse for hatred of Scott Frost. Most people, including me, are not pleased that he is leaving. Nobody at UCF should be happy he is leaving, but being angry distracts from what the 2017 UCF football team was: the best team the school has ever fielded.

This was the greatest football season in the program's brief history. UCF first fielded a true Division 1 team in 1996. Some of my friends were born before that, and they are the youngest program to win a major bowl game by a wide margin.

Scott Frost was introduced as UCF's head coach in December of 2015, and during his first press conference he stated the goal was "to get to the top of this conference again."

Mission accomplished for Frost and his staff, and it was not even really that close. UCF was the best team in the AAC all year; they held Memphis, a team ranked 2nd in scoring offense behind only UCF, to 13 points in their regular season meeting,

The Knights took down USF in arguably the best college football game of 2017, while steamrolling opponents left and right, culminating in a Peach Bowl win over SEC powerhouse, Auburn.

The Knights finished 13-0 two years after a season where stadiums were empty due to the level of play from a football program that lacked leadership.

Frost changed the culture of UCF football and turned the program back into one that could win in an unprecedented amount of time.

For comparison, Kansas also went 0-12 in 2015. They have won 3 games since that season and finished this year 1-11.

Even during the first year of his tenure, when UCF finished 6-7, Frost was turning the program around. He had a vision for UCF and delivered on his promise to the school.

After a 2016 defeat to Maryland at home, UCF crushed the Terrapins in their home stadium in 2017. Frost figured how to elevate McKenzie Milton's play and bring out the best in the talented signal caller, and gave us the most memorable regular season in UCF's brief history.

We watched Shaquem Griffin, one of the most unique stories in college football, dominate opposing offenses as the backbone of the team's defense.

Frost and his staff took a young team's level of play to a new height, and obliterated almost everyone on the schedule, and brought a championship back to UCF.

Then, despite the chants from our student section, Frost decided to leave for Nebraska after he delivered on his promise of a conference championship.

That should have been the end. Normally it would have been. Coaches that accept a new job generally do not coach their former team in the bowl game.

However, Frost's decision to leave was not easy. This article by Pat Clarke highlights an unreal conversation between him and Frost and accentuates how difficult the decision was for Coach Frost to make.

Then, in the days that followed, Frost finished what he started. He managed to do two jobs for nearly a month. Frost flew back and forth from Lincoln to Orlando to give his all to our school to finish the incredible season that he got going back in late August.

A team that had almost nobody at its games two years ago, sold out of its bowl game tickets in less than a day.

Frost handled a difficult transition with class and delivered an incredible, unforgettable season to UCF.

This is not to take credit away from the players, who have been incredible. The entire offensive and defensive units looked revamped and had contributions from numerous different players.

Against Auburn, the defense kept the team in it in the first half, while a monstrous second half from McKenzie Milton combined with more solid play from the defense closed out the win.

Yet, Scott Frost was the mastermind that did two jobs at once to help deliver his promise and gave UCF its second New Year's Six Bowl win in four years.

This was an unforgettable football season, a season unlike any other ever seen at UCF. As a student, it was incredible to live through it.

Thank you, Coach Frost, for an unreal season.