The unbeaten run is over. And so is UCF’s dream of, uh, another national championship.

If UCF had beaten LSU and completed another perfect season, the Knights would surely have claimed another national title – and given college football’s grand history of such dubious claims, it would have been perfectly fine.

Instead, the dream died on the slippery turf of the Fiesta Bowl. After LSU’s 40-32 victory snapped a 25-game winning streak, what to make of it all?