October is close enough to smell, and Saturday's business at TDECU is UCF. No. 20 Houston is home in Week 5 with a crowd behind it and a Dub in mind. A football program keeps two sets of books. One gets settled under the lights. The other gets settled in living rooms and film sessions, and that one never closes. The early signing period sits down the road, and recruiting offers exactly one guarantee, which is that somewhere a coup is being drawn up. Midseason is when the drawing peaks. Flip season has arrived, and Houston has a house full of visitors coming this weekend.Two of them are worth…
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