On Friday night, when UCF takes the field against Houston in what’s being billed as “The Space Game,” there’s really only one question worth asking:

Which school is truly America’s “Space University”?

Spoiler alert: it’s not the one that keeps reminding everyone that NASA Mission Control happens to be in its city limits.

Because, let’s face it, Texas might be home to, “Houston, we have a problem” — but UCF is home to “Orlando, we have the solution.”

That’s right, UCF doesn’t just talk about space; it celebrates it, studies it, builds it, launches it and even dedicates an entire football game to it.

“I think it’s really cool that our football program can be a part of and support our university’s ties to NASA,” UCF coach Scott Frost says. “I think it’s sort of our secondary identity

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