University of Central Florida fans and alumni had their bus trip to Jacksonville canceled once seeing a steady stream of threats from “an ugly side of college football.”

Sadly its more than just that one. If we have to call this off(and we aren’t right now) it will be for safety. People have started sharing our pick up and drop off info. We have some children coming. We don’t need them throwing glass beer bottles at us. — UCF Knights Watch (@UCFKnightsWatch) October 24, 2018


Event organizer and Orlando lawyer Chad Barr pulled the plug on the trip Thursday after viewing the threats made toward them online and then speaking with the UCF Jacksonville Alumni Chapter, as some attendees planned to bring their children.

“The Jacksonville Alumni Chapter strongly suggested we reconsider. And they know their city better than us,” Charles, who also helped to organize the event, said to Knight News.

“We shouldn’t be scared to go to a college game day set wearing our school colors.”

A few of the posts, from a minority of Florida and Georgia fans, were shared within the fan group:

Barr’s post to the event:

It’s with great sadness that we announce the cancellation of the buses to Jacksonville. We appreciate UCF for their support of this adventure. We want to thank all the people who signed up to go. Most of all we want to thank all the UCF students, fans and alumni who generously gave enough money for 2 buses in the last 3 days. The UCF community is strong and united and we found this out first hand.

When we started this, the intention was to have fun with fellow Knights on a trip to remember while respectfully showing up to Gameday to promote the UCF brand. We believe in what Danny White has said and we were going to support him and UCF.