What was life like the last time UCF football won a National Championship?

Now this one might be controversial as a lot of people do not believe UCF football was the National Champion for the 2017 college football season.

Technically, the Alabama Crimson Tide won the College Football Playoff in the 2017 season, but UCF was the only FBS team to go undefeated, which included a win in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl over Auburn, who had just beaten Alabama at the end of the season.

After winning the Peach Bowl, athletic director at the time Danny White famously declared that UCF was undefeated were National Champions, and this video went viral. The NCAA even recognizes UCF's National Championship in case you were wondering.

So there you have it, UCF was the 2017 National Champions, so what was going on in the world when the Knights won it all?

Well in 2017, Donald Trump had just been inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States of America after winning the election in 2016.

In the world of sports, 2017 kicked off with Tom Brady and the New England Patriots leading the famous 28-3 comeback, which was the largest comeback in Super Bowl history, giving the organization their fifth Super Bowl.

In 2017, the Houston Astros won the World Series, but it was later investigated and determined that the Astros had stolen signs and used trash cans to communicate to the batters what those signs were. There were suspensions given out, but the title has not been stripped from the team.

When it comes to the NBA, in 2017, the Golden State Warriors continued the start of their dynasty and won their second NBA title in three years.

In 2017, music and movies were fairly similar to what they are nowadays, but the top song on the music charts was "Shape of You" by Ed Sheeran. The top-grossing movie of 2017 was Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi with Disney's live-action Beauty and the Beast coming in at No. 2.

Apple still produced the most popular phone in 2017 and the iPhone X had just been revealed, introducing the new phone without a home button.

Lot's of things were very different even just back in 2017, but one thing remains the same, UCF is still the 2017 college football National Champions.