Tag: football
When you stop and think about it, what Lane Kiffin has done with Florida Atlantic University’s football program over the last three seasons is remarkable. And with that success comes calls from other colleges wanting…
It’s all there for the taking. A Conference USA (C-USA) East Division title, home-field advantage for the conference championship, along with a virtually-assured spot in the Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl on Dec. 21 – and…
Another Conference USA game for Florida Atlantic this week with the same implications for the Owls. Win and FAU stays alive in the C-USA East Division title race. Lose and any chance of getting to…
It’s the Shula Bowl, but for Florida Atlantic it’s another ‘have-to-have’ game if the Owls are going to secure first place in the Conference USA East Division. Florida International comes to Howard Schnellenberger Field at…
There is more on the line than meets the eye in Saturday’s Florida Atlantic at Western Kentucky football game. Sure, a win gives either school six for the season and will make them bowl eligible.…
Hopefully a successful road trip will get Florida Atlantic University coach Lane Kiffin in a better mood. “Not a happy place around here,” Kiffin said earlier this week in light of Florida Atlantic’s 36-31 defeat…
The real season now starts for Florida Atlantic University’s football team. After splitting its first four non-conference games, Florida Atlantic begins a stretch of eight straight Conference USA games. The first one comes Saturday at…
Florida Atlantic losses to start the season at Ohio State (No. 6 AP) and at home against Central Florida (No. 17 AP) were expected. That the Owls played better at Ohio State in a 45-21…
Could ‘third time’s a charm’ be in the cards for Lane Kiffin’s Florida Atlantic Owls? Kiffin, FAU’s 44-year-old head football coach, begins his third season at the helm in a noon kickoff Saturday (Fox TV)…
Florida Atlantic at North Texas was suppose to be Conference USA‘s big showdown. Now, it’s just another game on the schedule. In the preseason, media ‘experts’ tabbed FAU and North Texas as…
One down, two to go for Florida Atlantic. A 49-14 Shula Bowl victory last Saturday at Florida International – powered by a 28-point fourth quarter – gives FAU a 4-5 overall record. …
Florida Atlantic really can’t afford another conference loss. At 5 p.m. Saturday, FAU (2-3, 0-1) will host Conference USA East Division foe Old Dominion (1-4, 0-2) – a high-scoring team that upset No. 24 ranked…
