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Howard Schnellenberger calls it the “second phase of the 2009 season” and with no bowl to prepare for FAU’s coaches can put their entire energy into evaluating recruits.
The coaches have some work to do coming off a five wins. But while they are hitting the road, Schnellenberger will be doing ...
NCAA Football
Florida Atlantic Owls
Howard Schnellenberger
Something to look forward to
The Owls may not have reached their goals this season, but they did have several highlights that could be a starting point for righting the program in 2010.
The most obvious was an offense that averaged 432 yards per game and returns what could be a potent ...
NCAA Football
Florida Atlantic Owls
Florida Gators
Big weekend in college football.
Trophies will be handed out for the SEC champion, ACC champion, Big 12 champion and Shula Bowl champion.
Hey, FAU has to have something to play for in its final game. With no bowl game and not even a winning season on the line, the Owls have one incentive, ...
NCAA Football
Florida Atlantic Owls
Florida Atlantic will return to Ford Field next season to play Michigan State barring an unexpected breakdown in negotiations.
The Owls’ Sept. 11 game against the Spartans that was supposed to christen the new on-campus stadium will be moved to Detroit with FAU the home team. An announcement ...
NCAA Football
Florida Atlantic Owls
Michigan State Spartans
Van Camp continues to make progress
Nothing good came from Florida Atlantic losing Rusty Smith with five games remaining in the season, with one exception: Jeff Van Camp got a jump start on his starting career.
Van Camp has made his share of mistakes, and even took the blame Saturday for ...
NCAA Football
Florida Atlantic Owls
Rusty Smith
Florida Gators
Tavious Polo
To tens of thousands of students on college campuses across America, Lee Corso is known as the guy who puts on the mascot heads when he picks games.
But to those of us who followed college football before ESPN was born, Corso was the former Florida State quarterback/safety/special teams star ...
NCAA Football
Howard Schnellenberger
Florida Atlantic Owls
Lee Corso
Just when we thought it could not get any worse, it did.
Howard Schnellenberger called the UAB performance the worst he’s been around. Then DC Kirk Hoza called it his worst coaching job. Then the Owls ‘out-worst’ themselves, allowing Troy to pile up 651 yards, 29 more than UAB managed.
...
NCAA Football
Florida Atlantic Owls
Howard Schnellenberger
Western Kentucky
Coaches, players should share the blame equally
FAU lacked discipline Saturday and looked as though it was stepping onto the field for the first time this season in another embarrassing performance. Other than Alfred Morris, the offense regressed and the defense, well, the defense played ...
NCAA Football
Florida Atlantic Owls
Howard Schnellenberger
Florida Gators
The newspaper business, and college athletics, lost one of its most dedicated, passionate people when Steve Ellis, the Florida State beat writer for the Tallahassee Democrat, died Thursday. Ellis, 54, suffered a massive heart attack on Nov. 10.
Steve was one of my closest friends in the ...
NCAA Football
Florida State Seminoles
Bobby Bowden
Florida Atlantic Owls
Howard Schnellenberger
We are all guilty of overlooking the offensive line, on every team, at every level.
And the cliché is true: These guys mostly are mentioned when they commit a penalty or miss a block.
So I wanted to recognize FAU’s outstanding line and, as you will see in the story that ran in today’s Palm ...
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Florida Atlantic Owls
Give the coaching staff credit for making such a bold move Saturday and seeing it pay off.
It’s easy to make a change for change’s sake, especially when the defense had been playing a poorly as the Owls’ had, but coordinator Kirk Hoza and his staff saw something in true freshman David Hinds ...
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Florida Atlantic Owls
Florida Gators
Rusty Smith
Line continues to power offense
Florida Atlantic’s most unsung unit had another solid day. The offensive line paved the way for an offense that gained 396 yards, including Alfred Morris’ fourth 100-yard game of the season, and did not allow a sack.
Center Ryan Wischnefski, tackles Lavoris ...
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Florida Atlantic Owls
Florida Gators
Arkansas State Indians
FAU OC Darryl Jackson knows the Owls best chance of snapping their two game losing streak today is by handing the ball to the team’s best player.
This is nothing against QB Jeff Van Camp, who had a solid starting debut a week ago despite having to match UAB score for score because of the ...
NCAA Football
Florida Atlantic Owls
Darryl Jackson
I guess this falls under the category of: If you can’t say anything nice don’t say anything at all.
But when Arkansas State coach Steve Roberts was asked about the beleaguered Owls defense, and for his opinion on why they have struggled, he did what any coach would do - give ...
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Arkansas State Indians
Florida Atlantic Owls
Steve Roberts
Florida Gators
Rusty Smith
Owls program in decline
There was a time when FAU could play with Conference USA opponents. Just last year the Owls defeated UAB 49-34 and two years ago FAU dominated Memphis in the New Orleans Bowl.
But the New Orleans Bowl has become the top of the mountain for this program. The decline ...
