FAU Wins NO Bowl!

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NEW ORLEANS - Don't blame the Florida Atlantic players for looking a little wide-eyed over the past few days. The Owl football team has never been in this situation before. It's old hat for Memphis, this bowl stuff, but the Tigers are plenty excited, too. It's here, in the shadows of Bourbon Street, where it all jump-started for the Memphis program. The two 7-5 teams don't care that they're playing in only the second of what will eventually be 32 bowl games over the next two weeks - or a bowl that most Crescent City fans look on as a stepchild bowl. They only care that they're in the seventh R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, squaring off at 7 p.m. tonight in the Louisiana Superdome. It's the first bowl appearance for FAU, which didn't have a football team as recently as 2000 but won a share of the Sun Belt Conference title this season thanks to a series of close victories. The rest of the story Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com

[Big Buds]

Dude, I wish it was us having all that fun in New Orleans.

[DestinCajun]

Dude, I wish it was us having all that fun in New Orleans. _

FAU should send UL flowers and candy.

[snote]

couldn't help but notice the classification of the fau players on the all-sunbelt teams when it came out

and tonight.. looking at the starting line-ups..
starters
off- 5-sophs 5-jrs 1-sr
def- 1 fr 2-sophs 5-jrs 3-srs

they will have to be an early favorite pick of the polls this summer to win title again..

ps. what is real noticeable about this years owl's season was the amazing lack of injuries from the start of the season til tonight

pss. anyone see ex d-coor brent pry yet?

[BrudaCajun]

couldn't help but notice the classification of the fau players on the all-sunbelt teams when it came out

and tonight.. looking at the starting line-ups..
starters
off- 5-sophs 5-jrs 1-sr
def- 1 fr 2-sophs 5-jrs 3-srs

they will have to be an early favorite pick of the polls this summer to win title again..

ps. anyone see ex d-coor brent pry yet?

Yea I saw Coach Pry. Also go SBC
FAU-24
Memphis-10
12:28 to go in 2nd

[Rebel02]

couldn't help but notice the classification of the fau players on the all-sunbelt teams when it came out

and tonight.. looking at the starting line-ups..
starters
off- 5-sophs 5-jrs 1-sr
def- 1 fr 2-sophs 5-jrs 3-srs

they will have to be an early favorite pick of the polls this summer to win title again..

ps. anyone see ex d-coor brent pry yet?

Seems like a rather young team.....they are definitely full of "youth"

ps-
FAU 24
Memphis 10

2nd quarter

[snote]

memphis adds a FG..

that wr who dropped the TD pass before the 3 pointer is the converted rb from catholic high out of baton rouge.. tazmin knocham..

ps. coach pry recruited him when he was coming out of high school..

[Turbine]

.. tazmin knocham..

ps. coach pry recruited him when he was coming out of high school.. _

I heard him say that on the radio between 2pm and 3pm earlier this week

Good Sheaux

[rhineaux]

13 memphis
30 fau

3:28 2nd

[snote]

Good Sheaux _

just tying to "learn about" sports ... (grins)

[Sonsissymia]

_ Seems like a rather young team.....they are definitely full of "youth"

ps-
FAU 24
Memphis 10

2nd quarter _

isn't being young supposed to be an excuse for losing?

[Clutch0364]

_ memphis adds a FG..

that wr who dropped the TD pass before the 3 pointer is the converted rb from catholic high out of baton rouge.. tazmin knocham..

ps. coach pry recruited him when he was coming out of high school.. _

I played against Tazmin and he was a solid RB at Catholic...he was converted to WR in college