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

[RaginFan2]

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

Only at "the U"!

Congrats to the Owls on their 44-27 victory over Memphis. Great job representin' for the SBC! It's amazing that a program that didn't exist when we beat Texas A&M has blown past us to get to AND WIN a bowl game. We're still waiting.....

[RCAJUN90]

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

They have many excuses for losing around here:
1. Not enough money. Never mind programs with less beat us.
2. LSU. Never mind that their success helps support our pathetic program.
3. President Authement. He is gone but will still be used as an excuse for many years to come. Never mind the success of the late 80's and early 90's.
4. Youth! As soon as we are losing a cult fan will come on here and tell you it is youth! We will be better next year just wait.
5. We can't make students pay for sports... well that has changed now also. We just need to win. As Al Davis said just win Baby!

As for me.... after 25 years of supporting this pathetic program... You got to show me something mister before I come back. If not you are supporting more of the same. Pay for crap and that is what you get.

[RaginEsquire06]

_ Congrats to the Owls on their 44-27 victory over Memphis. Great job representin' for the SBC!

FAU looked very good tonight! SunBelt deserves more respect than what it's getting...Troy should be playing somewhere no doubt!