Since Lane Kiffin arrived on FAU’s campus the hype has been immense. Kiffin followed up by bringing in the best recruiting class in Conference USA. Everything seems great Boca Raton right now (Kalib Woods arrest aside).
National media outlets are no longer confusing FAU for that other school that goes by nearly the same three letters, and it finally appears we have the right coaching staff to bring us our first bowl bid since 2008.
Of course, we’ve been here before. Fresh off a 6-6 season that featured a team that returned one of the best quarterbacks in C-USA in Jaquez Johnson along with future NFL players like Lucky Whitehead and D'Joun Smith, Charlie Partridge’s debut season ended up 3-9.