As Butch Davis approached the podium for his postgame press conference following last season’s 24-17 win over Old Dominion, he turned to a member of the press contingency who was looking down at their phone and asked if they were okay.
The media member replied, “Yeah, bit of a boring game.”
Davis’ response, “You must not like wins; a whole lot goes into winning a football game.”
The foreshadowing, while certainly unintentional on Davis’ part, is all the more apparent one week shy of a year after that statement.
While Friday’s 19-10 loss to FCS Jacksonville State may feel like a low point for the FIU program, the fact of the matter is the Panthers have been a far cry away from the team that had a nine-win 2018 season for a while now.