In the last 21 games, the FIU Panther defense has given up 4,236 yards on the ground - the equivalent of two and a half miles worth of yardage. The most demoralizing of those contests may have been Saturday’s 50-17 loss against a Middle Tennessee State team that entered the afternoon with the 10th ranked rushing attack in Conference USA.
“We can’t just turn the page on this game, because if we don’t put out the fires that caused tonight to happen, the same thing will happen to us next week,” said Butch Davis.
The fact of the matter is the team has had over a season to extinguish the flames.