Ever since the introduction of Scott Carr as athletic director and Mike MacIntyre as head coach in December on 2021, the entire FIU Athletics department has been squarely focused on the start of “A New Day.”
A home crowd that was easily the most sizable since the 2018 Shula Bowl reflected the work that they’ve put in is paying off immediate dividends. The product on the field in MacIntyre’s debut as the lead Panther showed what most knew but didn’t want to say out loud — the FIU rebuild is undoubtedly a work in progress.
However, in a game that saw FIU come back from a double-digit, fourth quarter deficit, MacIntyre’s club won an overtime thriller — completing the Panthers largest comeback victory since their 2018 road victory over Old Dominion.