FAU football was looking for their first wining streak in the same season since 2013 and under Coach Charlie Partridge when they took on UTEP tonight in Boca Raton.
They got what they wished for on both accounts - and then some - deflating the Miners hopes to become bowl eligible with a 35-31 victory.
Unlike many previously failed attempts, it manifested in come from behind fashion as the Owls orchestrated two touchdowns in an offensive clock span of just 5:19 seconds late in the fourth quarter.
"With seven and a half minutes or so we're down by 11 and there's just a different look in our kid's eyes", said Partridge.