At this point, being close isn’t enough for Florida Atlantic linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair.
He is tired of hearing all the talk about how the Owls almost came away with a win this week or that week. Al-Shaair, the team’s emotional leader, is ready for the next step.
No more moral victories in narrow defeats.
“All of those games last year that were so close, so close, everybody’s pissed off from that,” Al-Shaair said. “Pissed off. Tired of being the guy, that says, ‘Oh, FAU came close.”’
What better chance to show that that than at Saturday’s game at Old Dominion?