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Football: 2016 game predictions

Sports Editor Brendan Feeney predicts the result of all 12 games for the upcoming season.

Junior wide receiver Henry Bussey steps to avoid a defender during an Aug. 17 practice. Ryan Lynch | Editor in Chief

[dropcop]C[/dropcap]oming off consecutive 3-9 seasons, the time is now for Florida Atlantic football to take that next step.

Last year the team began 2-8 when they visited the No. 8 ranked University of Florida Gators. Many expected the Owls to be nothing more than Gator bait, including Florida head coach Jim McElwain who told the Orlando Sentinel that FAU’s roster “is full of guys who wish they were Gators.