FAU football is capable of influencing school-wide change.
Success on the field is followed by success in life. That’s the order in which things are supposed to go for student–athletes, or that’s what our coaches taught us in Pop Warner and through high school.
The general principle is solid: Work hard for your team, then work hard in the classroom. Wins here lead to A’s there, and so forth.
The same principle can be applied to the growth of a university. Wins on the football field lead to more dollars, which can be parlayed into books and professors and all sorts of wonderful scholastic capital.