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FIU (3-1, 2-0 Conference USA) heads to Music City this weekend to try and record the best start in the Panthers' 16-year football history. No FIU team has ever started a season 4-1 and only last year's FIU team started conference play 3-0.
The task of coming home with the best start in FIU history will be a tough one as conference nemesis Middle Tennessee is the opponent and in a place, Floyd Stadium, where the Panthers have won just once in six tries.
The Blue Raiders (2-3, 0-1 C-USA) are dealing with several key injuries, one reason for their uneven start after being tabbed one of the preseason favorites in the conference.