For FIU, the trip to West Virginia was a little less cold and dreary than the weather.
FIU took advantage of Marshall’s miscues and quarterback Alex McGough was efficient as the Panthers ended the Herd’s five-game winning streak with a 41-30 victory in front of 19,966 rain-soaked fans at Joan C. Edwards Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
“When you go on the road and play like this, you have to really, truly count on your playmakers to step up, show up and make plays,” FIU coach Butch Davis said. “Obviously, today was very good.”
FIU led from the onset and withstood a late rally from Marshall to earn a win that, for the time being, had them firmly entrenched in the thick of Conference USA’s East Division.