FIU’s football players won’t get to rocket down that Atlantis slide in the Bahamas this year.
One potential FIU postseason landing spot has already been filled as the Bahama Bowl has selected UAB and Ohio.
And, if Sports Illustrated is correct, FIU’s reward for a seven-win season — or eight if the Panthers can defeat Massachusetts on Saturday afternoon in the regular-season finale — will be a 90-minute trip to Boca Raton.
The Boca Bowl is set for Dec. 19, and SI projects that 7-4 FIU, which played and lost at FAU Stadium a couple of weeks ago, will play SMU there.