The FIU Panthers football team has become predictably unpredictable.
FIU (6-3 overall, 4-2 Conference USA) has won three of its past four games. But the underdog prevailed in each of those contests, including Old Dominion (4-6, 1-4), which upset host FIU 37-30 late Saturday night.
“I’m disappointed — we came out flat with not a lot of energy,” FIU coach Butch Davis said after the Panthers’ three-game win streak was snapped. “But I’m proud that we didn’t quit.”
FIU, which would have won C-USA’s East Division had it taken its final three league games, would be eliminated from the race if it were to lose on Saturday night at host Florida Atlantic (7-3, 6-0), which leads the conference and has a magic number of one.