During Mike MacIntyre’s weekly presser before the season-opener against Bryant, he made note of the fact that his team is the third-youngest team in FBS football this season — wielding only 23 upperclassmen on an 110-player roster — and 14 of the 23 have never been full-time starters at the FBS level.
“We’re an extremely young group, we’ll still be figuring out how we’re going to warm-up while Bryant has a group that’s played together for 3-4 years,” said MacIntyre.
Exactly how has FIU become one of the youngest teams in college football in an era that sees veteran players enter the transfer portal seemingly daily — and players are older than ever before because of the COVID-year eligibility rules?