After notching the program’s first FBS win in almost three calendar years, all eyes were on how Mike MacIntyre's youthful team would respond after an FBS victory — something that only 12 players on FIU’s roster had experienced before.
In front of a solid homecoming crowd, FIU (2-3, 0-1) weren’t outclassed by UConn (3-4) — but were clearly outperformed by Jim L. Mora’s Huskies in Saturday night’s 33-12 victory over the Panthers.
“Extremely disappointing night for us, they beat us but in a lot of ways we kind of gave them a chance to win, but give UConn credit because they made the plays that were there to be had,” said MacIntyre.