The season for FAU football went from bad to total disarray on Thursday evening as the Owls and Pirates were tied for the first 23 seconds of the game, however it all went downhill from there.
FAU checks into this matchup against ECU on the heels of 3 straight losses and needing to win out to make a bowl game.
FAU lost a tough one to USF, falling to 2-6 and leaving them with their backs against the wall heading into the final 4 games of the season.
Tom Herman mentioned in his opening statement, “once is an anomaly, twice is a coincidence and 3 times is a pattern,” and for FAU they have hit that 3rd time, suffering their 3rd straight defeat in a disheartening 44-21 loss to USF.
FAU hosts USF in a homecoming showdown this Friday under the lights at 7PM on ESPN 2.
FAU Coach Tom Herman spoke with members of the media Tuesday afternoon prior to the teams matchup with USF at home this Friday.
The new-age “rivalry” is here as USF is headed to town for a Friday night showdown with FAU in a game which both teams desperately need to win.
The second bye week of the season is here for FAU and Coach Tom Herman took to the odium to address a variety of topics, including the team’s need to win 4 games across 5 weeks to make a bowl game.
FAU took a trip to San Antonio this weekend and things did not go as planned for the Owls. Despite heading into the matchup coming off their best offensive performance of the season, the Owls were unable to capitalize and offensively reverted back to some of their struggles which plagued them in the early part of the season.