By: Jorge Corrales/Staff Writer The Panthers (1-3) kept it close early but were unable to keep it that way, falling 34-3 at home against the Louisville Cardinals (3-1). Far from last years 72-0 blowout in which they were only able to muster 27 total yards, the Panthers had 205 yards on Saturday. The Panthers held […]
By: Jorge Corrales/Staff Writer The FIU Panthers got out to an unexpectedly hot start Saturday afternoon but were ultimately defeated by Pittsburgh, 42-25. The FIU Panthers forced a punt on Pittsburgh’s opening drive with some help from a Michael Wakefield sack. Pitt started their next drive on their own eight yard line. FIU cornerback Jeremiah […]
Patrick Chalvire/Asst. Sports Director Under the grueling South Florida sun Thursday morning, the Panthers continued to move on from their dismal 1-11 season and look forward to a new and improved 2014 year. The second year in Conference USA will in fact be the first for defensive back and return specialist Richard Leonard, who missed […]
Junior Jake Medlock won’t finish his college career at FIU. The quarterback will transfer to Division II school Valdosta State and finish his playing days there. Speculation about his transfer has been abuzz for quite some time, but, Medlock steadily denied it. “I will be here next year,” Medlock said to the Miami Herald recently. […]
El Paso, Texas will have a pair of 1-8 teams facing off tomorrow when the Miners host the Panthers. The University of Texas at El Paso football program, led by Head Coach Sean Kugler, are 0-5 in Conference USA play this season, as well as being one of the most recent victims to Heisman incumbent […]
I’m not sure if anyone has told the offensive players for the Panthers, but they should not strive for being ranked in the 100s when there are only about 120 teams in Division I football. When you look at a team that pulls in ranks of 123 out of 123 possible football programs for total […]
After limping to a 1-6 start to begin the year, the FIU football team looks to salvage what’s left of its season as they welcome Conference USA rival East Carolina. The C-USA leading Pirates come to Miami with a record of 5-2 and a conference record of 3-1 and just having beaten Southern Mississippi by […]
The presence of the biggest name to come out of the football program wasn’t enough to help the Panthers against Louisiana Tech. T.Y. Hilton, arguably the most successful Panther in the NFL to date, was unable to attract fans or even what looked to be some players to FIU Stadium as the Panthers fell to […]
Some think that the only jobs that stay in the family are running a restaurant or keeping a farm. Nowadays, the sidelines of football teams are seeing more and more familiar last names. Family trees have sprouted on-campus as well as in other universities. The patriarch of the “Turner tree” is Head Coach Ron Turner. […]
Wide receiver Rockey Vann had only two catches in the homecoming game against the Blazers of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Those two catches helped him rack up 88 yards for the day. Vann has a total of three receptions for 112 yards, which is an average of just over 37 yards a play. […]
No one, myself included, expected much out of the Panthers football team this season. They have met that expectation, if not exceeded it, with only one win this season. That win, which came at the last second in a game saving play by defensive tackle Isame Faciane, against a team that hasn’t won since I […]
