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Tag: Florida Atlantic Owls
NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch: Alabama is the top seed. Northwestern and Clemson
“They can’t imagine it… that someone like me would walk into their house, walk on their land…” – Cassian Andor When compiling this week’s segment, we were astounded by the inclusion of teams we’d never expected to have considered as recently as a few weeks ago. North-west? Pittsburgh? Clemson? UCF? wait … Is that true? It also got us thinking about another story focusing on underdogs who took the power structure by surprise: “Andor,” our favorite TV series of 2022. After the train wreck that was “The Book of Boba…
Read MoreFAU fires head coach Willie Taggart after 3 seasons
On Saturday, Florida Atlantic University announced the dismissal of its coach, Willie Taggart, after three seasons. Here’s what you need to know: The school declared shooting after FAU lost 32-31 in overtime to Western Kentucky. In three seasons, Taggart went 15-18 with the Owls. For the second year in a row, FAU finished its season with a 5-7 record. the background Prior to FAU, Taggart had major coaching stops at Western Kentucky (2010 to 2012), South Florida (2013 to 2016), Oregon (2017) and Florida State (2018 to 2019). At Oregon…
Read MoreJames Madison makes instant FBS statement, plus CFP expansion and more: G5 Drive
One of the most dominant performances of Week 1 in college football came from a team playing its first game as a Football Bowl Subdivision school. James Madison knows how to win. The Dukes haven’t had a losing record since 2002 and they’d been a Football Championship Subdivision powerhouse for the past six years, with a 70-11 record. But they were also just 6-22 against FBS teams in their history as an FCS program. So last Saturday’s 44-7 win against Middle Tennessee was an eye-opener. The Dukes outgained the Blue…
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