2009 NCAA - Florida Atlantic
Howard "The Pipe" Schnellenberger continues to grow his prepubescent program in Boca Raton (or, Fort Lauderdale, where the current home stadium stands for a couple more years, if you prefer). This will be the ninth season of football for the Owls, and the last two have resulted in bowl victories after a solid stretch of football in the last six weeks of the season (9-3 last two years in the last six regular season games, 11-3 if you include the bowls). The Owls figure to be exciting to watch, as they gave up 28 or more points eight times last year and scored 40 or more three times. The offense figures to improve because senior QB Rusty Smith should be healthy for what is seemingly his eighth season. He's thrown for 8,198 yards and 62 scores at FAU, and adds former NFL'er and Schnellenberger QB at Louisville Jeff Brohm as the QB coach to help spice up the offense. Most of the receiving threats and three starting linemen return. |
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On defense, this FAU unit needs help. The top nine tacklers departed from aforementioned group that yielded 28-plus in eight games, and just three starters return for ninth-year DC Kirk Hoza. The Owls recorded just 13 sacks and ranked 110th in tackles for loss. The lone good news is that in the Sun Belt, FAU isn't the only team that's worried about its defense coming into fall camp. |
| ASK the bookie? - FAU has its annual paycheck games, though this year there are only two of them. The Owls open up at Nebraska and South Carolina. After that, the Owls could well be favored in each of their next seven games. It all depends on how much the defense develops and whether Smith and the offensive weapons can stay healthy. The Bookie never doubts "The Pipe". |
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