After going 8-5 back in 2011, the Florida International Golden Panthers have gone just 4-20 the last 2 years, including last year’s 1-11 mark. This year they have 17 starters back and are in the 2nd year of Ron Turner’s systems, so they will be improved, but how much will it show in the record. Schedule & Preview below.
9.8 ppg. Yes that is what the Panthers scored last year. With just 2 starters back last year they had the worst offense in the Nation. This year they have 10 starters back on this side of the, but the one loss was their QB. Freshman Alex Mcgough looks to take over the job and will have the top 4 WR’s from last year back to get the ball to. The running game averaged just 76 ypg last year, but with their top 3 rushers back, including Lamarq Caldwell (504 yards last year) and all 5 linemen, 3 of which are seniors, they should be much improved on the ground. Last year the defense had just 4 starters back and they ended up allowing 37 ppg, which was 6 more ppg than in 2012. This year they have 7 starters back on this side of the ball, so improvement will be expected. Improvement will not be all that easy as they did lose their top 2 tacklers, they have no one back with more than 2 sacks and only two players with INTs return. The defense is more experienced than last year but it has very little depth and is still pretty young overall.
FIU had a year last year and it could be another long one for them this year. The Offense will be improved but I still see it hard for them to top 17 ppg this year, while the defense still has many weaknesses. Overall this will be an improved team, but they still have too much ground to make up for the results to show up positive in the standing. They may at best double last year’s total of 1 win they put up. KEY TREND: 1-8 ATS with rest vs an opponent off a SU loss.
2014 FIU Golden Panthers Football Schedule
Aug. 30 Bethune-Cookman
Sep. 6 Wagner
Sep. 13 Pitt
Sep. 20 Louisville
Sep. 27 at UAB
Oct. 2 Florida Atlantic
Oct. 11 at UTSA
Oct. 18 Marshall
Oct. 25 OPEN DATE
Nov. 1 Rice
Nov. 8 at Old Dominion
Nov. 15 Middle Tenn
Nov. 22 at North Texas
Info gathered From Phil Steele's CFB Preview and Athlon Sports
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