FIU/Florida Atlantic LIVE GAME BLOG

Welcome to the house that Joe, Don and Dan Built. Yeah, I know Robbie put up the money, but Shula and Marino did some nice work in this building too. It's the 7th Don Shula Bowl between your FIU Golden Panthers and the Florida Atlantic Owls where a bowl berth is at stake between the two teams.

Great weather for today's game. Blue skies, a couple of friendly clouds in the sky. The Golden Panthers are in their road white uniforms. The Owls in their home blue tops and white pants. Plenty of good seats still available.

There is NO live video feed of this game. There is a camera icon on the FAU sports website next to the FIU/FAU game, but been told here in the press box that Owl TV did not make the trip south.

If you can't make the drive up or down the Florida Turnpike, then join us all game long (yes, all game since deadline is 9 p.m.) on the GPP for this live blog....

Comments

[Quijote]

Hey Pete...tough luck with no video feed...I'll listen to 610 and watch your blog, stuck at the office :(

How's the turnout?

[FIU First Down!!!]

Here we go Pete...lets do this FIU

[Pete Pelegrin]

FAU marches down the field in first possession....2yd TD....7-0 FAU

[Pete Pelegrin]

Turnout is like a Marlins game...attendance not good

[FIU First Down!!!]

damn how long was that drive PP?

[GreekPanther]

I'll be surprised if we win this one.

[Quijote]

goooooodbye!!!!

[FIU First Down!!!]

GOODBYE

[FIU First Down!!!]

TD FIU MCCALL TO TY 60 YARDS

[mra]

Listening to it on 95.3 the FIU radio station. Sounds alright this far.

[SouthPaw]

Pete, what's the story on Perry's redshirt, is it gone now that he's played in this game?

[TE Lady]

LETS GO PANTHERS!!!!!

[Golden Panther 90]

who has the ball?

[FIU First Down!!!]

WTF?

[FIU First Down!!!]

how did they get the ball at the 3 yard line?

[SouthPaw]

Welcome to FIU, Dariett Perry!

[SouthPaw]

North Texas is giving Arkansas State all they can handle.

[FIU First Down!!!]

Ark St. 33, NTex 28 (9:05 left in the game)

[mra]

TY, rushing td, 14-14

[Pete Pelegrin]

wireless is coming and going here at Joe Robbie.

[SouthPaw]

T.Y.!

[FIU First Down!!!]

GOODBYE AT IT AGAIN!!! 6-YARD TD RUN!!!

[mra]

missed PAT 14-13 fau

[FIU First Down!!!]

OMG RIVEST MISSES THE XP????

[Pete Pelegrin]

Rivest misses PAT.....FAU 14, FIU 13

[FIU First Down!!!]

PP,

Clemson wins today :(

[Pete Pelegrin]

SouthPaw: Perry loses his redshirt. Bowl game on the line and no Ned so Perry is needed.

[Quijote]

mandich is getting grilled on WIOD for even mentioning that rusty smith can be a nfl 2nd round draft candidate lol

[Quijote]

Pete,

WIOD dudes say Perry DOES NOT lose redshirt if he plays less than three games this year.

[Pete Pelegrin]

No concern for Clemson, unless FIU wins this game.

[mra]

Quijote, you're off on this one, any one play loses you a redshirt.

[SouthPaw]

I know we're recruiting alot of good looking backs out of HS this year, but it's tough to lose a redshirt this late in the season. I think Perry will be our all-time leading rusher by the time he finishes his career.

Cristobal called him a "rolling ball of butcher knives" when he introduced our signing class this past winter.

[Quijote]

YEAH BABY!!!!!!!!!

[Quijote]

MRA, tell WIOD that :)

[Pete Pelegrin]

The way MC explained the redshirt rule to me earlier this week was if a guy plays before in less than 25 percent of his games before the first 8 games of the season, then he can still redshirt.

But since this is the 11th game of the season, Perry loses the redshirt.

I would go with MC on this one over WIOD

[Pete Pelegrin]

Gaitor fumble TD return under review

[Pete Pelegrin]

FIU can't catch a break....Gaitor fumble return is ruled incomplete pass by rusty smith

[class09]

Why is Hilton not returning kicks?

[Quijote]

WIOD guys say HILTON is playing hurt and therefore isn't returning kicks.

[Pete Pelegrin]

FIU punt pins FAU at the 1....let's see what the FIU D can do.

[Quijote]

bro wtf is going on with special teams tonight jesus!!!

[FIUfantastic]

Pete,

Your live game blogs are not that great. Herald needs to buy you a better computer.

[Quijote]

oh, never mind haha. good munera!

[FIU First Down!!!]

wow nice punt by Munera...downed at the 1...

[Pete Pelegrin]

T.Y. is still a little gimpy from last week.

[FIU First Down!!!]

Lets try and get 2 points ;)

[FIU First Down!!!]

PP are we getting good pressure on Rusty Smith tonight?

[FIU First Down!!!]

damn it....

[Pete Pelegrin]

FIUfantastic: its not my computer...its the wireless in these places....first UL and now FAU.

[Pete Pelegrin]

FIU doing a good job on rusty so far....o darris d' haiti with a partial punt block for FIU...Golden Panthers take over at FAU 42

[Pete Pelegrin]

FAU pass interference....FIU to FAU 27

[Quijote]

FIU IS PLAYING WELL!

[Golden Panther 90]

did we score

[Quijote]

WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY DOING?! 1ST AND GOAL AND PASSING JUST RUN IT IN JESUS!!!

[Pete Pelegrin]

FIU is at the FAU 2 with 15 seconds left in the half...timeout FIU

[Quijote]

BROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Quijote]

PATHETIC!!!! MARIO GO FOR IT DAMN IT!!!

[Pete Pelegrin]

Hilton stopped for loss of 3...4th down...Rivest in for a FG.

[Pete Pelegrin]

FG good....FIU 16-14 7 seconds b4 halftime

[FIU First Down!!!]

This isn't a gimme for Dustin since he missed an extra point tonight already

[Quijote]

Pete, what happened man?! Why did the call those weak ass plays on the one! Why didn't they just power it in!?!?

[FIU First Down!!!]

woooihooo go Dustin.....FIU 16, FAU 14 at the half

[FIUcanesFan]

I don't think FIU has enough confidence in their rushing game and played it "safe" by going for the field goal.

[FIUfantastic]

Yeah, wireless at DS sucks. Woo, we got the lead. Who gets the ball at the half?

[mra]

That's incredible, that we had it at the half yardline, and lost three yards and kicked the FG.

[FIU First Down!!!]

FIUfantastic I believe FIU receives to open the second half

[SouthPaw]

C'mon FIU, let's stop making mistakes and be crisp in the second half.

[mra]

Slow start to the 2nd half.

[Pete Pelegrin]

back on 3rd quarter...FIU at FAU 32 and driving

[Pete Pelegrin]

couple of FIU penalties has them back at FAU 38...3rd and 17

[Pete Pelegrin]

big catch GE 33 yards to FAU 4

[mra]

Ellington, nice catch!

[Pete Pelegrin]

here we go again....FIU 1st and goal at FAU 4....timeout FIU

[SouthPaw]

Execute, execute, execute!

[Pete Pelegrin]

how about Perry up the middle for his first college TD??

[mra]

TD here would be huge.

[Pete Pelegrin]

am i a freaking psychic or what???

[mra]

You called it Pete!

TD FIU!

[Quijote]

god this sideline report mandich is god awful..

"uh...yeah uh let's see if, uh...we can..."

[Quijote]

FIU running away with it baby!

[SouthPaw]

Congrats to Darriet! Many more TD's in his future!

[kjharris02]

GOOD JOB FIU!! KEEP IT UP!

[SouthPaw]

We're only up by one score. Our special teams are truly 'special' at times.

[FIUfantastic]

Let's go FIU!

[Pete Pelegrin]

need to get more points on the board....D can't always save the O here.

[blkpanther]

Anyone has a Radio link?

[Pete Pelegrin]

fau at fiu 20

[SouthPaw]

We need to put a hit on Rusty here.

[Pete Pelegrin]

fau at fiu 10....just running and passing down the field

[Quijote]

blkpanther...www.newsradio610.com

[mra]

We looked really confused on defense there, touchdown FAU.

[mra]

2 pt conversion and it's tied.

[Quijote]

oh no, pete go punch rusty in the face!

[SouthPaw]

OK, FIU, you've been trying to give this game away all day. It's time to win it or go home.

[Pete Pelegrin]

end of 3rd quarter 22-22

[Pete Pelegrin]

Perry 13 run for 1st down

[Pete Pelegrin]

FIU at FAU 34 and driving

[Pete Pelegrin]

TY GOODBYE TD

[Quijote]

GOODBYE!!!!!!!

[Quijote]

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODBYE BABY!!!!!!!