Throughout the first four days of camp, the Golden Panthers' backup centers struggled getting the ball to the quarterbacks.
Several recruiting outlets ranked FIU's 2008 freshman class as the best in the program's six-year history.
FIU PAIR RECUPERATING FIU was missing two key starters as the Golden Panthers went to work Tuesday morning in their second fall practice.
IN MY OPINION
Over here in the shadows, out of big-time college football's incessant glare, the 2008 FIU football season began around 4:15 Monday morning when coach Mario Cristobal turned the key to his office door, as he put it, ``at the crack before the crack of dawn.''
FIU FOOTBALL
About five minutes before sunrise Monday morning, the new season dawned for FIU football. Not that it could have arrived any sooner for the Golden Panthers.
A look at key questions facing UM, UF, FSU, FIU and FAU as college football's preseason commences: UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI (Camp opens Saturday)
FIU | SUN BELT MEDIA DAYS
The name Antwan Barnes popped up in conversation at the Sun Belt Conference Football Media Days on Monday afternoon, and with it Scott Bryant recalled his first college football game with a big grin.
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL
It was a backhanded compliment from a fellow University of Miami football coach. Florida International coach Mario Cristobal will never forget it.
Already known as one of the top college baseball recruiters in the nation, FIU coach Turtle Thomas decided to add another elite recruiter to his staff Tuesday.
NCAA TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Takecia Jameson was thrilled with third. Walter Dix was upset with fourth. Jameson, a University of Miami freshman, finished third in the women's 400-meter hurdles Friday at the NCAA outdoor track-and-field championships.
Ronald Forbes was getting ready to board a plane in Veracruz, Mexico, in 2004 the day after a disheartening loss in the 400meter hurdles at the Central American Caribbean Track Championships.
