The
team that I thought would be playing well, seems not be doing just that. But the
FIU Golden Panthers are preparing for their last Sun Belt Conference play and projected
to win the conference.
The
Golden Panthers want have a easy ride out of the Sun Belt Conference and taking
the crown with them. They have to get pass the new improved Western Kentucky,
ULM, ULL and Troy.
In
the game against Lousiville, FIU Darian Mallary and Jake Medlock both
rushed for touchdowns for the Panthers (1-3), who open Sun Belt play next week
at Louisiana-Lafayette.
"We
did real good job, forced a couple turnovers, (were) real good against the run
for long stretches," FIU coach Mario Cristobal said. "We played very
physical against the (No. 20) ranked team in country, a team that last week
took their first six possessions right down and scored on North Carolina."
Medlock
completed 10 of 16 passes for 116 yards. E.J. Hilliard -- who took
over at Miami Northwestern High, one of South Florida's fabled programs, when
Bridgewater went to college -- replaced Medlock at quarterback and was 9 for 10
for 82 yards and a touchdown for the Panthers.
FIU
has to get better to even think about going up against ULL and Western
Kentucky.
