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After a tumultuous week, FIU rises to the occasion with a 28-20 win over ODU

Often times sports are a microcosm of life.

For the 2018 FIU football team, chapter two of their 12 game story was a lesson in resiliency. Early on though, it looked as if the Panthers weren’t going to be able to rise to the occasion.

Last week Indiana’s sizable receiver Donovan Hale burned the FIU secondary for two touchdown catches.

Saturday, Old Dominion’s big target in Jonathan Duhart looked like he would be the next kryptonite for the Panther defense.

He caught a goal-line jump ball in the first quarter and then took a slant pattern 83 yards to put the Monarchs up 14-0.