Only Butch Davis and his FIU program truly know how much their 2020 season was affected by COVID-19. However, as time has drawn out from the end of last year, Davis has let his guard down to reveal ways in which the Panthers were hindered.
“Nine days prior to the game against Liberty, we only had three offensive linemen,” said Davis. “In order to try and get some type of scrimmage, we moved defensive linemen over to O-line and then the week of the (Liberty) game after looking like we’re not going to have some guys, they cleared the protocol but it was an issue for us all year.