The hype has lingered in the three months since Florida Atlantic hired Lane Kiffin to be its football coach.
There was his contract that paid him more than any other coach in Conference USA. There was the groundbreaking ceremony that served as a stage for one of Kiffin’s jokes about Alabama. There was the viral video circulated for the wrong reasons. And there was the conference-best recruiting class.
On Tuesday morning, the hype fades to football as the Owls open spring practice with the first of 15 practices, culminating with the spring game on April 22 at 4 p.