At roughly the halfway point in the college football season, FIU’s Butch Davis is a strong candidate to win honors as Conference USA Coach of the Year.
FIU (5-2, 3-0) leads the East Division and joins West leader Alabama-Birmingham (6-1, 4-0) as the only unbeaten teams in C-USA play.
The Panthers figure to be favored in their five remaining regular-season games. And with a Panthers win Saturday against host Western Kentucky (1-6, 0-3), FIU would be bowl eligible at the earliest point on the calendar in program history.
This run for Davis at FIU has really been quite amazing.