Like many a college football games these days, Saturday's tilt between FIU and Louisiana Tech could be decided by which team has the football last, kind of like a basketball game.
The Bulldogs come to Miami as the top offense in Conference USA averaging 41.6 points per game and 550 total yards per game. Since Ron Cooper took over as FIU's interim head coach, the Panthers are scoring 31.6 points per game. Yes, for those who look at the glass half empty, FIU scored those points against the bottom tier of C-USA in Florida Atlantic, UTEP and Charlotte but the Panthers still had to move the ball downfield and didn't do that against lowly UMass.