After back-to-back 3-9 seasons in which FAU appeared to be on the verge of a breakthrough many believed that 2016 would be the year FAU would take a step forward.
Depending on your point of view you can certainly make the case that happened. In a season that featured historical defeats, heartbreaking losses and some of the worst defensive performances in school history, FAU has somehow maintained their trajectory of a program on the rise despite another 3-9 season in large part due to new head coach Lane Kffin.
With a new era in FAU football on the horizon I look back at how exactly we came to this point of being disappointed of what 2016 yielded and why we should be optimistic about what the future holds for FAU football.