If last week served as an opportunity for the Panthers to end their almost two-year-long losing skid, Saturday’s 23-17 loss over Texas State (1-1, 0-0) provided evidence that FIU (1-1, 0-0) still has a ways to go in order to play a full was nothing more than a confluence of unprecedented circumstances.
“There’s a lot of things we did tonight that won’t help you win any games,” said Butch Davis. “Turning the ball over as often as we did and especially in the redzone and having explosive plays called back because of penalties, we had our opportunities but we didn’t take advantage and we have to improve for next week.