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ST PETERSBURG BOWL |
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FIU (8-4) VS MARSHALL (6-6) |
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Rushing |
Passing |
Points |
TO’s |
ST |
A.O.R |
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| FIU | 148 | 215 |
25 |
1.9 |
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90.5 |
| MARSHALL | 107 |
220 |
18 |
2.3 |
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92.5 |
| First meeting. After winning the SBC LY FIU was the coaches pick to repeat so the 3rd place finish was a disappointment. The 8 reg ssn wins was still the best in Golden Panther history. MU is pleased just to get to the postssn after not much hype in the pressn. FIU HC Cristobal won his 1st and only bowl gm LY beating Toledo 34-32 in the Little Caesars Bowl. MU HC Holliday is coaching his 1st bowl and the Herd are 6-2 in bowls winning their last in ‘09. FIU was 1-3 vs bowl caliber squads being outscored 24-20 and outgained 394-294 while MU was 2-5 also being outscored (38-17) and outgained (466-343). Both played Louisville and UCF with FIU going 2-0 (+7 ppg, -34 ypg) and MU (-3 ppg, -92 ypg). FIU went 4-2 on the road TY while MU was 2-5. FIU has just 4 Sr st’rs but fields 17 upperclassmen. MU has 10 Sr st’rs but just 13 upperclassmen. Cristobal took over this FIU program in 2007. He deserves credit after getting the Panthers to a 2nd straight bowl. It is now Doc Holliday who in his 2nd ssn took Marshall to a bowl and he did so by playing a much tougher sked. Five of Marshall’s losses were to bowl tms and the only other gm they lost was at UCF, vs a tm that was the CUSA Champ in ‘10. This fierce competition throughout the ssn will give them an edge here vs a tm which played one of the 5 weakest skeds in CFB. |
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PHIL’S FORECAST: MARSHALL 24 FIU 23 |
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