• Most Recent
• Highest Rated
• Hot Comments

FIU Golden Panthers Prowl

• Moving forward...

  Here's what I know or what I've heard and feel comfortable posting:

  Florida State offensive coordinator James Coley's telling his recruits there's no truth to any rumors that he's in contention for the FIU job. Then again, that's what he better tell those recruits. There's no upside to him saying, "Yeah, [...]

  Share  |  Rate

• No Butch, says his lawyer

  Jon Sasser, Butch Davis' lawyer, told me Sunday Davis "will not be taking the FIU job. He intends to remain a special assistant with the Buccaneers."

  This confirmed an earlier Sunday report by the Tampa Tribune.

  Sasser also told me Davis has no dispute with the University of North Carolina and "no reason to believe the University [...]

  Share  |  Rate

• North Carolina, according to its own words, is on the hook.

  Back when North Carolina decided to cut ties with Butch Davis amidst the NCAA starting to spend a fair amount of non-vacation time in Chapel Hill around the football program, this was what the university handed out to media as its financial obligation to Davis:

  Coach Davis' Employment Agreement calls for [...]

  Share  |  Rate

• Pete says the Butch stories are "totally false."

  FIU executive director of sports and entertainment Pete Garcia said Monday afternoon when asked about the stories bouncing around the Internet that Butch Davis was in as FIU's next head football coach, "Butch Davis is not the FIU football coach. That story is totally false."

  So, that's the official word from [...]

  Share  |  Rate

• Word on the street is Butch, officially. But...

  Sunday night, I got a message from a Camp Mitch source that Butch Davis will be the next FIU coach, it'll be announced next week and Davis has been smoothing things over with former FIU head coach Mario Cristobal, a graduate assistant under Davis at the University of Miami from 1998-2000.

  As I checked on this, [...]

  Share  |  Rate

• A mix of ball stuff...

  During Furlough Friday, I heard a reiteration of what's long been suspected/murmured about the FIU coaching search: Butch Davis still the No. 1 choice, Florida State offensive coordinator James Coley No. 2 with the announcement to come after January 1 as the nation's college football media hits South Florida for [...]

  Share  |  Rate

• Balls in the air...

  During Furlough Friday, I heard a reiteration of what's long been suspected/murmured about the FIU coaching search: Butch Davis still the No. 1 choice, Florida State offensive coordinator James Coley No. 2 with the announcement to come after January 1 as the nation's college football media hits South Florida for [...]

  Share  |  Rate

• The last signing class of 2012

  Kendall Rogers of Perfect Game USA began giving thumbs up to FIU's recruiting class long ago. So, for what it's worth (stop, hey, what's that sound...), here's the 2013 baseball recruiting class as announced Thursdcay.

  Juan Escarra, 6-3, 205, infielder, Mater Academy. 2012 5A-8A Herald All-Dade Honorable Mention.

  Brandon Diaz, 5-11, 180, outfielder, Plantation [...]

  Share  |  Rate

• Postgame extra stuff from Louisville 79, FIU 55

  Total attendance for FIU's first 7 games: 9,586. Attendance Wednesday night in Louisville: 21,411.

  "I've never played in front of that many people," said junior forward Tymell Murphy, who admitted to nervousness. "I just wanted to get a rebound, get a score to take my mind off the crowd. After that, [...]

  Share  |  Rate

• Pregame on hoop big game; Sonia Perez Swimmer of the Week (again); lawyer time

  
  Bigger dance hall, swankier dance partners, but the shoes are the only thing FIU coach Richard Pitino wants as a major change for tonight's game with No. 5 Louisville at the KFC Yum! Center.

  Pitino said he spotted the South Beach model adidas at a summer AAU game. The adidas rep [...]

  Share  |  Rate