Despite being touted as one of the quickest growing programs in the state of Florida, the Owls' planned schedule seems more befitting of a cellar dweller than a small school power within the state.
Florida Atlantic University football has long been touted by Athletic Director Patrick Chun and the rest of the university community as a "rising" program, with many holding dreams of the Owls frequenting bowls and fighting for conference championships like they did earlier in the Howard Schnellenberger era.
Since 2009, those visions have mostly been just that, with only one bowl eligible season in the past four years and three separate head coaches during that span.