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By Pete Pelegrin ’96 MAYBE THEY KNEW A boisterous, energetic, record crowd of 19,872 filled FIU Stadium for the season opener against Rutgers. The Panthers led the Scarlet Knights 14-13 in the fourth quarter before falling, but as nearly 20,000 would see, this was a different FIU team this season. [...]
FIU football fans have reason to smile: T.Y. Hilton, the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year, will be back wearing jersey #4 for his senior season this year, skipping the NFL Draft at this time. Hilton, a.k.a. Goodbye, made the news official on Jan. 12. “In the past three [...]
FIU earns 12 All-SBC nods. Junior wide receiver T.Y. Hilton has been named the 2010 Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year, Head Coach Mario Cristobal the conference Coach of the Year, while the Panthers landed a conference-best 12 All-Sun Belt nods, the conference announced today. Hilton, who becomes the first Panther to [...]
FIU football honored cancer survivor and FIU family member Brunhilde “Pupi” Tomassini at the Oct. 9 game against Western Kentuky University (WKU). During halftime, President Mark B. Rosenberg presented Tomassini, who works in the International Forensic Research Institute, a pink football signed by the football team and head coach Mario Cristobal. Fans received [...]
The FIU football home opener on Sept. 11 vs. Rutgers will kick off with the unfurling of a 100-yard long American flag, helicopter flyovers and the debut of FIU’s new marching band. The game will pay tribute to first responders and the military. FIU is offering complimentary tickets for all [...]
To build a winning football team, Coach Mario Cristobal focuses on discipline, accountability and mental toughness By Julian Kasdin ’07 Jonathan Cyprien’s alarm went off at 5:30 a.m. on a June morning, and within minutes he was headed to the first of a summer of voluntary workouts in preparation for [...]
Fishing Tournament reels in dollars for student scholarships By Martin Haro ’05 Bianca Anghel is already anticipating next summer’s 9th Annual FIU Scholarship Fishing Tournament. A Legacy Scholarship ($1,000) recipient this year, the senior special education student – she is graduating this year – looks forward to participating in the [...]
As blue-and-gold enthusiasm builds for the 2010-’11 academic year, here is a guide of important information for incoming freshmen, transfer students and returning Panthers. As summer break comes to a close, FIU is set to welcome the newest members of our growing family to our pack, as well as our [...]
This is your chance to watch the FIU football team in action prior to the season opener on Sept. 11 vs. Rutgers. All Panther fans are invited to the 2010 Football Preview on Friday, Aug. 20 at 6:30 p.m. in the Stadium Club on the south side of the FIU [...]
As his first year at College of the Canyons was winding down, Caylin Hauptmann, one of the best junior college offensive linemen in the country, was being pursued by some of college football’s biggest names: California, UCLA and Washington. He decided to pack his bags and move to Miami, becoming [...]
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