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Notre Dame lands big-time receiver through transfer portal

Big get for Notre Dame next year!

Much needed help is on the way for the Notre Dame wide receiver corps.

On Tuesday, senior-to-be Kris Mitchell announced that he has committed to play his final year of college football at Notre Dame in 2024.

Mitchell comes from Florida International University where he led all of Conference USA in receiving yards this year with 1,118.  That was on 64-receptions as he also scored six touchdowns.

This comes just days after a mass exodus at receiver for Notre Dame.  Mitchell brings a speed element that will significantly soften the blow of losing both Chris Tyree and Tobias Merriweather.

Mitchell has just one year of eligibility remaining.  The 6-1, 175-pounder will join Jayden Thomas and Deion Colzie in that regard as Notre Dame certainly isn’t done looking to add more at receiver in the portal.

FIU is no slouch even if this season hadn’t gone off rails

Florida International isn’t good, but is capable of upsetting Arkansas if it doesn’t take the Panthers seriously.

Florida International and Arkansas have met one time previously on the gridiron, back in 2007 as the Razorbacks were in the middle of a tumultuous season that ended in Houston Nutt’s exodus after a 8-4 season.

The Panthers (4-6) have struggled in Conference USA this season and are currently in dead last after starting the season 3-1.

Second-year coach Mike MacIntyre, formerly of Colorado and San Jose State, is in his second year at the helm of the Panthers, who hail from Miami.

The program started in 2002 and they were in the Sun Belt until 2013 when they joined Conference USA.

Current Miami coach Mario Cristobal spent six seasons as the head coach from 2007-12. He was hired the year after the infamous brawl with the Hurricanes happened.

Former Miami coach and Springdale native Butch Davis was the coach there from 2017 to 2021, making three bowl games in a row at one point.

Shocker: Arkansas will get one more night game against FIU

Arkansas gets a rare night game against a nonconference opponent late in the season, as the FIU game will kick off at 6:30 on Nov. 18.

Arkansas’ football team has been a fixture at 11 a.m. this season, drawing that slot four times to go along with the noon kickoff to start the year in Little Rock.

It was fully expected that the league office would make the Florida International game kick off at 11 a.m. on November 18 as well.

Alas, it did not. When announced on Monday, the game drew a 6:30 p.m. kickoff on ESPNU.

We already knew the kickoff time for the Missouri game on Black Friday in Fayetteville, so now all the kickoff times for the remainder of the season are determined.

Dave Neal and Derek Mason will be calling this weekend’s game against Auburn for the SEC Network.

Jaguars reportedly add FIU’s Greg Austin to coaching staff

The Jaguars are reportedly adding FIU’s Greg Austin, who previously worked with the Eagles, to the coaching staff.

The Jacksonville Jaguars are adding Florida International offensive line coach Greg Austin to their coaching staff as an assistant offensive line coach, according to reports from On3 and Underdog Dynasty.

Austin, 38, played offensive line at Nebraska and previously spent three seasons as an assistant offensive line coach for the Philadelphia Eagles. He went back to the collegiate coaching ranks after the 2015 season.

After two seasons as UCF’s offensive line coach and three seasons at Nebraska in the same position, Austin spent 2022 as FIU’s run game coordinator and offensive line coach.

It’s unclear for now if this means any changes will be made to the Jaguars coaching staff to accommodate the addition of Austin. Jacksonville found a lot of success up front in Phil Rauscher’s first season as the team’s offensive line coach, and former Buccaneers lineman Todd Washington worked as the team’s assistant offensive line coach.

The Jaguars allowed the fifth fewest sacks in the NFL and averaged the 10th most yards per rushing attempt.

Middle Tennessee vs FIU Prediction Game Preview

Middle Tennessee vs FIU game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 13 game on Saturday, November 26

Middle Tennessee vs FIU prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 13, Saturday, November 26

Middle Tennessee vs FIU Prediction Game Preview

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Middle Tennessee vs FIU How To Watch

Date: Saturday, November 26
Game Time: 6:00 ET
Venue: Riccardo Silva Stadium, Miami, FL
How To Watch: ESPN3
Record: Middle Tennessee (6-5), FIU (4-7)
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Middle Tennessee vs FIU What’s Going To Happen

Just when it seemed like it was all falling apart, Middle Tennessee won two straight – including a dominant performance in the 49-21 win over Florida Atlantic – to get bowl eligible. Now it’s time to push for a stronger final game.

FIU has lost three straight after it looked like it was turning its season around, but it’s got enough of an offense to potentially make this interesting.

Maybe.

The Panther passing game has crashed, and worst of all in this there are too many turnovers. Middle Tennessee is great at taking the ball away, the defense will overcome a rough day from the secondary with three forced turnovers, and the accurate passing game will take care of everything on the other side.

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Middle Tennessee vs FIU Prediction, Line

Middle Tennessee 40, FIU 20
Line: Middle Tennessee -19.5, o/u: 55.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3
Middle Tennessee vs FIU Must See Rating (out of 5): 2

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Florida Atlantic vs FIU Prediction Game Preview

Florida Atlantic vs FIU game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 11 game on Saturday, November 12

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Florida Atlantic vs FIU How To Watch

Date: Saturday, November 12
Game Time: 7:00 ET
Venue: Riccardo Silva Stadium, Miami, FL
How To Watch: Stadium
Record: Florida Atlantic (4-5), FIU (4-5)
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Florida Atlantic vs FIU Game Preview

Why Florida Atlantic Will Win

Just when it seems like Florida Atlantic is about to lose its season, it comes up with a fantastic win over UAB to turn everything back around … maybe.

The offense wasn’t great against the Blazers, but the defense was able to hold up with a lot of bending without a ton of breaking.

The Owls haven’t been able to come up with as slew of takeaways late, but they’re used to coming up with multiple takeaways. The inconsistent FIU offense should give it up a few times, but …

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Why FIU Will Win

It might only be a trip down the road, but Florida Atlantic has been night-and-day worse on the road.

It’s 4-1 in Boca Raton, and 0-4 away from home, struggling against North Texas, Ohio, and UTEP to go along with Purdue. FIU has to take care of things in Riccardo Silva.

Good things happen when the FIU passing game works, FAU’s run defense has been a problem over the last month, and turnovers will matter the other way, too.

The Panthers have forced ten takeaways in the last four games.

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What’s Going To Happen

Really, is it all about the home field for Florida Atlantic?

A little bit, but the offense should travel. The FIU secondary is way too willing to allow good passing games to work, and FAU will take advantage.

It’ll be an entertaining game, and FIU’s offense will come up with a few nice scoring drives, but FAU will overcome two turnovers to finally get a road win.

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Florida Atlantic vs FIU Prediction, Line

Florida Atlantic 38, FIU 17
Line: Florida Atlantic -15.5, o/u: 54.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 1.5
Florida Atlantic vs FIU Must See Rating (out of 5): 2
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Louisiana Tech vs FIU Prediction, Game Preview

Louisiana Tech vs FIU game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 9 game on Friday, October 28

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Louisiana Tech vs FIU How To Watch

Date: Friday, October 28
Game Time: 8:00 ET
Venue: Riccardo Silva Stadium, Miami, FL
How To Watch: CBS Sports Network
Record: Louisiana Tech (2-5), FIU (3-4)
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Louisiana Tech vs FIU Game Preview

Why Louisiana Tech Will Win

The passing game is making things interesting.

The Bulldogs might not be winning a bunch lately, but they were able to push Rice in a shootout loss thanks to five touchdown passes, and they lost to North Texas after cranking out well over 400 yards through the air.

FIU might be having a little more success overall, but it’s struggling in the secondary allowing 580 passing yards combined over the last two weeks to UTSA and Charlotte.

FIU might be 3-4, but it’s still one of the worst teams in the country on third downs – on both sides of the ball – there are too many misfires when the offense has scoring chances, and …

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Why FIU Will Win

Can we give Mike MacIntyre a little bit of Coach of the Year recognition?

FIU is a total gut job of a team coming into the season, but it has three wins, it’s more competitive, and it starts with an offense that’s able to find enough of a passing attack to matter.

That, and the defense is taking the ball away with seven turnovers forced over the last two weeks. However, in this the job will for FIU to …

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What’s Going To Happen

Run, run, run.

That hasn’t been easy for the Panthers who have yet to hit 165 yards on the ground, but they get to go against the nation’s worst run defense. Everyone runs, keeps running, and doesn’t stop running. The yards on the ground will be there, but …

Competition. FIU beat Bryant, New Mexico State, and a Charlotte defense that gives up 500 yards bruising its teeth in the morning.

Louisiana Tech might be having a rougher run, but it also dealt with Clemson, Missouri, a good South Alabama team on the road and a dangerous North Texas squad.

FIU will run well, but the Bulldogs will be better though the air.

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Louisiana Tech vs FIU Prediction, Line

Louisiana Tech 38, FIU 20
Line: Louisiana Tech -6.5, o/u: 57.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2.5
Louisiana Tech vs FIU Must See Rating (out of 5): 2
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FIU vs Charlotte Prediction, Game Preview

FIU vs Charlotte game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 8 game on Saturday, October 22

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FIU vs Charlotte How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 22
Game Time: 3:30 ET
Venue: Jerry Richardson Stadium, Charlotte, NC
How To Watch: ESPN3
Record: FIU (2-4), Charlotte (1-6)
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FIU vs Charlotte Game Preview

Why FIU Will Win

If there was ever a time the offense was going to work, this would be it.

Charlotte’s defense is the worst in the country, and it’s not all that close. The D is miserable against teams that can throw, worse against the run, and there aren’t enough takeaways or big plays to make up for it.

FIU might be struggling – to be nice about it – but there’s a decent passing game that can move the chains a little bit, and the ground game should hit five yards per carry.

FIU is 2-0 when throwing a touchdown pass and 0-4 when it doesn’t. Charlotte has allowed a TD pass in every game and 17 on the year, but …

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Why Charlotte Will Win

If there was ever a time the defense was going to work, this would be it.

FIU’s offense isn’t the worst in America, but it hasn’t been able to push past 12 points against anyone but Bryant from the FCS and New Mexico State in a 21-7 win.

No, the 49er defense isn’t anything great, but the offense is able to wing it around enough to push the Panther secondary, the running game has hit 100 yards in three of the last four games, and the team has at least been competitive in the various losses. But …

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What’s Going To Happen

It’s the moveable object vs the stoppable force.

Turnovers will matter, and Charlotte is giving them up, but FIU isn’t taking it away.

The FIU offense will work enough to keep things moving, but it’ll still struggle to score consistently. The defense will keep Charlotte from going off, but the O will stall enough to not be able to pull this off even with several good chances in the second half.

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FIU vs Charlotte Prediction, Line

Charlotte 37, FIU 23
Line: FIU -14.5, o/u: 63.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 1.5
FIU vs Charlotte Must See Rating (out of 5): 2
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UTSA vs FIU Prediction, Game Preview

UTSA vs FIU game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 7 game on Friday, October 14

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UTSA vs FIU How To Watch

Date: Friday, October 14
Game Time: 8:00 ET
Venue: Riccardo Silva Stadium, Miami, FL
How To Watch: CBS Sports Network
Record: UTSA (4-2), FIU (2-3)
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UTSA vs FIU Game Preview

Why UTSA Will Win

As long as the Roadrunners don’t have any turnover issues they should have this without much of a problem.

The offense is balanced when it has to be, Frank Harris and the passing game are rock solid, and it shouldn’t take too many points to put this away against a FIU offense that doesn’t put points on the board.

The Panthers are able to throw it a bit, but they don’t keep the chains moving, there’s absolutely no downfield passing, and they aren’t able to take advantage of opportunities when they get them.

FIU’s defense hasn’t come up with a takeaway in the last two games, but …

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Why FIU Will Win

UTSA can be a little loose at times.

It turned the ball over five times in a two-game span, there was a penalty problem early in the year, and FIU will attack up front to at least apply a little pressure.

For all of the good things the Roadrunners do, they don’t do much to come up with third down stops and it’s possible to throw on this group – FIU has to keep pressing with the midrange throws.

Granted, playing New Mexico State and UConn isn’t a big deal, but the Panther secondary held up well.

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What’s Going To Happen

UTSA will methodically get the offense going right away with two first quarter touchdown drives, and everything will fall into place from there.

FIU will get over 200 yards through the air, but it’ll stall on too many early drives and will buckle against the run as the game goes on.

UTSA’s defense will give up a few points in the second half, but it’ll have this well in hand.

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UTSA vs FIU Prediction, Line

UTSA 52, FIU 13
Line: UTSA -33.5, o/u: 63.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
UTSA vs FIU Must See Rating (out of 5): 2
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UConn vs FIU Prediction, Game Preview

UConn vs FIU game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 6 game on Saturday, October 8

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UConn vs FIU How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 8
Game Time: 7:00 ET
Venue: Riccardo Silva Stadium, Miami, FL
How To Watch: ESPN3
Record: UConn (2-4), FIU (2-2)
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UConn vs FIU Game Preview

Why UConn Will Win

UConn won a real live game against a real live team?

Fresno State might not be the team everyone thought it would be, and it was missing QB Jake Haener, but whatever – the Huskies were missing some key parts, too, and still won 19-14.

Under new head coach Jim Mora Jr. the running game has been solid, the defense was brilliant, and overall the program is improving.

FIU doesn’t come up with downfield pass plays, the run defense isn’t anything great, but …

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Why FIU Will Win

Look at FIU getting to 2-2?

The Panthers might be having problems defensively overall, but they pitched a gem in the stunning 21-7 win over New Mexico State.

The lines are having problems and there wasn’t any running game until last week, but new head coach Mike MacIntyre is starting to slowly make things happen. As long as there isn’t a turnover problem and if the defense can hold down the UConn ground game, it has a shot.

However …

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What’s Going To Happen

UConn will run the ball.

FIU got by Bryant and New Mexico State when the run D worked, got obliterated by Texas State and WKU when it didn’t. UConn will come up with 200 yards on the ground on the way to the program’s first two-game winning streak since 2017.

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UConn vs FIU Prediction, Line

UConn 30, FIU 17
Line: UConn -5, o/u: 46.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3.5
UConn vs FIU Must See Rating (out of 5): 2
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