FAU loss to KState devastating to morale

After losing the last game of the season last year to FIU, FAU fans turned their backs on the 2005 season and yelled out the sports cliché "there's always next year!"

Next year is here; and some Owl fans have already turned their back on the team. After losing 54-6 to nationally ranked no. 18 Clemson, the team looked forward to playing Kansas State - a team some players said "is a team we will beat." They didn't. They lost - miserably - being shutout and giving up over 40 points for the third straight game (dating back to last season).

The only good news being talked around the dorms this week about the team is that the prOWLers have received approval to attend the Sept. 23 game @ South Carolina. 30 students, mostly freshman, will be attending the trip. The trip is co-sponsored by the Student Alumni Association. The prOWLers is currently going through what we are calling a "rejuvenation." After being active as the spirit group of FAU students in 2002 - 2004, the prOWLers burrowed for two years and have resurfaced this year. (Rick $mitty Smith is the student director of the prOWLers)

Players that didn't go on the trip, fans, freshman, recruits and their friends hung their heads last night around 10:00 p.m. when the final score was announced. Shouts of "we suck" and "we're never going to win" were thrown around like Kansas St. threw the football on the field Saturday evening.

While a loss isn't devastating, an ass kicking is.

Some resident freshmen are giving up on the team already - saying that they rather work than go to a game.

Next weeks game isn't going to be any easier as we go on the road and take on Oklahoma State. And because, according to Palm Beach Post sports writer Marcus Nelson, no one wants to pay to show the game, FAU will not be televised. You can listen to it on the radio. I will be. Join me in praying that the Owls get a touchdown - let alone a win.

Still holding onto hope,
$mitty