#106 Florida Atlantic (Pre- Snap Read)

[MeanGreen61]

Recap of 2010 - In a nutshell It wasn’t really that ugly, but it was disappointing. Above all else, last fall’s slide to 4-8 ended Florida Atlantic’s climb up the Sun Belt; even in 2009, when the Owls finished below .500, Schnellenberger led his team to five wins in conference play. There was far less competitiveness in last year’s team, which won a game outside of the Sun Belt but couldn’t get to that sixth win even as the conference as whole failed to put together more than three teams worthy of bowl consideration. So that’s the bottom line, sadly. In terms of the on-field product, the Owls were poor defensively and awful offensively, with the former largely expected and the latter a serious disappointment — that word again. Think the Owls can turn it around in 2011? It’s going to take substantial improvement on both sides of the ball.

106. Florida Atlantic

107. San Jose State

108. Eastern Michigan

109. Western Kentucky

110. Vanderbilt

111. Buffalo

112. New Mexico

113. Kent State

114. Tulane

115. Central Michigan

116. U.N.L.V.

117. Louisiana-Lafayette

118. New Mexico State

119. Akron

120. Memphis

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Edited May 16, 2011 by MeanGreen61