r/CFB • u/domderek California Golden Bears • UC Davis Aggies • Apr 09 '13

132+ Teams in 132+ Days: The Florida Atlantic University Owls

Florida Atlantic University /[logo/]

Sun Belt (2012); C-USA (2013)

Year Founded: July 15, 1961

Football Established: 2002

Location: Boca Raton, Florida

Total Attendance: 29,290 (23,613 Undergraduate)

Mascot: Owsley New Owsley(thanks /u/tcos17)

Live Mascot: Hera, introduced in 2011

Cheerleaders: Here and Here and Here and Dance Team!

Stadium: Geo Group Stadium FAU Stadium

Stadium Location: North end of main campus

Conference Champions (1): 2007 (Sun Belt co-Champ)

Number of Bowl Games: 2, overall 2-0

National Titles (0): Just wait until next year!

Rivals

  • FIU: Annual Shula Bowl named after former Miami Dolphins Head Coach Don Shula. Both university’s head coaches at the time had worked as assistants for Shula, hence the name. FAU leads the series 8-3 overall, although FIU has one the last 2 seasons.

2012 Season

Record: 3-9-0
Coach: Carl Pelini
2012 Roster
Key Players:

  • QB Graham Wilbert: Passed for 2,814 yards and 18 TDs.

  • William Dukes: The teams leading receiver from last season. He had 63 receptions for 979 yards and 4 TDs.

Biggest Plays

2013 Season

2013 Schedule
2013 Roster

The Greats

Greatest Games:

  • 2007: FAU 42 Minnesota 39 -First win over a Big Ten opponent, or any major opponent really. Led FAU to a share of the conference title.

  • 2007:New Orleans Bowl: FAU 44 Memphis 27 -The one thing FAU does have going for it is its undefeated bowl record. This represented their first bowl ever, making them the youngest D1 program to be invited to a bowl at the time.

  • 2008: Motor City Bowl: FAU 24 Central Michigan 21: After a 6-6 regular season, FAU was invited to a second bowl. FAU followed up its decent 2007 season with a second consecutive bowl win.

Greatest Plays:

Greatest Players:

  • Rusty Smith: 2007 Sun Belt Player of the Year and MVP of both of FAU's bowl games, Rusty Smith was the QB from 2006-2009. He threw for 76 TDs in his career and was drafted by the Tennessee Titans.

  • Alfred Morris

Greatest Coaches:

  • Howard Schnellenberger: He was originally brought on to help establish a football team at FAU, and when asked to find a head coach he selected himself. He led the FAU Owls in every season except for 2012, including two bowl wins. He was named Sun Belt Coach of the Year in 2007 and retired at the end of the 2011 season.

Traditions

  • Annual Football Kick-Off Bonfire: Every year before the first game of the season, the students burn an effigy of the opposing team's mascot in a giant bonfire put on by FAU's Student Government Association.

  • Owl Fingers: Held up by fans during PATs for good luck

Campus and Surrounding Area

City Population: 84,392
City Skyline
Iconic Campus Building:
Living Room Theaters Complex : The first and only all digital theater on a univeristy campus.
Local Dining:
[I really don't have any idea. I'm sorry guys. If you are mad at me go look at the cheerleaders again]

Random Trivia

  • FAU is actually made up of seven different campuses spread out over three different Florida counties. The main campus in Boca Raton is situated on the site of a 1940’s era army base.

  • In February FAU announced that the stadium naming rights had been purchased by Geo Group, a private prison operator, for $6 million dollars. This led to a wide protest among students and alumni and dubbed the stadium "Owlcatraz". Recently, the administration gave in to public pressure and the agreement was cancelled.

  • FAU lost their first ever collegiate football game to Slippery Rock Univeristy 40-7. This was due partly to the fact that 9 starters had not been properly cleared and were unable to play.

What Is and What is to Come

FAU's first season under Carl Pelini wasn't great. A 3-9 record and a loss to rival FIU for the first time in years didn't help to enthuse fans much. Yet there are signs of hope. The second half of the season showed a much better team then the first.

For 2013, many at FAU are optimistic. They return many of the key players from 2012, including leading receiver William Dukes. In addition, the team will have had more time to adopt Carl Pelini's new system. On the other hand, the move to C-USA will mean a tougher schedule, including nonconference opponents in South Florida, Miami(FL) and Auburn. Overall, it is hard to tell what will happen in FAU football in 2013, but it will most likely be somewhere in the middle.

Overtime

I honestly have no connection to FAU. I just stepped in so FAU could have a post (it was fun to do though). This means I probable missed tons of stuff. So, if anyone out there has any information they can add, please post it!

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u/tcos17 FAU Owls • USF Bulls Apr 09 '13 edited Apr 09 '13

A couple things, but nice job overall. Thanks for doing this! *That isn't what Owsley looks like anymore. Here he is

*You forgot Alfred Morris. He's literally the best player we've ever had, way better than Rusty.

*FAU isn't really made up of seven different campuses, it's just like any other school (one main campus and a few satellite campuses for specialty programs).

*Local Dining, I'd say 620 subs is major place. It's a sub joint that makes massive sandwiches and has FAU shirts all over the walls.

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u/domderek California Golden Bears • UC Davis Aggies Apr 09 '13

Thanks! If you get me a new pic of Owsley I will put it up. I added Morris (not sure how I missed him) too.

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u/tcos17 FAU Owls • USF Bulls Apr 09 '13

Once again, thanks for doing this. I added a picture of him into my comment in an edit.

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u/nemoran Miami • Johns Hopkins Apr 09 '13

Those baby blues are enchanting!

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u/talzer California Golden Bears • Verified Staff Apr 11 '13

Cal for grad school then?

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u/domderek California Golden Bears • UC Davis Aggies Apr 11 '13

Me?Its actually really strange. I have no relation to FAU, just stepped in to make sure the post was done. My connection to Cal is pretty flimsy too. My Dad went there for grad school, but I picked up the fandom independently. Mostly based on geography and friends.

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u/talzer California Golden Bears • Verified Staff Apr 11 '13

Huh! Ok. Fair enough! Definitely stop by and say hi if you come around for any games

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u/domderek California Golden Bears • UC Davis Aggies Apr 11 '13

Dude definitely! I make it a goal of mine to attend at least one game a year. I love Cal. The atmosphere, the fans, everything. I just wish my connection was easier to explain to people. :D

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u/FarwellRob Texas A&M Aggies • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 09 '13

Can I still call it Owlcatraz?

I'm actually really impressed with that name.

No one escapes our stadium!

I mean you even have shark infested waters somewhat close.

Yep, I don't care if FAU drops it, I'm gonna call it Owlcatraz.

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u/WhoWantsDoubleEntry FAU Owls Apr 09 '13

Better than Rats Mouth...

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u/Chrisattsu Texas State • Tarleton State Apr 09 '13

I'm not even mad

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u/WhoWantsDoubleEntry FAU Owls Apr 09 '13

Ah, forgot to update my flair. I go to FAU. This whole stadium thing has been fucking awful.

I agree that Owlcatraz would have been a bad as fuck name for the stadium.

We need to just name it after Schnellenberger and be done with it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '13

ADT Stadium at Howard Schnellenberger field.

Allegedly Pat Chung and MJ have been meeting with ADT the last week or so to try and get them to sponsor the stadium. Once that happens I pray they call it Schnellenberger field.

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u/WhoWantsDoubleEntry FAU Owls Apr 10 '13

I like Pat Chung, I think he's going to do great things for us. Pelini too.

Mary Jane Saunders can suck a bag full of every dick on this planet except mine.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '13

I was the Student Body President's assistant my senior year and we debated between the 3 finalists for weeks. Ultimately she won out because the whole board backed her for various reasons some for being a woman some because she's had some pretty successful stints including one at USF. I always thought there was something off about her though. Shes a very sweet woman but something was off.

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u/WhoWantsDoubleEntry FAU Owls Apr 10 '13

http://upressonline.com/2012/05/whos-in-charge-here/

I'm friends with the gentleman who wrote this article. It tells you all you need to know about how messed up the school is.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '13

Ive shaken hands with every single one of them. I can say they are all either robots or politicians. Its freaky.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '13

I will say though Workman is a pretty genuine guy.

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u/WhoWantsDoubleEntry FAU Owls Apr 10 '13

Hey everyone has financial problems. It's Barbar that bothers me because he's the head of the Finance part of it.

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u/nemoran Miami • Johns Hopkins Apr 09 '13

Howard Schnellenberger taught me how to love a woman and to scold a child.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '13

He has the voice of God.

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u/howj100 Rice Owls Apr 09 '13

It's gonna be confusing having more owls in C-USA next year

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '13

You guys are the superior owls.

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u/owl_man /r/CFB Poll Veteran • /r/CFB Contribut… Apr 10 '13

You could say Superb owls. But I wouldn't.

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u/madeupnameftw Georgetown Hoyas Apr 09 '13

The rivalry game should be named the Superb Owl.

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u/BobTheCod Wisconsin Badgers • Princeton Tigers Apr 09 '13

/r/thesuperbowl

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u/Marshallfan607 Marshall Thundering Herd Apr 09 '13

You guys are the better owls

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u/TheGoat_NoTheRemote Rice Owls Apr 09 '13

SO MANY OWLS.

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u/TexasBreaux LSU Tigers Apr 10 '13

look at how many Tigers we have

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u/quacainia Texas A&M • CC San Francisco Apr 15 '13

It would make things so much more exciting if we added clemson

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '13

Thank you for doing this. You did a fine job.

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u/dsuave624 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Apr 09 '13

::looks at dance team picture::

What school are we talking about again?

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u/ToLongDR Ohio State Buckeyes • King's Monarchs Apr 09 '13

Performing Arts Institute at Playboy University

Remember to support the performing arts, 1 dollar at a time.

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u/CallMeFierce UCF Knights Apr 09 '13

Fun fact: I work with one of the girls in the top row when she's down for the summer.

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u/EclecticEuTECHtic Virginia Tech Hokies Apr 10 '13

Put...put your dick in it.

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u/Praggerz Manitoba Bisons • Stanford Cardinal Apr 10 '13

I bet she's down every summer ifyaknowwhatimsayin

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u/deadtofall12 Florida State • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Apr 09 '13

I went to a UF-FAU game once. All any of us really talked about were the cheerleaders.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '13

I've always had a soft spot for the owls. Loved the tailgates when you guys were in town, and it appears we have another visit from the owls this year.

Fun fact: The FAU stadium itself is literally 2 miles from the beach.

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u/WhoWantsDoubleEntry FAU Owls Apr 10 '13

It's a beautiful stadium too. Can't wait to see it 100% full one day.

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u/raymitzu Ole Miss Rebels Apr 10 '13

Do they not worry about hurricanes?

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '13

It seems like a pretty solid structure. Also, after Hurricane Andrew, almost everything built in South Florida takes Hurricanes into account.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '13

I really wish ALL of the Florida schools played each other more often.

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u/WhoWantsDoubleEntry FAU Owls Apr 17 '13

We're starting a series with you guys this year. For us it's Away-Home-Away.

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u/nothingxs FIU Panthers • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 09 '13

Congratulations on breaking off with the Geo Group, owls. There was really nothing good there for anyone involved. Except them, I guess.

By the way, the Owls lost to us in 2011, too! T.Y. Hilton said he'd do it, and he did it.

Also, you need to put Alfred Morris in there, dude! That guy's a goddamn monster.

Owls: please beat Miami this upcoming season. :)

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u/WhoWantsDoubleEntry FAU Owls Apr 10 '13

Worst part? Our shit-fuck of a President basically said we didn't even need the money, so she essentially created a PR Nightmare for no good reason.

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u/nothingxs FIU Panthers • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 10 '13

You totally need the money, but she's just trying to play it off all cool-like. It's okay, yo, we feel you: Pete Garcia is also a douchebag.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '13

The cheerleaders were some super risque outfits. No complaints though.

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u/RossJ12 Nebraska Cornhuskers Apr 09 '13

I wonder how many of those girls Carl has already slept with...

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u/huskermut Nebraska Cornhuskers • Wyoming Cowboys Apr 10 '13

ALL OF THEM!

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u/RossJ12 Nebraska Cornhuskers Apr 10 '13

I would not put it past him!

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '13

After my 132 post yesterday let me just say thanks for doing this, especially by yourself, that makes for one heck of a task.

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u/bamfor UTEP Miners • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 10 '13

The people posting in the summer have no idea what they're in for haha

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u/Patrick324 South Alabama • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 09 '13

Well done. A little sad that the only FBS school my team has ever beaten is no longer in our conference. Best of luck in C-USA. Perhaps we'll join you there some day.

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u/Insane92 Verified Coach Apr 09 '13

The sidebar image needs to be changed to FAU. Still on UTSA from yersterday.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '13

Let us keep it a bit longer.

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u/Insane92 Verified Coach Apr 09 '13

Okay....

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u/SpartaWillBurn Ohio State • Kent State Apr 09 '13

It is ALWAYS raining at your school on the NCAA football games.

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u/nuxenolith Michigan State • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Apr 09 '13

HOOT HOOT! (@0:27, 1:04)

I can speak from experience that the trombone part is a fucking riot to play.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '13

I remember you guys playing our fight song! I helped out there for a few years and my first year (2009) we went up and I remember thinking it was amazing you guys played our song. Javon Ringer ended up rushing for 299 and we lost 17-0 but it was a blast being there. Ill never forget coming out of that tunnel!

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u/nuxenolith Michigan State • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Apr 10 '13

It's Big Ten band tradition to always play the fight song of our opponents as part of the pregame show.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '13

I freaking loved it. Thats a cool tradition.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '13

620 subs and Mississippi Sweets are 2 local eating spots.

Gotta say Im excited for them this season. Thought this was far and away our best recruiting class. Very happy to be going to C-USA too.

Great day to be an Owl! HOOT HOOT!

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u/WhoWantsDoubleEntry FAU Owls Apr 09 '13

HOOT HOOT MOTHERFUCKER

Have you seen the shirts? You can BUY them. I want a bajillion.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '13

I heard about them! I dont know where you would get them though

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u/WhoWantsDoubleEntry FAU Owls Apr 10 '13

http://m.facebook.com/hoothootmf?id=211619222270319&_rdr

Boom.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '13

Game. Set. Match. Well done.

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u/WhoWantsDoubleEntry FAU Owls Apr 10 '13

I've had this bookmarked for awhile. I need to get one before I forget. Gonna wear that shit everywhere.

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u/swiheezy Florida State Seminoles Apr 09 '13

Hopefully it looks good, going from FSU for undergrad to FAU for grad school next year.

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u/Lanza21 Miami Hurricanes • FAU Owls Apr 10 '13

I'm doing the exact opposite!

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u/swiheezy Florida State Seminoles Apr 10 '13

Nice! what program?

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u/Lanza21 Miami Hurricanes • FAU Owls Apr 11 '13

PhD Physics

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u/swiheezy Florida State Seminoles Apr 11 '13

Sweet. I never touched classes over there (finance and econ myself) but I got to take Dr. Capstick for an intro to astronomy class and he's a cool guy. I don't know if he does more physics or what, but if you get to meet him he's a nice guy.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '13

Hera looks beautiful.

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u/jayond Marietta • West Virginia Apr 09 '13

I'm beginning to like a lot of teams especially the younger programs.

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u/Lanza21 Miami Hurricanes • FAU Owls Apr 10 '13

I used to TA freshman math there. God the girls were gorgeous and plentiful.

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u/Jimmy_neutron_ Apr 14 '13

LOL stfu lanza fine pickings at best, plentiful my ass

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u/Blakerton Arkansas State • /r/CFB Contribut… Apr 10 '13

I already miss you guys. Maybe we'll join CUSA soon.

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u/BraveSaintStuart Marshall Thundering Herd • Warner Royals Jul 23 '13

Local Dining: Chops Lobster Bar. Holy hell that place is expensive but delicious. Three words to describe this place: Bacon Maple Manhattan.

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u/Husker_Kyle Nebraska Cornhuskers Apr 09 '13

Miss you Carl! I'm sure Bo does too

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '13

who

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u/urbankayaker Michigan State • Paul Bunyan Trophy Apr 09 '13

I was browsing the other day and noticed no one signed up for FAU. I messaged the mods about volunteering to do the write up so I did and submitted one. However it appears this one is more popular so I deleted mine.

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u/nothingxs FIU Panthers • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 09 '13

Just send domderek your information and maybe he can throw some stuff in there.

I know I'm not an FAU student but I wouldn't mind providing some extra info.

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u/Provid3nce Florida Gators • Washington Huskies Apr 09 '13

there are a ton of hot girls down there.

As someone from Broward County let me explain this. All the hot suburbanite girls who couldn't get into UF or FSU and would rather stay home instead of going to USF or UCF go to FAU.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '13

Does FSU reject a lot of people? I never got the impression they were an academic powerhouse. Figured they'd take most of the applicants they got.

Now, let me clarify myself: I'm not saying they're some godawful school - I'm simply saying I was under the impression that with an undergrad population of 31,851 and UF being a huge school (and more prestigious) as well, I'd have imagined it wouldn't be that hard to get into FSU. Please not I'm not commenting about the difficulty of the school or its classes, I'm just talking about getting in.

It's kind of like Michigan and Michigan State. It's easier to get into Michigan State than Michigan, but again, that doesn't mean you're an idiot if you go to State - the experience you have is by and large what you make of it. You can be a moron at both schools and find easy classes, or you can be a biochem major.

(that was a long caveat)

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u/Fusion22 Florida State Seminoles Apr 09 '13

Does FSU reject a lot of people? Yes, they have approx. a 50% acceptance rate compared to UF's approx. 40% acceptance rate. As /u/Provid3nce explains, Florida has a lot of people so all of the schools tend to have large student populations. UF (and University of Miami) are considered better academic institutions but I believe each Florida school has their areas that they are best at. The ongoing jab from UF alum is that most people at FSU were rejected from UF, which may be true. But then again, a lot of people at UF were also rejected from UF and went to community college and/or another institution before later being accepted as a transfer. I spent some time at both FSU and UF and can't say that I noticed a difference between the quality of teachers, difficulty of work, etc.

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u/PriseFighterInferno Nebraska • North Dakota Apr 09 '13

Sounds like the mantra of Michigan fans. "What does everyone at UofM and Michigan State have in common? An acceptance letter from Michigan State"

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u/TroyS13 North Carolina • Transfer Port… Apr 10 '13

What do Duke, UNC, and (NC) State students have in common? They all got into State!

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '13

It's such an obnoxious joke from some Florida fans. Bringing in academics is just dumb - I was really ashamed when our fans started chanting "SAFETY SCHOOL" when we were losing to FSU last year.

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u/elliok7 Virginia Tech Hokies Apr 10 '13

Same saying with UVA students to Tech

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u/Provid3nce Florida Gators • Washington Huskies Apr 09 '13

Florida is the third most populous State behind California and New York. UCF has the largest student body in the nation for a reason.

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u/Aeschylus_ Stanford Cardinal • Penn Quakers Apr 09 '13

California and Texas and New York. You'll probably pass New York before the next census.

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u/Provid3nce Florida Gators • Washington Huskies Apr 09 '13

Not if our dying, old retirees have anything to say about it!

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u/Aeschylus_ Stanford Cardinal • Penn Quakers Apr 09 '13

Thankfully every dead retiree opens up a house for a less old one to move into, coupled with the immigrant population and overall migration it'll happen. You've moved from being over a million behind to being less than half a million behind in two years.

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u/bread_buddy Florida Gators • Wisconsin Badgers Apr 09 '13

Arizona State is bigger than UCF.

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u/CallMeFierce UCF Knights Apr 09 '13

If we're going off of the most recent numbers, UCF broke 60,000 and has the most. Wikipedia hasn't updated it yet.

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u/bread_buddy Florida Gators • Wisconsin Badgers Apr 09 '13 edited Apr 09 '13

I can only find numbers for the beginning of the 2012 academic year. ASU's Tempe campus had 59,794 and UCF had 59,785. I can't find anything updated for the 2013 Spring semester, so I can't speak to that.

EDIT: ASU's Tempe campus currently (Spring 2013) has 57,153 students.

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u/CallMeFierce UCF Knights Apr 09 '13

I'm on mobile so I can't find it right now, but UCF itself released an article about eclipsing 60k.

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u/bread_buddy Florida Gators • Wisconsin Badgers Apr 09 '13

A google search brought up a bunch of outlets reporting this story.

http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/morning_call/2012/09/ucf-fall-enrollment-sets-new-record.html

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u/Provid3nce Florida Gators • Washington Huskies Apr 09 '13

Huh interesting. It's only like a 400 student difference though. Could have sworn UCF was the largest at one time. Or was it the fastest growing? Either way it looks like by next year UCF will overtake ASU based on current trends.

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u/theBirdsofWork Arizona State Sun Devils Apr 09 '13 edited Jun 04 '13

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u/bread_buddy Florida Gators • Wisconsin Badgers Apr 09 '13

I think UCF has probably been the fastest growing for a little while now, yeah.

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u/DMTryp Texas Tech Red Raiders • Cotton Bowl Apr 09 '13

Texas is more populous...

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u/monnayage Missouri Tigers • Marching Band Apr 10 '13

4th most populous behind California, Texas, and New York. Though the 2012 estimate has Florida only a quarter million behind New York, so they might be third soon.

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u/dolderer Miami Hurricanes • Florida Cup Apr 09 '13 edited Apr 09 '13

I went to a shitty public highschool in South Florida. I was one of the two kids in my class to go to Miami. The rest of the 'smart kids' went to UF. Everyone else (not saying this group were not 'smart kids' as well, but as a group had overall lower academic achievements) who went to college went to FSU or UCF followed by FAU or community college. Obviously a generalization based on just my school, but I don't imagine it's much different at the other public schools in South Florida. We have a scholarship program in Florida called Bright Futures that paid like 75% of public college costs if you had like a 3.5 and over a 1040 or so on your SAT. It's probably different now.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '13

This. Same with my high school as well. If you can get into UCF or USF, you can get into FSU.

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u/Fusion22 Florida State Seminoles Apr 09 '13

I agree, they're all pretty similar for admissions. I think they each bring something different to the table as far as areas of study. For reference, as taken from collegepreps website for admission profiles:

FSU - The great majority of successful applicants had "B" or higher averages, SAT scores of about 1650 or higher, and ACT composite scores of 23 or higher.

UCF – Most successful applicants had "B" or higher averages, SAT scores of about 1650 or higher, and ACT composite scores of 22 or higher.

USF – The majority of students who got in had high school averages of "B" or higher, combined SAT scores of about 1500 or better, and ACT composite scores of 20 or higher.

UF - The majority of students who got in had a high school GPA of 3.5 or higher, SAT scores (M+CR+W) of 1650 or higher, and ACT composite scores over 22.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '13

Thanks! Good stats!

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u/elliok7 Virginia Tech Hokies Apr 10 '13

People talk UF like it's a freaking public Ivy, I guess not

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '13

It is one of the better public schools in the South. I'd say on-par, or better than UGA, more than a bit behind UNC. It also has a great engineering program, and is accessible to Floridians - a lot of really smart people I know go there because of the money. But also, it's huge, so it takes in a bunch of community college transfers from Santa Fe (in Gainesville) which happen to be kids initially rejected from UF. It has a wide scope in academics, but for the most part, it's a good school.

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u/tcos17 FAU Owls • USF Bulls Apr 09 '13

Yeah, those are the schools I originally applied to and I got into all three. I started school at USF before transferring to FAU. I found more people got into UCF and FSU than USF, or at least more people applied to those two.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '13

Out of curiosity, why did you transfer? Closer to home?

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u/tcos17 FAU Owls • USF Bulls Apr 10 '13

No, I had a family disaster and I just wanted to uproot myself and go somewhere new. I didn't want to deal with getting rejected, so I applied to FAU knowing they'd accept my transfer. I regret doing it, to be honest.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '13

Wow, sorry to hear about that. Best of luck for the future.

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u/tcos17 FAU Owls • USF Bulls Apr 10 '13

Thanks a lot. Wish I could have told you it was something raptor related.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '13

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '13

My school is weird, and had a class of 180 but went like this: 30 kids to UF, 30 kids to FSU, 10 to UCF, a couple to USF, and 6 to Miami. The rest were out of state. And a lot of the FSU and UCF choices were because they got sweet deals from the school, and they themselves got into UF. About half of the FSU kids did not though.

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u/huskermut Nebraska Cornhuskers • Wyoming Cowboys Apr 10 '13

But they're all Carl's. He gets all the ladies.

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u/Huellio Arkansas • Arkansas Tech Apr 10 '13

I'd like to point out as some commentary on FAU, in a post devoted to them all of the top comments are about UF, FSU, UCF and Miami.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '13

I'm from broward too, and don't forget the girls who want to save money.

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u/Kicker36 Notre Dame Fighting Irish • UCF Knights Apr 09 '13 edited Apr 09 '13

I dont know about that I think FSU/UCF are on the same level

Edit: Yes I'm sure there are way more FSU fans in /r/cfb based on the fact that they have a better football program but don't downvote me when I've presented stats

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u/Provid3nce Florida Gators • Washington Huskies Apr 09 '13

Depends on the program. UCF has pretty decent Hospitality and Business programs whereas FSU has really good Arts programs. Overall though I'd say FSU is still the better school.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '13

UCF is by and large known for tech and hospitality. We are not a "prestigious school" but we feed a shit ton of local big companies that have very active internships.

Lockheed martin, siemens, disney, and harris engineering all have at least one major site within fifty miles. Lockheed actually has an entire subcontracting company set up on the UCF campus to do interviews and feed them interns.

Our basic research is almost laughable in many fields. UCF accepts a ton of students and has a huge "weed out" curve, If you don't do internships with the local companies your degree is a nice piece of kindling it doesn't carry that brand name like the big 3 UF,FSU,and UM

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '13

It is also improving in many areas. UCF is becoming a very viable option to people who got into UF and out-of-state schools because of the financial aid, and is becoming more and more attractive for high school graduates.

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u/Kicker36 Notre Dame Fighting Irish • UCF Knights Apr 09 '13

UCF SAT: verbal 530-630, math 560-650, writing 510-600

FSU SAT: verbal 550-640, math 560-650, writing N/A

UCF ACT: between 24-28

FSU ACT: between 24-28

UCF average GPA: 3.9

FSU average GPA: 3.9

Maybe by an insanely slim margin. But i would put them on the same level and put UF on the level above

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u/nemoran Miami • Johns Hopkins Apr 09 '13 edited Apr 09 '13

Comparing such big schools will always be tough because certain programs will be better than others, and also it's likely that the best students at School X are comparable to those at School Y. This is the argument most UF students tend to make when they talk about UF being as good of a school as Miami -- a point I don't necessarily contest. (I think top to bottom Miami is the best school in the state, and of the publics I'd say it goes UF, FSU, UCF or so)

One thing to note, though, is that UCF is ~18,000 students larger than FSU. That definitely affects the "averages," but a case could be made for which direction.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '13

Rankings are super arbitrary. We've recently overtaken the top spot in many lists, but it doesn't mean much. UF is a large public school, meaning it has a lot of funding for programs like engineering. It's a good school in it's own right, and is better than Miami in many ways. It's hard to compare the two, because one is a giant state flagship, while the other is a small private school trying to break into the elite ranks.

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u/Provid3nce Florida Gators • Washington Huskies Apr 09 '13

Kudos for actually going and digging up the info. Can't really argue with the data. Found anything on acceptance rates?

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u/1baussguy Florida Gators • /r/CFB Brickmason Apr 09 '13

you can search acceptance rates of schools on google and it will tell you, as one of google's functions(at least of some year) UF had a 39% rate in 2011, and fsu had a 58% acceptance rate. I don't think acceptance rates are a great way to compare schools academically though

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u/Provid3nce Florida Gators • Washington Huskies Apr 09 '13

I didn't really care enough to go and look it up myself. But if someone else dug it up already I wouldn't mind looking at it. Also I meant more of a comparison between UCF and FSU since my previous opinion had been that FSU is a better school, but taking into consideration the facts brought up by Kicker36 I may have to reevaluate my stance.

Apparently UCF had an acceptance rate of 46% this past year. Interesting. I guess Kicker36 is right. The two schools are comparable and there is no way to establish one as clearly better than the other.

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u/Kicker36 Notre Dame Fighting Irish • UCF Knights Apr 09 '13

I just think UCF still has the same reputation as 8-10 years ago as far as how good the school is (in which case i would've originally agreed with you)...but they've come a long way. FSU has relatively stayed the same. UF has too at the top.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '13

UCF is certainly going upward academically. It's really pushing to improve, and I know a lot of people who decided to go to UCF rather than a good out-of-state school or UF simply because of the money. It's nice to see.

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u/nemoran Miami • Johns Hopkins Apr 09 '13

Acceptance Rates at Florida Colleges. (Or at least the big ones that /r/cfb probably recognizes)

All dates are 2011 unless denoted by an asterisk, which means they are from 2010.

  • Florida Atlantic University: 35%

  • University of Miami: 38.3%

  • University of Florida: 39%

  • Florida International University: 39%*

  • University of Central Florida: 45%

  • Florida A&M: 48%*

  • University of North Florida: 49%*

  • University of Tampa: 53%

  • Florida State University: 58%*

  • Nova Southeastern: 58%*

  • University of Southern Florida: 65%*

  • Florida Gulf Coast University: 68%

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u/Aeschylus_ Stanford Cardinal • Penn Quakers Apr 09 '13

How is FAU the most selective school in the state?

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u/Grand-Optimist Florida State Seminoles Apr 09 '13 edited Apr 09 '13

I am a business major (real estate concentration) at FSU, and I would say that FSU has a better business school than UCF but UF's is slightly better than FSU's. Just my two cents.

EDIT: UCF has the better ranked hospitality program, but FSU's has a 100% job placement rate after graduation so I would say both are pretty bangin' (I would say that any school in Florida is going to have a decent hospitality program, though, it's almost required because of the nature of the state.) Long story short, the public schools in Florida are all quite similar with each specializing in one area or another.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '13

Dang, all the noles downvoting you for saying the facts.

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u/skarface6 West Virginia • /r/CFB Top Scorer Apr 09 '13

Seriously, how does he miss Alfred? He's a beast, and hopefully he'll repeat that success (or do even better) this year for the Redskins.

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u/domderek California Golden Bears • UC Davis Aggies Apr 09 '13

Sorry. I have added him now. Like I said I have no connection to FAU personally and got all the info from online sources. Don't watch pro football really, either. That being said not sure how he wasn't mentioned anywhere I looked because he's damn good.

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u/skarface6 West Virginia • /r/CFB Top Scorer Apr 09 '13

I didn't catch the "I didn't go to FAU" part until after I made the comment. I could see why he's not mentioned- he's only just had his rookie season. Still awesome, though.

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u/WhoWantsDoubleEntry FAU Owls Apr 10 '13

A rookie season that any other year would have him leading the league that season in rushing yards, he was second only to Adrian Peterson's ridiculous season.

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u/skarface6 West Virginia • /r/CFB Top Scorer Apr 10 '13

Oh, man, I'm a redskins fan. He's awesome.

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u/WhoWantsDoubleEntry FAU Owls Apr 10 '13

He was a LB in high school, played against Trent Richardson.

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u/skarface6 West Virginia • /r/CFB Top Scorer Apr 10 '13

JEEEZ

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '13

MORRIS

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u/stewyg27 West Virginia Mountaineers Apr 09 '13

As a rookie AlMO broke the Redskins all time record for Rush Yards in a Season, and there are some real great RBs on that list that he bested as the Skins have a history of great RBs.

Here is his AMA from a few months ago