FRISCO, TX - After two straight 4-8 seasons for Mike MacIntyre's Florida International Panthers, the need for improvement is apparent in year three. Helping the
FRISCO, TX - After two straight 4-8 seasons for Mike MacIntyre's Florida International Panthers, the need for improvement is apparent in year three. Helping the Panthers head coach are FIU linebacker Reggie Peterson and running back Lexington Joseph, the two oldest players on the team."They are phenomenal leaders not just on the football field," MacIntyre said of the pair. "They've become leaders...the team trusts them. Our coaching staff trust them.
"The team is more together and we trust Coach Mac," Joseph said this week. "Now going into year three , that bond and that trust is really there and we're playing for each other. Coach Mac and all the coaches preach family, family, family first. Going into this year, we feel great, we feel together and we glue together."
As for Peterson, he went through a couple years of the Butch Davis era where things began to go downhill and during that time he was not given much of an opportunity to play on defense until MacIntyre took over. "I wasn't really recruited," said Peterson. "Everybody loves a great underdog story. I'm pretty sure for the ones who's playing NCAA, you go and click underdogs. Just being a walk on was definitely tough, but when you find guys like Flex and you finally get a head coach like Coach Mac, people that honestly believe in you and make you want to keep moving forward.
A rather favorable schedule for the Panthers this season kicks off on Saturday, August 31st at 3:30 PM against the Indiana Hoosiers, their only "power conference" opponent of the season. That game can be streamed on the Big 10 Network.
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