Conference USA

Kiffin was fined $5,000 and reprimanded by Conference USA for criticizing the officiating in the Owls’ Friday game by positing on Twitter a photo of blind officials, using canes and being led around by seeing eye dogs.

Devon Andrews scored 19 points, Trejon Jacob added 15 and Florida International held off Florida Atlantic 78-74 on Wednesday night.

The Panthers trailed 60-44 with 11:29 left but quickly cut their deficit to six points just three minutes later and first took the lead with 1:34 to go.

Miami sophomore Chris Lykes scored a career-high 28 points on only 15 shots while Brian Beard Jr. and Trejon Jacob combined to make 11 3-pointers and score 48 points as Florida International pulled away in the second half

It will be the second straight year the Panthers have gone bowling after losing to Temple in last season’s Gasparilla Bowl played in St. Petersburg.

Sports fans can turn their attention to something better: a weekend of football that is beyond important for teams in South Florida and across the state.

James Morgan passed for 268 yards and two touchdowns and Napoleon Maxwell ran for 102 yards and two scores — including a 52-yarder midway through the fourth quarter — to help Florida International hold off Charlotte 42-35 on Saturday.

The once top 10 ranked Miami Hurricanes find themselves two losses from not going bowling this season while FIU stands two wins away from playing for their conference’s title.

Olin Cushion III intercepted Asher O’Hara’s pass in the end zone with 34 seconds left, securing FIU’s 24-21 win over Middle Tennessee on Saturday night.

Last weekend, it was the best of times and the worst of times for fans of Florida’s football teams.

Indiana’s Hoosiers overcame a 7-0 first-quarter deficit and scored three unanswered touchdowns to defeat Florida International University.

The Miami Hurricanes will look to prove that their 10 win season was not a one year deal while both the Florida State Seminoles and Florida Gators look to break in new coaches with much different levels of difficulty in their openers.

FIU (8-5) matched a school record for victories in its first year under Butch Davis, the former Miami, North Carolina and Cleveland Browns coach.

While the three area college programs already know they will be working well into the December holidays, the Miami Dolphins are thankful they are still in the playoff conversation after a three game losing streak.

Several of this season’s Florida Atlantic University and Florida International University football games will be aired on Cozi TV starting this Saturday at noon.

The Miami Hurricanes will finally take on the FIU Panthers again in 2018 after 11 years apart on the gridiron