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Article: Raising in the sun; Florida Atlantic is only in its fifth season on the field, but the Owls have learned quickly under Howard Schnellenberger.(SPORTS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- September 14, 2005
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Byline: Jeff Shelman; Staff Writer
The name Florida Atlantic University doesn't exactly generate grand images of college football's pageantry.
The Owls, who hail from Boca Raton in South Florida, certainly aren't going to be confused with the Florida Gators, Florida State Seminoles or Miami Hurricanes. The word "Atlantic" doesn't have anything to do with the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Rather, the Owls, who visit the Gophers on Saturday night, are pretty much the opposite of Florida's football elite. This is only Florida Atlantic's fifth season of playing football and second as a Division I-A member. The Owls play in the Sun Belt Conference, far ...