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BANGIN’ FAU nose tackle Jarvis Givens prepares for his most important season ever, and has no worries. Top 5 Schnellenberger moments Top 5 stadium facts The History of Jared Allen Marcus Bartels The 5’8” hard hitter First issue is free; each additional copy is 50 cents and available in the UP newsroom.
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An open letter to the guy who gets to replace FAU’s first and only football coach.
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don’t want to be you. You’re replacing Howard Schnellenberger, the 77-year-old pipe-smoking legend, who once called into a radio show to heckle Fake Howard, his impersonator. He’s more synonymous to this school than anything — human or owl. He leaves behind an 18-wheeler filled with accomplishments and accolades from his time in Boca. Never mind the fact he won a championship at the University of Miami, or that he got a ring in 1972, when the undefeated Miami Dolphins won the Super Bowl. Schnellenberger was hired in 1998, before FAU even had a football program. He built it on his own and, three years later, the Owls played their first game. The program then set an NCAA record in 2007, when it became the youngest ever to play in a bowl game — and the team won that bowl.
Schnellenberger has never lost a bowl game. Ever. Will you? He’s had four players signed to the NFL — two of them drafted. Will you? You know what? Don’t answer that yet. I haven’t even told you about his greatest accomplishment. In 2010, shovels were thrust into the dirt on the north end of campus, and up went a 30,000-seat stadium. Sales people inside FAU’s Athletics Department are in the process of “selling” the name of the stadium, but, to be honest, if the name lacks the word “Schnellenberger” it’s probably the wrong name. Following Schnellenberger will be really damn hard. Unless, of course, his last season is a failure. Last week, Sports Illustrated predicted FAU to go 1-11. If that happens, all of a sudden you’re not replacing a legend, just an old coach who withered away and failed at the end. So, I’d advise you to root against FAU this year. Just make sure no one’s watching. Regardless, this isn’t a warning, Coach Whoever-You-Are. It’s a reminder. When
you walk through the bowels of his stadium, remember Schnellenberger was here first. Respect that. I hope you’re still reading. Unfortunately there aren’t any breathtaking pictures, like the one to your left, but there are profiles on seniors Jarvis Givens and Marcus Bartels, stories on Jared Allen, FAU video games and even a profile on the man you get to replace. Speaking of Bartels, he told me what it was like when he got here and Schnelly (as Bartels and so many others call him) walked through the door. “Every time he’d walk in, eyes would open up, you’d sit straight up, and just stare at him, like ‘dang, this is my coach,” Bartels says. “That’s what everybody should be like around him, the guy’s a legend.” Good luck. It won’t be easy. But then again, what fun would that be? Sincerely, Ryan Cortes Sports Editor
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arlier this month, Electronic Arts released NCAA Football 12, their newest edition of the annual title. But, if you decide to play as FAU, you’ll notice two big problems: No new stadium and no school traditions. EA’s NCAA Football franchise is known for its detail in portraying school traditions, stadiums and fight songs. FAU’s football program is lacking all three in the game. The details of Lockhart Stadium are spot on, but FAU won’t be playing there this season. If you expect to see the new on-campus football stadium in all its virtual glory, you won’t. Due to the timeline of the stadium’s construction, it could not be included in the new version of the game. “Unfortunately EA asks for our information a year in advance to the game’s release,” says Dexter LaMont, senior associate athletic director and head of external affairs. “We’ll have to just bite the bullet this year.” But aside from bad timing, there are key features missing. Most importantly, where is Owsley? FAU’s mascot is nowhere to be seen. What’s even more confusing is that NCAA Football 10 featured By Zack Duarte Owsley posing in a background image on the main menu if you picked FAU as your favorite team. In gameplay, however, Owsley wasn’t there.Two years later, we still have no mascot dancing on the sidelines while other schools like UM, UCF and UF do. “EA sends us a list every year of what information they want us to send them and update them on,” LaMont says. “They have never asked about our mascot.” The list of information that EA Sports asks FAU for is limited to basic information such as current rosters and uniform design. New traditions, such as the sound of owls hooting before kickoff, the canon that fires after touchdowns and the ringing of the Victory Bell after games, are all missing from the video game. Instead, FAU has the same generic animations that are given to most of the Sun Belt Conference teams. “We send EA Sports exactly what they ask us for,” LaMont says. Traditions like the Victory Bell are fairly new. The bell is typically rung after any victory achieved in FAU athletics. But the bell seems to be rung only when students remember to do so. “The Victory Bell is something that was started by the students,” LaMont says. “If it’s meant for all sports, than it should be rung at all sporting events. We really need to evaluate what the Victory
Bell is all about before we can call it a tradition.” Unfortunately, FAU’s football program suffers from its youth, as it has only 10 seasons under its belt. The demand for detail is most likely not as high compared to schools like the University of Miami. NCAA Football has a showdown every season, in which fans can register as their favorite college team and earn points for their school by accomplishing different things in the game. This year, on the Playstation Network, FAU has over 20,000 loyalty points, but North Texas leads the Sun Belt Conference with over 80,000. That’s still nothing compared to other schools in Florida, as UM has over two million. But numbers and popularity aside, FAU neglected to have their new stadium featured in the game. And they weren’t the only ones. The University of North Texas, which also has a new stadium this season, does not have theirs featured in the game, either. “We’re definitely going to make it a point to get the new stadium in next year’s game,” LaMont says. Waiting a whole year to see the new stadium in the game may not be the only option. Student Government had a talk with the athletics department about the possibility of getting the stadium into this year’s game as a downloadable update. “We were told by Athletics that they would see what they can do with EA Sports,” Student Body Vice President Robert Huffman says. Even with the new stadium in NCAA Football 13, the question of whether school traditions, the fight song, or even Owsley will ever make it into a version of the game is up in the air. “There are a lot of students that I talked to who are upset about the lack of detail for FAU,” Huffman says. One of those students is junior FAU business major Chris Caldaro who is a frequent player of the game. “It sucks that all the things we do aren’t being portrayed in the game,” says Caldaro. “It makes me not even want to bother playing as FAU.” Huffman added, “The stadium is what we pride ourselves on as a school right now and it really hurts our image to not even have something like our mascot in the game.” [Want to voice your opinion on video games? Check out the UP’s new Playing with Boxes blog launching Sept. 1st]
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The UP found that if users play as FAU in NCAA ‘12, there’s a lot missing. A generic FAU player (the NCAA doesn’t allow real names in the game) leaps for a pass in (01). A virtual version of senior running back Willie Floyd races toward the end zone (02).
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leven years ago Jared Allen ran through the tunnel at what was then called Pro Player Stadium. He did so as FAU’s first quarterback ever, before the school had its own stadium, Lockhart or otherwise. This season, Allen will once again run through the tunnel with the Owls. When their new stadium opens, he’ll do so as its quarterbacks coach. He will be the only person, other than head coach Howard Schnellenberger, who was there when it started, and is there again, as FAU moves into a new era. “He’s more than just a coach to me,” FAU quarterback Graham Wilbert says. “He’s a role model to a lot of us. We can just walk into his office and talk about other things than football and be certain that he knows what he is talking about, given his resume of success on and off the football field.” Being one of the founding members of the FAU football program, Allen was with the team in 2000. Allen played in all 47 games the team played from 2001 to 2004. In 2001-02 the team went just 6-15 combined, something Allen and the team weren’t prepared for. “Losing 15 out of the first 21 games those first two years kind of humbled us and taught us many
How FAU’s quarterbacks coach has come full circle By Zack Duarte
lessons we used in the next few years,” Allen admits. After winning 20 of his final 26 games as the starting quarterback at FAU, Allen had a stint in the NFL and NFL Europe. Once Allen’s wife became pregnant in 2006 he decided to transition out of professional football. In 2009, an opportunity surfaced to be an offensive graduate assistant with his alma mater. Allen jumped on the opportunity, realizing this was a way to give back to the program that had given him so much early in his college career. “There was no way I could pass up the opportunity to come back to where it all started for me,” Allen says. In 2009, his first season as a collegiate assistant coach, Allen mentored senior wide receiver Lester Jean. Jean was named second team all-conference and became FAU’s first player invited to the East-West Shrine Game, an annual college football all-star game. After coaching wide receivers for the Owls in 2010, Allen has moved into the role of quarterbacks coach for the 2011 season. One of Allen’s primary lessons for his players is leadership. “Having pride in our program here at FAU is a must for our quarterbacks to be successful,”
Allen says. “The team can only go as far as their quarterback takes them, and for that to happen they have to be fully engulfed as a member of the team and community.” Allen also provides a level of comfort for his players, considering his experience not only at the college level but the professional as well. “We have a good relationship together,” FAU quarterback David Kooi says. “It’s always a positive to have a person who played quarterback as your coach. He knows everything about the game and has a lot of on-the-field experience, so it helps all of us.” When not coaching X’s and O’s on the football field, Allen makes sure to be available off the field for his players to come and talk about anything. While Allen admits that the program has endured and matured in the 11 years since its inception, he feels that there are still steps to take in the future. “The stadium has opened a new door, a much needed one, for the university and its football team,” Allen says. “I’m glad to have been here at the start of it all, and I am ecstatic that I’m going to be here for the start of a new beginning in FAU football history.” And it all starts Oct. 15.
Jared Allen prepares to receive the ball as he looks over an opposing defense. Photos courtesy of FAU Athletics
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Jared Allen drops back to pass, surveying the field during his time in NFL Europe in 2006
History of a quarterback, a coach
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ared Allen’s success as a football coach stems from his extensive experience as the Owls’ starting quarterback for four years before transitioning into professional football. In 2003, Allen led the Owls to an 11-3 record and was named the team’s MVP. After a 9-3 finish in 2004, Allen finished off his college career with a total of 8,100 passing yards, 50 touchdowns and a quarterback efficiency rating of 135.1. To this day, Allen still holds many of FAU’s passing records. “After starting off as a leader on a team that wasn’t yet assembled, and then winning 20 out of our last 26 games, I felt accomplished and was ready for the next challenge that lay ahead in my career,” Allen says. The next step was the National Football League. “I wasn’t certain what to expect in the
NFL-draft. I had received a seventh-round grade but I really had no idea where I might land,” Allen says. After not being selected in the annual NFL Draft, Allen signed a contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in May of 2005. After attending their rookie minicamp, he was named the camp’s MVP. In 2005 and 2006 Allen remained on the Buccaneers roster throughout the offseason, training camp and preseason. In 2006, the Buccaneers decided to allocate Allen to play for the Amsterdam Admirals in NFL Europe. In Europe, Allen started in the World Bowl, NFL Europe’s Championship game. “Playing American football in Europe was as exciting as it gets, besides, of course, playing in the NFL,” Allen says. “It gave me the opportunity to start for a team in a professional league, and continue to show an NFL team what I could do on the field.” AUGUST 24, 2011 9
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arvis Givens always cared about his strength, always strived to be bigger, faster, stronger. So, one day, he got behind his parents’ Cadillac Escalade and pushed it, moving it down the street. By himself. At the time, he was 12 years old. “He would push it from the house all the way to the end of our street, and then back,”says Mildred Givens, his mother. “And then he would do it again.” Kids from around the block, adult neighbors and others would walk outside just to watch the spectacle. “I was like, ‘Are you crazy? What are you doing? Are you kidding us?” his mother recalls.
n That big kid now anchors FAU’s defensive line. It’s his job to kneel down, position his fingers in the grass and throw his body into an offensive line waiting to harm him. As a nose tackle, Givens collides more than almost any one else. In other words, he gets banged up a lot — and has the scars to prove it. He has had surgery on one wrist, two permanent screws placed in the other, an AC sprain in his shoulder, stitches in his hands and a pin that goes through both bones in his forearm. And then there was that time he got really hurt. That came in October 2009, when FAU was playing its fourth game of the season against the University of Wyoming. Givens was rushing the quarterback when an offensive lineman hammered him from the side, trapping him between a teammate and the opposing quarterback. He landed in a heap that would end his season. The defensive tackle lay motionless for nearly fifteen minutes. “Oh, that was devastating for me,” his mother recalls. “I thought I was going to UPRESSONLINE.COM
lose my mind when he was laying on that ground forever. I just wanted to jump the fence and run to him.” Givens couldn’t get up. He couldn’t move. Medics had to cart him away. “At the hospital, the people [working there] thought he was an NFL player,” Mildred confides. “They were like ‘Oh, my God. We’ve never seen an NFL player, he’s so big, he’s so big.” After doctors cut off his shoulder pads and gave him a CAT scan, he was released, diagnosed with a pinched nerve in his neck, but unable to play the rest of the season. When Givens is asked about his strength, he doesn’t mention injuries, just facts. He thinks for a moment and offers up a qualifier — an unnecessary one. “My bench is on the low end,” Givens cautions. “Right now it’s at 365.” He pauses. “And right now I’m squatting around 700,” Givens says, without a trace of irony. Ironically enough, though, he was being bashful. He squatted more. A lot more. “This summer, he squatted 815,” says David Hinds, a junior linebacker. “Now, we gave it a nickname. We call it ‘The Jarvis.’ He just exploded. Nobody thought he was going to do it.” FAU’s defensive coordinator, a man who has been around since the day Givens arrived in Boca, wasn’t surprised, as he has noticed a change in Givens over the years. “He’s in much better shape than he’s ever been in, he’s stronger than he’s ever been,” Kurt Van Valkenburgh says. “So he’s come a long away in doing what he can to prevent those injuries.” It’s something that can’t happen to him this year, not with FAU revamping its defense into a new formation, a 3-4 defense, in which Givens is the focal point of FAU’s attack. According to the defensive coordinator though, the 22-year old nose Continued on page 12 a
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When Jarvis Givens was 12, he took a trip with his baseball team to Cooperstown. Givens and his teammates were asked to grip a clay mold of a baseball to send them home with a souvenir and a memory of a distant time. Jarvis Givens gripped the clay ball firmly. When the mold was ready, his mother Mildred remembers, it was clear that young Givens’ hands were bigger than all of his teammates’ — even bigger than some of the actual Hall of Famers. “They couldn’t believe it,” she says with a smile. Photo by Christine Capozziello
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With this year’s new formation (from a 4-3 to a 3-4), Givens fell into the most important position in the scheme. Good timing, too, as it’s his senior year and scouts will be watching. None of it seems to phase him, though. The youngest among four brothers and two sisters, Givens didn’t even meet one of his brothers until he was 18. “One of them, for a lack of a better term, was on an extended vacation. He was in prison,” Givens says, thinking up a reason. “Street life, basically.” When Givens was 20, his first and only daughter Aaliyah was born, changing his perspective. “She changed me a lot,” Givens admits. “Made me focus in and now you’ve gotta realize you’re not living for yourself anymore. You’ve got a mouth to feed and football and school is a way to [do that]. Instead of feeding your daughter with plastic forks, to feed her with gold silverware.” It seemed as though Howard Schnellenberger would be the one to give him his forks and knives. The criminal justice major remembers his first meeting with the coach.
“Schnelly had on all his rings. He had two on this hand and two on that hand. He was talking to you and he’d have one hand on his face like this,” Givens says, touching his temple with his middle and index fingers. “And then he’d rotate hands and show you the other rings. The way he kept rotating hands, like ‘yeah, I’ve got rings over here, rings over there.” It was all Givens needed to see.
n Givens sits back, his expression unchanged. He has just seen a copy of the upcoming football schedule: Florida, Michigan State, Auburn, Louisiana-Lafayette, North Texas. Five road games. Combined, those teams went 39-25 last year — FAU went 4-8. “I ain’t worried about it,” Givens spits out. And now the big kid with giant hands, pins in his forearm and tattoos of a crying cartoon figure with red teardrops is raising his voice — he’s angry. “Anybody we play, I feel we can beat,” Givens shouts. “If we can’t beat em, I guarantee it’ll be a dog fight. We feel we can play with anybody, I don’t care who you line us up with. Hell, line us up against the Dolphins. The Dolphins are nothing but a college team, anyway.”
LEFT: Jarvis Givens stands with his parents (Arthur and Mildred) in front of his childhood home.
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Top 5 things to know about the stadium
Parking issues seem to be a common theme at FAU, but at the new stadium, finding a spot shouldn’t be a problem. Several new parking spots are being constructed along with the stadium. In addition, if you are a student, you can park your car in any parking lot on campus. With the parking spots to stadium seats ratio, there shouldn’t be too much of a headache … Hopefully.
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Once you’re done leeching off of tailgaters, you will most likely be looking for a spot to buy food. The new stadium will be filled with yummy food from Chartwells, the same company that runs the cafeteria on the Boca campus. In addition, there will be a full service Subway located at the south endzone. Not only will it be open every home game, it will also be open every day, all semester long. 14 AUGUST 24, 2011
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Lockhart Stadium had a no-beer policy. The FAU stadium has what we’re calling a “Yay Beer!” policy. Unfortunately, you will only be able to purchase alcohol in areas that are labeled premier seating. On the bright side, premier spots span over 6,000 seats. If you aren’t in those sections, you won’t be able to drink in the stadium, but you will be able to drink at tailgates and events outside the confines of the stadium walls. So drink your heart out, FAU.
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his October, FAU football will make history as the Owls play their very first game in the brand-new, on-campus stadium in Boca Raton. The stadium has been a long time coming, and is something that was promised for years. After 13 years of the football program’s existence, FAU will finally be fulfilling that promise. FAU’s football stadium will be a unique addition to the school. The stadium features a tropical theme, complete with palm trees, tiki huts and more importantly, seats with backs. “We’re trying to make people know they are in a tropical climate,” Senior Associate Athletic Director Dexter LaMont says. “We want the stadium to feel like more than just another college stadium and be unique to FAU.” Along with the aesthetics, there are several other important facts about the stadium you need to know before you head to the inaugural game.
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Every seat in FAU’s new on-campus stadium has a back. On one side of the field, the seats spell out “FAU” Photo by Lorenzo Ponce de Leon
Top 5 moments under
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In 2005, after four years in the Division 1- AA level, FAU was moved up to the Sun Belt Conference and became a Division 1 A school. This was a primary goal for Schnellenberger when the program began in 2001. The Owls only went 2-9 in their first season at Division 1-A, but two years later they won the conference with an 8-5 record.
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2007 was a big year for FAU football. It all started with a 42-39 win over University of Minnesota, which is a Big 10 conference team. The victory marked the first time the Owls defeated a significantly larger and time-honored football program, plus it sparked a season that lead to a conference title and bowl game invitation.
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Schnellenberger has lead the Owls to two bowl games and holds a 2-0 post-season record with FAU. The Owls played their first-ever bowl game against Memphis at the New Orleans Bowl in 2007, and made a second bowl game showing in the Motor City Bowl against Central Michigan the following year. Not only did Schnellenberger raise his career bowl record to 6-0, FAU set a NCAA record by becoming the youngest program to receive an invitation to a bowl game.
RUSTY SMITH BECOMES FIRST FAU PLAYER DRAFTED TO THE NFL In the sixth round of the 2010 NFL draft, quarterback Rusty Smith was selected by the Tennessee Titans and became the first player ever drafted from FAU. The following year, tight end Rob Housler was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in the third round of the 2011 draft, becoming the highest selected player from FAU thus far. This year, under Schnellenberger’s watch, wide receiver Lestar Jean was signed by the Houston Texans, and linebacker Michael Lockley was picked up by the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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or 13 years, Howard Schnellenberger has been the head coach of the FAU football team. He is the only head coach the program has ever known, and 2011 marks his final season. Schnellenberger built FAU’s football program from scratch, and is one of the reasons that the Owls have seen so much success in such a short amount of time. “There was a time I doubted whether we’d have a football team,” Schnellenberger admits. But that doubt turned into NCAA records, conference titles, bowl victories and much more. As FAU makes history with the completion of the new on-campus football stadium, the UP has taken a look at some of the greatest moments the Owls have seen under the guidance of the legendary Schnellenberger.
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time. “I really do believe, had Howard never left the University of Miami, that he would have been among the best coaches to have ever roamed the sidelines,” claimed Jon “Stugotz” Weiner, a co-host on the Dan Le Batard show with Stugotz, the highest rated sports show in South Florida. “What he has done now with Florida Atlantic and building that program to a level where it can compete with some of the best teams in the state and nation, is impressive on a whole different level,” Weiner says. Perhaps it’s impressive because Howard Schnellenberger had nothing to gain by coming here. By the time he decided to accept the position of director of football operations for the Owls in 1998, there were already National Championship and Super Bowl rings decorating his fingers. After tenures with the University of Miami, Louisville and Oklahoma in which he went 100-77-3, won two postseason bowl games and a national championship, Schnellenberger was returning to college football after a three-year hiatus. Schnellenberger, known as a rebuilder, took the opportunity to build something himself. “I knew from the beginning if I could fundraise and get a stadium for the school that this program could compete with the elite,” Schnellenberger says. “99 percent of great teams have a campus close by or on campus. You must have a home stadium to move into a well-established conference.” 13 years later, the on-campus stadium has been approved and Howard Schnellenberger’s vision is being brought to life. “To think that FAU has a stadium on campus yet, the University of Miami has to travel north almost 30 miles to get to its home field speaks volumes of what Howard has been able to accomplish in just over a decade,” Weiner says.
The VISIONARY “The thing that stands out about him is that he has such
77 year-old Howard Schnellenberger announced he will retire at the end of this season, his 51st year in coaching. Photo by Lorenzo Ponce de Leon
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a grand vision of what you can become,” says FAU defensive coordinator Kurt Van Valkenburgh, who has been with Schnellenberger since the program’s inception. “Whether it’s taking over Miami when they were bad, going over to Louisville when they were bad or coming here to start a program with a great vision of what it can become, he just wills it into happening. I came here because he says we could build something special here, something no one’s ever done.” It’s not just his staff who sees what Schnellenberger can envision. His players also see the big picture when they sign a letter of commitment to play for the Owls. “I wanted to make history, not just be a part of history,” Alfred Morris says about his recruiting experience. “Being a part of something new, a part of what coach Schnellenberger was doing at FAU, was the final nail in the coffin in my decision to come here.” Schnellenberger’s ability to lay the foundations for a football program brings athletes from all over the state to play.
HOWARD SCHNELLENBERGER His candid coaching nature on the sidelines also keeps players on their toes. In the middle of practice one day, junior linebacker David Hinds caught an interception near the sideline and a teammate pushed him into Schnellenberger. It sent both the 6’2“ 234-pound linebacker and the 77-year-old legend tumbling to the floor. Schnellenberger immediately jumped up. “He wanted to let me know he was still young, [that] he can still move around,” Hinds says. “He was like ‘I can get up, I can get up.’ He didn’t want any help. I thought that was hilarious.” Although Schnellenberger has been coaching for 51 years, there are moments when his players aren’t sure what he’ll do next. “He’s a very random guy.” Morris says. “You never know what you’re going to get with coach Schnelenberger. He’s probably one of the most interesting coaches in college football.”
Leaving a legacy After the 2011 football season Howard Schnelleberger will no longer call the shots for the FAU football team, but he will stay on as an ambassador for the University. Although he begins the season among the Top 10 active coaches in total victories with 157, Schnellenberger has set and accomplished even more goals. “It really is fascinating how Howard was able to mold the program into becoming a contending team, starting from scratch,” says Owls play-by-play announcer Ken LaVicka. “He set things in motion and we all watched the dominoes fall. The program will forever have Howard Schnellenberger’s hands on it.” Even students on campus realize the impact that Schnellenberger has had, not only for the school, but the South Florida community. “You don’t have to go very far to see his legacy at FAU,” says senior multimedia journalism major Alex Petakas. “You can see it in the hallways at school or from I-95 right now. But his career goes far beyond just a stadium. He laid the foundation for two Division I programs in South Florida, for five National Championships, a stadium on the FAU campus and much, much more.” As the architect of FAU football, Schnellenberger will hand over the reins after this season, leaving some unsure of what’s to come next. “I was just telling my friend the other day, ‘Man, I don’t know what that’s going to be like when Howard isn’t on the sidelines,’” says senior defensive back Marcus Bartels. “I really thought he would end it all on the field.” It’s rare that a coach in any sport, professional or amateur, gets to go out on their own, but Schnellenberger built a program and accomplished what he set out to do back in 1998. “I was really looking forward to seeing it all come together when I was being recruited,” Hinds says. “Just to see how fast it happened. The years go by so fast and you keep growing as an athlete under coach Schnellenberger.” And one of those things is growing — right on FAU’s campus. “[Just] to see everything go up,” Hinds says as he points to the new on-campus stadium and pauses. “Just like he says it would. We believed in him, and he believed in us, and he never broke his promise.” upressonline.com
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wenty-two tackles. That’s all that separates Marcus Bartels from history: leaving FAU with more tackles than anyone to ever play his position. Over his career, Bartels has amassed 216 tackles, four less than his brother Kris (220 career tackles) and 22 less than Corey Small (238 tackles), the all-time leader in tackles for FAU defensive backs. 22 tackles to break the record shouldn’t be a problem for Bartels, given that the last two years he’s had more than 100 tackles — in each season. Oh, and he wasn’t recruited when he came to FAU four years ago. That may even be the reason he’s enjoyed his success here. “Of course it’s driven me,” Bartels says. “I had all these little schools [talking to me], but that’s not what I wanted. I wanted bigger things. I wanted this. The stadium.” It may have made sense not to recruit him. Bartels went to Flanagan High School, where the football team went just 1225 over his four years there. And he wasn’t particularly fast or strong for his position. “When I was 18, at Flanagan, I was skinnier. I probably benched 185 [pounds] four times my senior year [of high school],” Bartels says about his workout sets. “And today? 185? Maybe 15 times.” And according to Bartels himself, the chief reason he didn’t get recruited was because of his size. As a safety, Bartels’ job is to hit people. People much faster and stronger than him. Bigger, too. The other starting safety on the team? 6’0”, 195 pounds. Bartels’ backup? 6’2”, 190 pounds. Bartels is just 5’8”, 177 pounds. “Would you like to see him be 6’1” and run a 4.5 [40-yard dash]?” FAU defensive coordinator Kurt Van Valkenburgh asked rhetorically. “Yeah, it’d be awesome. But he just plays.” “And that’s big right now,” Bartels says about his size. “I feel like it’s the biggest I’ve ever been.”
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Lafayette. Late in the game, with under two minutes left and ULL down by seven, the Ragin’ Cajuns scored a touchdown. Instead of kicking the extra point to tie the game, they went for two: Win now, or don’t win at all. ULL’s quarterback rolled to his left, looking to win the game. His pass fell short. Bartels and others had made their way in front of the pass and disrupted it . After the game, Bartels admitted he didn’t even know it was fourth down. Didn’t know the game was on the line. He was too into the moment, too focused to realize the stakes. His defensive coordinator appreciated the moment after allowing Bartels’ previous mistakes to slide. He had trust in him. “One time last year, he made a mistake, he gave up a touchdown,” Van Valkenburgh said. “He just did. And you want to go, just because you’re so competitive, you want to rip the guy. But with him it was like, ‘OK, forget it.’” According to Bartels’ teammate and the other starting safety on the team, Demetrius Williamson, that trust is warranted. “Sometimes if you watch the film, Bartels will be gone
MARCUS BARTELS before the play even develops,” Williamson says. “But he knows that from [watching] film, he’ll see a cue from the [offensive linemen] or something and he’ll just take off.” In games, that’s just how he is. Bartels doesn’t tolerate any nonsense from teammates or others. “When I’m on the field, when I’m at practice, when I’m working out, if you’re goofing off around me, it’s going to piss me off,” Bartels says. “It’s just going to fuel me. It’s pretty intense.” The roots of his intensity came from of his brother, Kris. “We’re four years apart, but it never really seemed like that,” Bartels says. Growing up, he and his brother Kris would sometimes get into it. Little brother aggravating big brother. Big brother teaching little brother a lesson. “We had our gloves on one time, thought I was tough,” Bartels says about a fight his brother and he had one day. “We were fighting in this kid’s house, just messing around, and he kind of knocked the wind out of me. I was probably like 15. That was the end of that.” Down, not out. Williamson recognized that whatever Bartels lacked in speed and size, he made up for. “He understands that he’s not the most athletic,” Williamson says. “But that’s not gonna stop him. And it hasn’t so far.”
DIFFERENT DEMEANORS On Saturdays, when FAU is set to play a game, Bartels can’t hear you. He says on game days, he’s so into the moment, so locked in, he refuses to even listen to music. Doesn’t need to block out the noise with an iPod, just his focus. And yet, for all that stoic intensity, he spends a great deal of time laughing. “He’s got a funny side to him, but there’s the calm side and the ‘go’ side with him,” Williamson says. He has two moods: jubilant-laughing-happy Bartels and leave-me-alone-football-time Bartels. One time, the two intertwined. In 2009, Bartels couldn’t stop laughing. Neither could his teammates. “We were playing South Carolina, second week of the season, and [Schnellenberger] was giving his little prepractice talk for that week,” Bartels said. “And he was like, ‘Gotta get ready to go on down to play Oklahoma.’ And he just kept on going, and we’re looking around at each other, like, ‘Did he really just say that?’ “We just let him go on. He never realized it, he just kept going. He does some things like that,” Bartels said, laughing. The laughter before the game was rare. It was different. Most of the time, before games, Bartels is too busy getting yelled at, too busy getting fueled and motivated and enraged. “When coaches yell at me, that ‘what the hell is that’ or whatever, it just pisses me off to go harder,” Bartels said. “That’s how I take it. I love it.” All of his coaches love it too — the unwanted walkon about to depart with more success than anyone. August 24, 2011 21
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Sept. 10: FAU @ Michigan State
Last year, with a team loaded with seniors, FAU drew Michigan State at home, in Boca. The Owls lost 30-17. This year, with a team full of youngsters and the game no longer in Boca, expect worse. Much worse. Check out the game at noon on ESPN. Prediction: MSU: 38 FAU: 14
Sept. 24: FAU @ Auburn
It would be a tough task for FAU to go on the road against any team in the SEC, college football’s most talented conference. But to go on the road versus Auburn, the defending national champions? Watch out. Prediction: Auburn: 52 FAU: 10
Oct. 1: FAU @ Louisiana-Lafayette
After three straight games versus ranked opponents, the Owls get to catch their breath a bit, drawing ULL, a team that went just 3-9 last year. The record wasn’t indicative of their play though, as the Ragin’ Cajuns were down to their third-string quarterback last season due to injuries. Prediction: ULL: 28 FAU: 24
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North Texas finished last year 3-9. After losing to the Mean Green 21-17 last year in Boca, the Owls will go into North Texas with their season on life support after starting it 0-4, they’ll escape with a victory. Prediction: FAU: 21 North Texas: 20
Oct. 15: Western Kentucky @ FAU
The most anticipated game in the history of FAU football is here. It’s the first game in the new stadium, FAU’s crown jewel. It also doubles as parents’ weekend, a way for the school to show off its newest prize to parents. No wonder they scheduled the Hilltoppers for this game — they went 2-10 last year. Prediction: FAU: 31 Western Kentucky: 21
Oct. 22: Middle Tennessee @ FAU
The first night game in the new stadium won’t be as easy as facing the 2-10 Western Kentucky. The Blue Raiders were a scrappy bunch last year, and beat FAU by more than three touchdowns. Prediction: Middle Tennessee: 28 FAU: 10
Nov. 5: Arkansas St. @ FAU
Although the Red Wolves beat FAU by three touchdowns last year, the Owls still scheduled them for this particular game — the homecoming game. For football novices, the opponent on homecoming week is generally a pushover, or an easy win. Perhaps the Owls know something we don’t. Prediction: Arkansas St: 27 FAU: 24
SCHEDULE Nov. 12: FAU @ FIU
The Owls get their first road game in three weeks, as they take the Turnpike down to Miami to face the Golden Panthers. FIU had its most successful season ever last year and even has a Heisman Trophy campaign for Ty Hilton in the works. FAU has no such plan. Prediction: FIU: 31 FAU: 14
Nov. 19: FAU @ Troy
Troy ended last season with the best record in the Sun Belt Conference, 8-5, compared to FAU’s 4-8. The Trojans also return quarterback Corey Robinson, who threw for more than 3,700 yards and 28 touchdowns last year. As a freshman. Prediction: Troy: 27 FAU: 14
Nov. 26: UAB @ FAU
UAB also went 4-8 last year. They, too, are a very young team. But, the game is in Boca this year, and theoretically that should provide an advantage for FAU. Unless, of course, the fans abandon their seats in the new stadium after a 2-8 start to the year. Prediction: FAU 24: UAB: 21
Dec. 3: ULM @ FAU
The last game of the season puts punctuation on FAU’s year of the stadium. Unlike the rest of the schedule, it won’t end with FAU on the wrong side of the scoreboard. Prediction: FAU: 28 ULM: 17
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