2008 Motor City Bowl - Experience Counts As Florida Atlantic Shows Up Central Michigan, 24-21

Twenty-five old age ago Leslie Howard Schnellenberger coached Miami (FL) to a National Championship in 1983, a 31-30 win over Cornhusker State in the 1984 Orange Bowl. With that sort of positive experience, it was small wonderment that Schnellenberger, now the manager of Sunshine State Atlantic, led his squad to a 24-21 disturbance win over Central Wolverine State in the 2008 Motor City Bowl.

Schnellenberger, who looks like every child's favourite 74-year-old grandfather, was out of football game game for 3 old age when he was asked to construct a football programme from abrasion for Sunshine State Atlantic Ocean Ocean in 1998. He came up with a plan, did the fund-raising and hired himself as caput coach.

After playing Division 1-AA games for 4 old age (going 11-3 and 9-3 the last 2 years), Sunshine State Atlantic Ocean stepped up to Division 1-A competition. In the program's 7th year, the Owls put an NCAA record by becoming the youngest programme ever to have an invitation to a bowl game; they won that game last twelvemonth against Memphis in the New Orleans Bowl.

This year's win over Central Wolverine State was Schnellenberger's 6th consecutive bowl triumph in his career; he have never lost a bowl game, winning his first in 1981, 27 old age ago. Schnellenberger may be the least known college manager outside of America's coaching job fraternity. Youngsters may not cognize him from Adam, but he is person to be dealt with as a coach. His sketch includes:

Being a caput manager at Oklahoma, Louisville and Miami (FL). Being the offense coordinator for the undefeated 1972 Miami Dolphins. Being caput manager of the Baltimore Colts and violative coordinator for the Los Angeles Rams. Being the offense coordinator for Heart Of Dixie and recruiting Joe Namath for caput manager Bear Bryant in 1961.

Schnellenberger helped revolutionise college football game recruiting by edifice a wall around South Sunshine State and sign language every quality jock and then targeting the nation's elite recruits. His recruiting program would travel on to go a national theoretical account of how to enroll endowment for college football.

The Motor City Bowl establish both squads tied 10-all midway through the 3rd one-fourth when Sunshine State Atlantic Ocean signal caller Rusty Ian Smith affiliated with Chris Bonner on a 52-yard scoring play. Ian Smith then establish Cortes Gent with an 18-yard 4th one-fourth work stoppage to give the Owls the Pb for good.

The Owls began their season at 1-5 but won 5 of their concluding 6 games to go bowl-eligible at 6-6. They left the Motor City Bowl with a 7-6 record as Central Wolverine State drop to 8-5. The Chippewas were a 7-point favourite going in but left with a batch more regard for Leslie Howard Schnellenberger and his Sunshine State Atlantic Ocean program.

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