This conversation is so old and boring. FAU fans think our school is better....FIU fans think their school is better...yawn.

About the stadium. FAU now has to pay off the stadium. OK, fine....and? We needed a stadium badly and the school came up with a plan to pay for it. It's not like they approved a plan that would cripple the program with debt. They developed the best, most workable plan for them...and it took them YEARS to do it, so it's not like they jumped into this deal on a whim. I just don't see why this matters to anyone except the accountants at FAU. There is more then one way to get a stadium built. FIU went more for a conservative approach, building their place in sections. It's a perfectly functional stadium, but even FIU fans have to admit that it is not much to look at. FAU decided it was better for them to build it the way they wanted it the first time instead of going piece by piece. You end up paying for it now or you pay for it later anyway. Our stadium and the dorms they they have built around it are impressive and is a major plus for the progam and the entire University. It's a selling point, not only for football recruits but for every potential student. That is important for a school that is trying to become a more traditional campus. Just because it's not what FIU did, doesn't mean we did it the wrong way.

Also, without getting too much into this argument over what school is better (which is kind of silly, because in all honesty, now that I have graduated and am employed, I really don't care all that much...so long as we win on the field I'm happy...haha), one of the FIU posters said we are poaching another school's medical program and that is not true. FAU's medical program separated from UM a few years back and we have our own medical school. I don't know much about it other then I think it's currently in it's 2nd year.