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"Just 18 seconds away - that's how close Florida International came to qualifying for a bowl game last year.

One of the designated cupcakes on Alabama's schedule this season, the Golden Panthers went 5-7 in 2008, coughing up a 14-point lead late in the fourth quarter against Florida Atlantic.

FIU lost 57-50 in overtime, and that bowl-qualifying sixth win slipped away."

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