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Brian Wright was unexpectedly thrust into coaching in 1994, when a leg injury ended his playing career. One day after Carl Pelini sent Florida Atlantic's program into a tailspin by acknowledging to school officials that he used an illegal drug and tendering his resignation, Wright ran the reeling Owls through practice for the first time since agreeing to be the interim head coach. His voice cracked a couple of times, he vowed to do right by the Owls' senior class, and he adamantly insisted that he had no knowledge of Pelini or now-former defensive coordinator Pete Rekstis - who also resigned as part of the scandal - doing any drugs. It's to get Florida Atlantic football and write a positive story at the end of the season.'' At 2-6, the Owls hardly seem like a bowl-bound team.
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