MIAMI -- Butch Davis kept the message simple when he met with his new FIU football team for the first time Tuesday.He rattled off a list of schools who arent in major conferences and still found a way to get into major bowls in recent years, the likes of Boise State and Northern Illinois and Central Florida and Houston.If they can get into Jan. 1 bowl games, why not us? Davis said. Why not us?And with that, Davis next rebuilding project began.Davis five-year contract -- one thats worth about $1 million annually -- was finalized Tuesday, his first day on the job as FIUs newest football coach. He hasnt seen the team play yet and is leaning against going to either of the Panthers final two games this season, choosing for now to spend the majority of his time getting a staff together and preparing to start culling South Floridas super-fertile recruiting ground once again.I love this opportunity, said Davis, who has been an ESPN analyst for the last three years and sought the Miami job -- his old job -- that went to Mark Richt last December. I am grateful to be here and to be the head football coach at FIU. And I look at this challenge as one that has no limits for the ceiling.Davis was introduced to the FIU community at the schools stadium, one that hasnt had much to cheer about in the last few years.This will be the fifth consecutive season that the Panthers miss a bowl game, and now Davis will be the one charged with making sure that streak doesnt last much longer.This is a day today thats a gamechanger, said Pete Garcia, FIUs executive director of sports and entertainment -- and someone who worked side-by-side with Davis at Miami and with the Cleveland Browns. Not just for FIU football, but for FIU athletics.Davis went 51-20 at Miami from 1995 to 2000, taking over a program decimated by sanctions and scholarship losses and turning it into one that would dominate its way to the 2001 national title. Davis was with the Browns when that title was won, taking them to the playoffs in 2002 -- the last appearance in the postseason for that franchise.He coached North Carolina from 2007 through 2010, then got fired in 2011 as part of the fallout of an NCAA investigation. Davis was never implicated in that scandal.Getting let go by the Tar Heels left a bad taste in Davis mouth, though he said he had a bigger reason for wanting to resume his career on the sideline.The motivation to take this job had to do with kids, Davis said. I love kids. I love coaching. I love the competition. I love the recruiting aspect. I love being in the locker room and the weight room. ... Thats why you coach. If you dont coach for the kids, you shouldnt coach at all.Not long before Davis first FIU event, Richt said he wished the newest coach in town well. Miami and FIU are scheduled to resume their series in 2018 and 2019.I think Butch is a great coach, period, Richt said. I think hes a great person. I think it already is a home run for FIU. I know hes going to be excited about the challenge and the opportunity there. Well have to get ready when the time comes. I dont know him well, but Ive known him for a while, and I have a lot of respect for him as a coach and a person.FIU President Dr. Mark Rosenberg said he thinks Tuesdays move will be one that resonates at the school for a long time.Butch Davis has fire in the belly for excellence, Rosenberg said. He has fire in the belly for student-athletes. And he has fire in the belly for American college football.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org Dennis Byrd Jets Jersey . The 19-year-old Olsen played 34 games with the Kelowna Rockets of the WHL this season. In that time, hes recorded 17 goals and 17 assists with 36 penalty minutes. Jachai Polite Womens Jersey . 10 Texas Rangers jersey for one last time. 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NEW YORK -- The Latest on the death of Arnold Palmer (all times local):1:35 p.m.The family of Arnold Palmer is waiting until after the Ryder Cup this week for a public farewell.Alastair Johnston, the chief executive of Arnold Palmer Enterprises, said Monday at a news conference that a public ceremony to commemorate Palmer would be held at 11 a.m. on Oct. 4 at St. Vincents College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.Johnston says the last thing Palmer would want is for a golf schedule to be interrupted.He says the funeral will be later this week and limited only to family.---11:10 a.m.Gary Player says he remembers the many traits of Arnold Palmer: A fiercely competitive golfer with a slashing, dashing style, a man who could be difficult and demanding, but also one with charisma, charm and patience.Player, a nine-time major winner from South Africa whose career was intertwined with Palmer and Jack Nicklaus, said in a statement Monday that Arnold was many things to many people and undoubtedly made golf more popular, but to me he was simply a dear friend for over 60 years.Player says he woke up on his farm in South Africa on Monday morning to learn of Palmers death.Player says like anybody we had our differences but these never stood in the way of our relationship and I will miss him terribly.---10:25 a.m.President Barack Obama says Arnold Palmer was the American dream come to life.Obama praised the late golfers rise from a humble start in Pennsylvania to superstardom around the world. He says Palmer did it with a grin that hinted he had another shot up his sleeve.Obama says in a statement that Palmers freewheeling and fearless approach to golf inspired a generation. He says Palmers spirit went beyond the golf course and extended into his work to build hospitals and interact personally with fans.Obama says he and first lady Michelle Obama stand with Arnies Army in saaluting the King.dddddddddddd---5:40 a.m.The head of the European Tour has credited Arnold Palmer for making golf a truly international sport by playing the British Open in the early 1960s.Palmer, who won golfs oldest major in 1961 and 1962, died Sunday in Pittsburgh at the age of 87. Palmer first played the British Open in 1960, finishing runner-up in an appearance that invigorated a tournament which Americans had been ignoring for years.European Tour chief executive Keith Pelley says without question Arnolds participation in The Open Championship in the early 1960s was the catalyst to truly internationalize golf.Pelley says the fact he was loved and recognized by everyone across the globe, whether they be fans of golf or not, is testament to his charismatic legacy that will live on.Palmer was made an honorary member of The European Tour in 1995.Pelley says in this week of the playing of the 41st Ryder Cup in particular, we remember fondly his time as a six-time Ryder Cup player and two-time captain.---5:15 a.m.Organizers of the British Open have paid tribute to Arnold Palmer for his immeasurable contribution to golfs oldest major.Martin Slumbers, chief executive of the Royal & Ancient, says Palmer was a true gentleman, one of the greatest ever to play the game and a truly iconic figure in sport.Palmer died Sunday in Pittsburgh at the age of 87.Slumbers says his contribution to The Open Championship was, and remains, immeasurable.Palmer won seven majors, including two British Opens, in 1961 and `62. He last played the Open in 1995, 35 years after his first appearance.Slumbers says Palmer will be missed and forever remembered by all at The R&A and throughout the world of golf as a charismatic and global champion of our game. ' ' '