Sure enough, the Owls upset the University of Hawai'i, 35-28 in overtime, last night at Aloha Stadium.

With Hurricane Frances wreaking havoc in Florida, Crissinger-Hill was doing his own damage to the Hawai'i defense.

He caught a school-record 15 passes for 183 yards and two touchdowns, including an improbable 31-yard scoring catch on a fourth-and-11 play that tied the game at 28 with 23 seconds remaining in regulation.

Florida Atlantic quarterback Jared Allen said: "I looked to the clock and said a little prayer. I threw it up and tried to make Tony make a play. He's good at doing that."

Crissinger-Hill said he ran through the middle of the Hawai'i defense on that play because he noticed the Warriors' defensive tendencies throughout the game. In particular, he said the Hawai'i safeties were cheating toward the sidelines.

"I saw that their safeties split about three plays before that," he said. "I told coach I could beat them down the middle."

Crissinger-Hill's game-tying catch came in between Hawai'i safeties Lamar Broadway and Leonard Peters.

Crissinger-Hill added a clutch reception in overtime, diving to grab an overthrown pass from Allen. The 12-yard catch resulted in a first down, and set up what would prove to be the winning touchdown — a seven-yard run by Doug Parker.

"It was a blitz, so I just ran to my area," Crissinger-Hill said. "I saw the ball up there so I went and got it. When it's overtime, you don't think about it, you just go get it."

Crissinger-Hill is listed as Florida Atlantic's starting tight end. But at 6 feet 3 and 205 pounds, he is built more like a receiver. Last night, he lined up at several different positions.

"I'm a utility guy," he said. "But coach likes to use me, so I go where ever I can get the ball. Sometimes I'm outside, sometimes, I'm inside. It doesn't matter."

He has apparently had that kind of confidence for a while.

"We knew we had more talent than (Hawai'i)," he said. "We knew we were going to win this game about two weeks ago."

Crissinger-Hill wasn't even concerned about the excessive celebration penalty he received after making the game-tying touchdown.

"Unfortunately, I get a lot of those," he said. "The coaches will probably be mad at me tomorrow, but I don't care. As long as we win, they can yell at me all they want."