I take all this to mean that there is an administration in place at FAU that doesn't care what it takes, they just want to win, and that means they will, at least for a little while.
Look over at Orlando - they hired a guy similar to Kiffin, a genius with no morals covered in warts, and they became a mid-major-powerhouse for the better part of a decade. They killed a kid in practice for chrissakes. They won a BCS bowl, they went 0-12, O'Leary abruptly retired, and they're still a mid-major, sending impotent informational packets out to P5 conferences, just begging for an invitation that's never coming.
So look out, FAU is about to own us for a little while.