PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) For the second straight year, Rutgers coach Greg Schiano has gone to Minnesota to find a coordinator. Kirk Ciarrocca was named the Scarlet Knights' offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach on Saturday, which is the same position he held last season with the Golden Gophers.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) Jordan Travis threw for 418 yards and two touchdowns and No. 13 Florida State beat Oklahoma 35-32 on Thursday night in the Cheez-It Bowl. Johnny Wilson made a one-handed grab for a 58-yard gain to set up Ryan Fitzgerald’s 32-yard field goal with 55 seconds left.
Dino Babers and P.J. Fleck got to know each other as up-and-coming head coaches in the Mid-American Conference, splitting their matchups in 2014 and 2015 before Babers left Bowling Green for Syracuse and Fleck departed Western Michigan for Minnesota.
Kent State has agreed to hire Minnesota associate head coach Kenni Burns to replace Sean Lewis, who left after five seasons, a person familiar with the deal confirmed to The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity Wednesday because the schools had not announced the move.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Iowa's normally dominant defense was trampled all afternoon, in a timeless and tireless performance by Mohamed Ibrahim and the Minnesota offensive line. Jack Campbell and the Hawkeyes just kept fending off any feeling of defeat and focused on finding the ball.