SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) Joe Girard III scored 24 points and Syracuse reserves combined for 26 points and the Orangemen beat Virginia Tech 82-72 on Wednesday night. It was Girard's 10th-straight game scoring in double figures.
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.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) North Carolina State has hired Robert Anae as offensive coordinator after the departure of Tim Beck to become head coach at Coastal Carolina. The school announced the arrival of Anae on Monday along with the hiring of Garett Tujague as offensive line coach.
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) The Orange Bowl will be the most aptly named bowl of all this year. Clemson and Tennessee two schools with orange as their predominant uniform color are headed to the Orange Bowl on Dec.