* Among those who apparently didn’t come close to getting the USF job was Lane Kiffin. Good. FAU will ultimately pay a price after he leaves amid some controversy.
* The University of Minnesota will not be boycotting the school’s Holiday Bowl game in San Diego against Washington State. It had to do with 10 players being suspended as a result of a sexual-assault investigation, and the rest of the team rallying behind them and demanding apologies and reinstatement. The UM administration never blinked, and the players backed down.
The key factor: Most of the players had never read the 82-page report detailing the allegations. Apparently that did in the players’ resolve–and any claim to the moral high ground.