Art Briles helping out son Kendal

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and offensive coordinator informally reached out to former Baylor coach to assist with the Owls offense.

Art Briles, Kendal’s father, was fired at Baylor amid the sexual assault scandal that engulfed the school and also cost the athletic director and president their jobs. Kendal is in his first year at FAU and brought his father’s uptempo scheme to Boca Raton.

On Sunday, Kendal said he talked with his father daily about both family and football. He said Art has not been on the FAU campus.

“Obviously, he has ideas,” Kendal said. “He wants to know personnel and different guys and making sure we’re getting those guys in the right spots and getting them touches and all that stuff. He’s a football coach, that’s all he’s ever been. He’s definitely involved and we talk daily.”

Kendal said he’s sent film to Art before to help with the FAU offense. On Monday, Kiffin said he’s spoken with Art a couple times.

“Obviously, he’s done unbelievable things on offense,” Kiffin said. “It’s his system that he started years and years ago. Every once in a while, I’ll text or call him and bounce something off of him.”

Wisconsin was the only FAU opponent ranked in the AP preseason top 25 on Monday. The Badgers were ranked No. 9. Three of Kiffin’s former employers were ranked, with Alabama at No. 1, USC at No. 4 and Tennessee at No. 25.

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