Kaaya, Miami roll past W. Virginia

Brad Kaaya tied a career best and Miami bowl record with four touchdown passes, and the Hurricanes snapped a 10-year bowl drought by beating No. 16 West Virginia 31-14 in the Russell Athletic Bowl on Wednesday night.

Kaaya completed 24 of 34 passes for 282 yards for Miami (9-4), which had lost its past six bowl appearances. Kaaya already held Miami’s career record in yards and took over the school’s No. 1 spots in completions and attempts.

Kaaya was selected the game MVP.

The Hurricanes punted on their first six possessions, then scored on their next five to erase an awful start. Kaaya connected with Ahmmon Richards, Malcolm Lewis and Braxton Berrios for touchdowns in the final 6:30 of the first half to get Miami rolling, and then found David Njoku for another touchdown on the first possession of the second half.

Skyler Howard passed for 134 yards and ran for a touchdown for West Virginia (10-3).

Northwestern 31, Pitt 24: Justin Jackson ran for 226 yards and three touchdowns and powered Northwestern to only its third bowl victory, 31-24 over No. 23 Pittsburgh in the Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium.

He had TD runs of 8 and 16 yards in the second quarter, then went deep on a 40-yard burst in the third to give the Wildcats (7-6) a 21-17 lead over Pitt (8-5).

Late Tuesday