Miles in talks to be Kansas coach
Multiple outlets reported Saturday that Les Miles, who led LSU to the national championship in 2007 before getting fired four games into the 2016 season, is in negotiations with Kansas to take over the downtrodden Jayhawks program.
The sides reportedly have numerous details to work out, but those are expected to be finalized in the coming days.
Miles, 65, would take over for David Beaty, who was fired two weeks ago. Beaty agreed to finish out his fourth season and is 6-31 in his tenure after a 55-40 loss to No. 6 Oklahoma.
Miles long has been considered the front-runner for the job because of his close relationship with Kansas athletic director Jeff Long. The two worked together at Michigan in 1988-94 and stayed in touch through the years.
Miles spent four seasons at Oklahoma State before leaving for LSU, where he inherited Nick Saban’s powerhouse, after the 2004 season. He guided the Tigers to the national title three years later, then lost to Saban and Alabama in the national championship game after the 2011 season.
Clemson 35, Duke 6
Trevor Lawrence passed for 251 yards and two touchdowns, and the No. 2 Tigers (11-0, 8-0) overcame a slow start to wallop the Blue Devils (7-4, 3-4) to finish a perfect Atlantic Coast Conference season in Clemson, South Carolina.
Clemson fell behind 6-0 in the first quarter and led only 14-6 at the half. The Tigers were 0-for-7 on third downs in the first half, and Travis Etienne ran for only four yards before halftime.
But Etienne ran for 77 yards on four carries in the second half, including touchdowns of 27 and 29 yards, and Clemson broke the game open on a 10-yard touchdown pass from Lawrence to T.J. Chase early in the fourth quarter.
Duke had 127 yards in the first quarter, then only 135 yards the rest of the game.
Alabama 50, The Citadel 17
Tua Tagovailoa passed for 340 yards and three touchdowns, and the No. 1 Crimson Tide (11-0) broke away from a 10-10 tie at halftime to wallop the Bulldogs (4-6) in a nonconference game in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Alabama scored 27 points in the third quarter, including two touchdowns in a 12-second span, to blow the game open.
Tagovailoa completed 18 of 22 passes in three quarters. He broke AJ McCarron’s single-season school record of 30 touchdown passes, reaching 31.
Oklahoma State 45, West Virginia 41
Taylor Cornelius passed for 338 yards and five touchdowns, including a go-ahead 11-yarder to Tylan Wallace with 42 seconds left, to rally the Cowboys (6-5, 3-5) to a Big 12 upset of the No. 9 Mountaineers (8-2, 6-2) in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Will Grier threw for 364 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another for West Virginia.
Florida State 22, Boston College 21
Deondre Francois threw a 74-yard touchdown pass to Tamorrion Terry with 1:49 left, and the Seminoles (5-6, 3-5) kept alive their hopes of reaching a bowl game for the 37th season in a row by slipping past the No. 20 Eagles (7-4, 4-3) in Atlantic Coast Conference action in Tallahassee, Florida. WON 20-7 at Rutgers WON 24-10 vs. No. 16 Iowa State