Franklin and Danielson were NCAA Division II football players, Franklin at East Stroudsburg and Danielson at Azusa Pacific.

CJ Stroud threw for an Ohio State and Rose Bowl record 573 yards and 6 touchdowns, and Jaxson Smith-Njigba set an FBS Bowl game record with 347 yards on 15 receptions. Altogether, the two teams ...

The guys with D2 roots will try to send their teams to the College Football Playoff semifinals when Penn State (12-2) and Boise State (12-1) meet in the Fiesta Bowl at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday (TV-ESPN).

Alabama and Michigan split the previous two meetings in Tampa, with the Wolverines winning 28-24 in the 1988 Hall of Fame Bowl and the Crimson Tide scoring a 17-14 victory in the 1997 Outback Bowl.

Penn State joins Georgia (39; plays Notre Dame in Sugar Bowl on 1/1), Michigan (36 ... 1989), Curtis Enis (1996, 1997), Evan Royster (2008, 2009) and Saquon Barkley (2015, 2016, 2017) as Nittany ...

Ohio State built a 21-0 first quarter lead and defeated Tennessee, 42-17, in a CFP first-round game Dec. 21 at Ohio Stadium. Oregon defeated Penn State, 45-37, in the Big Ten championship game Dec. 7 ...

Going back to the Fiesta Bowl and winning, Petersen reasoned ... Houston Nutt became the coach in 1997, went 4-7 and headed to Arkansas. Then Koetter took over. “One coach dies and the other ...

Kansas State has produced 17 seasons with at least nine wins: 1910 (10), 1993 (9), 1994 (9), 1995 (10), 1996 (9), 1997 (11), 1998 (11), 1999 (11 ... but one of those was the Fiesta Bowl. • This season ...

Bill Neibergall/The Register, Des Moines Register via Imagn Content Services, LLC With Tom Osborne's retirement at the end of the 1997 season ... State in the Fiesta Bowl, the first-ever Bowl ...