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Les Miles met with Michigan last night about the Wolverines' coaching vacancy, shortly after the LSU coach said he is also "extremely happy" with his current job.
LSU spokesman Michael Bonnette confirmed that the meeting took place but could not immediately say which Michigan officials were involved.
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A Domino's Pizza jet arrived in Baton Rouge, La., yesterday afternoon and was on the ground for nearly 5 hours before departing for an airport near Michigan's campus. When the plane landed at Willow Run Airport, Michigan athletic director David Brandon got off but did not provide any details about the search to reporters waiting at the airport.
Bonnette said Miles' status as LSU's coach remained unchanged and that he and Miles still planned to travel to Dallas today for Miles' previously scheduled speaking engagement at an American Football Coaches Association gathering.
Last Wednesday, Rich Rodriguez was fired as Michigan coach with a 15-22 mark in three seasons.
Miles is 62-17 with a 2007 national championship in six seasons at LSU since taking over for Nick Saban in 2005. He is coming off a 41-24 victory over Texas A&M in the Cotton Bowl that gave him his fourth season with at least 11 wins with the Tigers. He also has a 5-1 record in bowl games at LSU.
Miles was an offensive lineman on two Big Ten championship teams for the late Bo Schembechler, who later gave Miles his first chance to be an assistant coach in 1980.
In other college football news:
* Boise State coach Chris Petersen, who has been linked in recent days to the head coaching vacancy at Stanford, announced he has no plans to leave the Broncos. Petersen is one of the nation's most successful coaches in the last 5 years, building the Broncos into a perennial Top 10 team and compiling a 61-5 record.
* Florida cornerback Janoris Jenkins and Marshall defensive end Vinny Curry announced they will return for his senior seasons rather than enter the NFL draft . . . Sophomore tailback Ryan Williams is leaving Virginia Tech with 2 years of eligibility remaining to make himself available for the draft.
* Mississippi has hired Miami Dolphis quarterbacks coach David Lee as offensive coordinator.
* Stanford fullback-linebacker Owen Marecic won the inaugural Paul Hornung Award, honoring the most versatile player in college football.
Soccer
* Liverpool winger Ryan Babel became the first player to be charged with improper conduct by England's Football Association over a Twitter posting. Babel posted a digitally altered picture of referee Howard Webb wearing a Manchester United jersey after being angered by decisions in his team's FA Cup loss. Babel has until Thursday to respond to the charge. He could be fined or banned from matches by the FA.
* Argentine forward Lionel Messi won his second straight FIFA player of the year award. Brazilian forward Marta was selected women's player of the year for the fifth straight time.
Philly File
* Matt Gwilliam, who spent the past three seasons as the assistant women's coach at Virginia Tech, has been named the women's soccer coach at Temple. Gwilliam is a native of Quakertown.
Sport Stop
* Former softball star Jennie Finch told People Magazine she's expecting her second child with husband Casey Daigle. Finch, who retired in June to focus on her family, already has a 4 1/2-year-old son with Daigle, a free agent who pitched for the Houston Astros last season. Finch is a two-time Olympian and 2004 gold medalist.
