The privately owned bus pulled out in front of the Windstar Lines bus and left the scene afterward. The students on the bus were not seriously injured, but around a dozen were treated by medical responders for "bumps,

Ward started the Pop-Tarts Bowl and proceeded to shred Iowa State’s top-five pass defense, throwing for 190 yards and three touchdowns in the first half. He did so even without three of his starting receivers, including Miami’s all-time receptions leader Xavier Restrepo, who had opted out.