>>Two names have emerged as potential backup targets for Rutgers athletics director Patrick Hobbs if Schiano is not the hire, several individuals with knowledge of the situation told NJ Advance Media: Michigan linebackers coach Anthony Campanile and Los Angeles Rams assistant coordinator for offense Jedd Fisch, both New Jersey natives.<<
>> As for Schiano, several individuals close to him believe he would have interest and could emerge as a serious candidate at Boston College if that job opens. The Eagles are 5-6 this season after a blowout loss at No. 15 Notre Dame on Saturday. The Eagles will need to win at Pittsburgh next weekend to finish .500 and qualify for a bowl game, and a loss to the Panthers could spell the end for Steve Addazio, according to Yahoo Sports’ Pete Thamel. Addazio is 43-44 in seven seasons at BC; he has never won more than seven games with the Eagles and has just one victory over a team ranked in the Associated Press Top 25.
Schiano is a devout Catholic and has ties to the area and school. Boston College athletics director Martin Jarmond was an administrator at Ohio State during Schiano’s first year as the Buckeyes’ defensive coordinator, and Belichick is close friends with New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick, briefly joining the team’s coaching staff earlier this year. Schiano also has two sons playing football at Amherst College, a Division-3 school about two hours away from Boston College’s Chestnut Hill campus. <<