Lane Kiffin: FAU 'Just Getting Started' After Rout of Akron in Boca Raton Bowl

Lane Kiffin's Florida Atlantic Owls capped off an 11-3 season Tuesday with an emphatic 50-3 victory over Akron at the Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl, and the best is yet to come according to the coach.

"We're just getting started," Kiffin said after the win, per Andrea Adelson of ESPN.com.

His tenure with the school is just getting started, considering Chris Low of ESPN.com reported he agreed to a new contract to keep him with the program through the 2027 campaign.

The contract is not without merit. Florida Atlantic won 11 games this season on the way to a Conference USA crown and played in its first bowl game since the 2008 campaign, when it beat Central Michigan in the Motor City Bowl.

The success was enough to make Kiffin dance after Tuesday's victory:

Kiffin suggested things are only going to get better moving forward, and it's hard to argue against him, considering quarterback Jason Driskel and running back Devin Singletary are set to return in 2018.

Driskel won the MVP award in the win over Akron with 270 passing yards, 67 rushing yards and four total touchdowns while directing an uptempo offense that wore the Zips down. Singletary gashed the defense as well with 124 rushing yards and three touchdowns, marking the 12th straight game he topped the 100-yard mark.

Kiffin was appreciative of the national stage while reflecting on the extension, per Adelson:

"They came to me with it. We're very appreciative. The university feels good about what's going on here. We're changing the way people think. I'm just glad our players can play on this stage and completely dominate a good team. They wanted to leave no doubt. We want to make sure at the end of the year everybody says we don't want to play FAU."

There are likely few powerhouse programs that would want to play FAU at this point, but one of them will be tasked with the job in 2018.

The Owls open next season with a date against the Oklahoma Sooners, who could be coming off a national championship run, considering they are in the College Football Playoff. Kiffin has already captured attention with his first season, but a win at Oklahoma would turn heads across the nation.