December 28, 2024
By Sean Walker, KSL.com: No. 23 Colorado entered Saturday night’s Alamo Bowl with the reigning Heisman Trophy winner in Travis Hunter, a projected first-round draft pick at quarterback in Shedeur Sanders, and arguably the greatest NFL player of his generation calling plays in Deion Sanders.
BYU had elite special teams and LJ Martin — and Parker Kingston can’t lose.
Kingston had 129 all-purpose yards, including a 64-yard touchdown on a punt return, and Martin ran for 93 yards and two scores as the 17th-ranked Cougars held down the high-octane Buffaloes 36-14 in front of a capacity crowd of 64,261 fans at the Alamodome.
Jake Retzlaff threw for 151 yards with two interceptions, and ran for 29 yards on seven carries for the Cougars, who won 11 games for the second time in five years in beating its first power conference opponent in a bowl game since 2009.
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