San Antonio • It gnawed at Chase Roberts as the week wore on. As BYU attended event after event where Colorado’s stars were introduced to standing ovations — the Heisman winner and the potential top NFL draft pick — Roberts sat in the background thinking the Cougars deserved more recognition.

Sanders has taken the Buffaloes from a four-win team his first season at Colorado to the Alamo Bowl in San Antonio, Texas. Granted, it’s not the College Football Playoff — a l

Colorado is relishing the chance to end its season on a high note regardless of the outcome of the Valero Alamo Bowl.While a number of teams

There have been dips in ratings. Last season, an Alamo Bowl featuring Arizona and Oklahoma averaged 3.93 million viewers — an 18% decline from the 4.78 million who watched Washington and Texas in the same bowl game a year earlier. But don’t tell Kalani Sitake and Deion Sanders that the non-Playoff bowl games are meaningless.

L.J. Martin rushed for 88 yards and two touchdowns, Jake Retzlaff passed for 151 yards, and No. 17 BYU beat No. 20 Colorado 36-14 in the Alamo Bowl on Saturday night.

Shedeur Sanders ended the season with 4,134 passing yards, 37 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. He helped lead Colorado to a 9-4 record and one regular season loss shy of a spot in the Big 12 Championship Game and potentially the College Football Playoff.

SAN ANTONIO — The BYU Cougars claimed a decisive 36-14 victory over the Colorado Buffaloes in the Valero Alamo Bowl Saturday. CU and BYU faced each other for the first time this season after both barely missed out on playing in the Big 12 Championship. No. 10 Arizona State ended up easily defeating No. 18 Iowa State to win the conference.