PROVO, Utah (ABC4 Sports) - The BYU football team will be taking on a fellow Big 12 team in a bowl game this season.
#17 BYU and #23 Colorado both accepted invitations to play in the Alama Bowl December 28th in San Antonio. The game will be televised on ABC4 at 5:30 p.m. MT from the Alamodome.
“The Valero Alamo Bowl is one of the premier bowl games in the country, and we are excited to be selected to come to San Antonio for this nationally ranked matchup,” said BYU head coach Kalani Sitake. “Coach Deion Sanders has done a tremendous job with his program and has an extremely talented team with some of the best players in the entire country. We are looking forward to a great game and great bowl experience for our team and our fans.”
After missing a bowl game in 2023, BYU finished this past season with a record of 10-2, 7-2 in the Big 12, tied for the conference lead with Colorado, Iowa State and Arizona State. The Cyclones and Sun Devils advanced to the Big 12 Championship Game through tiebreakers. ASU pounded ISU Saturday, 45-19.
The reason two teams in the same conference will play is because Colorado was tied to the Alamo Bowl through it's old Pac-12 affiliation.
It is unclear if Heisman candidate Travis Hunter and potential #1 NFL Draft pick Shedeur Sanders will play in the game for the Buffaloes.
The matchup features two of the game’s best head coaches in Sitake and Sanders. Sitake, named the AFCA’s Region 4 Coach of the Year and a finalist for AFCA National Coach of the Year, has led BYU to the program’s 19th 10-win season and third in five years, while Sanders, the former two-time Super Bowl champ and Pro Football Hall of Famer, has transformed a Colorado program that had just three winning seasons in its previous 20 years, qualifying for its first bowl game since 2020.