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Remember the buffalo Oklahoma State to play former Big 12 foe Colorado in the Alamo Bowl on Dec. 29 DEVIN L. WILBER/O’COLLY

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BY Nathan Ru iz Edi to r-in -chie f

Nearly 30 years ago, Colorado coach Mike MacIntyre and Oklahoma State’s Glenn Spencer were teammates at Georgia Tech.

Later this month, their teams will face off in a bowl game.

The Cowboys and Buffaloes will Spencer play in the Alamo Bowl on Dec. 29 in San Antonio. The game will be at 8 p.m. in MacIntyre the Alamodome and televised on ESPN. Colorado (10-3) was ranked 10th in the final College Football Playoff rankings after losing to No. 4 Washington in the

The Alamo Bowl will be the first time Colorado has played a Big 12 team since it left the conference.

“The Alamo Bowl has been one of the best bowl games of the postseason the last couple years,” OSU coach Mike Gundy said in a release. “We had a great experience there last time.”

OSU has five starters O’COLLY FILE PHOTO from the San Antonio area, Brandon Weeden (left) and Kendall Hunter at the 2010 Alamo Bowl where Oklahoma State beat Arizona 36-10. The Cowboys return to San Antonio against Colorado on Dec. 29. including defensive stars Vincent Taylor and Jordan 36-10.

Pac-12 championship game. remarkable.

Sterns.

“He’s a dear friend. I can’t The Buffaloes joined MacIntyre, the Walter Camp Colorado quarterback National Coach of the Year, wait to meet him down there the Pac-12 in 2011 after Sefo Liufau, a senior, is one and see the family again. It’s being in the Big Eight and guided Colorado to its first touchdown pass shy of the just neat how this thing’s Big 12 since 1948. They 10-win season since 2001.

Buffaloes’ all-time record worked out.” hold a 26-19-1 advantage “Coach MacIntyre, but is dealing with a right No. 12 OSU (9-3) in the all-time series with well deserved the national ankle injury he aggravated finished second in the Big the Cowboys. The teams awards that he’s getting,” against Washington. Junior 12 after a 38-20 loss to last played in 2009, when said Spencer, OSU’s running back Phillip LindOklahoma on Saturday.

Brandon Weeden came in as say led the Pac-12 with 16 defensive coordinator, on a conference call to announce The Cowboys last played in OSU’s third-string quartertouchdown runs. Colorado the Alamo Bowl in 2010, back to guide the Cowboys the matchup. “What he’s had one of the best defenses done with that program is when they defeated Arizona to a 31-28 victory. in the conference, finishing

first in total defense and second in scoring defense, and is making its first bowl appearance since 2007.

It will be the third straight year the Alamo Bowl will be a matchup of top-15 teams.

The Cowboys will play in a bowl game for the 11th straight season. They are 6-4 under Gundy in the previous 10, including a 3-1 record against Pac-12 teams.

“A very great honor for us to be heading back down to the great city of San Antonio,” Spencer said.

Nathan Ruiz is a sports media/sports management senior from Reno, Nevada.

He can be reached at editorinchief@ocolly.com.

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Travel Guide: Everything you need to know for San Antonio S taff Repo rt s @ o c o llysp o rt s

Student tickets

**Ticket pricing subject to change

Alumni Association travel packages:

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Prices: $75 or $125 Who: Colorado Limit of four tickets The OSU Alumni When: 8 p.m. Dec. 29 per student Association is offerTickets go on sale at 9 ing a variety of travel Where: Alamodome, San Antonio a.m. Monday packages ranging from Where to watch: ESPN $619-$1,609. For more Other ticket prices information, visit okUpper Levels: $55statefantravel.com. $15 and can be booked at The River Walk – $278 www.thealamo.org.

A network of walkClub Levels: $70Things to do: ways along the bank of $450 The Alamo – the San Antonio River, Lower Levels: $106The namesake of the the River Walk is a $662 bowl game OSU is playing pleasant way to spend *Ticket pricing based in, the Alamo is a staple a few hours shopping, on Alamo Bowl Ticket- tourist attraction in San master website Antonio. Guided tours cost eating and enjoying the MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2016

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San Antonio culture.

As an added bonus, the area will be decorated for Christmas. Visitors can take a boat ride on the Rio San Antonio Cruises to get a 35-minute narrowated histroy on the River Walk. General admition fares cost $10. For more information, visit www.thesanantonioriverwalk.com.

Sea World San Antonio ­–

Unless inclement weather prevents it, the aquatics theme park will be open from 1-9

p.m. during the week of the bowl game. Tickets start at $58. For more information, visit www. seaworldparks.com/ seaworld-sanantonio.

San Antonio Spurs games –

The Spurs will play a home basketball game on the day before and the day after the Alamo Bowl. The Spurs play Phoenix on Dec. 28 and Por tland on Dec. 30. Ticket pr ices var y.

For more infor mation, visit www.nba.com/ spurs.

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OSU’s record vs. College football playoff teams 1 . A l a bama

OSU leads 1-0 (last meeting: 2006 Independence Bowl, OSU 34, alaBama 31)

2 . C lems o n

Never played

3 . O h i o State

Ohio State leads 2-0 (last meeting: 2004 Alamo bowl, Ohio State 33, OSU 7)

4 . Wash i n gton

OSU leads 2-1 (last meeting: 2015 cactus bowl, OSU 30, Washington 22)

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Hill breaks freshman rushing record in Bedlam loss BY c h a nd l er ve sse ls sp o rt s editor

NORMAN — Justice Hill took the ball for the second time, and when his run ended, he was a part of Oklahoma State history.

The 3-yard run was insignificant in a 38-20 Bedlam loss for Oklahoma State, a few yards to add to the 99 he finished with.

For Hill’s career and in OSU history, though, it was a monumental moment.

Hill broke the freshman record for rushing yards, passing Mike Hamilton, who rushed for 963 yards in 2005.

Hill finished the regular

season with 1,042 yards and still has a postseason game to play. As a freshman, Hill is not allowed to talk with media, per OSU rules. Fellow running back Chris Carson had high praise for Hill upon learning he set the freshman record.

“The sky’s the limit for that kid,” Carson said.

“He’s a great running back. He’s only going to get better from here on out.

Congratulations to him. I didn’t know that he did it, but I’m definitely going to congratulate him.”

Carson finished with 91 rushing yards, and OSU had 217 as a team. In the

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Justice Hill set Oklahoma State’s freshman rushing record for a season, breaking Mike Hamilton’s record of 963 yards.

first half, the Cowboys controlled the game on the ground, but the Sooners stacked the box in the second after quarterback

Mason Rudolph struggled to get things going.

OSU rushed for only 31 yards in the second half.

“We felt we could es-

tablish the line of scrimmage,” offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich said.

“Our running backs were running hard. We needed to continue that in the second half and then got behind a little bit and had to play catch-up somewhat.

I think that had something to do with it.”

OSU struggled to find a balance between running and passing in the past few years. With Hill, it looks as if it has. He became the first 1,000-yard rusher for OSU since Joseph Randle in 2012.

The loss to the Sooners was disheartening for the Cowboys, and after the

game, there wasn’t much positive to say. Coach Mike Gundy talked about what went wrong but neglected to mention the one positive, Hill. Perhaps because he has already talked about him so much this season.

With Hill in the backfield for at least two more seasons, the OSU ground game could flourish.

Chandler Vessels is a sports media senior from Moore. He can be reached at sports.ed@ocolly.com.

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Ruiz’s report card: Bedlam

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It was a tale of two halves. At first, OSU’s run game picked up where it left off against TCU, and its defense limited one of the best running back duos in the country. During that time, though, Mason Rudolph’s struggles hung over the game, becoming more apparent in the second half as OSU stopped running and its defense allowed big plays.

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Mason Rudolph

Saturday was arguably the worst start of Rudolph’s career. He completed fewer than 50 percent of his passes for the first time. His 11 completions were a career low, while his 186 yards were the second fewest. His struggles could be blamed on the damp weather, but his OU counterpart, Baker Mayfield, seemingly had few qualms with the rain.

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In the end, the Central Michigan game didn’t matter. Whether they’re 9-3 or 10-2, the Cowboys finished second in the Big 12. After a 2-2 start, OSU rattled off seven straight victories, positioning itself to win the Big 12 title. OSU football is a program of expectation now. If Rudolph and James Washington return, the Cowboys will be an early conference favorite next year. For now, though, I look ahead to one last game from this team. See you in San Antonio.

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