BYU (11-2) seemed far more eager than the Buffaloes (9-4 ... That’s what we’ve established.” It still was Colorado’s best season since 2016, when the Buffs finished 10-4, also after a blowout loss in the Alamo Bowl. But it will be difficult ...

The Cougars put together their most dominant performance of the season against Deion Sanders' Buffaloes squad.

BYU and Colorado both finished in a four-way tie for first place in the Big 12 standings, but neither team had the tiebreaker advantage to reach the Big 12 title game. That, among other factors, led Cougars quarterback Kedon Slovis to describe the Alamo Bowl matchup against the Buffaloes as "the people's" Big 12 championship game.