December 2002 – CU At the Game

Wisconsin – Alamo Bowl – 2002 a Dramatic Act in three parts

//posted 12.28.2002

— December 28th – Alamo Bowl Wisconsin 31, No. 14 Colorado 28 – OT — Sophomore kicker Mike Allen connected from 37 yards out to lift the Wisconsin Badgers to a 31-28 overtime win over Colorado in the Alamo Bowl. Allen’s kick capped a fourth quarter rally by the Badgers, who won for the seventh time in eight bowl games under head coach Barry Alverez. Neither team led by more than seven points throughout the game. The Buffs opened the scoring on Donald Strickland’s Alamo Bowl record 91-yard interception return in the …

No. 8 Oklahoma – Big 12 title game – History doesn’t repeat itself, it rhymes

//posted 12.7.2002

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— December 7th – Reliant Stadium-Houston No. 8 Oklahoma 29, No. 12 Colorado 7 — Big 12 Championship Game Quarterback Nate Hybl threw two touchdown passes and Quentin Griffin ran for a championship record 188 yards and two scores as the Oklahoma Sooners dominated the Buffs, 29-7, to win the Big 12 title for the second time in three years. Hybl threw touchdown passes of three yards to Trent Smith and 21 yards to Mark Clayton as Oklahoma built a 13-0 halftime lead. Colorado’s anemic offense produced only two field goal attempts in …