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2024 Alamo Bowl
The 2024 Alamo Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 28, 2024, at the Alamodome located in San Antonio, Texas. The 32nd annual Alamo Bowl featured the BYU Cougars and Colorado Buffaloes, both from the Big 12 Conference. The game began at approximately 6:30 p.m. CST and aired on ABC. The Alamo Bowl was one of the 2024–25 bowl games concluding the 2024 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by Valero Energy and was officially known as the Valero Alamo Bowl. Teams Consistent with conference tie-ins, the game featured teams from the Big 12 Conference and the Pac-12 Conference legacy pool. The Alamo Bowl received the first selection of Big 12 teams not competing in the College Football Playoff (CFP) and the first selection from the Pac-12 legacy pool—that is, teams that were members of the Pac-12 during the 2023 season. On December 4, bowl organizers announced that four teams remained under consideration for the Alamo Bowl: Iowa State and BYU from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alamodome
The Alamodome is a 64,000-seat domed indoor multi-purpose stadium in San Antonio, Texas. It is located on the southeastern fringe of downtown San Antonio. The facility opened on May 15, 1993, having been constructed at a cost of $186 million. The multi-purpose facility was intended to increase the city's convention traffic and attract a professional football franchise. It also placated the San Antonio Spurs' demands for a larger arena. The Spurs played in the Alamodome for a decade, then became disenchanted with the facility and convinced Bexar County, Texas, Bexar County to construct a new arena for them, now called the Frost Bank Center. The Alamodome's regular tenants are currently the San Antonio Brahmas of the United Football League (2024), United Football League and the UTSA Roadrunners football, UTSA Roadrunners. Recent tenants include the San Antonio Commanders of the Alliance of American Football and the San Antonio Talons of the Arena Football League. Features ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Colorado Buffaloes Football Team
The 2024 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado Boulder as a member of the Big 12 Conference during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Colorado rejoined the Big 12 Conference after having originally being a charter member of the conference before leaving for the Pac-12 Conference in 2010. The Buffaloes were led by second-year head coach Deion Sanders. They played their home games on campus at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado. Following a win over Cincinnati on October 26, the Buffaloes became bowl eligible for the first time since the shortened 2020 season and for the first time in a full season since 2016. Colorado was a contender to the Big 12 Championship and potentially the College Football Playoff. However, a loss to Kansas in week 13 and Arizona State, BYU, and Iowa State winning tiebreaker games the following week eliminated the Buffaloes from contention. Nevertheless, Colorado accepted an invitation to play in the Alamo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parker Kingston
Parker Kingston is an American football wide receiver for the BYU Cougars. Early life and high school Kingston attended Roy High School in Roy, Utah, where he totaled 2,649 passing yards, 2,136 rushing yards, 542 receiving yards, and 64 total touchdowns. He was rated as a three-star recruit and committed to play college football for the BYU Cougars. College career As a freshman in 2022, Kingston played in just one game where he rushed once for two yards. In week 3 of the 2023 season, he threw for a 37-yard touchdown, hauled in a 20-yard touchdown reception, and returned a kickoff for 46 yards in a win over Arkansas. Kingston finished the 2023 season with 19 receptions for 207 yards and a touchdown, while also adding four yards on the ground, two passing touchdowns, 215 return yards, and a tackle. In week 4 of the 2024 season, he returned a punt 90 yards for a touchdown in an upset win over Kansas State Kansas State University (KSU, Kansas State, or K-State) is a public ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Kansas State Wildcats Football Team
The 2024 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the Big 12 Conference during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wildcats were led by Chris Klieman in his sixth year as their head coach. They played their home games at Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium located in Manhattan, Kansas. Pre-Season Previous season The Wildcats finished the 2023 regular season 9–4 and 6–3 in Big 12 play. They earned a berth in the 2023 Pop-Tarts Bowl, where they defeated the NC State Wolfpack, 28-19. Players drafted into the NFL Big 12 media poll The preseason poll was released on July 2, 2024. *First place votes in () Schedule Game summaries vs. UT Martin (FCS) The No. 18 Kansas State Wildcats opened their 2024 season with a 41-6 victory over UT Martin at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. Quarterback Avery Johnson led the Wildcats by throwing two touchdown passes--including a 23-yard connection with Brayden Loftin--finishing with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Arizona State Sun Devils Football Team
The 2024 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University as a member of the Big 12 Conference during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by Kenny Dillingham in his second year as their head coach. The Sun Devils played their home games at Mountain America Stadium located in Tempe, Arizona. The season was the Sun Devils' first year in the Big 12. Despite being projected to finish last in the Big 12, largely due to a 3–9 record the previous season, Arizona State completely flipped expectations by winning the conference championship against the Iowa State Cyclones, earning both their first trip to the College Football Playoff and their first conference title since 2007. Preseason Big 12 media poll The preseason poll was released on July 2, 2024. *First place votes in () Schedule Offseason Undrafted free agents *signed with Chicago Bears after being waived Transfers Outgoing transfers † Note: Players with a da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Iowa State Cyclones Football Team
The 2024 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University as a member of the Big 12 Conference during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by Matt Campbell in his ninth year as their head coach. The Cyclones played their home games at Jack Trice Stadium located in Ames, Iowa. Following a comeback 38–35 win against the UCF Knights on October 19, the Cyclones achieved their best start since 1938, and a 4–0 start in Big 12 play for the first time in program history. With the win against Kansas State in the annual Farmageddon game on November 30, the Cyclones clinched their first ever 10-win season in program history; a win by BYU later that night gave Iowa State the right to play Arizona State in the 2024 Big 12 Championship Game, their first appearance in the game since 2020. Despite coming short against the Sun Devils, they upset No. 13 Miami in the Pop-Tarts Bowl The Pop-Tarts Bowl is an annual college football bowl game that is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
College Football Playoff
The College Football Playoff (CFP) is an annual single-elimination tournament, knockout invitational tournament to determine a national champion for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), the highest level of college football competition in the United States. It culminates in the College Football Playoff National Championship game. The inaugural tournament was held at the end of the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season under a four-team format. The CFP Board of Managers voted in 2023 to expand the playoff to 12 teams beginning in 2024, an arrangement that will last at least through the end of the 2025 season. After 2025, the current contract between all major entities expires and a new contract will be drawn up, with indications that additional expansion to a 14-team playoff or larger may take place at that time. As the NCAA does not organize or award an official national champ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pac-12 Conference
The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the Western United States. It participates at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Division I, Division I level for all sports, and its College football, football teams compete in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), the highest level of NCAA football competition. The conference currently comprises two members, Oregon State University and Washington State University. The modern Pac-12 Conference formed after the disbanding of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC), the principal members of which founded the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU) in 1959. The conference previously went by the names Big Five, Big Six, Pacific-8, and Pacific-10. The Pac-12 moniker was adopted in 2011 with the addition of University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado and University of Utah, Utah. Nicknamed the "Conference of Champions", the Pac-12 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valero Energy
Valero Energy Corporation is an American-based fuels producer mostly involved in manufacturing and marketing transportation fuels and other related products. It is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Throughout the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, the company owns and operates 15 refineries with a combined throughput capacity of approximately 3.2 million barrels per day, two renewable diesel plants that produce approximately 1.2 billion gallons per year, and 12 ethanol plants with a combined production capacity of 1.6 billion gallons as its subsidiaries. According to a number of estimates, Valero has become a major producer of corn ethanol and renewable diesel, both low-carbon liquid transportation fuels. History Valero was established on January 1, 1980, as a spinoff of Coastal States Gas Corporation's Subsidiary, LoVaca Gathering Company. The company took over the natural gas operations of the LoVaca Gathering Company, later renamed the Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 NCAA Division I FBS Football Season
The 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the 155th season of college football in the United States, the 119th season organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and the 49th of the highest level of competition, the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). The regular season began on August 24 and ended on December 14. The postseason began on December 14, and, aside from any all-star games that are scheduled, end on January 20, 2025, with the College Football Playoff National Championship at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. This was the first season of the new College Football Playoff (CFP) system, with the bracket being expanded to 12 teams. It was the first time since the 2021 season that no major team finished the season undefeated, as the Oregon Ducks, the season's last undefeated team, were defeated by the eventual national champion Ohio State Buckeyes 41–21 in the Rose Bowl. The season's Heisman Trophy winner was Colorado Buffaloes cornerba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024–25 NCAA Football Bowl Games
The 2024–25 NCAA football bowl games were a series of college football bowl games in the United States, primarily played to complete the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Team-competitive bowl games in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) began on December 14, 2024, and concluded with the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship on January 20, 2025. Several all-star games then followed. Schedule The schedule for the 2024–25 bowl games was announced on June 6, 2024. Division I FBS bowl games College Football Playoff bowl games The College Football Playoff system is used to determine a national championship of DivisionI FBS college football. This is the 11th year of the College Football Playoff era. For the 2024–25 season, the playoffs were expanded from four teams to 12 teams. A committee of experts ranked the top 25 FBS teams after each of the last six weeks of the regular season. Upon release of the final rankings, the top five ranked conference ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
