The Oregonian · Jan 1, 2016
How will Oregon and TCU react to Trevone Boykin's absence? Issues & Answers
SAN ANTONIO -- They take the New Year seriously here.
I watched 2016 come in from the 30th floor of the Riverwalk Marriott, and the view was spectacular.
For the entire length of the horizon -- or at least as much of it as I could see from the window -- fireworks were going off. It was a good show.
Now we'll see if tomorrow's Alamo Bowl can follow suit.
The game was something of a "disappointment bowl" all along. Oregon and TCU both began the season with College Football Playoff aspirations before being derailed.
If we had a 16-team playoff, both would be in the mix. But college football isn't that enlightened, which relegates this game to the backwater. The spotlight is elsewhere.