A look back at WSU’s previous Alamo Bowl

WSU AthleticsGood morning. As you’re all aware, the Washington State Cougars are 12 days away from squaring off with the Iowa State Cyclones in the Alamo Bowl. Nearly all of you are probably also aware that this will not be WSU’s first appearance in the San Antonio bowl game. The Cougs took on another Big 12 (though back then they were in the Southwest Conference) opponent in the Baylor Bears.

The Alamo Bowl was still in its nascent stages back in 1994, as the Cougs and Bears would take part in just the second edition. The bowl sponsor back then was Builders Square, a Home Depot-like place where you could wander around for six hours inside a cavernous warehouse in search of a sprinkler head.…