There have been dips in ratings. Last season, an Alamo Bowl featuring Arizona and Oklahoma averaged 3.93 million viewers — an 18% decline from the 4.78 million who watched Washington and Texas in the same bowl game a year earlier. But don’t tell Kalani Sitake and Deion Sanders that the non-Playoff bowl games are meaningless.

The Deseret News is providing live coverage of Saturday’s Alamo Bowl between BYU and Colorado. Check back for updates throughout the game. 6:14 — Colorado is finally on the scoreboard. Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter connected for a 43-yard touchdown amid broken BYU coverage,