SAN ANTONIO — The opening kickoff to the Alamo Bowl was still nearly eight hours away Thursday, but the familiar notes of the Colorado fight song echoed down the River Walk.
“Shoulder to shoulder we will fight, fight, FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!” Buffaloes fans randomly shouted from their lunch tables at the Cafe Ole restaurant along the river.
What began as a slow trickle of fans of CU and Oklahoma State into San Antonio at the beginning of the week had reached a fever pitch by Thursday afternoon, the banks of the city’s most famous attraction painted in Cowboy orange and Buffalo gold.