SAN ANTONIO — Two seasons full of promise and capped by upheaval in December will converge Wednesday.
No. 14 Oregon will play the final game before new head coach Dan Lanning assumes the helm of the program, an Alamo Bowl matchup with No. 16 Oklahoma on Wednesday (6:15 p.m. PT, ESPN). Both teams were in the thick of the College Football Playoff race just a few short weeks ago, and both are playing under interim head coaches this week.
The résumés of the two interim coaches may be different — Bob Stoops is in the College Football Hall of Fame as OU's winningest coach ever, while Oregon's Bryan McClendon celebrated his 38th birthday Tuesday — but their messages as the Alamo Bowl approached were similar.