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TCU quarterback suspended for Alamo Bowl
Boykin charged
with assaulting
officer
By SETH ROBBINS
Associated Press
SAN ANTONIO —
Trevone Boykin’s brilliant
college career has come to
an abrupt and inglorious end
even though TCU has one
game left to play this season.
Boykin was arrested early
Thursday and charged with
felony assault of a police
of¿cer after the onetime
Heisman Trophy contender
slipped out of his team hotel
past curfew, was allegedly
heckled at a bar and ended up
being subdued by authorities
who said they had to threaten
the quarterback with a Taser.
The 22yearold Boykin
was swiftly suspended for
Saturday’s Alamo Bowl
against No. 15 Oregon.
The game would have
been the last for Boykin, a
senior who shattered school
passing records once held
by Cincinnati Bengals quar
terback Andy Dalton. But he
was no doubt hoping to give
NF/ scouts one ¿nal look at
his skills as the 11thranked
Horned Frogs wrapped up
their season.
Boykin was arrested
shortly before 2 a.m. outside
a bar near San Antonio’s
famous downtown River
Walk. Police say an alter
cation inside spilled into
the street and ended when
Boykin took a swing and
made contact with a police
of¿cer on bike patrol. Police
Chief William McManus
said it was not clear whether
Boykin was swinging at the
of¿cer or someone else.
The skirmish was set off
by Boykin being heckled in
the bar about the upcoming
game, McManus said.
“His teammates had tried
to take him back to the hotel,
and he broke away from them
and came back and he got into
it with of¿cer,´ McManus
said. “Mr. Boykin was ¿nally
subdued after being threat
ened with a Taser.´
Boykin was released on
$5,000 bond. He left a Bexar
County jail with a coat over
his head and did not answer
questions from reporters.
AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File
In this Oct. 17, 2015, ile photo, TCU quarterback Trev-
one Boykin stands on the sidelines during the second
half of an NCAA college football game against Iowa
State in Ames, Iowa. Boykin has been charged with
felony assault of a police oficer. San Antonio Police
spokesman Sgt. Jesse Salame said Boykin is being
held on $5,000 bond. Bexar County Magistrate’s web-
site showed Boykin was arrested at early Thursday
morning, Dec. 31, 2015.
TCU wide receiver Preston
Miller was also suspended
for bowl game for what
coach Gary Patterson said
was an unspeci¿ed violation
of team rules.
“We are disappointed in
their actions and apologize
to the TCU Horned Frogs
Nation, Valero Alamo Bowl
and city of San Antonio,´
Patterson said in a statement.
According to a police
report, Boykin had been
¿ghting with employees at
the bar, but people with the
star quarterback told of¿cers
they would take him back
to his hotel. Boykin then
charged at responding of¿
cers and swung at one before
he was taken to the ground,
authorities said.
McManus said the of¿cer
allegedly struck by Boykin
was treated for a swollen
face and bruised but was
otherwise OK.
Patterson did not speak
to reporters Thursday, but
cooffensive
coordinator
Doug Meacham said Boykin
was in his hotel room
when the team did checks
Wednesday night.
“I’m hurting for him. He’s
a good person,´ TCU running
back Aaron Green said.
Oregon defensive end
DeForest Buckner said his
teammates try avoiding
potentially heated situations
when out in public.
“Coach always preaches,
when something hostile
comes amongst one of the
players, we got to get our guy
out,´ Buckner said. “We’re
not here to be tough guys
off the ¿eld, to try to start
up ¿ghts and everything. We
just try to get our guy out and
kind of turn the other cheek
in a way, just walk away.´
Boykin ¿nished fourth in
the Heisman Trophy voting as
a junior in 2014 and went into
this season considered one
of the frontrunners for the
award. The dualthreat quar
terback from Dallas is second
nationally with 381 total yards
per game, but missed a game
in November after awkwardly
twisting his right ankle in a
win over Kansas.
He sat out against Okla
homa game but returned for
the TCU’s regularseason
¿nale, an overtime victory
over Baylor that was played
in heavy rain. He was
expected to be fully healthy
for the Alamo Bowl.
Boykin threw for 3,575
yards with 31 touchdowns
and ran for 612 yards and 10
more scores this season. He
has accounted for 56 percent
of TCU’s offense since
2012, and leaves with career
school records for total yards
(12,777), passing yards
(10,728), passing touch
downs (86) and touchdowns
responsible for (114).
Senior Bram Kohlhausen
or redshirt freshman Foster
Sawyer will start in Boykin’s
place.
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Associated Press Writers
Paul J. Weber in Austin,
Texas, and Stephen Hawkins
in Fort Worth, Texas, contrib-
uted to this report.
Iowa, Stanford see Rose Bowl as solid substitute for playoff
By GREG BEACHAM
Associated Press
PASADENA, Calif. — Kevin
Hogan will make a bit of Rose
Bowl history when he steps behind
center Friday for his recordtying
third start for Stanford in the Grand
daddy of Them All.
It’s all new to his Iowa counter
part, C.J. Beathard, who will make
his ¿rst bowl start in the Hawkeyes’
¿rst trip to Pasadena in 25 years.
Hogan is grateful for Stanford’s
remarkable run of three Rose Bowl
berths, but he doesn’t think the No. 5
Cardinal (112) have much of an advan
tage over the sixthranked Hawkeyes
(121) in the 102nd edition of college
football’s most historic game.
These teams are too talented, and
there’s too much on the line — even
if the national title is not.
“Both of us could be in the
playoff,´ said Hogan, who will
become just the third quarterback
to start three Rose Bowls. “Both of
us could be playing for a national
championship, but there’s not
enough room for us, and we did that
to ourselves. We’re going to enjoy
this opportunity instead.´
The Rose Bowl is the traditional
reward for outstanding seasons in
the Big Ten and Pac12, and tradi
tion should run rich in this matchup:
two runoriented offenses, two
nononsense defenses and a list of
stars led by running back Christian
Stanford
Iowa
Cardinal
Hawkeyes
(11-2)
(12-1)
Today, 2 p.m.
at Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif.
TV: ESPN
McCaffrey, Stanford’s Heisman
Trophy ¿nalist.
Iowa and Stanford gratefully
embraced this assignment after they
ended up as the last two teams to
miss the College Football Playoff.
“It’s such a historic bowl, and I
can’t imagine there’s a better envi
ronment in America to play college
football,´ said Iowa’s Kirk Ferentz,
who ¿nally led the Hawkeyes to the
Rose Bowl after 17 years as head
coach. “But it’s still a game.´
The Hawkeyes returned on the
strength of their schoolrecord 120
regular season. Even after a narrow
loss to Michigan State in the Big
Ten title game, Iowa got the chance
to win the Rose Bowl for the ¿rst
time since the 1959 game after
losing its last three appearances
under Hayden Fry.
“The only right way to end the
season would be to go out with a
win,´ Beathard said. “(If) you start
120 and lose your last two games,
that’s tough.´
Stanford’s improbable Nerd
Nation powerhouse is back yet
AP Photo/Jae C. Hong
Stanford head coach David Shaw, right, and Iowa head coach Kirk
Ferentz shake hands during a news conference for the Rose Bowl
NCAA college football game, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015, in Los An-
geles. Stanford and Iowa are scheduled to play on New Year’s Day.
again after the Cardinal won
another Pac12 title, bowling over
schools with bigger budgets and
less stringent academic demands.
Hogan is grateful for his place in
history, but he is only interested in
ending his career by joining the list
of twotime Rose Bowl champions.
“We had a couple of losses, but
a win in the Rose Bowl is the best
way you can go out,´ he said.
Here are some more things to
watch on another beautiful New
Year’s Day in Arroyo Seco:
ADVANTAGE IOWA?: Stan
ford’s relatively modest fan base
could have Rose Bowl fatigue, but
Iowa appears ready to ¿ll any gap.
Hawkeyes athletic director Gary
Barta said the school had 55,000
requests for tickets and ful¿lled
more than 23,000. Everybody
expects a sea of old gold and black
in Pasadena — and it might have
been even bigger, but storms across
the Midwest scuttled many fans’
travel plans. “Many of our fans
were here for the last Rose Bowl
and couldn’t wait to do it again,´
Barta said. “There was probably a
pentup desire to be in this special
place at this special time.´
MCCAFFREY MAGIC: McCaf
frey is making his Rose Bowl debut
after setting the NCAA singleseason
record for total yards during his spec
tacular sophomore campaign. The
son of NFL receiver Ed McCaffrey
never attended the Rose Bowl as a
kid, but remembers watching it on
television on New Year’s Day.
STILL HUNGRY: Stanford’s
experience won’t translate into
Rose Bowl fatigue, Hogan
promised. The Cardinal’s current
upperclassmen beat Wisconsin in
their ¿rst trip in 2013, but they lost
to Michigan State two years ago,
stoking a motivational ¿re. “We
felt like we didn’t do our best that
year, and it left a horrible feeling,´
Hogan said. “You felt how it felt to
be up on that stage after winning the
game, and then we felt how it felt
to go back to the locker room after
losing. It doesn’t get stale. We’re
just as excited to come down here
this time as we were the ¿rst time.´
PAYING
ATTENTION:
Stanford coach David Shaw likes
to spend his Saturday mornings
watching early games, and he paid
close attention to Iowa’s rise. “You
respect the way they went about
their business and didn’t care what
people said they could or couldn’t
do,´ Shaw said. “They’ve had a
special season, and it’s been very
similar to our season.´
ALABAMA: Tide more serious this season
CLEMSON: Watson named offensive MVP
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use Heisman Trophy winner
Derrick Henry. The big
tailback who has carried
the Crimson Tide offense
most of the season was
mostly just a role player
against a Spartans defense
stacked to stop him. He ran
for 75 yards and scored two
touchdowns. The last made
it 380 halfway through
the fourth quarter. The
celebration at that point was
pretty tame on the Alabama
sideline. Henry got a chest
pump from a lineman and
some pats on the helmet
before taking a seat next to
a fan to cool off.
He was done for the day
as if it was a September
game against one of those
nonconference cupcakes.
The ‘Bama fans were
having
fun,
though,
breaking out the “SEC´
chant and singing along to
“Sweet Home Alabama´
with that familiar “Rolll
Tide Roll´ ATT Stadium
in North Texas — where
Alabama started its season
by blwoing out a Big Ten
team (Wisconsin) — had
turned into Tuscaloosa
west.
The only team to make to
the College Football Playoff
each of its ¿rst two seasons
will be playing in the ¿nal
for the ¿rst time,
Last season the Crimson
Tide couldn’t get past the
semi¿nals, upset by Ohio
State in the Sugar Bowl.
Heading into another game
as a big favorite against
the Big Ten champions, the
Tide players said all week
that the focus was better and
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Watson certainly lived
up to the hype of being a
Heisman ¿nalist. He got off to
a slow start passing, but came
back to complete 16of31
for 187 yards, including a
35yard touchdown pass to
Hunter Renfrow that gave
Clemson some breathing
room late in the third quarter.
Watson carried the running
load in the early going,
¿nishing with 145 yards on
24 carries and scoring the
Tigers’ ¿rst touchdown on a
5yard run. He was named
the offensive MVP.
The game went back and
forth through the ¿rst half,
the Sooners jumping ahead
on an impressive ¿rst posses
sion that culminated with
Samaje Perine’s 1yard drive.
Oklahoma went to the locker
room with a 1716 lead after
Mark Andrews hauled in
an 11yard touchdown pass
from Baker May¿eld with
1:34 remaining, and the
Sooners defense came up
with a pick in the end zone
on an illadvised throw by
Watson into triplecoverage.
If Watson was Àustered by
that pick, he sure didn’t show
it after the break.
Clemson took the second
half kickoff and breezed down
the ¿eld, covering 75 yards in
12 plays to reclaim the lead
on Wayne Gallman’s 1yard
run, the ¿rst of his two TDs.
Oklahoma’s ¿rst possession
was the exact opposite: three
straight yardslosing plays
forced the Sooners to punt,
setting the tone for the strug
gles they would face the rest
of the game.
Clemson,
looking
to
AP Photo/LM Otero
Alabama wide receiver Calvin Ridley (3) celebrates
his touchdown against Michigan State with tight end
O.J. Howard (88) as wide receiver Richard Mullaney
(16) joins in during the second half of the Cotton
Bowl NCAA college football semiinal playoff game,
Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, in Arlington, Texas.
their attitude more serious.
They talked about how
some players were too
concerned about where they
would be drafted or partying
on Bourbon Street. In chilly
Dallas there was nothing to
do but practice and that was
¿ne by them.
Michigan State embraced
its role as the underdog
and came in expecting to
slug it out with the Tide
and it smothering defense
and hammering Heisman
winner. The Spartans offen
sive line watched video of
the 1971 AliFrazier ¿ght to
prepare for what it expected
to be a 15round heavy
weight bout.
Instead it was a TKO.
become the ¿rst team in FBS
history to ¿nish 150, advanced
to face secondranked Alabama
in the Jan. 11 ¿nale in Arizona.
Those teams met Thursday
night in the Cotton Bowl.
“We’re not worried
about who we play,´ said
linebacker Ben Boulware,
named the defensive MVP.
On a balmy evening in
south Florida, the orangeclad
Clemson faithful gobbled up
at least threefourths of the
seats at Sun Life Stadium,
turning what was supposed
to be a neutralsite game into
Death Valley South.
ATHLETE
OF THE WEEK
SAM
COLBRAY
Hermiston
Junior -
Wrestling
Stanfield Football
Athlete of the
week is Hermiston
Wrestler Sam
Colbray. Colbray
took first place at
the Tri-State
Tournament in
Coeur d’Alene,
Idaho on Saturday,
competing in the
220 pound weight
class.
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