Brigham Young Cougars quarterback Tanner Mangum (12) lines up a touchdown pass to wide receiver Garrett Juergens (23), making the score 48-9 after the PAT, during a game against the UMass Minutemen at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016.
Modern-day critics of the glut of bowl games in college football have a point.
But equal or greater is the weight of players' memories.
At the end of 2012, BYU quarterback James Lark left Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego battered and hurt, but the smile on his face after BYU’s Poinsettia Bowl win over San Diego State was priceless.