The classically intense finish of Saturday’s Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl featuring the Utah Utes and BYU Cougars certainly captivated Twitter, as fans from both sides expressed some rather raw emotions after the Utes came away with the 35-28 win.
As can perhaps be expected, Ute fans were mostly relieved with a sense of anger after Utah nearly surrendered a 35-point lead, while Cougar faithful were proud of their team for almost overcoming a daunting deficit.
Some of the tweets that were posted after the game:
Utah fans:
— Charles Barnard (@ccb1212) December 20, 2015
That is going to be by far the least satisfying win over BYU ever for a lot of Ute fans.