Monson: After brawl, BYU football hardly a light to the world

Miami • If a bowl game is played at noon MST on a Monday while most people are at work or out Christmas shopping, is it still considered a meaningful postseason football contest? To the BYU Cougars and Memphis Tigers, it sure is. At least, that's what 

BYU wide receiver Jordan Leslie, right, is unable to hang on to a pass as Memphis defensive back Andrew Gaines (28) reaches for the ball during the second half of the in the inaugural Miami Beach Bowl NCAA college football game, Monday, Dec. 22, 2014 

BYU junior wide receiver Mitch Mathews spent his LDS mission in the Miami area, so coming back for the upcoming Miami Beach Bowl is a bit of a homecoming.

After the football brawl that broke out between BYU and Memphis, making national news and trending on Twitter around the globe, Cougar receiver Terenn Houk fired off a tweet that read like this: "Bottom line: those are my brothers and I have their back.

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