In what should have been gone down as one of the best college games in college football this season, a controversial and chaotic field storm will be all that people will remember.

BYU (9-2, 6-2) is still in contention to play in the Big 12 championship game on Dec. 7 in Arlington, Texas, thanks to Colorado — the other team that entered Saturday’s games with just one league loss — losing 37-21 to Kansas.

For BYU, it was a first half to forget. The Cougars were outmuscled in the trenches, outplayed in nearly every phase, and at that point, it seemed as though they were just biding their time until the inevitable end. But then came the second half.