SAN DIEGO – Washington State was a 10-point favorite to beat Minnesota in the Holiday Bowl, but the Cougars’ 17-12 defeat on Tuesday night was all the more shocking given everything that Minnesota had gone through in the weeks leading up to the game.
Two weeks before the Holiday Bowl, Minnesota’s players announced that they were boycotting all football activities in protest of the suspensions of 10 of their teammates. The situation spiraled from that point on, as details emerged painting a picture of a program in disarray after 10 football players were allegedly implicated in a sexual assault case from September.