UCF Knights pull off stunning upset over undefeated BYU in mind-boggling overtime thriller
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"UCF Knights pull off stunning upset over undefeated BYU in mind-boggling overtime thriller" is generating significant coverage in the Sports category, with 2 articles from 2 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include USA Today and The Salt Lake Tribune. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Coverage (3)
- BYU’s perfect season comes to an end at the hands of a UCF team that seemed to want it more than the No. 2 Cougars Deseret News · 21d ago
- BYU Cougars at UCF Knights - NCAAF Game Summary USA Today · 21d ago
- Gordon Monson: Here’s powerful evidence that BYU is a good football team, not a great one The Salt Lake Tribune · 21d ago
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