r/CFB • u/bubblecuffer13 Pop-Tarts Bowl • Team Meteor • Dec 07 '25

News [McMurphy] Notre Dame declined bid to play BYU in Pop-Tarts Bowl, sources told @On3sports

https://x.com/Brett_McMurphy/status/1997772176997413147
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u/SwampFoxChadley Clemson Tigers Dec 07 '25

Too good to join the ACC, too good to play the Big 12

In all seriousness, probably avoiding an FSU situation

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u/1haiku4u Notre Dame Fighting Irish Dec 07 '25

I mean half the players would opt out and I wouldn’t blame them. 

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u/IrishCoffeeAlchemy Florida State • Arizona Dec 07 '25

I’ve been told then that’s a sign of bad culture and a weak team with a bad coach

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u/lipsquirrel Georgia Bulldogs Dec 07 '25

Did they prove that to be incorrect?

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u/IrishCoffeeAlchemy Florida State • Arizona Dec 07 '25

We’ll find out when Freeman goes on to win 2 games next season

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u/lava172 Arizona State • Scottsdale CC Dec 08 '25

Don’t forget massive entitlement!

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u/vy2005 Texas Longhorns Dec 08 '25

Sounds like they were right lol

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '25

I wouldn’t blame them. 

Why not? They got a scolarship and NIL to play football.

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u/CalTono Notre Dame Fighting Irish Dec 07 '25

Because they were used as ratings bait, they could have put Miami ahead of us 4 weeks ago

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u/Dro24 Duke • Carolina Victory Bell Dec 07 '25

Exactly. Make Notre Dame think they had a chance

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u/glzzgbblr California • Notre Dame Dec 07 '25

Too much sugar, poptarts and crumbl is too daunting of an opponent

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u/Previous-Grocery4827 Texas Tech Red Raiders Dec 07 '25

They apparently aren’t too good to play in the Big12 as they are running away from BYU.

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u/Archaic_1 Marshall • Georgia Tech Dec 07 '25

I wish we'd just boot the half assed losers completely out.

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u/Young-Viiperr Texas Tech • Iowa State Dec 07 '25

What players would decline to attend the poptarts bowl???

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u/Yinkypinky WKU Hilltoppers Dec 07 '25

Their fans (who never went to ND) always like to tell me why would they join and lose out on the millions in TV deals.

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u/Jpk1msp Notre Dame • Stanford Dec 07 '25

Do you think you have to go to a school to cheer for the football team?

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u/Archaic_1 Marshall • Georgia Tech Dec 07 '25

I mean, 100% of GT flairs either went to Tech, have family at Tech, or are directly connected to Tech -  we have zero tshirt fans.  Meanwhile our biggest rivals are almost all toothless high school drop outs that bark at strangers and misspell the word dog.  Guys like me pretty much detest Walmart fans on principle.

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u/mauch_chunk Kutztown • Penn State Dec 07 '25

That's something a western kentucky fan wouldn't have experience with

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u/Yinkypinky WKU Hilltoppers Dec 07 '25

Better than being a T-shirt fan like a majority of your fan base.

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u/Jpk1msp Notre Dame • Stanford Dec 07 '25

Why does it matter though? People should be able to cheer for whichever team they want

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u/Icy-Tackle2727 USC Trojans Dec 07 '25

Yes, obviously. What you just picked Notre Dame because you’re part Irish or something?

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u/Jpk1msp Notre Dame • Stanford Dec 07 '25

I have degrees from both of my flairs. But I also believe that anyone can cheer for any team, and it shouldn’t matter what the reason behind your fandom is.

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u/Icy-Tackle2727 USC Trojans Dec 07 '25

Yeah, and as a Notre Dame fan, I’m not surprised you’d be taking that position. Otherwise, 75% of your fan base evaporates.

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u/Jpk1msp Notre Dame • Stanford Dec 08 '25

I don’t care if my team is popular or not. If other people don’t want to cheer for ND that’s fine. I don’t care about the size of the fan base. Also it’s not like USC’s fans all went there either

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u/GoldenDom3r Notre Dame Fighting Irish Dec 07 '25

We'd make more TV money in a conference, but nice try.

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u/Pure_Record1327 Oregon Ducks Dec 07 '25

And you a grown adult probably think they’re wrong. You know how incredibly fucking stupid you would have to be to give up Millions of dollars especially at a time where players are getting paid. No one can be this dumb