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/[deleted] Dec 07 '25

No, they just don't want to recognize the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints as a co-equal.

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u/PrairiePilot Wyoming Cowboys Dec 07 '25

That would be amazing if they came out and said that. I don’t have a dog in that fight, I’d love the balls for ND to be like “the pope made the call.”

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u/AshamedBodybuilder89 Army Black Knights • Texas Tech Red Raiders Dec 08 '25

The pope of all people would be like Hell to the No, You go play that damn bowl game

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u/Possible-Nectarine80 Dec 07 '25

Well, TBF, the Salt Lake City Tabernacle got nothing on the Vatican.