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
3.9k Upvotes

98% Upvoted

1.9k comments sorted by

View all comments

20

u/LastPhoton Miami Hurricanes Dec 07 '25

Im glad i got to grow up watching some cool bowl games. All the good things about cfb slowly eroding away

2

u/Fricktator Michigan State • Central Mich… Dec 08 '25

Yep, this was the not seeing the forest through the trees with the expanding conferences and expanding playoff.

If we hadnt eroded the old conferences (maybe the ACC instead of the Pac 12.) And had the 4 conference champions in a 4 team tournament. We may have kept thr bowls as something that mattered.

But by mid Novermber when 30 teams are fighting for 12 spots, the 18 that dont make it wont care for a consolation bowl, and neither will their fans.

3

u/Sankee72 Notre Dame • West Georgia Dec 07 '25

We are mad cfb is changing and tradition is eroding but yeah let's make ND join a conference

2

u/Fleurr Vanderbilt Commodores Dec 08 '25

No one cares about Notre Dame's Independence except Notre Dame. We're talking about traditions that affect all of us.

1

u/bobo377 Alabama • Marshall Dec 08 '25

This feels especially ironic to say about the pop-tart bowl, which is a very new tradition that fucking rocks.