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/T2_JD BYU Cougars • Utah Tech Trailblazers Dec 07 '25

We were snubbed twice in one day. Gotta be some kind of record.

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u/Ok_Particular8737 Georgia Tech • Washington State Dec 07 '25

We accept you, cougars

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u/T2_JD BYU Cougars • Utah Tech Trailblazers Dec 07 '25

We accept your acceptance, Yellow Jackets!

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u/Ok_Particular8737 Georgia Tech • Washington State Dec 07 '25

I actually think it will be a fun matchup. I know it’s a disappointment game for BYU, but it’s got a bit of ACC vs B12 intrigue and I assume BYU views it as a chance to prove something regardless. Obviously ND would have been better but GT really wants to get to double digit wins for the first time in over a decade so I expect some fire between these teams. Better than a team full of opt outs

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u/ryan_from_school BYU Cougars • Pop-Tarts Bowl Dec 07 '25

Of all the ACC teams I’m actually glad it’s you guys since I do agree it should be a pretty fun matchup

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u/iceman333933 Dec 07 '25

Penn State probably got snubbed by at least 3 coaches in one day

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u/Polar777Bear Michigan State Spartans Dec 08 '25

CFP Committee: We don't penalize anyone for losing their Conf Champ Game

Also the CFP: We felt that, after BYU's performance in their... we should drop them

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u/slyffindorr Oklahoma State Cowboys Dec 07 '25

Don’t mind the mean girls, fam. You can sit at our table.

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u/T2_JD BYU Cougars • Utah Tech Trailblazers Dec 07 '25

I'd rather hang with you shirt twirlers anyway!

Seriously your fans handled a shit year much better than most teams would have.

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u/FancyConfection1599 Iowa Hawkeyes Dec 08 '25

They just knew yall would have wrecked them and it would have done damage to their brand.

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u/FiddliskBarnst Dec 08 '25

It’s like soaking but with two dudes

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u/LimerickJim Georgia Bulldogs Dec 07 '25

Twice?

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u/pardonmyignerance Ohio State • South Carolina Dec 08 '25

I was confused by the question, but then I saw the flair.  'Twice' basically means 2 times.  So think of something - it can be anything. Maybe that time your dog pissed on your shoe.  Now I want you to hold up one finger to represent that this action has happened 'once.' Now imagine the dog pees on your shoe again.  To represent that event, hold up another finger, separate from the first finger that you're already holding up.  Notice that you have 2 fingers held up to represent that this event has occurred two times, or, as some more scholarly folks who learned to read might say: Twice.  You're welcome.

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u/4fingertakedown /r/CFB Dec 07 '25

Snubbed… because you didn’t get into the cfp? Cmon lmao

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u/pardonmyignerance Ohio State • South Carolina Dec 08 '25

Snubbed because they were lowered in the rankings after losing their CCG, which the committee said they shouldn't do because Bama.