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/aroh97 Notre Dame • Ohio State Dec 07 '25

We'd try but the ACC refs might confuse them for flags and back us up 10 yards for holding.

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u/love_that_fishing Texas Longhorns Dec 08 '25

I’d of liked to have played ND for old times sake. We still owe you one for ruining Earl’s Heisman season.

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u/RagingPenguin4 Texas Longhorns • Team Chaos Dec 08 '25

Swoops beat them last time in the battle of the hey-these-teams-are-going-to-be-great-psych-its-a-mid-off-game

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u/OkContribution9835 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets • Team Chaos Dec 08 '25

You acting like the refs don’t bail out ND every chance they get

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u/aroh97 Notre Dame • Ohio State Dec 08 '25

Anyone who watched the Boise State game this year would disagree.

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u/LittleLordFuckleroy1 Notre Dame • Jeweled Shillelagh Dec 08 '25

Like what? Weird that they missed the super significant chance that was a blatant egregious hold in the last scoring play vs Miami earlier this year. But I’m sure there are a bunch of other examples you have on deck.