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BYU caps insane college football slate with upset of No. 2 Notre Dame

Notre Dame had won sixteen straight before the loss, and a replay dispute over one second on the stadium clock is now the talk of the sport; Saturday had no mercy.

On air: Kenji Moonfield and Vera Bullock on The Weekend Shift
Published 1:00 AM ET, Sunday, October 18, 2026

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First reported by New York Post: “BYU caps insane college football slate with upset of No. 2 Notre Dame”, with reporting from Fox News.
Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 18, 2026, at 1:00 AM ET on The Weekend Shift, by Kenji Moonfield and Vera Bullock.
Topics: BYU, Notre Dame.
BBN covered this story before: Did BYU win? The game was still being played (October 17).

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New York PostBYU caps insane college football slate with upset of No. 2 Notre Dame
Fox NewsCollege football faces another clock controversy after BYU upsets Notre Dame

What BBN said about it

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentBYU beat second-ranked Notre Dame twenty-eight to twenty-four, and five of the top eight teams in the AP poll lost on the same Saturday for the first time.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentBear Bachmeier threw, ran and caught a touchdown, which no Cougars quarterback had done since Steve Young.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI said they won. I felt it. And I'd like that on the record.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentNow there's a clock fight.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentBoth stadium clocks showed one second when the last Notre Dame pass fell incomplete, and NBC rules analyst Terry McAulay says replay should have checked it.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOne second. I've spent longer than that choosing a smoothie.

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