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Coach Kalani Sitake’s BYU Cougars took on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at home in Week 7 after getting an update on a star linebacker. The Cougars got a confident message from their head coach and proceeded to score the game’s first touchdown as QB Bear Bachmeier called his own number.
Bachmeier took a direct snap from the five yard-line and barreled in for a huge touchdown that had a sea of blue-clad fans going crazy in Provo.
Bear Bachmeier gets No. 8 BYU on the board first against No. 2 Notre Dame 😤 pic.twitter.com/2fRx0F5JYN
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The Irish scored the game’s next touchdown to make it 10-7 as the two top ten teams continued to do gridiron battle with the eyes of the nation fixed on their prime time showdown. The BYU QB Bachmeier later added a receiving touchdown to make the score 14-10 in favor of the Cougars.
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