{"id":873,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/873","headline":"BYU's Bachmeier says Notre Dame upset settled an old score","dek":"The sophomore quarterback said Notre Dame \"disrespected\" him and his family during his high school recruitment.","body":"BYU beat No. 2 Notre Dame 28-24 on Saturday night, and quarterback Bear Bachmeier made clear afterward that the win carried extra weight for him personally.\n\n\"Out of high school, Notre Dame disrespected me and my family pretty badly, and I wasn't going to lose to those guys,\" the sophomore told reporters after the game. He declined to give specifics about what happened during his recruitment, but he made it plain he had not let it go.\n\n\"There are some receipts kept,\" Bachmeier said. \"I wasn't going to lose to those guys tonight.\"\n\nThe victory ranks among the biggest in recent BYU program history, and Bachmeier's performance against the Fighting Irish was described as one of the best outings of his career. For a sophomore quarterback, beating a top-two team while settling a personal grudge from his recruiting days made the night about more than just the scoreboard.","published_at":"2026-10-19T06:03:42.538373+00:00","source_count":3,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Fox Sports","publisher":"Fox Sports","title":"Bear Bachmeier Reveals Personal Motivation Behind BYU's Upset Win Over Notre Dame","url":"https://www.foxsports.com/stories/college-football/bear-bachmeier-details-personal-motivation-behind-byus-upset-win-over-notre-dame"},{"outlet":"New York Post","publisher":"New York Post","title":"BYU’s Bear Bachmeier had ‘some receipts kept’ after Notre Dame ‘disrespected me and my family’","url":"https://nypost.com/2026/10/18/sports/byus-bear-bachmeier-notre-dame-disrespected-me-and-my-family/"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"BYU QB Bear Bachmeier turned Notre Dame's disrespect into biggest upset win","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/byu-qb-bear-bachmeier-turned-154924548.html"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"BYU’s Bear Bachmeier calls his own number on rushing touchdown vs. Notre Dame","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/byu-bear-bachmeier-calls-own-004819947.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Notre Dame’s Micah Gilbert makes insane 1-handed catch vs. BYU","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/notre-dame-micah-gilbert-makes-011432585.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"BYU football Sent a Message to the Nation With Notre Dame Victory","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/byu-football-sent-message-nation-050610053.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"BYU football’s Bear Bachmeier has perfect reaction to upset win over Notre Dame","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/byu-football-bear-bachmeier-perfect-054344150.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"BYU’s Bear Bachmeier Accuses Notre Dame of Disrespecting Family After Upset","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/byu-bear-bachmeier-accuses-notre-082624211.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Bear Bachmeier's all-around performance for BYU shakes up the Heisman Watch","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/bear-bachmeiers-around-performance-byu-035208205.html"}],"image":{"url":"https://statics.foxsports.com/www.foxsports.com/content/uploads/2026/10/245ab428-nfl-16x9-1.jpg","credit":"Fox Sports","width":1920},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}