A heads up that Notre Dame vs BYU in immersive 180° is streaming live today, with kickoff at 4:30pm PT / 7:30pm ET 🏈

No. 2 Notre Dame brings its 6-0 record to No. 8 BYU, also unbeaten at 5-0. Watch it live from the sideline in immersive 180°, 8K with Dolby Atmos.

You can also catch the immersive full-game replay and highlights on demand after the game. No ESPN subscription required. Available in the United States on Meta Quest 3 and Meta Quest 3S. Before the game, update the TV app to the latest version. You can select Watch to join the immersive live stream 15 minutes before the scheduled start time.

How to watch

• Launch it from your Quest 3 or Quest 3S: Open the TV app. You'll find the game in the featured spot on the Home screen and in the Immersive and Sports tabs. 15 minutes before the scheduled start time, a Watch button appears to the left of the "+ Watchlist" button.
• Get a reminder: On your phone or computer, open the event page and click "+ Watchlist" to get notified in the Meta Horizon app or in your headset.
• Launch it from your phone or computer: At game time, click "Open in VR" on the event page and the game page will open on your headset.

Not working for you?

• Check the basics: You need a Quest 3 or Quest 3S, the latest TV app, and to be in the US.
• How to force a TV app update: To update the TV app, long-press its app icon, go to Settings, and update. Updating your headset and restarting helps too.
• Only seeing a Disney+ Watch option? The Disney+ button is the regular non-immersive broadcast stream. The Watch button for the immersive stream appears to the left of "+ Watchlist" once the stream goes live, 15 minutes before the scheduled start time.
• Still having issues? Help us help you: quickly press the Meta button on your right controller 5 times to open the bug reporter, then tell us what happened. Learn more about reporting a bug.

🔁 Can't watch live?

• The full-game replay is in the TV app for 7 days, and highlights go up the next day.

More info on the Meta blog, including more announced games

Disclosure: I work at Meta and worked on this. Would love to hear your thoughts if you check it out.

Hi all! Wondering if there are any UK fans and how you watch the games if you do? Traveling here in England and don’t want to miss the game tonight!

16 years ago, I attended a BYU vs. Utah “Holy War” rivalry game that ended in an overtime walk-off touchdown pass from Max Hall to Andrew George. The crowd went wild, and my brother and I rushed the field. When I got to the field, I realized there were large chunks of turf all over the place. I snagged a nice, big piece and shoved it in my jacket pocket.

As a lifelong fan of BYU football, I was so happy to take it home and plant it in my garden. It grew nicely and even survived a transplant into another garden when I moved a year or two later.

Three years later, in 2012, BYU was scheduled to play at Notre Dame. My dad surprised my brothers and I with the opportunity to travel to South Bend, Indiana, to see our Cougs play. I realized I had a golden opportunity to plant the turf from LaVell Edwards Stadium somewhere even better than my garden. How about on campus, at the feet of “Touchdown Jesus,” next to Notre Dame Stadium? I thought it was a great idea.

I took a good piece of the sod with its roots. I carefully wrapped it in a moistened paper towel, put it in a Ziploc bag, and packed it in my carry-on for the flight to Irish country.

The area was pretty busy with Notre Dame fans, so I had to figure out a way to get this done without anyone noticing. We identified the best spot for a successful turf transplant. I laid down a blanket and pretended to take a nap underneath it. What was really happening under the blanket was a landscaping project involving a flashlight, a six-inch pocketknife, and a soup spoon.

I was so proud of my handiwork. It looked so good that I couldn’t even tell the grass there had been disturbed or even walked on. We recorded the GPS coordinates and took pictures. I was certain this would help seal a victory for the Cougars that evening.

The victory eluded them by one field goal. The final score was 17–14 in favor of the Irish. Notre Dame finished the season by going to the National Championship. (They got throttled by Alabama.)

Notre Dame backed out of its deal to play BYU at home after that game in South Bend. (They were chickens that year.) I guess they had to wait until they knew they were good? Why wait 12 years?

This year, Notre Dame is coming in to Provo ranked No. 2 and will try to beat a No. 8 BYU team that hasn’t lost at home since 2024. This has the makings of an incredibly great game, with two amazing defenses.

Thank you, LaVell Edwards, for building this program into what it is. Thank you, Max Hall and Andrew George, for manufacturing the perfect opportunity for me to score some stadium turf. And thank you to my dad for always bringing me to the games with you. I will be at Lavell Edwards Stadium this Saturday. I probably won't need to take anymore turf. I can leave those kinds of shenanigans for younger hooligans moving forward.

Go Cougs!

I’m in a car with friends on my way to party at my brother’s in Payson from Southern Utah, and if tickets go down to $250ish that’s all I have and I’d be able to go to the game. It doesn’t look like that’s happening so please message me if you can help a fellow Cougar fan out

Ok this math is what my mind was thinking. The downside of a Notre Dame loss isn't massive (unless we get embarrassed). The upside is obviously huge, and gives us a massive margin for error, but a loss doesn't kill us.

And having the game at home makes me think we have a really good shot of at least not getting embarrassed.

https://x.com/TheRootingGuide/status/2111166297719611610?s=20

Would love to really GameDay. And overshadow the ND chants that are planned at College gameday.

Backstory: I infiltrated a few ND chat rooms and some of the traveling students are already planning on some pretty disrespectful stuff.

I would love for us to find more clever, louder ways to root on the cougs without being disrespectful.

Report says he’s listed as a co-starter with Jake Clifton. Do we know anything about how he’s been looking in practice?

BYU needs to do a better job of getting their students access to football and basketball games. They make them buy a ROC pass and pay the money just for a lottery to get a chance to go to games. They are students. Get them into games. Quit selling out and providing fewer seats to students so you can make more money. The university and church have more money than they know what to do with. It’s embarrassing and gives the church a bad look. Get students into the games. Maybe it’s time to expand the stadium if students can’t get tickets.

On the one hand, I really like the 12 team playoff, and think 16 should be the max.

24 teams will make the CCGs completely useless (I've heard they would be completely erased) which makes me sad. It also will make the regular season less interesting for the blue bloods who usually win 10-11 games, but more interesting for the 10-2 or 9-3 Big 12 teams.

It would be great to see more teams that have never had a shot in the playoff, and the top 8 teams would have playoff games on campus which I love. If the season ended today, 5 BIG XII teams would be in the playoff which is awesome.

So I'm somewhere in the middle on it.

What do we think as BYU fans?

Honestly a tough call for me

Josh Pate and his model to say "DON'T hold back".

October 15, 2026.

My guess is AJ Dybantsa. If not him, Steve Young.

Pulled from https://promo.espn.com/collegegameday/ this is a great spot for it! Way better than the LES parking lot.

Anyone got some great signs ideas to show up with at college gameday? Would love to fire up these catholics.

Heya there Cougar Nation!

I checked the schedule on the BYU Cougars mobile app for this Saturday's big matchup against Notre Dame, and it looks like the game is set to broadcast on ABC4.

Unfortunately, I might stumble upon a conflict during part of the game and won’t be able to watch it live due to it. I want to make sure I get a clean recording of the broadcast, but I wanted to check with you all first to see what the best method is.

Which is even extremely worse I don’t have an actual DVR hooked up to the Philips TV under the window (which is not a smart TV)

How are you planning to record the game?

Thanks in advance and Go Cougs! ⚪️🔵

Edit: Trolling is a big no-no based off the rules of the subreddit. That’s why I’m on the brink of reposting/crossposting to my profile.

Saw this idea on Cougarboard and liked it:

Students are guaranteed 3 or 4 games (based on supply/demand) per season.

Everyone who buy a pass gets the same number (whether it's 3 or 4) of guaranteed games.

Students learn which 3 or 4 games they are guaranteed at the start of the season.

Students with more seniority get better seating group assignments for the games they are selected for.

Also set aside a fixed number of ROC tickets for every game that, before each game, are awarded via a last-chance lottery that:
- requires student opt-in each game AND
- increases lottery odds for: other sport/campus engagement, seniority, returning unused guaranteed tickets
- decreases lottery odds for: no-showing for a guaranteed game

Providing students...
> the same number of guaranteed tickets,
> game assignments in advance, and
> a lottery to win/earn additional game attendance based on involvement
would be a massive improvement for all students while still leaving the Athletic Department the flexibility to seasonally determine the ideal number of guaranteed games and lottery tickets.