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President Dallin H. Oaks meets with BYU football team

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The BYU football team had a special guest at Saturday’s game. President Dallin H. Oaks, the prophet and president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the sponsoring faith of Brigham Young University, attended BYU’s game against Arizona State.

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