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Statement waiting to be made as BYU hosts Notre Dame in top-10 clash

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The eyes of the college football world will be on Provo come Saturday night when No. 8 Brigham Young University hosts No. 2 Notre Dame. Both are undefeated, and both were the two first teams left out of the College Football Playoff last season.

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