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Josh Pate Says Notre Dame Yanked His Media Credential Before The Start Of Miami Game

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On the left, Josh Pate appears on an episode of his YouTube show. On the right, a Nov 7, 2026 college football game in South Bend, Indiana shows Notre Dame Fighting Irish players celebrating after defeating the Miami Hurricanes at Notre Dame Stadium.

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On the left, Josh Pate appears on an episode of his YouTube show. On the right, a Nov 7, 2026 college football game in South Bend, Indiana shows Notre Dame Fighting Irish players celebrating after defeating the Miami Hurricanes at Notre Dame Stadium.


In recent years, Josh Pate has become one of the biggest names in the college football media landscape. However, apparently Pate hasn’t become big enough to guarantee himself an on-field media credential at every school in the country.

Pate was in South Bend, Indiana, last Friday for an episode of ESPN’s “Bussin’ & Pate on Campus” alongside co-hosts Will Compton and Taylor Lewan.

The trio was set to attend Saturday’s showdown between Notre Dame and Miami at Notre Dame Stadium. But according to Pate, someone with the Fighting Irish decided that they had other plans.

Josh Pate Has His Media Credential Pulled By Notre Dame At The Last Moment

According to Pate, he was all set to attend the game and stand on the sidelines until somebody at Notre Dame reversed course at the last second.

“What a spectacle. I wish we could have been there,” he said on a recent episode of his YouTube show. “They had a little reversal on the field credential policy at the 11th hour, which sucked. Didn’t like that at all, but whoever makes that call is whoever makes that call. So we came home. We weren’t even up there for the game. But man, for the people who were there, it looked pretty incredible.”

Pate said he wound up flying back home to Nashville before the game even kicked off. However, he wasn’t sure who it was that ultimately made the call not to let him in.

“There was someone administratively way up the chain at Notre Dame that yanked a bunch of people’s field credentials at the 11th hour,” Pate said. “So, whoever did that, I’m not all that pleased with. Everybody else at Notre Dame, including most of the people we normally deal with there, I don’t put that on their plate.”

While Pate was disappointed, many applauded the Fighting Irish for the decision.

Regardless of how you feel about Pate, it’s easy to understand why he may have been annoyed if Notre Dame pulled the rug out from under him at the last minute.