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Colorado State Apologizes for Anti-Mormon Chants at BYU Game

By Drooid · Sep 20, 2026, 10:35 PM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

Colorado State University apologized to BYU for chants targeting Latter-day Saints during a game.
BYU defeated Colorado State 41-23 at Canvas Stadium on September 19.
Colorado State said mocking faith has no place and will address the students.
The Big 12 fined Colorado $50,000 in 2025 for similar anti-Mormon chants at a BYU game.
Commissioner Brett Yormark condemned the chants as a serious issue needing education.

History

Historical Context

Stanford’s 2022 task-force revealed that enrollment from Beverly Hills High dropped from 67 to 20 between 1949 and 1955, confirming the early-20th-century Jewish quotas used by elite universities. Decades of enforcement—from Michigan’s 2003 NCAA sanctions that forced the basketball program to vacate five seasons and return $450,000—show how colleges address faith-based harassment, a pattern echoed today by Colorado State’s anti-Mormon chants and renewed diversity-training fines.

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Story summary

Colorado State University apologized to BYU for chants targeting Latter-day Saints during a game.
BYU defeated Colorado State 41-23 at Canvas Stadium on September 19.
Colorado State said mocking faith has no place and will address the students.
The Big 12 fined Colorado $50,000 in 2025 for similar anti-Mormon chants at a BYU game.
Commissioner Brett Yormark condemned the chants as a serious issue needing education.

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