BOULDER, Colo. – The University of Colorado has issued a statement condemning anti-Mormon chants from the stands at a football game Saturday night between Colorado and BYU.
Some fans at Folsom Field chanted “(Expletive) BYU” and “(Expletive) the Mormons” at the game, which BYU won, 24-21. The chants caught the attention of Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee, a BYU graduate.
“I’m not sure why, but “F the Mormons” chants have become far too common at BYU’s away games,” Lee wrote from his personal account on social media site X. “Funny thing — the host schools generally don’t seem to be the least bit concerned about it, even though all of them have many Latter-day Saints enrolled as students. And in the case of last night’s game at the University of Colorado, it was so much more — meaning much worse — than a chant. It was hours upon hours of religious slurs and bigotry.”
BYU is operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
A Utah reporter asked Colorado coach Deion Sanders about the chants from fans after the game, but Sanders said he wasn't aware of it and was focused on his team's performance.
