One IU fan will be in a unique position for Friday’s playoff game between the Hoosiers and Notre Dame.
Father Patrick Hyde, a pastor at St. Paul Catholic Center on IU’s campus, is also enrolled in a hybrid master’s degree program for nonprofit administration at Notre Dame’s college of business.
Last week, he found out that he will get a Notre Dame student ticket for the game in South Bend.
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In any other circumstances, he’d be rooting for the Fighting Irish.
“As a priest here at IU for nine years, and in a way as a father to my parish, and in some way, shape or form, to campus, I feel as of the love of the Father, I should support my Hoosiers while I'm up there at the game,” he said.
Hyde announced on X last week that he had won the tickets, and it went viral with nearly 110,000 views. In the post, he said, “It’s tough, but a pastor is always called to put his flock first.”
Hyde plans to attend the game and return to Bloomington on Saturday for weekend masses.
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This morning, I learned I will get a student ticket to the Notre Dame playoff game. Just now I learned they will be playing Indiana, where I serve as pastor. I’ll be there. Wearing red! Go Hoosiers! pic.twitter.com/tnC0prwSKA — Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP (@frpatrickop) December 8, 2024
