Notre Dame had an enormous fourth-quarter takeaway.
Till it didn’t.
With slightly over 10 minutes to go within the Orange Bowl on Thursday, Combating Irish quarterback Riley Leonard was picked off by Penn State’s Dani Dennis-Sutton.
However simply 4 performs later, Leonard appeared like he was saved when his Penn State counterpart, Drew Allar, threw an interception to Notre Dame’s Jack Kiser on a lofted cross close to the entrance of the tip zone.
It gave the impression to be a game-changing turnover, however referees referred to as a cross interference penalty on Adon Shuler — who was in on double protection on Tyler Warren.
As the decision was made, Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman appeared gobsmacked by the decision on the sidelines and pointed towards the officers in virtually full disbelief.
Notre Dame followers had been equally vexed by the penalty name, throwing beer bottles ultimately zone at Arduous Rock Stadium.
The fiery followers gave the impression to be quelled shortly, although, as play resumed in comparatively quick order.
After Greg McElroy on the primary ESPN broadcast defended the decision by officers regardless of Notre Dame’s protestations, guidelines knowledgeable Matt Austin agreed with the ex-Alabama QB’s evaluation.
“That’s definitely pass interference,” Austin stated.
The decision gave Penn State new life, as Nicholas Singleton scampered in two performs later along with his third landing of the sport.
An additional level later gave the Nittany Lions a 24-17 lead.
