On Thursday night, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Penn State Nittany Lions met in the Orange Bowl. Both teams were one win away from punching their ticket to the National Championship. At the end of the first half, Penn State was up 10-3. However, the momentum was on Notre Dame’s side.
They hit a field goal late in the second quarter to get themselves on the board before halftime. Notre Dame made the correct adjustments in the second half and outplayed Penn State. With under 40 seconds left in the game, it was tied 24-24 and Penn State had the ball. A field goal would have won the team the game. Junior QB Drew Allar held the ball too long and tried to make a difficult throw. The pass was intercepted by Notre Dame and that set them up for a game-winning field goal. Marcus Freeman and the Irish walked away with a 27-24 victory. Notre Dame is in the National Championship for the first time since 2013.
