With 7:01 left within the third quarter of its first-round Faculty Soccer Playoff sport towards No. 3 Notre Dame, No. 9 Indiana briefly had the Preventing Irish proper the place it wished them.
On third-and-14 on the Hoosiers’ 24-yard line, Notre Dame quarterback Riley Leonard was pressured into an ungainly rollout and stuffed for no acquire—till the officers flagged Indiana defensive lineman James Carpenter for hitting Leonard out of bounds.
The decision gave the Preventing Irish a free 15 yards—which they ultimately become a 33-yard area aim—and upset Hoosiers coach Curt Cignetti.
Curt Cignetti was not proud of this late hit penalty 😳 pic.twitter.com/2fLPmL4AMi
— ESPN Faculty Soccer (@ESPNCFB) December 21, 2024
Followers at residence had a lot to say about it as nicely.
Former NFL defensive finish J.J. Watt insisted that Leonard was nonetheless within the area of play when Carpenter hit him.
That was not a late hit.
The QB was nonetheless in play when he initiated contact.
Fairly clearly. — JJ Watt (@JJWatt) December 21, 2024
Quite a lot of followers commented on how continuously officers ignore the letter of the regulation when judging late hits (although to be honest, some in all probability err on the facet of security).
IF YOU HAVE NOT TOUCHED OUT OF BOUNDS BY RULE YOU HAVE NOT BEEN HIT LATE OUT OF BOUNDS
What number of occasions should we do that
— Matt Mitchell (@olboyunclemitch) December 21, 2024 Arduous to have a late hit out of bounds when the participant wasn’t out of bounds but.
— Adam Lunt (@AdamLunt817) December 21, 2024
The phrase “smooth” was thrown round.
Such a weak late hit name. So smooth
— Jacob Infante (@jacobinfante24) December 21, 2024
In the meantime, Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman was none too happy with Carpenter.
Marcus Freeman yelling on the Indiana participant who hit Riley late out of bounds.
I find it irresistible. — Mike Singer (@MikeTSinger) December 21, 2024
