Week 9 of the college football season has left plenty to overreact about as bowl season draws near.
The college football season is barrelling down the track full speed toward bowl season. Week 9 is in the books and the playoff contenders managed to keep their spot while surviving some tough road games. Other teams hoping to be contenders have fallen off and showed their true colors.
With Week 10 around the corner and the first College Football Playoff ranking coming out next week, this is a big time for the sport. Teams need wins now more than ever and coaches are putting their jobs on the line. It is time to overreact to what happened on the field on Saturday.
5. Laying on a player to end a game should be a free play
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish managed to end their losing streak on Saturday. They almost squandered a huge lead to do so but held on. After a field goal put the Irish up by three, Miami had one last chance to come down and win the game.
With no timeouts the task was a tall one. Quarterback Brad Kaaya would take a sack and that would be the end of their chances. However, a Notre Dame defensive lineman laid on Kaaya and refused to get off of him in an egregious manner.
Had he done so, there’s a good chance they would have likely gotten one more playoff. While that wouldn’t have made much of a difference most likely, it should have been ruled a penalty. He interfered with the play of the game and Miami should have been given a free play.