Big 12 says replay crew erred on final play of BYU's win over Notre Dame

The Big 12 said after No. 8 BYU's 28-24 win over No. 2 Notre Dame on Saturday that time remained on the clock when Notre Dame's final pass hit the ground, and that its replay crew was wrong not to step in. ^[1]

"Following the Big 12's review of the final play of Saturday's Notre Dame-BYU game, it was determined that time remained on the clock when the ball hit the ground and the play was incorrectly cleared by the replay officiating crew," the conference said. "The Conference will conduct a complete review of the end-of-game officiating process in advance of next week's games." ^[1]

Several replays showed CJ Carr's pass to Jaden Greathouse, who was covered by BYU's Evan Johnson, hitting the turf in the south end zone with one second left. BYU fans stormed the field seconds later. Under the rules, Notre Dame should have had one more play from the BYU 8-yard line. ^[1]

Notre Dame had just converted a first down on a 5-yard pass from Carr to Micah Gilbert with five seconds left and called a timeout before the final pass. Asked about the play after the game, BYU coach Kalani Sitake said the time didn't matter because it was fourth down. It was first down. ^[1]

Terry McAulay, a former NFL referee who is now a rules analyst for NBC, wrote on social media that there was one second on the clock when the pass hit the ground and that replay should have checked the stadium clock. ^[1]