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Jan 9, 2025; Miami, FL, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish wide receiver Jaden Greathouse (1) celebrates a touch down the second half against the Penn State Nittany Lions at Hard Rock Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images
Notre Dame beat the Penn State Nittany Lions 27-24 in the Capital One Orange Bowl to advance to the national championship game.
These are the five impact plays from the Fighting Irish’s victory over the Nittany Lions in the College Football Playoff semifinal.
You can probably guess number one.
Mitch Jeter sends the Irish onward to victory
Jan 9, 2025; Miami, FL, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish place kicker Mitch Jeter (98) kicks the ball in the second half against the Penn State Nittany Lions at Hard Rock Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images
Notre Dame’s kicking game has struggled all year. The worst field-goal unit in the country, as the ESPN broadcast continually reminded us. Most of those struggles were due to kicker Mitch Jeter’s injury. Now that he’s back healthy, the Irish needed Jeter to kick a potential game-winning field goal or go to overtime. Which he did. The Irish are headed to Atlanta.
Christian Gray’s interception
Nov 30, 2024; Los Angeles, California, USA; Southern California Trojans wide receiver Makai Lemon (6) attempts to catch the ball against Notre Dame Fighting Irish cornerback Christian Gray (29) in the second half at United Airlines Field at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images
Mitch Jeter doesn’t even get the chance to make that kick if Christian Gray doesn’t pick off an errant Drew Allar pass.
Jaden Greathouse takes it to the…house
Jan 9, 2025; Miami, FL, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish wide receiver Jaden Greathouse (1) makes catch in the second half against the Penn State Nittany Lions at Hard Rock Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Nathan…
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Author : Fighting Irish Wire
Publish date : 2025-01-10 05:02:00
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