Brian Kelly Is Salty About Penalty That Cost Irish a Win at Florida State

By D.J. Byrnes on October 20, 2014 at 10:40 am
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Notre Dame at Florida State was one of the weekend's most anticipated games, and as a neutral observer, it did not disappoint.

Notre Dame appeared to win the game late in the fourth quarter, but the touchdown was nullified due to a controversial pass interference call.

Brian Kelly was not a fan of the call.

From Matt Fortuna of ESPN:

Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly adamantly disagreed with an offensive pass interference penalty that wiped away a go-ahead touchdown against Florida State, saying he had even less clarity Sunday than he did in the minutes after the 31-27 loss.

"Actually I have less clarity," Kelly said during his Sunday teleconference. "I guess it was actually called on Will Fuller, not C.J. (Prosise). So [it] just adds more uncertainty as to the final play.

"But again, the play itself, in terms of what we ask our kids to do, it was pretty clear what happened on the play: Florida State blew the coverage and they got rewarded for it. It's unfortunate."

I thought it was pretty evident offensive pass interference, but I am not a college football referee, and I'm not going to gripe about any call that upsets Brian Kelly.


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