As Conrad Ukropina’s kick hurtled upward, crossed the bar and dropped to the ground, DeShone Kizer crumpled to the grass in unison with Notre Dame football’s College Football Playoff hopes.
Another two-point loss. On the road. Against a highly-ranked opponent.
Notre Dame bulldozed down the field on a remarkable—and potentially season-defining—15-play, 88-yard drive that chewed up six minutes and 18 seconds, not including the extra minute or so spent reviewing Kizer’s two-yard touchdown run on a gutsy bootleg call.
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But 30 seconds later, Ukropina calmly drilled the 45-yard field goal, vaulted No.