South Bend, Ind. — An errant, seemingly innocent bounce of a football took a victim.
Notre Dame's Miles Boykin, backpedaling and caught in a block, became a casualty of the game's largest momentum swipe.
The punt brushed off his left foot and skidded right into the eager hands of a group of Spartans on the protection, turning the ball back to the MSU offense inside Notre Dame territory.
After sputtering during earlier promising drives, MSU football was afforded the prime opportunity of the game, one they wouldn’t waste this time.
Taking the snap from the Irish 38-yard line, fifth-year senior quarterback Tyler O'Connor took his hurried drop and snapped the ball to the back end zone for intended target true freshman wide receiver, Donnie Corley.