Bad Beat alert: Cal vs. Notre Dame spread and total affected by instant replay, Hail Mary, and chaos

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish avoided a disastrous 0-3 start to the season by taking down Cal with a 24-17 victory on Saturday. The Irish closed as a 13.5-point favorite on DraftKings Sportsbook, meaning the Golden Bears covered in South Bend. And the point total landed exactly on 41, which is where it closed.

BUT, that was almost not the case!

Cal was driving down the field in the final minute and making one last dash to tie the game. Golden Bears quarterback Jack Plummer seemingly coughed up the football for a fumble and it was scooped up and taken the other way by Fighting Irish cornerback TaRiq Bracy.

Notre Dame (-13.5) returns the fumble for a TD putting them an extra point away from the cover…

But the QB was ruled down pic.twitter.com/PnjxzQVPQ0

– Action Network (@ActionNetworkHQ) September 17, 2022

  
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