Notre Dame football fans rage at refs over drive ending blown call

When your team is having problems getting going the way that the Notre Dame football team has had problems getting going, it can be incredibly frustrating to watch the refs help out the opponents. But that’s what happened late on Saturday night in a game that was tied 6-6 when the referees made a rather bad call.

The Irish had the ball near midfield on 4th and 1 as head coach Marcus Freeman was trying to find anything to lean on offensively for his team. Freeman had already called one 4th down play that had extended the drive from his own 32 yard line.

He wasn’t going to then punt on 4th and 1 from right near the 50-yard line. The Blue and Gold called a Riley Leonard keeper and it appeared on his second and then third effort that he barely crossed the line to gain before being pushed back.

However, when the referees called in the sticks to measure, they ruled he was literally inches short. On replay, for reasons passing understanding, the call was confirmed and social media lost its mind.

Notre Dame football fans lose it over blown call

Are they blind?

Embarrassing spot

Notre Dame football just got hosed.

Clearly a first down, no matter where the line on the field was

Fighting Irish fans weren't the only one who thought the refs did a bad job. Both the review refs and the ones on the field.

The blown call didn't end up mattering in the grand scheme of things. Once Texas A&M got the ball, they ended up turning the ball over on downs themselves and when the Golden Domers got the ball back, they finally found the end zone.

Jadarian Price, one of the Notre Dame football running backs who had said he had a chip on his shoulder entering the game, busted a 47-yard touchdown run to give his squad the 13-6 lead.

Still, the kind of blown call the refs made on that 4th down run could have been game changing if not for Al Golden's defense being as stout as ever.