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Notre Dame and Georgia have reached a point in the Sugar Bowl where they both are finding points. They both obviously understand the importance of that with the College Football Playoff. Only one can win though, and the Irish are doing that, 20-10, after three quarters.
The Irish’s decision to defer when they won the coin toss paid off when [autotag]Jayden Harrison[/autotag] returned the second-half kickoff for a 98-yard touchdown. That meant 17 unanswered points in less than a minute of game time going back to the end of the first half.
The teams then traded punts before the Bulldogs finally found the end zone on Gunner Stockton’s 32-yard pass to Cash Jones. This ended a drive that began with a brutal drop by an open Dillon Bell.
The Irish tried to get back momentum but just barely turned the ball over on downs at midfield, giving the Bulldogs a short field to try and get back within a score. But they went four-and-out, so the Irish had their own short field, albeit starting in their own territory.
The Irish ended the quarter in field-goal range, and hopes were high that they’ll add to their lead. Even if they somehow didn’t, the hope was they would at least keep their lead through four quarters.
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