4. The forward progress call
Tennessee had the ball first in overtime with a fourth and goal chance at the 1. Jaylen Wright was stopped, he kept churning, and he was still slightly moving forward all while on top of a Purdue player. And then he reached out his hand to put the ball over the goal line.
At first glance – and in real time – it seemed like Wright was stopped and Purdue had what effectively would be the game-sealing stop.
It went to review – which showed that Wright’s forward progress was stopped, sort of, not really but maybe, and the call was confirmed, and …
Mitchell Fineran hit the game-winning field goal for Purdue on its overtime possession.
It’s unfortunate for an amazing game like this to be remembered for that, and Tennessee fans don’t exactly take things like this all that well, but it will forever add to the legend that this bowl game should become.
2021 Music City Bowl 5 Thoughts
5. Your 2021 Music City Bowl was awesome
3. Aidan O’Connell’s big day
2. THAT’S the Tennessee offense
1. Purdue had its big moment