{"id":849,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/849","headline":"Big 12 admits clock error cost Notre Dame a shot at BYU upset finish","dek":"The conference says one second should have remained after the Irish's final incomplete pass in a 28-24 loss to No. 8 BYU.","body":"No. 2 Notre Dame lost 28-24 to No. 8 BYU on Saturday night, and the Big 12 now says its officials got the ending wrong. Trailing by four with three seconds left, quarterback CJ Carr threw toward Jaden Greathouse in the back of the end zone. The pass fell incomplete, Greathouse appeared to be held, no flag came out, and the clock was cleared to zero, ending the game.\n\nExcept it wasn't supposed to end there. In a statement Saturday night, the Big 12 said its replay officiating crew incorrectly cleared the play, and that one second should have remained on the clock when the ball hit the ground. That would have given Notre Dame one more snap to try to win it.\n\nThe conference added it will conduct a full review of its end-of-game officiating process. The loss is a costly one for Notre Dame, which would have had a case for the No. 1 ranking with a win, since top-ranked Georgia lost earlier Saturday. Instead BYU walks away with the upset, and the Big 12 walks away with an admission it can't undo.","published_at":"2026-10-19T06:03:42.538373+00:00","source_count":3,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Big 12 admits referee mistake in Notre Dame vs. BYU","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/big-12-admits-referee-mistake-140308392.html"},{"outlet":"Pro Football Talk","publisher":"NBC Sports","title":"Big 12 admits clock error at end of Notre Dame-BYU game","url":"https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/big-12-admits-clock-error-at-end-of-notre-dame-byu-game"},{"outlet":"CBS Sports","publisher":"CBS Sports","title":"Big 12 rules Notre Dame should have been allowed another play after officiating error in loss to BYU","url":"https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/notre-dame-byu-officials-mistake-error-big-12/"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"NBC rules analyst calls out clock error that cost Notre Dame vs. BYU","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/nbc-rules-analyst-calls-clock-052828318.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Big 12 Acknowledges Crucial Officiating Mistake in Notre Dame’s Loss to BYU","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/big-12-acknowledges-crucial-officiating-093431589.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Big 12 says a second should have been added back to clock after No. 2 Notre Dame's final play in upset loss to No. 8 BYU","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/breaking-news/article/big-12-says-a-second-should-have-been-added-back-to-clock-after-no-2-notre-dames-final-play-in-upset-loss-to-no-8-byu-103036365.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Big 12 admits mistake: Notre Dame deserved final play in controversial loss to BYU","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/big-12-admits-mistake-notre-111237608.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Was 1 second left on Notre Dame-BYU clock after controversial final play?","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/1-second-left-notre-dame-113711662.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Notre Dame denied final play after controversial clock error in BYU defeat","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/notre-dame-denied-final-play-153000392.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Notre Dame Robbed By Clock Error And Missed Penalty Call","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/notre-dame-robbed-clock-error-185315128.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Notre Dame’s loss to BYU gets an uncomfortable admission from the Big 12","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/notre-dame-loss-byu-gets-190443555.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Kirk Herbstreit Breaks Silence on Controversial Notre Dame-BYU Ending","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/kirk-herbstreit-breaks-silence-controversial-041310237.html"}],"image":{"url":"https://nbcsports.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e0366e6/2147483647/strip/false/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1920x1080!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhdliveextra-a.akamaihd.net%2FHD%2Fimage_sports%2FNBCU_Sports_Group_-_nbcsports%2F802%2F699%2Fnbc_pftpm_mhjtrade_261017.jpg","credit":"Pro Football Talk","width":1920},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. 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