ACC admits replay official made mistake

The Atlantic Coast Conference said Saturday the replay official erred on the final play of the North CarolinaWake Forest game by failing to initiate a review that would have put one second back on the clock.

League supervisor of football officials Dennis Hennigan said in a statement the officials determined that UNC running back Michael Carter’s forward progress had been stopped and time had elapsed in Wake Forest’s 24-18 win Friday night. But he said the replay official “should have stopped the game for further review,” which should have resulted in restoring the final second.

Officials would have then spotted the ball at the Wake Forest 43-yard line and restarted the clock on their signal. It’s unclear whether the Tar Heels would have been able to get off a snap in time once the officials restarted the clock for a desperation final heave to the end zone.

“All disciplinary measures related to the replay officials are being handled internally and the ACC considers this matter closed,” Hennigan said.

At the time, it seemed Carter had simply failed to get out of bounds in time to stop the clock on his 13-yard run as the Tar Heels tried to make a final drive with no timeouts. Carter was pushed out of bounds with replays appearing to show he had stepped on the sideline with a second left, with several UNC players and coaches immediately holding up one finger on that sideline to note there should be one second left.

Yet officials left the field immediately and there was no replay review.

Doing it by the Book:

Ian Book threw a career-high five touchdown passes and Notre Dame’s defense came up with three first-half interceptions in a

66-14 home rout of New Mexico — its final tuneup before a showdown at No.

3 Georgia.

Book rebounded from a lackluster opening performance in a 35-17 victory at Louisville to complete 15-of-24 passes for 360 yards. Book finished with another 46 yards rushing yards and a 1-yard TD.

The Fighting Irish (2-0) had their way with the Lobos (1-1), who were without head coach Bob Davie. Saga Tuitele acted as head coach for Davie, the former Irish head coach from

1997-2001 who was hospitalized following New Mexico’s opening victory over Sam Houston State.

Nittany Lions win rivalry game:

Journey Brown ran for 109 yards and a touchdown and host Penn State held off Pittsburgh 17-10 in their 100th meeting.

Pitt opted to kick a field goal on fourth-and-goal at the Penn State 1 trailing by a touchdown with less than

4 minutes to go. Alex Kessman’s

19-yard attempt clanked off the upright and the Nittany Lions (3-0) later turned away Pitt’s last-ditch possession to win their third straight in the series since it was renewed in 2016.

Noah Cain’s 13-yard third-quarter sprint to the end zone gave Penn State the lead for good. Kenny Pickett threw for a career-high 372 yards for Pitt (1-2).

Temple cools off Maryland:

Kenny Yeboah put Temple ahead on a onehanded touchdown catch late in the fourth quarter, and the Owls used two clutch stops at the goal line for a 20-17 victory over a No. 21 Maryland team, which averaged 71 points in its victories over Howard and Syracuse.

The Owls (2-0) defeated an unbeaten Maryland team for the second straight season and got coach Rod Carey off to a nice start in his first season on Temple’s sideline. Yeboah used his outstretched right hand to snag Anthony Russo’s pass with 7:27 left in the game to put Temple ahead 20-15.

Temple linebacker Shaun Bradley stuffed Anthony McFarland on fourthand-goal with 3:27 left to seemingly seal the win. After a shanked punt, the Owls again held the Terrapins, and a fourth-down pass was incomplete with 2:14 to go. Anthony Russo’s intentional safety finished off the scoring.

Extra points:

Jarrett Guarantano threw three touchdown passes and Tennessee rolled to a 45-0 blowout of FCS program Chattanooga as the Volunteers (1-2) began digging their way out of their slowest start in over three decades. Tennessee is trying to bounce back from its first 0-2 start since 1988, when the Vols dropped their first six games before finishing 5-6 . ... Chad Ryland booted a 24-yard field goal as time expired to give Eastern Michigan a 34-31 win over Illinois in Champaign, giving the Eagles (2-1) their third win over a Big Ten team, following victories against Rutgers in 2017 and Purdue in 2018 . ... Tre Turner scored second half touchdowns rushing and receiving, helping Virginia Tech (2-1) rally from a 14-3 halftime deficit to a 24-17 victory over Furman . ... Colorado S Aaron Maddox was carted off in the third quarter with a left leg laceration after he crashed into a cooling fan on the Air Force sideline during a 30-23 overtime loss. He could be back mid-to-late season.