One nun told a reporter of overhearing a colleague in her convent "gamefully bargaining" and eventually "threatening" the Poor Souls and saints for another Notre Dame touchdown. Red Barber, who broadcast the game on radio, later called it "the greatest college football game I ever called." Radio announcer Tom Manning added, "I always said Shakespeare had a pair of rosary beads and a bottle of holy water in his back pocket." The media picked up stories of the Catholic faithful praying for Notre Dame as they listened to the game on the radio.
Shakespeare threw a pass into the end zone, which was caught by Wayne Millner on his knees for an 18–13 win. With the clock running out, the ball was snapped to the fullback who handed it to Shakespeare on what appeared to be a reverse. William Shakespeare (nicknamed the "Merchant of Menace") replaced Pilney. Pilney was injured and had to be carried off the field on a stretcher. With less than a minute left in the game, Notre Dame quarterback Andy Pilney ran 30 yards to the Ohio State 19-yard line. Notre Dame scored two touchdowns to cut Ohio State's lead to 13–12.
As great of a kicker as Santos has been for Chicago, he hasn’t been asked to kick many length field goals.
The Bears lined their kicker up to take a field goal short by a solid 10 yards over a Hail Mary shot with Justin Fields.Īlthough it’s unlikely the outcome of the game would’ve changed had the Bears not attempted a field goal, it was puzzling to see a kicker who pretty clearly didn’t have the leg to make the kick go out there with the game on the line. This is probably not much of a hot take, but it’s too interesting a topic not to discuss.