The No. 4 Notre Dame Fighting Irish may have gotten a gift against the Wisconsin Badgers, but they’ll take it.
After kicker Spencer Porath drilled a 52-yard field goal to tie the game at three, Notre Dame was kicking off to the Badgers when Harrison Bortolotti fumbled the kickoff return and Fighting Irish linebacker Kahanu Kia recovered it at the Wisconsin 13.
Upon official replay review, it appeared that Kia didn’t have possession as he slid out of bounds, but the referees upheld the call on the field. It wasn’t the only controversial replay this weekend.
The play set the Irish up for what would be the games first touchdown.
Kahanu said “we’ll take that” 😏#GoIrish☘️ | @KahanuKia
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This article originally appeared on Fighting Irish Wire: Watch: Notre Dame recovers fumbled kickoff against Wisconsin
