It was offensive pass interference being committed on the two defenders being blocked. You're allowed to block before the receiver gets the ball as long as he catches it behind the line of scrimmage such as on a WR screen. You're not allowed to block defenders downfield and outside of the box anywhere near the receiver on a passing play if the ball is being thrown beyond the line of scrimmage. That's offensive pass interference.

 

I certainly wasn't of the ones saying ND was overrated. I've been picking the loser of this game to make it to the playoff for weeks now. There aren't any great teams this year, and several very good teams. I'd say the top of that class is Alabama, Florida State and Oregon (recently I included Oklahoma, but apparently I was overrating them) followed by the Mississippi schools, Auburn, Notre Dame and Michigan State, and then the best of the rest that could still beat anyone I've already listed on occasion, UGA, Ohio State, Kansas State, Oklahoma, TCU, Baylor, and Arizona State.

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