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Purdue WR De'Nylon Morrissette kills potential touchdown catch due to confusion with pylon, field vs Penn State

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Purdue might reconsider how it paints the end zones at Ross-Ade Stadium after Saturday. At least wideout De’Nylon Morrissette might want them to.

The receiver appeared to have scored a touchdown against Penn State in the first half, which would’ve cut the margin to 14-9 for the Nittany Lions, pending a PAT. But while Morrissette looked like he could be in bounds — there was black paint beneath his feet and a white line beyond that — he was actually on a painted apron around the actual playing field.

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So while he hauled in the pass wide open in the back corner of the end zone, it was incomplete and a loss of down penalty for illegal touching.

Penn State defensive back A.J. Harris posed for the camera just to add insult to injury.

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Purdue settled for a field goal on the drive and trailed Penn State 21-3 late in the first half.

And ultimately, Morrissette’s non-score wouldn’t have made much of a difference if it had counted, as the Boilermakers lost, 49-10.

Elsewhere on Saturday, it was officials causing headaches

While the ACC officials on the Clemson–Pittsburgh game might’ve ultimately arrived at the correct call on a roughing the passer penalty against the Tigers, the process to get there was clumsy. And it’s something Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney has never been a part of, he said.

To recap: A Clemson defender hit Pitt quarterback Nate Yarnell clearly in the face/head with his arm on a play, and the officials didn’t immediately throw a flag. While an injured player from that play was attended to, Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi got in the refs ears and, after discussion, a personal foul was called.

“I’ve never been a part of one, I’ve never been a part of that,” Swinney said after Clemson hung on for a win. “I was at Notre Dame in double overtime, when was that? 2020, when they reviewed the play, changed it, and then we’re getting ready to snap it and they reviewed the review. I remember the white hat guy at the time, he said ‘I’ve never been a part of it either.’ All he knew is they’re calling me from NASA or wherever they are. So I’d never been a part of that and I’ve never been a part of what were part of tonight. Never been a part of it.”

He also wasn’t quibbling with the call that was ultimately made, merely that it happened so long after the play.

“And listen, I’m not saying it was — they missed the call,” Swinney said. “It was a hands to the face. But you can’t review hands to the face. And if a guy is not hurt, I think the ball is probably snapped. I’ve never been part of that. I can’t wait to have a conversation on that one, for sure.”