Drew Allar made perhaps the costliest mistake of his football career when he was intercepted by Notre Dame cornerback Christian Gray in Thursday's Orange Bowl loss. Under pressure, Allar threw the football across the field over the middle,

Penn State quarterback Drew Allar explained his fourth-quarter interception in the College Football Playoff semifinal loss to Notre Dame.

“It was a huge mistake by Drew Allar,” commentator Greg McElroy said. “Works all the way back and you can never throw a line over the middle, it doesn’t matter what the circumstances are. You want to make a play for your team, but you cannot throw it blind from that far away.’