A Georgia Bulldogs football player who was inactive for the Sugar Bowl against Notre Dame Thursday evening drew a bizarre penalty.
Parker Jones was on the sideline for the game and cost his team crucial yardage in the second quarter.
Georgia quarterback Gunner Stockton hooked up with Arian Smith for a 66-yard pass. As Smith ran up the field, the sideline official ran with him. The official, however, ran into Jones on the sideline. Georgia was penalized for sideline interference, and it cost the Bulldogs 10 yards.
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Parker Jones (39) of the Georgia Bulldogs was penalized for sideline interference for impeding a referee on a pass play to Arian Smith (11) during the second quarter of the 91st Allstate Sugar Bowl at Caesars Superdome Jan. 2, 2025, in New Orleans. (Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
Two runs and an incomplete pass later, the Bulldogs had to settle for a field goal. Bulldogs kicker Peyton Woodring converted a 41-yard field goal.
The penalty drew reaction on social media.
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Georgia wide receiver Arian Smith (11) runs from Notre Dame safety Xavier Watts (0) after catching a pass during the first half of a quarterfinal College Football Playoff game Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
Notre Dame scored twice in the closing seconds of the first half and took a 13-3 lead into the half.
Jones, a cornerback, is a redshirt sophomore from Albany, Georgia. He has yet to play a snap for the Bulldogs in his career.
The College Football Playoff quarterfinal was played a day after a terror attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. More than a dozen people were killed when a suspect identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove through a crowd of people. Several others were injured in the attack.
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Georgia quarterback Gunner Stockton throws a pass during the first half against Notre Dame in a College Football Playoff quarterfinal game Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
The Sugar Bowl had been postponed from Wednesday to Thursday evening.
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