Saturday morning on the Notre Dame campus turned into the luckiest field goal practice in college football. Two kicks. Two second chances. A total of $1.5 million walking off Library Lawn.

The pregame show set up its goalposts with the famous mural of Touchdown Jesus watching from the end zone. Bagpipes played. Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana stood in the crowd like a proud uncle at a backyard cookout.

First up was the Notre Dame leprechaun. In full green suit he lined up a kick worth $200,000 for charity and watched it fall just short of the crossbar. The crowd groaned. Then the stakes went up instead of down.

Second chance for the mascot

The do-over was worth $500,000 to charity with Montana helping put money in the pot. The leprechaun swung again and split the uprights. Students lost their minds and the mascot celebrated like he had just won a bowl game by himself.

The main event belonged to Michael Milano. The pre-med junior got the 33-yard try for $1 million and hooked his first attempt wide right. The hosts decided he needed a little more pressure before his second shot.

Blockers with famous faces

Out rolled a pair of tackling dummies to play defense. One wore a printed face of Hall of Fame receiver Michael Irvin and an orange jersey with the number 26. It was hard to watch without laughing while the student tried to focus.

Milano ignored the cardboard Irvin and drilled the second kick straight down the middle. A future doctor walked away a millionaire before lunch. Hours later the Fighting Irish knocked off No. 1 Miami 31-24 to finish a pretty good Saturday in South Bend.