With Duke, Miami, North Carolina and Pittsburgh all gunning for the divisional crown, this game may have had massive implications as to who represents the Coastal Division in the ACC Championship game on December 5th. You should have won. Thirty years later, Penn State got screwed during a loss to Nebraskaon an equally wrongheaded call. An absolutely inappropriate call.
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NOTES: Kaaya (concussion) returned to practice on Tuesday, saying he still has more tests to complete before he can be cleared to play Saturday when Miami (5-3, 2-2 ACC) hosts to Virginia (3-5, 2-2).
Duke is impacted the most here, especially with such a tight race between them, UNC, and Pitt for the Coastal crown.
Just my reaction to your always thoughtful writing.
Duke in the ACC ChampionshipThe Blue Devils own an all-time record of 16-32 (.333) in the conference tournament while making three trips to the title match (1999, 2003, 2011)…
Duke lost! End of story. There has been much controversy surrounding the question if a Miami player’s knee was down on the last play.
And, less than 24 hours after, the conference as a whole is taking action, suspending the refereeing crew for two games. The squad went 3-3 in ACC regular season matches with wins over Louisville, Duke and Wake Forest…
Now take another one.
Cucliffe decried what he saw as the misuse of instant replay technology. Puppies, sleep, Star Wars, football, your family, etc. Let all of these wonderful objects collide within your mind. The Heels will need the linebackers to play the way they did against Georgia Tech in the second half if they want to emerge victorious on Saturday. Yes, their position in the polls has taken a hit, but if Duke goes on the road and beats the Tar Heels, then you can bet the Blue Devils will be back in the top 25. And neither should we.
How about a game during which the receiver seems to have his foot clearly on the line before catching the pass?
That’s still a lot to pile into one afternoon whether a replay official does his job or not, whether both teams are ranked or not. In one view, the toe is on the line; in the next view, the foot does not show at all.
The latest in a series of wild finishes in the college football world came when Miami upset Duke 30-27 on a return for a touchdown that should have been blown dead several times before the ball actually ended up in the endzone. According to reports from Jon Solomon of CBS Sports, the ACC suspended the entire officiating crew that worked on the Miami-Duke game. The problem is that “breaking-the-plane” nonsense. Morris recorded the first score of the game on a penalty corner and tallied the game-winning goal in the 73rd minute…
There are plenty of ways to describe the ending of the Hurricanes game against the blue devils on Halloween night, but perhaps the best description is simply: wow.
There was a classic example of this “breaking-the-plane” situation in the Michigan-Michigan State game when officials on two consecutive plays from inside the five-yard line ruled that the Wolverines’ runner had scored, only to be overruled by the replay officials. Your players get swag you aren’t allowed to pay for.
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Here is where I shouldprobably link you to video of what happened, because I’m not sure how to fully explain it. I mean, it starts with Miami receiving a kickoff in the final seconds, trailing Duke by three points, and the Hurricanes doing the only thing you could possibly do in that situation: lateraling the football over and over again.
