The eight-lateral, touchdown play which won the game will forever be cemented in college football lore and in our storied history. However, the ACC issued a public statement saying the play should not have counted because a Miami player’s knee was down during one of the laterals. Call it the Miami Makeup.
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That’s going to last far, far longer. The kind of endings we will never forget. “You learn that in football, you always have to worry about the next game. How about that? That’s what it kind of turned into – a kids’ game”.
As for the Blue Devils, the loss took them out of the Top 25.
“I would think this will create that conversation and hopefully this doesn’t happen to another set of young men”, he said Sunday.
Duke (12-5, 2-4 ACC), like Virginia, boasts two players named Wednesday to the All-ACC first team: seniors goalie Lauren Blazing and midfielder Aileen Johnson.
“You know…we just wanted to keep the ball alive”, a bewildered Elder said. “You never practice these moments”.
The league said the flag for a block in the back that was picked up – initially negating Miami’s touchdown before officials conferred – was called correctly but that the referee didn’t properly communicate why the decision was made.
The on-field officials erred by failing to penalize Miami for an illegal block in the back at the Miami 16-yard line.
Of note: In 1940, Cornell beat Dartmouth on a “fifth-down” play in the closing seconds, but after film of the game was reviewed, Cornell’s coaches and players sent a telegraph to Dartmouth forfeiting the game.
Could you imagine how many teams and fan bases would protest games and calls if they knew you could overturn a result? “I’d like people to look at it because you don’t want it to happen to another team if you’re going to use replay”, he said.
In a letter posted on the university’s Twitter account, Frenk said, “As one of the newest members of the U family, I was deeply touched by the passionate and hard-won victory of our team against Duke University last Saturday in North Carolina”.
The “did-you-see-that” finale capped a tumultuous week for the Hurricanes (5-3, 2-2). He suffered a concussion against Clemson and is still continuing to go through concussion protocol. However, the quality offenses that Duke has faced have moved the ball without much difficulty and Duke has allowed 73 points in their last two games (although one was the overtime affair at Virginia Tech).
The Duke-UNC games of the last three years say a lot about the turning of the tide with the football rivalry. So if we’re in for a shootout, Miami has the edge.
What everyone will remember is the madcap finish that lasted for 49 seconds and wasn’t completely decided until a 9-minute review.
Missing four calls on one play is bad enough, but the Miami-Duke officiating crew may have whiffed elsewhere before the now-infamous ending. Kaaya said he watched Saturday’s game with teammates who were either injured or not on the travel roster.
– Walton’s right knee was determined to be down at the Miami 26-yard line before he flipped the ball to Jaquan Johnson and kept the wild play alive. Crawford brought it forward a few 10 yards before tossing it back to Elder at the 8. Elder was on the receiving end of the Hurricanes’ eighth lateral toss, which he then took 75 yards to the end zone for the go-ahead touchdown with no time remaining.
But in the background loomed that yellow flag – which would have been the 24th of the game for Miami and would have added to a school record. It caused defensive back Sheldrick Redwine to throw his helmet in disgust.
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Whether it is drive-stalling penalties or blown blocking assignments that lead to short gains and battered quarterbacks, the play of the five guys up front has left a lot to be desired.
