Georgia Tech miracle at Bobby Dodd

The chaos that surrounded Georgia Tech’s winning play was felt on both sides. “They made the play”.

They did something implausible: They won.

After a five-game losing streak.

Over a top-10 team. With all of this being said, there is no longer any doubt in my mind that the Clemson Tigers will run the table and represent the ACC in the second annual College Football Playoff.

The Seminoles added a 27-yard Aguayo field goal after a 10-play drive that stalled at the Georgia Tech 10, which extended the lead to 13-3. The room started spinning in the final seconds.

As you might expect, the radio call of Austin’s return is great.

“First of all, give credit to Georgia Tech”. Because there was no way the officials would be able to clear the several thousand fans who had streamed onto the field after this Higher Power of miracles; 3. Similar to their opponent though, they too could not put six on the board.

Memphis has the best resume so far – and its coach Justin Fuente will be one of the hottest candidates on the job market, especially the one that just opened in Miami. Instead, feel free to relive this moment on YouTube from now until forever.

Tech’s only wins this season had come over Alcorn State and Tulane, which don’t really count. The offense, meanwhile, was suffering hiccups. The Yellow Jackets tied the score on Harrison Butker’s third field goal, a 35-yarder with 54 seconds left.

Florida State drove the ball to the 46-yard line after a 22-yard reception by tailback Dalvin Cook and a 9-yard reception by wide receiver Jesus Wilson set up a game-winning 56-yard field goal try by Roberto Aguayo.

“When there is a blocked kick, you’ve got to cover”, he said.

While Austin’s teammates celebrated, he scooped up the ball and ran for the left sideline. “So, I was like okay, maybe I can return it”. Aguayo, a first-team All-America honoree in 2014, had knocked in a pair of 60-yard boots during pregame warmups Saturday.

Florida State still controls its destiny in the ACC. Win its final three ACC games, which means defeating Clemson in Death Valley in 12 days, and the Seminoles will be chasing their fourth consecutive ACC title on December 5 in Charlotte. With a convoy of blockers leading the way, he took it to the end zone for a 27-21 victory as time expired.

Even Johnson was dazed. Cook easily took care of the rest of the distance on the first play to push the visitors to a 10-3 lead. While I thought that Clemson would win the ACC Championship at regular season’s end, I didn’t expect them to be an undefeated team entering that contest. If the Panthers don’t improve on offense, they could cost themselves their best chance of winning the Coastal Division since joining the ACC in 2012.

And as if this story needed another layer, here it is: Lance, a backup defensive back, and his twin brother Lawrence, a starting lineup, lost their grandmother to cancer in January. Starting at their own six-yard line because of penalty, the Yellow Jackets flew the ball down field quickly in large part to Thomas breaking free on a QB option for a 60 yards TD!

“We rallied to the ball better, and guys made a few plays”, Johnson said. In reviewing Gregory last season, after the Yellow Jackets finished next to last in the Atlantic Coast Conference, athletic director Mike Bobinski wouldn’t say how many wins the coach must produce this season. The rout of Kentucky went largely unnoticed, but this team could make things interesting down the stretch. “So tonight I had it on my sleeve: ‘RIP Louise.’ I knew she was looking down on me tonight”. “We had the one critical turnover down there”.

“It is absolutely incredible”, Lance’s mother Stephanie said.

Gregory is 55-71 through four seasons at Georgia Tech with no NCAA or NIT postseason appearance. The early loss at Notre Dame wasn’t a shock. Losing at home to Pitt: not so much. The ceiling was still double-digit wins and a conference title, but Florida State didn’t have the necessary credentials to ride the elevator to the penthouse.

Florida State scored just one red-zone touchdown.