Georgia Tech returns blocked kick for TD to stun FSU

“And that’s this one that’s coming up against Georgia Tech”. They were still milling about when a replay of the final play, complete with the call by the Yellow Jackets’ radio crew, was played on the video board.

Over a top-10 team.

As heartbreaking as tonight’s defeat is for the Florida State Seminoles, they will have no time to be overcome with self-pity considering they welcome a quality Syracuse team into Tallahassee before traveling to South Carolina to take on the undefeated Clemson Tigers.

That’s when the Yellow Jackets student section rambled and wrecked its way onto the field. Current score is 16-10.

“I think that’s the biggest thing this week”.

That vibe survived the final seconds. While Georgia Tech should be given credit for the job they did in keeping Florida State’s offense off of the field in the second half, there is no excuse for not giving your best play-maker the ball in crucial situations down the stretch.

Tech never kicked the extra point after the improbable touchdown because: 1.

Which is exactly what they’ll do at practice this week when they have to put this win behind them.

Aguayo, whose foot set the “Noles” fatal play in motion, tried to save the game with a tackle of Austin at the end of his run. Georgia Tech fans had broken out of their subdued, wait-and-see mentality that the team’s performances had forced upon them in recent weeks.

The Virginia passing attack is ranked only 65th in the nation, while the Georgia Tech pass defense is ranked 37th. It was 0-4 in the ACC and on the way to by far the worst season in the Paul Johnson era.

Elliot was praised many times for his play in Atlanta, and Fisher said, “I feel good about him playing”, when asked about his potential participation in future games. “I knew we still had a chance”. Over the last two games against Florida State and Boston College, Jackson has gone 35-60 (58%) for 537 yards with three touchdowns and three interceptions. Johnson said it was in response to a fan who had rushed the field after Austin’s touchdown. On second down from his own 3, he escaped pressure in the end zone and threw a 33-yard completion to Ricky Jeune.

Even Johnson was dazed. Cook, who is still recovering from a lingering hamstring injury, also saw limited play in the first half of the Seminoles’ previous game against Louisville.

“I really didn’t see a big change in anyone’s demeanor or anything like that”, Lawrence-Stample said.

The press conference was much more focused on correcting the mistakes Florida State made in their game against Georgia Tech. Its last loss came to North Carolina State in October 2012. With UGA’s team in shambles, the Jackets have a decent chance at closing out the season 5-0 and making a bowl.

In his post-game locker-room message to the team, a speech captured by the ACC Digital Network, he told his players, “Now, what we’re going to do is we’re going to take it, we’re going to build on it, we’re going to run the table out!”

“Every game I usually try to write her name somewhere”, Lance said. Me and Adam (Gotsis) looked at each other and said, ‘Let’s get a few push on these guys, ‘ and just got our hands up and luckily it just hit my hand.

But the Seminoles didn’t lose on one play alone. I’ll save the play-by-play talk and jump into what each unit did and where Tech goes from here.

An unforgettable moment in an otherwise forgettable season.

Baker Mayfield and the Sooners play Kansas and Iowa State next before finishing the season at No. 2 Baylor, against No. 4 TCU and at No. 14 Oklahoma State. The early loss at Notre Dame wasn’t a shock. Losing at Clemson: excusable. Conference title hopes: dead.

Florida State’s loss felt a bit different, however.

Thomas had a pass intercepted in the second quarter by Lamarcus Brutus, who returned the ball to the Georgia Tech 2.

Georgia Tech answered with a 53-yard field goal by Butker, which matched his career best, and tied the score 3-3.

Thomas began to make amends for his pratfalls. Tech trailed 13-10 at halftime. Three AAC teams are still undefeated, though only one among Memphis, Houston and Temple will finish the year that way, of course.

Oddly, just before recess, both offenses came to life.

What followed wasn’t so believable, either.