MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Miami should really have taken a knee. It took a disastrous decline rather, as Ga Tech turned a big slip-up by the Hurricanes into a last-next wonder.
Haynes King threw a 44-property touchdown move to Christian Leary with two seconds remaining after Miami turned the ball around with the match all but won, and Ga Tech surprised the 17th-rated Hurricanes 23-20 on Saturday night time.
The Yellow Jackets went 74 yards in 24 seconds, just after the Hurricanes had the solution to kneel down, probably run out the clock, get the recreation and continue to be unbeaten. Alternatively, Don Chaney fumbled the ball away — Miami argued he was down, referees disagreed — and the Yellow Jackets pulled off a stunner.
“We need to have taken a knee,” Miami coach Mario Cristobal mentioned.
Mentioned Georgia Tech mentor Brent Crucial: “We kind of imagined they were having a knee.”
The Hurricanes (4-1, -1 Atlantic Coastline Meeting) did not, and paid a enormous selling price. King was incomplete less than pressure on initially down of the final drive, then linked with Malik Rutherford for a 30-property gain. Rutherford was inbounds and the clock ran until finally King spiked the ball with 10 seconds remaining. The scoreboard confirmed Ga Tech had no time-outs remaining the engage in-by-play of the sport instructed the Yellow Jackets however may possibly have had 1.
Both way, then arrived the miracle.
King — maybe channeling his inner Doug Flutie from a further deep toss that stunned Miami in 1984 — rolled suitable, waited and Leary bought well guiding two Miami defenders. The toss strike Leary in stride, he slid into the close zone as a few things of debris rained down from the stands.
“I felt it as shortly as it left my fingers,” King stated.
The Hurricanes experienced a 6-lateral try on the remaining perform of the game, but obtained stopped around midfield.
Tyler Van Dyke threw for 288 yards, but was intercepted 3 occasions for Miami. Xavier Restrepo caught 12 passes for 144 yards for the Hurricanes, who acquired a dashing rating from Henry Parrish.
King and Jamal Haynes had third-quarter hurrying touchdowns in a span of just in excess of 2 minutes for the Yellow Jackets. Georgia Tech’s beneath-new-administration defense — the group elevated Kevin Sherrer to defensive coordinator right after a loss to Bowling Environmentally friendly previous 7 days — pissed off Miami for a great deal of the evening, then somehow bought the takeaway it needed at the stop.
Miami outgained Ga Tech 454-250, had 23 to start with downs to the Yellow Jackets’ 12, and none of it mattered. Ga Tech found a way, and Van Dyke did not throw blame at anyone but himself — even when requested immediately after the game if he was surprised offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson did not call for a kneel-down.
“We have faith in our offensive coordinator,” Restrepo explained. “We belief each and every other.”
Miami had scored all 16 quarters it experienced performed in the initially four game titles, and arrived into the night as a single of three groups nationally to rating at the very least 38 details in every video game this season. But it took right up until the remaining engage in of the 50 percent, a 30-lawn subject aim by Miami’s Andy Borregales, to get any scoring from possibly side.
Georgia Tech went up 17-10 early in the fourth on a subject target quickly soon after Van Dyke’s third interception. Miami scored the game’s next 10 factors.
Borregales was good from 39 yards out midway as a result of the fourth to give Miami the guide, and the Hurricanes put them selves in position to get — then in some way managed to lose.
“I need to have stepped in and said, ‘Hey, just acquire a knee,’” Cristobal reported.
THE TAKEAWAY
Georgia Tech: Haynes King arrived into the evening averaging almost 300 yards by the air, but Miami constrained him to 151 immediately after he accomplished 12 of 25 passes with two interceptions.
Miami: Bye weeks keep on being a big trouble for Miami to offer with. Miami is now 2-7 given that 2017 when enjoying a normal-season match subsequent a week off.
POLL IMPLICATIONS
Miami is going to drop. The only dilemma is if the Hurricanes will fall out solely.
ALUMNI Night
Previous Hurricanes linebacker Jessie Armstead — a nationwide winner at Miami and a member of the school’s Hall of Fame, before turning out to be a 5-time Professional Bowler in the NFL — was at the sport. Armstead is particular assistant to New York Giants normal manager Joe Schoen the Giants are in city to play the Miami Dolphins on Sunday.
UP Following
Ga Tech: Hosts Boston College or university on Oct. 21.
Miami: At North Carolina on Oct. 14.
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