No. 17 Miami had a win all but locked up Saturday night against visiting Georgia Tech.
Holding possession and a 20-17 lead over the Yellow Jackets, Miami needed only to take a knee and let the final 30 seconds tick off the clock. Georgia Tech was out of timeouts and had no way to stop the clock.
Instead, Miami called a run, fumbled the ball, and on the ensuing possession, let Georgia Tech score to win the game, 23-20.
All Miami had to do was kneel and the clock would have run out.
— Kendall Baker (@kendallbaker) October 8, 2023
Instead, they inexplicably ran the ball. Fumbled. Then Georgia Tech marched down the field and won.
MADNESS.
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It was a stunning, and entirely unnecessary turn of events that left college football fans across the country wondering what the heck just happened.
Across social media, people searched for answers.
how is this not in Miami's playbook pic.twitter.com/HVgLFmXPuG
— no context college football (@nocontextcfb) October 8, 2023
Mario Cristobal has a 10 year $80 million contract. Miami was leading, Georgia Tech had no timeouts. Miami could have kneeled and the game would have been over. They did not. https://t.co/xlnSMtYaFg
— Jane Coaston (@janecoaston) October 8, 2023
MIAMI COULD HAVE KNEELED THE GAME OUT
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) October 8, 2023
THEY INEXPLICABLY HANDED THE BALL OFF AND FUMBLED
GEORGIA TECH HIT A 44-YARD TD PASS AS TIME EXPIRED TO RUIN MIAMI’S UNDEFEATED SEASON
THIS IS THE WILDEST ENDING OF THE SEASON 💀💀💀
The entire country is laughing at the University of Miami football program. And they should because what happened tonight was a comedy of errors. A complete joke.
— Roy Bellamy (@roybelly) October 8, 2023
I’ve seen some bad coaching
— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) October 8, 2023
What just happened at the Univ. Miami might be the worst.
“WTF are we doing?”
— Scott Van Pelt (@notthefakeSVP) October 8, 2023
That’s kinda what everyone is wondering. I can’t believe any of that happened. https://t.co/QJIfoNIw6m
Miami coach Mario Cristobal will have some explaining to do this week.
The Hurricanes dropped to 4-1 overall and 0-1 in ACC play. Georgia Tech improved to 3-3 and 2-1 ACC.
