The good, the bad and the ugly, from the Hokies loss to the hurricanes

It was a heartbreaking night for the Hokies in Miami. Virginia Tech played its best game of the season and it looked like it would be enough to beat the No. 7 team in the country, but a controversial decision at the end of the game took the win away from Virginia Tech and they fell to 2 -3 and 0-1 in the ACC. If you’re Brent Pry, there were a few things you might like about this game, but even without the call at the end, the Hokies also made some mistakes.

Let’s break it all down.

This morning, the ACC gave the reason for reversing the call:

Our own RJ Schafer explained the decision to overturn the decision at the end of the game:

“Virginia Tech’s final drive started with less than two minutes on the clock, and the Hokies trailed by four, needing a touchdown. The drive was methodical, starting with a seven-yard pass to Da’Quan Felton, a six-yard pass to Stephen Gosnell and a four-yard pass to Da’Quan Felton.

However, a significant amount of time had passed by this point. The Hokies would remain at their own 42-yard line with less than 40 seconds left.

It seemed like all hope was lost, but Kyron Drones helped his team get back on the field. He gained 29 yards in the next 33 seconds, giving Virginia Tech only one shot in the end zone – a Hail Mary situation.

Kyron Drones dropped back, had a clean pocket, and on the left side of the end zone, Da’Quan Felton, Jaylin Lane and Bhayshul Tuten were all in one area.

Drones sent it, hoping one of them would catch it.

One of them supposedly did.

At first it seemed like Virginia Tech had lost the game when Miami ran away with the ball and stormed the court. The game wasn’t over yet, the referees were still debating calls and calling the play on the field a touchdown.

Since the on-field call was a touchdown, any video review would have to provide incontrovertible evidence that Felton did not catch the ball in order to overturn or reverse the call.

That never happened. Is it possible he didn’t catch the ball? Yes. Was there indisputable and indisputable video evidence? No. I’m not one to blame the refs for games, especially because teams can get opportunities to take the lead, but in a game like this, that was Virginia Tech’s chance.

There wasn’t enough evidence that he didn’t catch the ball and that’s why the replay process took so long because there was probably a debate about what they thought of the decision and whether there was actually evidence that the decision was overturned .

Virginia Tech should have won this game.