A wild finish and a win
Badgley field goal follows Langham catch
MIAMI GARDENS During a college football weekend that had already seen its share of upsets, the Miami Hurricanes — bruised after a physical, emotional win in Tallahassee — took the field against a rested, hungry Georgia Tech squad hoping to avoid the same fate that had already befallen the likes of Clemson, Washington State and Louisville.
The Yellow Jackets, meanwhile, were all too ready to knock off the Hurricanes and take sole possession atop the Coastal Division standings in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Georgia Tech nearly managed that, except for the fact that — once again — Miami put together a thrilling, last-second drive. And once again, Darrell Langham was a part of it.
The receiver, who scored the game-winning touchdown against Florida State last week, caught a 28-yard pass from Malik Rosier on 4th-and-10 that set up the game-winning 24-yard field goal from Michael Badgley that lifted No. 11 Miami to a 25-24 win over the Yellow Jackets.
With the victory, the Hurricanes have won 10 consecutive games for the first time since 2003-04. They have won five straight to open the season for the first time since 2013 and remain the lone unbeaten team in the ACC.
All of that has Miami starting to believe a special season may be brewing.
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