MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Haynes King threw a 44-yard touchdown pass to Christian Leary with two seconds remaining after Miami made one of the most bizarre coaching decisions ever, and allowed the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets to defeat the 17th-ranked Hurricanes 23-20 on Saturday night.
The game appeared to be over, as Miami (4-1, 0-1 ACC) had the ball with under 40 seconds and the Yellow Jackets had no more timeouts to stop the clock. All the Hurricanes had to do was take one final kneel down and the clock would run out.
Instead, they handed the ball off to running back Don Chaney who fumbled and gave the ball back to Georgia Tech. After replay confirmed the fumble, the Yellow Jackets got the ball back with 26 second remaining.
Georgia Tech (3-3, 2-1) would make the Hurricanes pay for the costly mistake two plays later, as Leary would get behind Miami defenders on the scoring play to cap off the improbable comeback.
Tyler Van Dyke threw for 288 yards, but was intercepted three times for Miami. Xavier Restrepo caught 12 passes for 144 yards for the Hurricanes, who got a rushing score from Henry Parrish.
Michigan 52, Minnesota 10
MINNEAPOLIS — Michigan's Will Johnson had a 36-yard pick-six on Minnesota's second offensive snap, to spark the second-ranked Wolverines to 52-10 drubbing of the Gophers on Saturday night.
J.J. McCarthy completed 14 of 20 passes for 219 yards and had a career-high two rushing touchdowns to help the Wolverines (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten) stretch its conference winning streak to 17-straight, making it the second-longest in program history.
The Gophers (3-3, 1-2) ran 13 plays in the third quarter that netted just 7 yards.
Michigan has now beat Minnesota on the road for the 18th straight time. The Wolverines have also beaten the Gophers for the Little Brown Jug trophy 43 times in their last 47 meetings.
USC 43, Arizona 41
LOS ANGELES — Caleb Williams ran for three touchdowns, including a two-point conversion in the third overtime, to help No. 9 USC survive Arizona's upset attempt in a wild 43-41 victory Saturday night.
Williams passed for 219 yards and accounted for four total touchdowns for the Trojans (6-0, 4-0 Pac-12).
USC had a chance to win in regulation, but botched a 25-yard field goal attempt on the final snap after Williams led USC on a 59-yard drive in the last 2:08.
Arizona's Noah Fifita passed for 303 yards and threw two of his five touchdown passes to Jacob Cowing in overtime. However the Wildcats (3-3, 1-2) blew a 17-0 lead and committed 99 yards in penalties to fall just short of a signature victory under third-year coach Jedd Fisch.
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