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[QUOTE="FrancoPizza, post: 2237709, member: 5195"]
I'm a bit surprised anyone would think that was just another Miami game and that it's easy to get them confused.   That was one of maybe 2 or 3 events in the program's [I]entire history[/I] where SU had an outside but legitimate chance of getting into the national title discussion.   No other Miami game even comes close to rivaling the stakes... as well as  just about any other game in that case.

So yes, when someone says [I]the[/I] "Miami game" - I know exactly what they're referring to.

As for the play in question, SU had clearly changed the momentum of the game and was rolling off one first down after another.  There was a palpable sense of "my god they really are going to do it" by that point.   And then the designed rollout occurs... graves checks off his first and second options, turns his head to the right flat where gedney is wide open waving his arms.  Graves cocks his arm but gets hit just before he begins his throwing motion.   A diving Rohan Marley snares the ball just before it hit the artificial turf.

We managed one final heroic drive that everyone remembers because of how it ended but that last drive was extended by a fortunate penalty and some desperate quarterback scrambles.  Very different tone with the clock ticking down and graves puking.

If there was a true turning point - it was the graves "fumble" and Marley recovery.
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