Miami’s Surprise Onside Kick...Got Returned for a Georgia Tech Touchdown

Uh...not how Miami drew it up.

Miami’s Surprise Onside Kick...Got Returned for a Georgia Tech Touchdown

Onside kicks are crapshoots.

Onside kicks at random times are surprise crapshoots.

Onside kicks to open the second half of a close game are dumb surprise crapshoots.

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Onside kicks to open the second half of a close game that then get returned for touchdowns by the other team are just stupid.

We give you Miami vs. Georgia Tech.

I don’t know what Mark Richt was thinking, but this was bad.

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Published Oct 14, 2017 | Modified Oct 14, 2017

Jeremy Woo has covered basketball for SI since 2014, including the NBA draft and weekly Power Rankings. He is from the South Side of Chicago.