Trailing 14-6, Georgia Tech faced a 4th-and-goal at the two with just 19 seconds remaining and tried a shovel pass into the middle of the Clemson line, but veteran linebacker James Skalski read the play and buried his shoulder into Dylan Devaney’s knees, preserving a sluggish, drawn-out victory Saturday afternoon in Death Valley.
The game wasn’t quite over at that point – the Tigers fumbled back into the endzone for a safety that made it 14-8 – and a free kick gave the Tech the ball at their own 25 with just a few ticks left on the clock.