Miami survives as refs overturn Virginia Tech's Hail Mary TD

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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- Miami and Virginia Tech took turns celebrating a victory on Friday night following a wild final play that left anger and heartbreak for one team and wild jubilation for the other. There could be only one winner, of course.

Though Isaiah Horton emerged from a tangle of seven Miami and Virginia Tech players in the back of the end zone, officials ruled that Hokies receiver Da'Quan Felton had come down with the ball before it was wrestled away from him.

Touchdown, Virginia Tech.

The Hokies then ran onto the field in celebration, helmets raised high, believing they had won the game on a 30-yard Hail Mary heave into the end zone from Kyron Drones.…