As the game went along on Sunday afternoon inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium, you got the feeling that whoever made a game-changing play was going to win the rock fight between Virginia Tech and South Carolina.
Unfortunately for the Hokies, it was the 13th-ranked Gamecocks that made that play.
Leading 10-8 early in the fourth quarter, Virginia Tech punted to South Carolina, and the ball went out of bounds at the Gamecocks' 26-yard line. However, there was a flag on the Hokies', and instead of tacking on the five yards to bring the ball out to the 31-yard line, Shane Beamer made Brent Pry's team re-kick.