The “Fogata field goal” is one of those plays that, as a university football team, practices Friday’s tutorial in case you need it on Saturday.
On Saturday against Clemson, the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets needed that play, and a tremendous kick by Aidan Birr, to knock out the visiting tigers.
The yellow jackets came out at an early advantage of 13-0 over the 12th classified Tigers, thanks to a couple of Birr field goals and a TouchDown race by Jamal Haynes. But after going down by 13 points, the Tigers roared to take an advantage of a point in the third quarter, first with a race of a Gift Klubnik yard, and then a Klubnik touchdown pass to Bryant Wesco Jr.
The game remained 14-13 until the last quarter, when Georgia Tech gathered a 13-play and 90-yard trip that toke more than six minutes outside the clock, limiting that possession with a Touchdown race from the Marshal of Campo de Campo Haynes. The two-point attempt was successful, and the Yellow Jackets had an advantage of 21-14.
Clemson knotted the game at 21 in his subsequent possession, with Adam Randall cutting from two yards with only three minutes removing in the contest.
But that was the most enough time for King to have the Georgia Tech offensive in the range for Birr. The offensive of yellow jackets set their final possession with a mixture of short passes and races, anyone who reaches Clemson’s territory. Facing a 3rd and 4 on the 39 -yard Clemson line, and after burning his last time after a race in the previous play he fought for two more yards to the 37 -yard line of the Tigers.
But without a waiting time to stop the clock, and in front of the fourth down, the field goal team ran to the field to prepare for the attempted 55 yards of Birr.
They executed the fire drill perfectly:
That 55 -yard field goal fired a sea of white, since fans broke into the field after discomfort:
In that sea of the white chief coach, Brent Key, who improved 7-1 against national classified shareholders with Clemson victory made it clear.
He only believes in his players:
That belief was rewarded again today.