Before we get started, and I have not really heard this discussed much, there’s a narrative that has been undersold in the aftermath of the Miami-Duke debacle.
You know the Miami-Duke debacle, in which the Hurricanes used eight laterals, four blown calls, three missed reviews, two missed personal fouls and a partridge in a pear tree to win 30-27 on a walk-off kick return.
Yes, that one.
Well, the discussion this week turned to whether the game should have been overturned and if Duke should have been given the win.
At its core, reversing field ex post facto is against almost everything in sports. Yes, even more than mistakes – by coaches, players or even referees – costing a team a win. But in modern sports, a time when legal and illegal gambling is such a part of the fabric of the games, overturning an on-the-field result more than 12 hours later is a complete and total impossibility.