Nobody would have been surprised had the Louisville-Virginia football game came down to a field goal again. The first three games between the teams had been decided by field goals, exhilerating for the victors, heartbreaking for the losers.
So when Virginia goes for an onside kick, trailing by seven points with 51 seconds to go, and manages to recover the ball, one can’t be blamed for thinking here we go again.
Virginia is offsides on the kickoff, however, and has to kick again. No last minute heroics, no last second miracles. This time the ball is covered by Louisville.