He shouldn't have even been on the field.
Sophomore cornerback Lance Austin, Georgia Tech’s newly minted instant legend, was only in place to return Roberto Aguayo’s blocked field goal for a walk-off touchdown because those higher than he on the depth chart -- D.J. White and Step Durham -- were each nursing injuries.
"That was just because of injuries," Austin told ESPN's Matt Fortuna. "Amazing, right?"
The "Miracle On Techwood Drive," as it soon came to be called, is relatively easy to explain. With the game tied at 16, Florida State put the game on the foot of Aguayo, one of the nation's best college football kickers, from 56 yards away at Bobby Dodd Stadium.