Duke was about to do the unthinkable: hold No. 6 Louisville to a field goal and get the chance to upset the Cardinals.
The ACC referees thought otherwise. Down 17-14 with a shade over two minutes left in the game, the Blue Devils recorded two tackles for loss to set up a 46-yard field goal for Louisville kicker Evan O'Hara. O'Hara missed the kick wide left, but Duke cornerback Breon Borders was flagged for a roughing the kicker penalty.
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Borders' penalty was questionable at best.
The missed kick would've given the Blue Devils the ball on Louisville's 36-yard line with two minutes and two timeouts to get a touchdown for the win, or at the very least, tie it up with a field goal, but the penalty essentially sealed Duke's fate.