Haynes King and Georgia Tech recovered from a disastrous start to beat Colorado 27-20 in Boulder on Friday night.
King broke off a 45-yard TD run with 1:07 to go to give the Yellow Jackets the lead for good. It was King’s third TD of the night after the Yellow Jackets turned the ball over on each of their first three possessions of the game.
Colorado had a chance to respond with two timeouts left, but the Buffaloes’ drive wasted to much time too quickly. Colorado somehow used nearly a minute without calling a timeout before even getting to its own 40-yard line. Kaidon Salter’s last-ditch Hail Mary into the end zone after the Buffs crossed midfield fell incomplete as time expired.
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Georgia Tech got the ball to start the game and fumbled on the second play when King and Jamal Haynes fumbled a handoff. Colorado immediately scored when Kaidon Salter found Decagon Taylor for a TD and an early lead.
The Yellow Jackets made it three plays on the second drive before King couldn’t corral an errant snap on the fourth play and Colorado’s Martavius French recovered the fumble again.
