Virginia Tech WR Stephen Gosnell blasts ACC for controversial call vs. Miami: 'I wanna see consequences'

Virginia Tech wide receiver Stephen Gosnell is going after the ACC Conference for the controversial call on the Hail Mary that ended the Hokies’ upset bid against Miami.

Temporality on Friday evening, it looked like Gosnell and the Hokies pulled off a miracle, as Kyron Drones threw up the last-second pass. However, the officials overturned the call and deemed it incomplete.

Drones’ pass went into a group of Hokies and Hurricanes players, and the officials ruled Da’Quon Felton came down with it. They then went to the replay center for a lengthy review before overturning the call. That meant it was an incomplete pass, giving Miami its fifth straight win to start the season.

Evidently, the overturn wasn’t something Virginia Tech players were too smitten with. Gosnell went straight to social media to try and stick up for his teammates, directing his anger towards the conference and insinuating there was some foul play at work.

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“ACC knows what they did,” the Virginia Tech wide receiver posted on X, following the heartbreaking loss for the Hokies. “I wanna see consequences.”

What Gosnell means by consequences remains to be seen, but it’s easy to see why Virginia Tech is disappointed with Friday’s loss. Many will say it never should’ve came down to a Hail Mary when the Hokies were winning throughout the night, but it still stings for the team that took the loss.

Regardless, Friday night’s matchup saw plenty of big-time momentum swings as Virginia Tech aimed to pull off the Top-10 upset against Miami. The biggest, though, came on a key decision from Hokies head coach Brent Pry that helped shift the momentum back in the Hurricanes’ favor.

In the third quarter, the Hokies faked a field goal and were stopped short – giving the Hurricanes the ball back with 5:50 left in the period. They turned it into a touchdown drive and got that much closer to taking control right back.

Virginia Tech scored another touchdown to make it a 34-24 game, but Miami didn’t back down. The Hurricanes put together back-to-back touchdown drives to take a 38-34 advantage as Virginia Tech got the ball back with 1:57 to play. Drones led the Hokies down the field and threw up the Hail Mary with three seconds to go.

However, Miami did just enough to help it fall incomplete. That meant the Hurricanes avoided the upset and improved to 5-0 on the season. It’s easy to see why the Hokies and their players are taking the loss so hard, and we’ll see if there’s any consequences, like Stephen Gosnell is clamoring for.

On3’s Nick Schultz contributed to this article.