Twitter Reacts as Miami Beats Duke on Controversial Kick-Return TD

The University of Miami needed every second to pull the upset over No. 22 Duke Saturday night.

In it's largest win of 2015, a 30-27 victory against Duke on Saturday night, Miami used a kickoff return as time expired, lateraling the ball eight times within their own 20-yard-line, to score the game-winning touchdown.

SportsCenter shows the replay of the jaw-dropping finish:

The referees originally called the play back on an illegal-block-in-the-back call, but after reviewing the play, they rescinded that decision, giving Miami the win.

Of course, a big play like that is going to get the Twitter universe rapidly reacting, and it did so after Corn Elder crossed the goal line.

But first, Twitter users had to try and wrap their heads around the officiating's decision to pick up the flag. Bleacher Report's Bryan Fischer tried to explain:

CBS Sports' Tom Fornelli knew something wasn't right either:

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I don’t think what the refs did was legal which is what makes this the perfect Miami win.

— Tom Fornelli (@TomFornelli) November 1, 2015"

There's a possibility that it shouldn't have even gone that far as Duke alum Nolan Smith caught a moment where it appeared the play should have been dead:

Joe Ovies of 99.9 FM also found a punishable offense:

Many were in disbelief, like Fox Sports 1's Julie Stewart-Binks:

Then again, the whole concept up Miami having to pull off a dramatic upset to beat the Duke football program was still weird for the Charlotte Observer's Rick Bonnell:

Maybe in a different sport, things would have played out differently, according to USA Today's George Schroeder:

For Miami fans, it was pure elation as a team that has struggled all season pulled out an improbable win.

Former Hurricane Bennie Blades was pumped:

At the end of the day, though, it is one of the wildest plays in college football history. The Courier-Journal's Tim Sullivan thinks it trumps one of the sport's most historic final plays:

It's been quite a week for Miami. After coming off a record-breaking 58-0 loss to Clemson, the Hurricanes went from the lowest of lows to the highest of peaks with this kind of dramatic win. No matter what happens for the rest of this season, it will be pretty tough to top this ending.