Wide Right I Still Haunts FSU

Before kickoff on that crystal-clear November afternoon 20 years ago, it was labeled as the "Game of the Century."

 

Three hours later, though, a famous missed kick â?? or infamous depending on your point of view â?? led to it being known forever by another name. A simple two-word moniker that stuck as soon as the Tallahassee Democrat ran the headline the following day: Wide Right.

 

It's been two decades since No. 2 Miami upset No. 1 Florida State 17-16 in a game that will go down as one of the all-time classics in the history of the sport. Two decades since a "Super Bowl" of hype descended on Tallahassee.

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