CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Todd Pelino lined up a late field goal that would push Duke ahead of rival North Carolina, went through his paces like he always had done.

It had to look like routine — even though it was about to be anything but.

Instead, holder Kade Reynoldson took the snap and flipped it to Pelino. And the senior kicker took off around the left side into open grass, converting a trick-play fake into a game-turning 26-yard gain that ultimately set up the Blue Devils' go-ahead touchdown in what became Saturday's 32-25 win against the rival Tar Heels.

“That's the first time in a football game I've ever had the ball in my hands, in college,” Pelino said, referring to logging offensive stats rather than anything with kicking or holding on special teams.

The fake turned into the kind o

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