Love it, both teams have extra preparation and that means more to Georgia Tech who will get healthy on their offensive line and at linebacker. Both teams will try to establish the run and I believe Georgia Tech will be plenty successful as they ran for over 300 yards vs. a good Clemson team and last year vs. Virginia Tech they ran for 346 yards and are even better this year and Virginia Tech is not as good as last year and seem to be panicking moving players around on defense as many as 5 position changes. Thatâs a lot where itâs more to do with preparation than talent in order to stop Georgia Tech. I donât think Virginia Tech can do it. They have gotten by all year by stopping teams on third down. Virginia Tech is #1 in the nation converting 57.6% of their 3rd downs and that will be the same tonight as Virginia Tech has not faced a single good team on the road this year. This same team had trouble with Duke. These two teams played a classic a year ago at Virginia Tech which a kick off return was the difference in the Hokies 28-21 escape.
That will not happen this year as Georgia Tech is playing much better on special teams coverage. I believe Georgia Tech can stop the run. Why? They havenât been that bad allowing 4.16 yards per game at home, and in their last two games vs. two very good running teams in Miami and Clemson they held them to 65 carries for 217 yards thatâs only 3.33 yards per carry. Their struggles came when they were missing a pair of LBâs when they faced Maryland and Virginia. Those two LBâs are back and ready to go and should bottle up David Wilson forcing 3rd and longs which means Logan Thomas playing in his first hostile environment has to make the plays. Well, Georgia Techâs secondary is really good ranked 15th and allowing just 51.8% completion percentage and have more interceptions than TDâs allowed. Georgia Tech averages 3 sacks a game and Virginia Tech struggled blocking Duke so their offensive line is a huge concern right now. Georgia Tech is 14-6-1 ATS in their last 21 as a dog .5 to 3points, and Virginia Tech is 1-7 ATS in their last 8 as favorites. Lastly Georgia Tech beat Clemson 31-17 at home while Virginia Tech lost 3-23 at home. There is still a public opinion that Virginia Tech is the same Virginia Tech as yearâs past, but the defense is banged up and the offense despite a great running game is not prepared to be forced to throw the ball and thatâs something theyâll have to do well to win tonight and I donât think they can.
