Both teams come off a bye week and will be well prepared for this game I can tell you that. With that said I think it will be closer than many think because Georgia Tech has some time to put together a game plan for the rushing offense they are about to see and same goes for Virginia Tech. The last few match ups in this series have been close. Although Georgia Tech has not been the same as a year ago I still think they have similar talent on offense to give Virginia Tech troubles.
They Jacket secondary is the real deal led by Dominique Reese. This unit has allowed only 1 passing TD in their last 4 games. Virginia Tech will try to get it done on the ground which means a shortened game with the clock constantly ticking. Vtech had the bye at the wrong time in my opinion they were a hot team scoring at least 41 points in 5 of 6 games after starting the season with a surprising 0-2 start. Now they'll have to get back up to that gear after no facing anyone since NC State 4 games ago.
Virginia Tech faced Nc State and Boston college back to back and Georgia Tech has a very similar defense to both those teams in the top 55 in total defense. Georgia Tech better against the pass than both teams and similar to the run and scoring defense. Virginia Tech was held to 19 points against Boston College and although they beat NC State 41-30 they were in trouble for most of that game and Nc States defense is not as good as the paper shows, Georgia Tech's D is better.
Georgia Tech has faced this type of team before in North Carolina yes they are similar in defense and offense believe it or not and they went on the road and won 30-24. Now Virginia Tech is much better than North Carolina but I think Georgia Tech can put up some numbers tonight as the front seven for Virginia Tech is not as good as usual and will have trouble defending the triple option.
