Georgia Tech’s Brent Key aims high following encouraging 4-4 introduction
1 year, 4 months ago

Georgia Tech’s Brent Key aims high following encouraging 4-4 introduction

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! ATLANTA — Georgia Tech’s string of four consecutive losing seasons may have made Brent Key’s 4-4 record after taking over for Geoff Collins last season look promising to some observers. The former Georgia Tech lineman and offensive assistant who took over as interim coach before landing the full-time job wants to make it clear he’s aiming higher than.500. Key, entering his first full season as the Yellow Jackets’ coach, wants Georgia Tech to be bowl-eligible for the first time since 2018. Georgia Tech’s encouraging finish under Key included road wins over two Top 25 teams, Pittsburgh and North Carolina.

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Trimble helps No. 20 North Carolina top Georgia Tech, 68-65
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Trimble helps No. 20 North Carolina top Georgia Tech, 68-65

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The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! 20 North Carolina held off upset-minded Georgia Tech for a 68-65 victory in the ACC opener for both teams Saturday. UNC played without graduate transfer Ty Claude, who spent last season at Georgia Tech, because of an injury to his right eye. Takeaways North Carolina: …

Georgia Tech coach Brent Key receives new 5-year contract after 7-5 season
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Georgia Tech coach Brent Key receives new 5-year contract after 7-5 season

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! ATLANTA — Georgia Tech coach Brent Key received a new five-year contract Friday after guiding the Yellow Jackets to their best regular season since 2018. Georgia Tech is in line for its second straight bowl appearance under Key, who took over as interim coach after the …

No. 6 Georgia focusing on rivalry game against Georgia Tech before shifting attention to postseason
3 weeks, 5 days ago

No. 6 Georgia focusing on rivalry game against Georgia Tech before shifting attention to postseason

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! 6 Georgia might have viewed Friday night’s state rivalry game against Georgia Tech as another playoff game before a crazy weekend of upsets in the Southeastern Conference sent the Bulldogs to the SEC championship game. “I mean, it’s a great honor to be able to play …

NC State is aiming to end Georgia Tech’s unbeaten run at its home stadium and gain bowl eligibility
1 month ago

NC State is aiming to end Georgia Tech’s unbeaten run at its home stadium and gain bowl eligibility

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! N.C. State at Georgia Tech, Thursday, 7:30 p.m. EST BetMGM College Football Odds: Georgia Tech by 8 1/2. Notre Dame beat the Yellow Jackets at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Oct. 19, but Georgia Tech is 4-0 on its campus. Haynes’ health will be a key, even …

Baye Ndongo has 19 points and 11 rebounds to help Georgia Tech beat Texas Southern 81-62
1 month, 1 week ago

Baye Ndongo has 19 points and 11 rebounds to help Georgia Tech beat Texas Southern 81-62

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The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! ATLANTA — Baye Ndongo had 19 points and 11 rebounds, Naithan George added 16 points and six assists and Georgia Tech beat Texas Southern 81-62 on Tuesday night. Kowacie Reeves Jr. gave Georgia Tech its largest lead of 30 when he sank a 3-pointer with …

Haynes King leads Georgia Tech past Cam Ward, No. 4 Miami 28-23 for Hurricanes’ 1st loss
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Haynes King leads Georgia Tech past Cam Ward, No. 4 Miami 28-23 for Hurricanes’ 1st loss

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Ward and Miami finally ran out of second-half comebacks as Haynes King led Georgia Tech to a 28-23 win over the previously unbeaten Hurricanes on Saturday for the Yellow Jackets’ first victory over a top-five team in 15 years. “We didn’t do a good job getting …

No. 4 Miami leans on QB Cam Ward to lead high-scoring offense into ACC test against Georgia Tech
1 month, 2 weeks ago

No. 4 Miami leans on QB Cam Ward to lead high-scoring offense into ACC test against Georgia Tech

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Ward says having wide receiver Xavier Restrepo as his top target is a big reason Miami is on a path to the 12-team playoff as it prepares to play at Georgia Tech on Saturday. It really is.” Miami’s revenge tour Georgia Tech is one of three …

Alabama and Georgia meet early in season for another Top-5 showdown, minus the make-or-break stakes
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Alabama and Georgia meet early in season for another Top-5 showdown, minus the make-or-break stakes

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Alabama won the SEC Championship Game 27-24 last season to make the playoffs and bounce previously unbeaten Georgia from contention for a third straight national title, ending a 29-game win streak in the process. Milroe vs. Beck Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe and Georgia’s Carson Beck are …

No. 19 Louisville opens ACC play vs. Georgia Tech, which seeks to upset another ranked league team
3 months ago

No. 19 Louisville opens ACC play vs. Georgia Tech, which seeks to upset another ranked league team

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! WHAT’S AT STAKE Georgia Tech resumes ACC play seeking to rebound and remain in league contention after losing 31-28 two weeks ago at Syracuse. The Yellow Jackets KEY MATCHUP Georgia Tech is one of eight FBS teams without a sack allowed, protection that has helped mobile …

Haynes King throws 3 TD passes as Georgia Tech routs VMI 59-7
3 months, 1 week ago

Haynes King throws 3 TD passes as Georgia Tech routs VMI 59-7

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ATLANTA — Haynes King threw for 275 yards and three touchdowns while playing only the first half, backup quarterback Zach Pyron scored on a couple of 1-yard runs and Georgia Tech routed VMI 59-7 on Saturday. Haynes King throws 3 TD passes as Georgia Tech routs VMI 59-7 Facing a thoroughly overmatched FCS school on a dreary afternoon in Atlanta, …

Carson Beck throws 5 TD passes and No. 1 Georgia routs FCS school Tennessee Tech 48-3
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Carson Beck throws 5 TD passes and No. 1 Georgia routs FCS school Tennessee Tech 48-3

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! When guys are wide open, it makes my job really easy.” Beck’s five TD passes matched a school record that had been done seven other times, most recently by Stetson Bennett against UAB in 2021. As bad as it probably looked to everybody else, it was …

Kyle McCord passes for 4 TDs as Syracuse knocks off newly ranked No. 23 Georgia Tech 31-28
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Kyle McCord passes for 4 TDs as Syracuse knocks off newly ranked No. 23 Georgia Tech 31-28

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Earlier in the week, Georgia Tech coach Brent Key said his team’s matchup against the Orange “wasn’t about Xs and Os” but rather being physical against Syracuse. You give ammo to me, I’m coming at you full tilt.” The Yellow Jackets, ranked in the AP Top …

Georgia Tech suddenly seems relevant again after huge win over Florida State
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Georgia Tech suddenly seems relevant again after huge win over Florida State

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “But,” he quickly added, “that game’s over.” True enough, but the Yellow Jackets can’t help but savor how far they’ve come since Key took over four games into the 2022 season. Georgia Tech hit rock bottom under previous coach Geoff Collins, who talked in hokey slogans …

ACC Week 1: No. 14 Clemson opens season against national title favorite in No. 1 Georgia in Atlanta
3 months, 3 weeks ago

ACC Week 1: No. 14 Clemson opens season against national title favorite in No. 1 Georgia in Atlanta

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The Tigers open the season in the biggest way possible against a Georgia squad that won the national title in 2021 and 2022 and remains bitter about missing the College Football Playoff a year ago. The Seminoles, picked to win the conference again this season, had …

Aidan Birr makes 44-yard field goal as time expires and Georgia Tech stuns No. 10 Florida State
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Aidan Birr makes 44-yard field goal as time expires and Georgia Tech stuns No. 10 Florida State

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! DUBLIN — Avery Boyd, Chase Lane and Malik Rutherford stepped in front of their Georgia Tech teammates, who were passing around the Aer Lingus College Football Classic trophy, and decided to let loose. Aidan Birr made a 44-yard field goal as time expired, and Georgia Tech …

Naithan George’s layup in final seconds lifts Georgia Tech to 74-73 win over No. 3 North Carolina
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Naithan George’s layup in final seconds lifts Georgia Tech to 74-73 win over No. 3 North Carolina

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ATLANTA — Kyle Sturdivant told his Georgia Tech teammates a visit from No. 3 North Carolina meant it was time to pull out the “big boy drawers.” Naithan George responded with the biggest play of the game. George scored a go-ahead, left-handed layup with 7.7 seconds remaining and Georgia Tech beat North Carolina 74-73 on Tuesday night to end the …

Milton runs for 156 yards and 2 TDs, No. 1 Georgia holds off Georgia Tech 31-23
1 year ago

Milton runs for 156 yards and 2 TDs, No. 1 Georgia holds off Georgia Tech 31-23

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “There are no moral victories,” said Georgia Tech coach Brent Key. “We came up short today.” King’s 5-yard scoring run with 3:46 remaining cut Georgia’s lead to 31-23. Following King’s 28-yard pass to Brett Seither, King’s 9-yard scoring run gave Georgia Tech a 7-0 lead. THE …

No. 1 Georgia looks to cap another perfect regular season against Georgia Tech
1 year, 1 month ago

No. 1 Georgia looks to cap another perfect regular season against Georgia Tech

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Georgia Tech, which clinched bowl eligibility with last week’s 31-22 win over Syracuse, will be playing for its first win over Georgia since a 28-27 victory in 2016. KEY MATCHUP Georgia Tech’s run defense vs. Georgia running backs Daijun Edwards and Kendall Milton. Defense has been …

Dominant Georgia puts 28-game winning streak, bragging rights on the line against Georgia Tech
1 year, 1 month ago

Dominant Georgia puts 28-game winning streak, bragging rights on the line against Georgia Tech

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Key, in his first full season as Georgia Tech’s coach, played offensive guard as the Yellow Jackets won state bragging rights by beating Georgia three straight years from 1998 to 2000. “Damn right it does,” Key said before acknowledging Georgia Tech must be more competitive in …

King throws 2 TD passes, adds scoring run as Georgia Tech holds off Syracuse 31-22
1 year, 1 month ago

King throws 2 TD passes, adds scoring run as Georgia Tech holds off Syracuse 31-22

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! ATLANTA — Georgia Tech found a way to contain Syracuse’s barrage of direct-snap runs — and to put the Yellow Jackets back in the bowl picture. Haynes King threw two touchdown passes and added a 19-yard scoring run late in the fourth quarter as Georgia Tech …

Castellanos, Boston College put 2-game winning streak on the line against Haynes, Georgia Tech
1 year, 2 months ago

Castellanos, Boston College put 2-game winning streak on the line against Haynes, Georgia Tech

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! KEY MATCHUP Boston College’s rushing offense vs. Georgia Tech’s rushing defense. The Yellow Jackets rank last in the league and 128th among 130 FBS teams in the nation by allowing 214.3 rushing yards per game. The Eagles’ two-game winning streak includes decisions over Virginia and Army …

Georgia Tech stuns No. 17 Miami 23-20, on TD with 2 seconds remaining
1 year, 2 months ago

Georgia Tech stuns No. 17 Miami 23-20, on TD with 2 seconds remaining

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Haynes King threw a 44-yard touchdown pass to Christian Leary with two seconds remaining after Miami turned the ball over with the game all but won, and Georgia Tech stunned the 17th-ranked Hurricanes 23-20 on Saturday night. Georgia Tech’s under-new-management defense — the team elevated Kevin …

Georgia Tech’s Key demotes Thacker as defensive coordinator following loss to Bowling Green
1 year, 2 months ago

Georgia Tech’s Key demotes Thacker as defensive coordinator following loss to Bowling Green

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! ATLANTA — Georgia Tech coach Brent Key shook up his defensive staff on Sunday, a day after the Yellow Jackets gave up 38 unanswered points in a 38-27 loss to underdog Bowling Green. Andrew Thacker, who had been Georgia Tech’s defensive coordinator since 2019, will no …

Underdog Bowling Green scores 38 unanswered points to overwhelm Georgia Tech, 38-27
1 year, 2 months ago

Underdog Bowling Green scores 38 unanswered points to overwhelm Georgia Tech, 38-27

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! ATLANTA — While Bowling Green players celebrated a memorable win for their program, Georgia Tech coach Brent Key was left to seek answers for a loss — or explain why the game wasn’t even close. Finn Hogan’s 1-handed scoring catch late in the first half gave …

Dart runs for 2 TDs, throws for a third, as No. 17 Ole Miss pulls away to beat Georgia Tech 48-23
1 year, 3 months ago

Dart runs for 2 TDs, throws for a third, as No. 17 Ole Miss pulls away to beat Georgia Tech 48-23

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Ole Miss needed a 45-yard field goal from Caden Davis, a 68-yard touchdown reception by Jordan Watkins from Dart and a 1-yard run by Quinshon Judkins to seal the win after Georgia Tech pulled within 24-17 with 10:31 remaining. In the first quarter, Zxavian Harris blocked …

Plummer rallies Louisville over Georgia Tech 39-34 in ACC opener
1 year, 3 months ago

Plummer rallies Louisville over Georgia Tech 39-34 in ACC opener

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Transfer quarterback Jack Plummer rallied his new team with three touchdown passes, Dezmond Tell made a huge defensive play and the Cardinals knocked off Georgia Tech 39-34 Friday night. If you’re not ready for that, you might as well not show up for the game.” Plummer …

Brent Key has shed interim tag and added confidence as Georgia Tech’s coach
1 year, 3 months ago

Brent Key has shed interim tag and added confidence as Georgia Tech’s coach

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! ATLANTA — Brent Key says he and his staff studied video of at least 21 schools as he prepared for Georgia Tech’s opening game against Louisville, which will bring a new coach, Jeff Brohm, and a transfer quarterback, Jack Plummer, to Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Friday night. …

Ga Tech’s Key rounds out coaching staff with 6 new hires
1 year, 11 months ago

Ga Tech’s Key rounds out coaching staff with 6 new hires

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! ATLANTA — Georgia Tech coach Brent Key rounded out his staff with the addition of six new assistants, including former Georgia quarterback quality control coach Buster Faulkner taking over as offensive coordinator. Faulkner, who also will work with the tight ends, will be joined on the …

Georgia celebrates back-to-back titles with another parade
1 year, 11 months ago

Georgia celebrates back-to-back titles with another parade

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia coach Kirby Smart had a good-natured complaint to fans when celebrating the Bulldogs’ back-to-back national championships with a parade and ceremony for the second straight year on Saturday. “Winning takes talent,” Smart said before adding, “but to repeat takes character.” Saturday’s parade …

No. 1 Georgia still hungry as defending national champions
1 year, 11 months ago

No. 1 Georgia still hungry as defending national champions

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! ATHENS, Ga. — Kearis Jackson insists he and his Georgia teammates are not content even after adding this year’s Southeastern Conference championship to last season’s drought-breaking national title. We still have that same fire and intensity that we bring in practice.” Jackson also says winning the …

Ga Tech coach Key wants to ‘dominate’ -- even against UGa
2 years ago

Ga Tech coach Key wants to ‘dominate’ -- even against UGa

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “There’s one thing I want to make sure everyone in this room understands, and everyone associated with Georgia Tech understands,” Key said in a room filled with family, boosters and players. The Yellow Jackets last beat Georgia in 2016, and they’ve only managed three wins in …

No. 1 Georgia romps into playoff with 50-30 SEC win vs LSU
2 years ago

No. 1 Georgia romps into playoff with 50-30 SEC win vs LSU

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “We’ve got a good team.” Georgia also caught a big break when Smith deflected a pass that bounced off an LSU receiver’s helmet and wound up being picked off by the Bulldogs, setting up a score that contributed to a 35-10 lead by halftime. “I don’t …

Georgia Tech promotes Brent Key from interim to head coach
2 years ago

Georgia Tech promotes Brent Key from interim to head coach

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Georgia Tech’s improvement under Key, who played for the Yellow Jackets and graduated in 2001, convinced Institute President Dr. Ángel Cabrera and athletic director J Batt to make Key the full-time coach instead of looking outside the program for the hire. “I am so proud and …

No. 1 Georgia overcomes slow start, routs Georgia Tech 37-14
2 years ago

No. 1 Georgia overcomes slow start, routs Georgia Tech 37-14

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Bennett threw two touchdown passes and Georgia completed back-to-back undefeated regular seasons for the first time in school history by overcoming a slow start to beat Georgia Tech 37-14 on Saturday. The defending national champion Bulldogs are in good position to retain their top College Football …

Georgia Tech starting over after firing Collins, Stansbury
2 years, 2 months ago

Georgia Tech starting over after firing Collins, Stansbury

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “Ultimately, the results haven’t been there and a new approach is necessary to return our program to where it belongs.” In a message clearly aimed at big-money donors and a disgruntled fan base, Cabrera vowed to provide whatever resources are necessary to turn around a football …

No 4 Clemson overcomes sluggish start, beats Ga Tech 41-10
2 years, 3 months ago

No 4 Clemson overcomes sluggish start, beats Ga Tech 41-10

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! He made a great run.” For coach Dabo Swinney, that’s the kind of play the Tigers need to make to reclaim their place atop the Atlantic Coast Conference, as well as get back to the College Football Playoff. “Very disappointing.” Georgia Tech pulled to 14-10 with …

Georgia Tech holds on to beat short-handed Clemson, 69-64
2 years, 10 months ago

Georgia Tech holds on to beat short-handed Clemson, 69-64

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ATLANTA — Deivon Smith came off the Georgia Tech bench to score 16 points and dish six assists and the Yellow Jackets had to hold on late to post a 69-64 upset win over Clemson for just their third victory in their first 11 Atlantic Coast Conference games Saturday. Georgia Tech started fast, building a 13-point lead at intermission, but …

No. 1 Georgia routs Georgia Tech 45-0, looks ahead to Bama
3 years ago

No. 1 Georgia routs Georgia Tech 45-0, looks ahead to Bama

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “Now the real fun starts.” Georgia gained momentum for next week’s much-anticipated Southeastern Conference championship game against No. Georgia Tech finished with three wins for the third consecutive season under coach Geoff Collins, who acknowledged this week he will need to show improvement next year. But …

With eye on Bama, No. 1 Georgia favored against Georgia Tech
3 years ago

With eye on Bama, No. 1 Georgia favored against Georgia Tech

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Evidence came when linebacker Channing Tindall was asked earlier this week about the team’s upcoming rivalry game in Atlanta. Take it one step at a time, but when that time comes, I can speak more on it.” When told the rival being asked about actually was …

No. 1 Georgia puts 11-0 record on line against Georgia Tech
3 years ago

No. 1 Georgia puts 11-0 record on line against Georgia Tech

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Georgia does not count the 1943-44 games won by Georgia Tech when the Yellow Jackets used players from a World War II Naval Academy training program on campus. 3 Alabama in next week’s SEC championship game in Atlanta, but a loss to Georgia Tech would place …

Pickett and Pitt keep rolling, blast Georgia Tech 52-21
3 years, 2 months ago

Pickett and Pitt keep rolling, blast Georgia Tech 52-21

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ATLANTA — Kenny Pickett pumped his Heisman Trophy candidacy as Pitt dominated Georgia Tech 52-21. Pitt intercepted the first two passes thrown by Georgia Tech quarterback Jeff Sims, with linebacker John Petrishen returning the second 33 yards for a touchdown, to help the Panthers to a 42-14 lead by halftime on Saturday. Manages to keep plays alive and break contain …

Georgia Tech hosts Tar Heels at NFL’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium
3 years, 3 months ago

Georgia Tech hosts Tar Heels at NFL’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium

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21 North Carolina at Georgia Tech, Saturday at 7:30 p.m. EDT. KEY MATCHUP North Carolina QB Sam Howell vs. Georgia Tech’s secondary. Downs had eight catches in each of the Tar Heels’ first three games and ranks among the FBS leaders in receiving yards per game, catches per game and TD receptions. FACTS & FIGURES Georgia Tech is playing the …

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