Tennessee vs Georgia Tech – College Football Predictions
The Game
It’s a fun way to end the week with an interesting SEC vs ACC match-up on a MONDAY NIGHT. Tennessee has a lot of new faces on offense this season and HC Butch Jones is definitely on the hot seat. Meanwhile the Yellow Jackets are coming off a nine-win season and always seem to be in the mix for a division crown. Let’s go !
The Details
TENNESSEE 3 GEORGIA TECH (56)
MEGALOCKS LINE – Tennessee -4.5
“Vegas” Implied Projected Score: Tennessee 29.5 Georgia Tech 26.5
Massey Ratings Projected Score: Tennessee 33 Georgia Tech 31
The Match-Up
Tennessee offense vs Georgia Tech defense
This should be interesting. Tennessee has a new starting QB with the graduation of Jalen Hurd. Quinten Dormady is the man and will be dealing with an inexperienced group of players at RB and WR. The Georgia Tech defense was decent last season allowing just 24.5 points per game. They had trouble getting PENETRATION and we feel like Tennessee can have a balanced attack in this one BUT will probably not be able to score a ton of points. The Yellow Jackets return 8 starters on defense and should be intimidated or thrown off by anything the Vols are able to do. We project the Vols getting into the mid to high 20s.
Georgia Tech offense vs Tennessee defense
Change, yo. The Yellow Jackets will also be breaking in a new QB (Matthew Jordan) and last season’s leading rusher Dedrick Mills in no longer with the team. RB Clinton Lynch is Q and RT Andrew Marshall is out. That is a lot of uncertainty for us to project production with any level of confidence. The triple option is tough to defend but we have to think that it will not be very crisp in week one. The bad news for Tennessee is that they will be without LB Darrin Kirkland and don;t forget they were gashed for over 200 yards per game on the ground last season. It feels like Georgia Tech may have trouble getting past 20-21 points.
MEGA SIZZLERS
We get another chance to see the brand new stadium in HOTLANTA…..nice…….Butch Jones is a DOCUMENTED 5-0 in neutral site games…..Small Sample Size guy is loving that angle.
Summary
You can tell we are a bit wishy-washy on this game. It’s really hard to project how either team will come out in week 1.
Conclusion
Going to stay clear of this one. If you are in dire need of some sweet action maybe a small taste of Tennessee -3 or the under.