Georgia was the clear favorite as of Sunday afternoon. 19.5 Gave points to Georgia Tech, total points. 54.5 In preparation for this Friday night’s game in Athens. Notably, this game marks the sixth consecutive Georgia-Georgia Tech matchup in which the Bulldogs were favorites by at least 17 points over the Yellow Jackets (the first time in this series for more than 30 years). There was no other team that was a candidate for the championship.
Matchup: Georgia is 9-2 straight up this season, but 3-8 against the spread (ATS). On Saturday, the Bulldogs defeated the University of Massachusetts 59-21, but fell short of being the favorites with 42.5 points. Georgia Tech is 7-4 straight and 6-5 ATS. On Thursday night, the Yellow Jackets defeated North Carolina State by one point, 30-29, at home as 7.5-point favorites.
Coaching trends: Curiously, in Kirby Smart’s coaching career at Georgia, he is only 19-31-1 (38%) ATS when he is the home favorite, but 63 ATS in other situations. %. After losing to Georgia Tech in his first season in 2016, Smart defeated the Yellow Jackets six straight times by a 29.3 point differential. Georgia Tech’s Brent Key has been a major underdog since taking over as the Jackets’ head coach in October 2022. Key’s teams have won six of 14 games as underdogs by nine points or more, including three times as underdogs by 20 points. Plus points. In the penultimate game, Georgia Tech defeated Miami, which trailed by 9.5 points, 28-23.
history: Georgia, which dominated the series, is 14-5-1 ATS vs. Georgia Tech by 14.5 points since 2001, when the Bulldogs failed to cover in the previous two games. Ta. Last season, Georgia Tech stayed close in a one-possession game, losing 31-23 as a 24-point underdog. The previous year, or the last time the teams met in Athens, the Jackets trailed by 36 points despite losing 37-14 to the Bulldogs.
