{"id":10201,"date":"2010-11-04T04:00:20","date_gmt":"2010-11-04T09:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=10201"},"modified":"2010-11-02T19:42:01","modified_gmt":"2010-11-03T00:42:01","slug":"ncaa-football-predictions-georgia-tech-vs-virginia-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/ncaa-football-predictions-georgia-tech-vs-virginia-tech-10201\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Football Predictions: Georgia Tech vs Virginia Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Virginia Tech Hokies
\nThursday, 11\/4\/2010, 7:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Virginia Tech -14.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Virginia Tech -13
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 56
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 56
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 Virginia Tech -455 \/ Georgia Tech +375<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Virginia Tech QB Tyrod Taylor will try to capture a seventh-straight win when taking on the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Georgia Tech is searching to spring a major upset on Thursday night over the Virginia Tech Hokies in Blacksburg, Virginia, but even that may not be enough to give them a legitimate chance at the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game.\u00a0 \u201cYeah, we\u2019re still talking about it,\u201d said head coach Paul Johnson.\u00a0 \u201cWe still haven\u2019t been mathematically eliminated.\u201d\u00a0 The Yellow Jackets are the defending conference champions and the Hokies wore the crown in 2007 and 2008.\u00a0 The team had won five consecutive ACC road games before falling at Clemson on October 23 and still remains one win shy of becoming bowl eligible for the 14th consecutive season.\u00a0 Georgia Tech is 3-4 ATS this season and 10-5 ATS on the road.\u00a0 The college football lines page shows the Jackets have been backed early on.<\/p>\n

The Yellow Jackets are still paced by the nation\u2019s top rushing attack that has managed to gain 317.4 yards per game and has finished in the top five nationally the last two seasons.\u00a0 Quarterback Joshua Nesbitt ranks sixth in the ACC in rushing and needs just 42 yards to become the most prolific rushing quarterback in history.\u00a0 Georgia Tech has had a tough time making way without four junior stars that left early for the NFL last year and Johnson knew it was going to be a rebuilding year.\u00a0 \u201cAny time you lose good players, it hurts,\u201d he commented.\u00a0 \u201cThat\u2019s the nature of the beast.\u00a0 I thought we would play better in some other spots than we have.\u201d\u00a0 The squad is 19-8 against ACC Coastal Division opponents, including 9-6 on the road since divisional play began in 2005.<\/p>\n

Virginia Tech will be meeting tonight\u2019s opponent for the eight time in a series that dates back to 1990.\u00a0 The Hokies lead the series 4-3 after the Yellow Jackets downed the Hokies last year at home, 28-23.\u00a0 It\u2019s been quite a layoff for head coach Frank Beamer\u2019s team that hasn\u2019t played since a 44-7 win over Duke on October 23, racking up 491 yards and reaching the 40-point mark for the fourth consecutive game.\u00a0 \u201cI do think we\u2019ve got things to work on, but when you play well and you have success, it builds confidence,\u201d Beamer stated.\u00a0 Virginia Tech has been on quite a roll and will be seeking to post seven straight wins for the first time since 2005.\u00a0 The team is 4-1 ATS at home and a perfect 4-0 ATS versus conference opponents.<\/p>\n

The Hokies have won by an average of 24 points during its winning streak and have been led by the outstanding quarterback play of senior Tyrod Taylor.\u00a0 He leads the ACC with a 171.1 passer rating while throwing for 1,602 yards with 15 touchdowns and three interceptions.\u00a0 \u201cIt all starts with Tyrod Taylor,\u201d said Duke head coach David Cutcliffe.\u00a0 \u201cYou give him opportunities and he\u2019s going to make the most of them.\u201d\u00a0 Virginia Tech definitely puts the foot on the accelerator this time of the year and has posted a 20-2 record in November games since joining the league in 2004.<\/p>\n

Bettors will find that the Yellow Jackets are 5-1-1 ATS following a SU loss, while the Hokies are 9-0 ATS following a spread win.<\/p>\n

The college football handicappers at Maddux Sports are getting ready for another week of gridiron action and there\u2019s no better time than now to join!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Virginia Tech Hokies Thursday, 11\/4\/2010, 7:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Virginia Tech -14.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Virginia Tech -13 Opening Total:\u00a0 56 Current Total:\u00a0 56 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 Virginia Tech -455 \/ Georgia Tech +375 Georgia Tech is searching to spring a major upset on Thursday night over […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":3996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[387,3233,3682,1282,3683,3589,2834,1926],"class_list":["post-10201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-acc","tag-atlantic-coast-conference","tag-frank-beamer","tag-georgia-tech-yellow-jackets","tag-joshua-nesbitt","tag-paul-johnson","tag-tyrod-taylor","tag-virginia-tech-hokies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10201"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10203,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10201\/revisions\/10203"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}