{"id":19190,"date":"2011-11-07T19:00:58","date_gmt":"2011-11-08T00:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=19190"},"modified":"2011-11-07T19:00:58","modified_gmt":"2011-11-08T00:00:58","slug":"college-football-picks-week-11-virginia-tech-hokies-vs-georgia-tech-yellow-jackets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-picks-week-11-virginia-tech-hokies-vs-georgia-tech-yellow-jackets-19190\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Picks Week 11: Virginia Tech Hokies vs. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 10 Virginia Tech Hokies at No. 21 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
\nThursday, 11\/10\/11, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Virginia Tech -1.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Virginia Tech -1
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 50
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 50
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Virginia Tech Hokies are 7-1 ATS in November<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Virginia Tech has bounced back after dropping a 23-3 contest to the Clemson Tigers as seven-point home favorites, winning four consecutive games, including a 14-10 win over the Duke Blue Devils as 14.5-point road favorites.\u00a0 The team has been hit hard by injuries recently and was glad to escape Durham with a victory.\u00a0 \u201cWe talked about coming in here and leaving with a great game under our belt,\u201d stated Hokies head coach Frank Beamer.\u00a0 \u201cWhat we leave here with is a win.\u201d\u00a0 It served as the program\u2019s third win by seven points or less.\u00a0 Virginia Tech is 7-1 ATS in November the past two-plus seasons, while the \u2018under\u2019 is 7-1 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Hokies have tallied a 17-5 all-time record when playing on ESPN Thursday Night Football, which includes a 7-2 mark when playing away from Lane Stadium.\u00a0 Virginia Tech is a dominating 24-2 in November, including 22-2 versus conference competition since the start of the 2004 season.\u00a0 Offensively, the team has gained over 400 yards in seven of nine games, led by running back David Wilson who is averaging over 130 yards per game.<\/p>\n

Georgia Tech enjoyed a week off after capturing a 31-17 win over the Clemson Tigers as 3.5-point home underdogs, which snapped a two-game losing streak.\u00a0 The Yellow Jackets have tallied a 5-0 record at home this season, attempting to stay unbeaten in Bobby Dodd Stadium for the first time since 1999.\u00a0 The program has also won both of its games versus nationally ranked opponents this season.\u00a0 Head coach Paul Johnson will be on the sidelines for his 50th game, coming in with a 6-0 record when hosting a top 25 opponent.\u00a0 Georgia Tech is 1-3 ATS following a bye week the last two-plus years, while the \u2018under\u2019 is 20-6 when playing on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

The Yellow Jackets will be facing a difficult schedule to close out the season, with their remaining opponents having a combined record of 18-9.\u00a0 Georgia Tech ranks second in the ACC and 17th nationally in scoring offense, which will present a challenge to a Virginia Tech stop unit that leads the conference and sits sixth in scoring defense.\u00a0 Running the football is the name of the game under Johnson, ranking second in college football in gaining 328 rushing yards per game.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Yellow Jackets due to their 6-1 ATS mark as a home underdog of less than three points, while the Hokies are 1-7 ATS in their last eight games.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the college football handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No. 10 Virginia Tech Hokies at No. 21 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Thursday, 11\/10\/11, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Virginia Tech -1.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Virginia Tech -1 Opening Total:\u00a0 50 Current Total:\u00a0 50 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Virginia Tech has bounced back after dropping a 23-3 contest to the Clemson Tigers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":16559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[387,5653,5654,3682,1282,3589,1926],"class_list":["post-19190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-acc","tag-bobby-dodd-stadium","tag-david-wilson","tag-frank-beamer","tag-georgia-tech-yellow-jackets","tag-paul-johnson","tag-virginia-tech-hokies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19190","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=19190"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19191,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19190\/revisions\/19191"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}