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- Their running game vs. our rushing defense, (now missing our leading tackler and the defense’s leader) can win the game by itself. They can dominate the clock, finish every drive and put great pressure on our passing game to be perfect in every possession, which it wasn’t against Ohio U.
- Tech has a remarkable quarterback in Haynes King, who passed for 2,842 yards and 27TDs and ran for 737 yards and 10 scores. “King was a huge threat in the second half of games and in the red zone running the ball”. (Lindy’s) A dual threat like that can drive defenses crazy. What if he passes for as many yards and scores as our single threat guy?
- They out-Haynesed us. Running back Jamal Haynes carried the ball 174 times for 1,059 yards (6.1) and 7TDs last year. This year=, he’s averaging 5.7 yards a carry and has scored 3TDs. Can LeQuint Allen match him?
- If King is King of the Red zone, how will our defense hold up? We scored 6 times against Ohio U. They scored 5 times against us. But we scored 5 touchdowns. They scored two. That’s our red zone defense, but it’s after one game against a MAC team. It could be one of those early season stats that becomes a memory.
- Do we really know how good our offensive line is? They didn’t do much for our running game and I’m not sure the Ohio U. pass rush compares to what we’ll see in the ACC.
- Kicker Aiden Burk made 17 for 19 field goals. Brady Denaburg was 10 for 16 last year and almost missed the 26 yarder he made least week. If it comes down to making field goals, we could be on the short end.
- Tech is in a rebuilding phase, as we are. But they started it last year and are a year ahead of us. This game will be like Georgia Tech a year ago playing Georgia Tech now.
- Syracuse vs Georgia Tech 1869-2023
I still have some bruises from 0-56 and 13-51 games. Tech is just one of those teams where I have a hard time imagining good things happening.
Stats that favor Georgia Tech:
OFFENSIVE RUSHING YARDS SU- 126.00 GT – 207.50
OFFENSIVE PASSING YARDS PER ATTEMPT SU- 8.85 GT – 9.10
OFFENSIVE COMPLETION PERCENTAGE SU- 67.50 GT – 78.26
SCORING DEFENSE SU- 22.00 GT – 16.50
TOTAL DEFENSIVE YARDS SU- 436.00 GT – 325.50
DEFENSIVE FIRST DOWNS SU- 26.00 GT – 19.50
DEFENSIVE RUSHING YARDS SU- 255.00 GT – 124.00
DEFENSIVE COMPLETION PERCENTAGE SU- 60.00 GT – 56.67
TACKLES FOR A LOSS SU- 10 GT – 15
PUNT RETURNS SU- 2.50 GT – 7.30
OPPONENT PUNT RETURNS SU- 2.50 GT – 1.50
OPPONENT PUNTS RETURNED SU- 2/3 = 66.67% GT - 2/5 = 40.00%
LONGEST FG SU- 26 GT - 44
STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE SU- #62 GT - #36
This early in the season, a team’s stats can be misleading. Tech has played one opponent which is probably better than Ohio U. (but are they?) Florida State and one probably worse, (Georgia State). But, for now, these numbers suggest they run the ball a lot better than we do and defend the run a lot better than we do. That’s the sort of stat that can decide the outcome of a game by itself. They don’t pass as much but their yards per attempt and completion percentage are better than ours, (the later is phenomenal. That’s probably a product of their running game. The defense has to bring defenders up to stop the run and they leave themselves vulnerable to the pass, even if Tech isn’t a great passing team. We get more sacks than they do but they get more TFLs. Maybe they run a lot of run blitzes. We have a good kicking game but doinked the 26 yarder off the left upright.
- Tech has a remarkable quarterback in Haynes King, who passed for 2,842 yards and 27TDs and ran for 737 yards and 10 scores. “King was a huge threat in the second half of games and in the red zone running the ball”. (Lindy’s) A dual threat like that can drive defenses crazy. What if he passes for as many yards and scores as our single threat guy?
- They out-Haynesed us. Running back Jamal Haynes carried the ball 174 times for 1,059 yards (6.1) and 7TDs last year. This year=, he’s averaging 5.7 yards a carry and has scored 3TDs. Can LeQuint Allen match him?
- If King is King of the Red zone, how will our defense hold up? We scored 6 times against Ohio U. They scored 5 times against us. But we scored 5 touchdowns. They scored two. That’s our red zone defense, but it’s after one game against a MAC team. It could be one of those early season stats that becomes a memory.
- Do we really know how good our offensive line is? They didn’t do much for our running game and I’m not sure the Ohio U. pass rush compares to what we’ll see in the ACC.
- Kicker Aiden Burk made 17 for 19 field goals. Brady Denaburg was 10 for 16 last year and almost missed the 26 yarder he made least week. If it comes down to making field goals, we could be on the short end.
- Tech is in a rebuilding phase, as we are. But they started it last year and are a year ahead of us. This game will be like Georgia Tech a year ago playing Georgia Tech now.
- Syracuse vs Georgia Tech 1869-2023
I still have some bruises from 0-56 and 13-51 games. Tech is just one of those teams where I have a hard time imagining good things happening.
Stats that favor Georgia Tech:
OFFENSIVE RUSHING YARDS SU- 126.00 GT – 207.50
OFFENSIVE PASSING YARDS PER ATTEMPT SU- 8.85 GT – 9.10
OFFENSIVE COMPLETION PERCENTAGE SU- 67.50 GT – 78.26
SCORING DEFENSE SU- 22.00 GT – 16.50
TOTAL DEFENSIVE YARDS SU- 436.00 GT – 325.50
DEFENSIVE FIRST DOWNS SU- 26.00 GT – 19.50
DEFENSIVE RUSHING YARDS SU- 255.00 GT – 124.00
DEFENSIVE COMPLETION PERCENTAGE SU- 60.00 GT – 56.67
TACKLES FOR A LOSS SU- 10 GT – 15
PUNT RETURNS SU- 2.50 GT – 7.30
OPPONENT PUNT RETURNS SU- 2.50 GT – 1.50
OPPONENT PUNTS RETURNED SU- 2/3 = 66.67% GT - 2/5 = 40.00%
LONGEST FG SU- 26 GT - 44
STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE SU- #62 GT - #36
This early in the season, a team’s stats can be misleading. Tech has played one opponent which is probably better than Ohio U. (but are they?) Florida State and one probably worse, (Georgia State). But, for now, these numbers suggest they run the ball a lot better than we do and defend the run a lot better than we do. That’s the sort of stat that can decide the outcome of a game by itself. They don’t pass as much but their yards per attempt and completion percentage are better than ours, (the later is phenomenal. That’s probably a product of their running game. The defense has to bring defenders up to stop the run and they leave themselves vulnerable to the pass, even if Tech isn’t a great passing team. We get more sacks than they do but they get more TFLs. Maybe they run a lot of run blitzes. We have a good kicking game but doinked the 26 yarder off the left upright.
