Louisville vs. Georgia Tech: Key Stats & Game Analysis

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00:00In the ACC, as an underdog, there's not many better teams than Georgia Tech.

00:08In Louisville, who is perfect, ranked inside the top 20 of the AP poll, but only in two

00:14games, has its best test of the season in its conference opener.

00:19Lacey Guy, a little bit of movement on this number, the people loving them bees.

00:24It's under double digits now, nine and a half points spread in favor of Louisville, who

00:29was also booked as a favorite in its first two games of the year, and 2-0 against the

00:34spread.

00:35But we know Brent Key, during his time in Atlanta, leading Georgia Tech, as we saw on

00:40display in Dublin, great at covering numbers as an underdog.

00:44How do you break down this matchup?

00:46Yeah, and they're 3-1 right now.

00:47They're playing very well.

00:48I really like the way Haynes King is playing as well, completing well over 65% of his passes,

00:54six touchdowns, one interception.

00:55That is the key in regards to his development.

00:58Last year, he had 16 INTs on the year, so he's not turning the football over.

01:02They're throwing for 267 in regards to this matchup, and running for well over 150 yards

01:07on the ground with Jamal Haynes.

01:09I think the physicality can continue with Georgia Tech.

01:12Defensively, they're sound as well, but I feel like nobody's talking about Louisville

01:16right now.

01:17This is a team that did make it to the ACC championship.

01:20They're averaging, in terms of total yardage, over 500 yards per game.

01:24This game did go down to the wire last year.

01:27Week zero, neutral field, 39-34.

01:30They had to pull it out.

01:31I think Louisville does win, Kev, but I'll take the points with the Yellow Jackets.

01:36The extra weeks of games, I think, will matter here, especially with Louisville coming out

01:40of a bye week.

01:41Yeah, Russ Rust.

01:42I'll probably lean Russ here, and to be honest with you, with Louisville, no one's talking

01:46about him.

01:47Austin P. Jacksonville State bye week.

01:49They shouldn't even be ranked.

01:50I'm sorry.

01:51I know that.

01:52I'm just saying, they're still undefeated.

01:55We look at Clemson.

01:56We look at Miami.

01:57This is a team that did make it to the championship.

01:58Played in the ACC championship game last year, but I would agree with Kev.

02:01I think one of the reasons they've been overlooked right now is, one, they had a bye week.

02:05What's to look at?

02:06Week number three, and what's to look at?

02:07It's Austin P. and FCS foe, and it's Jacksonville State.

02:10Despite a great first year under Rich Rodriguez, it's been a disaster to start this season.

02:15Yeah, and again, I'm on Georgia Tech in this game.

02:17One thing to keep your eye on, the Haynes-King rushing numbers.

02:1960-plus in each of his games this year in ACC competition.

02:23Last year, only power opponents that kept him under were Georgia and Clemson.

02:27Obviously, Louisville is not that caliber of defense, no matter what we've seen from

02:31the early returns against bad football teams here.

02:33So that would be another way to play it, but I'm on Georgia Tech, plus 10.5, Ben.

02:3653 rushing yards for Haynes-King against Louisville in the season opener last year.

02:41Also threw for 313 yards and three touchdowns.

02:45Georgia Tech covered in that game as a 7.5-point underdog.

02:48They were 7-2 against the spread in ACC play last year under Brent Key, who has been the

02:53head coach for the Yellow Jackets for 25 games.

02:57Interim first in 2022, permanent head coach since the start of last year.

03:01As an underdog, Georgia Tech is 13-3 against the spread with 10 outright victories.

03:07The most outright wins as an underdog in FBS college football in that span.

03:12There is a reason people are looking at the plus with the Yellow Jackets today.

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