(2-0) #14 Georgia Tech +5 1/2 @ (1-0) #20 Miami
GTech, at home, beat Clemson 30-27 last week (but did NOT fkin' cover the 5pts
). The Yellow Jackets blew a 24-point lead against the Tigers before Scott Blair's 36-yard field goal with 57 seconds remaining sealed the victory.They opened the season beating Jacksonville St 37-17.
Miami, on the road, was 6pt. underdogs, and shocked (then #18) Florida St. team, winning 38-34. The Hurricanes scored 21 points in the fourth quarter to edge the Seminoles.
GTech's won this match-up 4 yrs in a row.
Miami is now in the same position it was entering last season's game against Georgia Tech. The Hurricanes jumped into the poll immediately before playing the Yellow Jackets and trailed by as much as 31 in their 41-23 loss in Atlanta. The defeat kept the Hurricanes out of the ACC championship game.
the Yellow Jackets offer five versions of the triple-option: the veer, the base, the arc, the mid-line and the load. Each of UM's players must know his assignment in every version, or the entire defense risks crashing again.
Offensively:
GTech has averaged 318 rushing yards / 139 passing (2 games)
Miami- 386 passing yards / 90 rushing (1 game)
Defensively:
GTech has allowed 227 passing yards pg / 115 rushing
Miami- 294 passing / 110 rushing
Players to watch:
GT QB Josh Nesbitt - 3 for 14 last week / 84 yds 2 INTs, but avg 92 rushing yds per gm
GT RB Johnathan Dwyer - Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year last year, a "6-foot, 235-pound nightmare."
GT WR Demaryius Thomas - 3 rec for 93 yards and a TD
GT CB Jerrard Tarrant - sits atop the nation's leaderboard in punt returns.
MIA 6'4" Soph QB Jacory Harris - 386 yds / 2TDs last week
MIA WR/KR Graig Cooper - 177 yards return yds, made an acrobatic catch of a Jacory Harris pass for one fourth-quarter touchdown, broke through the defense for a critical third-down pickup on the final drive and then capped the win with a 3-yard TD rush with 1:53 left.
Don't ignore this:
Miami will be without defensive backs DeMarcus Van Dyke and JoJo Nicholas
A small number of Miami players experienced flu-like symptoms this week, with swine flu being ruled out in each case.
Leaning towards GTech (thanks to injuries & the flu)
Thoughts?
