Georgia Tech Preview for USF

[bullsmeanbusiness]

TECH READY FOR FIRST ROAD TEST AT USF

Georgia Tech Football (1-0, 0-0 ACC) at USF (1-0, 0-0 AAC)
Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018 • Noon • Tampa, Fla. • Raymond James Stadium (65,857)

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Game Notes/Depth Charts | 2018 GT Football Info Guide

Top Storylines

• Georgia Tech hits the road for the first time this season when it travels to Tampa, Fla. to take on USF.

• The game will be televised regionally on ABC. In areas where the broadcast is not carried on ABC, it will be shown on ESPN2.

• The Yellow Jackets opened the season with a convincing 41-0 win over Alcorn State last Saturday at Bobby Dodd Stadium.

• In the debut of defensive coordinator Nate Woody’s 3-4 scheme, Tech’s defense recorded its first shutout in 57 games, dating back to a 56-0 victory over Syracuse on Oct. 19, 2013.

• The Jackets limited Alcorn State to just 146 yards of total offense, which is the fewest allowed by a GT defense since it surrendered 132 yards in a 27-0 win over Duke on Oct. 4, 2008 (head coach Paul Johnson’s fifth game at Tech).

• Not to be outdone, Georgia Tech’s offense racked up 543 total yards against Alcorn, including 439 on the ground, which marked the fifth time in the last 12 games that the Yellow Jackets have rushed for 400-plus yards. Prior to the beginning of last season, Tech had rushed for 400 yards in a game just 25 times in program history.

• Georgia Tech and USF are meeting for the first time. GT fielded its first football team in 1892 and is competing in its 126th football season. USF played its first football game in 1997 and is in its 22nd season overall and 19th at the NCAA Division I FBS level.

• While the Yellow Jackets have never faced USF, it has played at the Bulls’ home stadium before. Raymond James Stadium was the site of the 2009 ACC Championship Game, which Georgia Tech won over Clemson, 39-34 (the Yellow Jackets later vacated the victory due to NCAA sanctions).

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[Brad]

14 hours ago, bullsmeanbusiness said:

• Not to be outdone, Georgia Tech’s offense racked up 543 total yards against Alcorn, including 439 on the ground, which marked the fifth time in the last 12 games that the Yellow Jackets have rushed for 400-plus yards. Prior to the beginning of last season, Tech had rushed for 400 yards in a game just 25 times in program history.

Goal: Stop this.

[Guest]

10 hours ago, Brad said:

Goal: Stop this.

USF gave up almost 200 yards rushing to Elon... 

GT is gonna be like a knife through butter. 

[MikeG]

4 hours ago, JimUSFSig said:

USF gave up almost 200 yards rushing to Elon... 

GT is gonna be like a knife through butter. 

as opposed to other things which have difficulty getting through butter

throw out the stats from either warm up game-- completely unimportant. You won't see liberal substitution of defensive players or holding back offensive starters by USF. And the same is probably true for GaTech.

This game should be a good battle for both squads.

[Skingraft]

10 minutes ago, MikeG said:

as opposed to other things which have difficulty getting through butter

throw out the stats from either warm up game-- completely unimportant. You won't see liberal substitution of defensive players or holding back offensive starters by USF. And the same is probably true for GaTech.

This game should be a good battle for both squads.

What this old guy said

[MikeG]

4 minutes ago, Skingraft said:

What this old guy said

umm.... yep... hmmm

 

[Bausfkid]

15 hours ago, Brad said:

Goal: Stop this.

Correct.  DBs have got to walk a fine line this Saturday.  Provide run support without a total sell out and forget about the dozen or so passes GT will throw.

8 in the box will be a theme on Saturday

A USF Special Teams or D-TD would be very nice this weekend.

We shall see.

[Rizman]

5 hours ago, JimUSFSig said:

USF gave up almost 200 yards rushing to Elon... 

GT is gonna be like a knife through butter. 

Frozen butter with a dull knife. 

[Rocky Style]

3 hours ago, Bausfkid said:

Correct.  DBs have got to walk a fine line this Saturday.  Provide run support without a total sell out and forget about the dozen or so passes GT will throw.

8 in the box will be a theme on Saturday

A USF Special Teams or D-TD would be very nice this weekend.

We shall see.

A TAINT?

[Bulls On Parade]

8 hours ago, JimUSFSig said:

USF gave up almost 200 yards rushing to Elon... 

GT is gonna be like a knife through butter. 

True we did but 135 of those 190 were on first drive and the two late TD drives...not making excuses but it was clear the defense started to shut it down in the third when game was put away and the team can't do that ....gotta play all game at 100%.