Final Score Predictions for Georgia Tech vs Syracuse

Can Georgia Tech get to their first bowl game since 2018?

Author:
Jackson Caudell
Publish date:
Nov 17, 2023 1:22 PM EST

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Almost 24 hours until Georgia Tech and Syracuse play underneath the lights at Bobby Dodd and there is a lot on the line for both teams.

The biggest headline for both teams is going to be about bowl eligibility. Georgia Tech has not been to a bowl game since 2018 and Syracuse is trying to go back to a bowl game. Syracuse head coach Dino Babers is on the hot seat, but a bowl appearance could go a long way in quieting that down.

Yellow Jackets head coach Brent Key has talked about the opportunity to make a bowl game this week and how the crowd is going to be a huge factor in making it a tough place to play for Syracuse:

"So up until Sunday, I had not said the word at all, it is the same mentality each week, it is a one-game season each week and that is the mentality each week and taken, but yeah on Sunday, I brought it up, I did. This is playoff football now, this is NFL Championship, win and you're in. There is no... there is no dwelling on the last game, it is boom and you have to move on and that is the way it works and we brought it up. We talked about it. It is a big deal for these kids, a really big deal. As an alumni here, it is a really big deal for me, it is a big deal for these guys coming back here, it is a big deal for Georgia Tech, it is a big deal for the athletic association, it is a big deal for the entire Georgia Tech community so heck yeah we talked about it and these guys understand that and know it is something special they have in front of them to work and get."

Yeah that is huge. They have had some struggles... as an offensive line coach I get those issues that you have several different guys back there with cadences and different rhythms of the cadences, you have different types of sounds and noises and things and that is tough on the center, he has to be keyed in on his calls and getting everyone lined up, keying in to listening to the snap count or cadence or whatever mechanisms they use and the louder it gets, the harder it is to do and for the fans and the student body in particular, this week, the way they were at UNC, the way these guys are able to support the students out there playing, we really have an opportunity to make this a great, great homefield advantage and be a 12th man for the defense and to help them with these things as long as possible and be a part of this, I want everyone in the stadium to be a part of this game this weekend."