Georgia Tech Opens as a Six-Point Favorite Over Syracuse

Georgia Tech can clinch bowl eligibility with a win over Syracuse

Despite their loss to Clemson yesterday, Georgia Tech still has things to accomplish this season. One of those things would be to get to a bowl game for the first time since 2018 and if they can defeat Syracuse this weekend at home, they will do just that. 

While Georgia Tech has preferred playing as an underdog with Brent Key as the head coach, they are going to have to learn to win as a favorite. They will be favored in their final ACC game this season when they face Syracuse. The Yellow Jackets will be six-point favorites according to Caesars Sportsbook when they take on the Orange this Saturday at Bobby Dodd Stadium. 

This season, Georgia Tech is 1-2 as a favorite. They won their game against South Carolina State but lost to Bowling Green and Boston College. Last year, Key and the Yellow Jackets lost to Miami and Virginia as favorites and the one thing that all of these games have in common is that they were in Atlanta. Georgia Tech has to improve its play at home, but if the crowd is anything like it was against North Carolina in the last home game, Syracuse will find that it is a tough place to play. 

Georgia Tech opened as a six-point favorite over Syracuse next Saturday / Amber Searls-USA TODAY Sports

This will be the fifth all-time meeting between the two programs and just the third since Syracuse joined the ACC. The last time the two programs met was in 2020, a game in which Syracuse won 37-20. The only time the two programs have met in Atlanta was 2013 and Georgia Tech won that handily 56-0. 

After beating Pitt yesterday, Syracuse is now one win away from getting to a bowl game as well. The Orange have suffered a rash of injuries this year, but they just need one more win to get to the postseason. Both teams have a lot on the line when they face each other in Atlanta next Saturday. 

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