Opening Lines For Georgia Tech vs Louisville Released

Georgia Tech will open up as an underdog to the Cardinals in the first game

Less than 100 days from now, the college football season will begin and you can tell the season is getting closer when the lines for the opening lines for the first couple of weeks are being released. 

One of the top matchups of the opening week of the 2023 college football season will be the neutral site matchup between Georgia Tech and Louisville and the early lines in Vegas are favoring the Cardinals. 

Caesars Sportsbook has the Yellow Jackets as eight-point underdogs in the opening game. Draftkings has Georgia Tech as an 8.5 point underdog in Mercedes Benz Stadium. 

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While Georgia Tech might be an underdog, I think they can win this game. While Louisville has brought in a pretty impressive transfer haul and head coach Jeff Brohm will look to make a splash in his first season at his alma mater, there is still plenty of unknown with Louisville. 

The Cardinals rank 99th in returning production and they are going to be missing some key players from a defense that rushed the passer really well last season. A new starting quarterback is also going to be under center, although Cal transfer Jack Plummer is familiar with Brohm and his offense. 

Georgia Tech is undergoing plenty of change themselves. The defense is trying to find ways to replace Keion White, Charlie Thomas, Ace Eley, and Zamari Walton, and the quarterback battle has not been settled just yet. There is a brand new crop of receivers as well and the offensive line has plenty of improvement to make. 

That is what makes this game so intriguing. It is a matchup of two coaches looking to get off to a good start with their alma maters and the winner of this game could use it as a springboard for a winning season. There are questions for both and it will be interesting to see what is answered in the opening game on Friday, Sept 1st. 

In ESPN analyst Bill Connelly's latest SP+ rankings for the 2023 season, Louisville was projected 36th and Georgia Tech was ranked 70th. ESPN's FPI has Georgia Tech ranked 65th heading into the season and Louisville 46th. 

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