There has been a lot of smoke in the last couple of days about Georgia Tech and La. WR Koby Young parting ways heading into the month of December.
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Young originally chose GT over other early offers from Tennessee, Oklahoma, and Oregon among others.

With Georgia Tech pushing for Debron Gatling, evaluating their own position room, and getting the chance to look at what options are set to be available in the transfer portal, it wouldn't surprise me if Young ended up elsewhere.

Alas, as I said in the beginning, something to keep an eye on in the coming days.

I’m surprised nobody is going after Jerry kill for a head coaching Vacancy! He’s done a great job turning around New Mexico State 8-30 before he was hired 17-9 since.

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GEORGIA TECH (3-2, 0-0 ACC) vs. DUKE (5-2, 0-0 ACC)​

Saturday, December 2, 2023 | 2:15 p.m. ET | Atlanta, Ga. | McCamish Pavilion

Television: The CW / Peachtree TV in Atlanta (Announcers: Tom Werme, Mike Gminski)

Radio: Georgia Tech Sports Network by Legends Sports (In Atlanta: 680 AM/93.7 The Fan) | SiriusXM channel 383

Other ways to listen: SiriusXM app | Listen Online | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets App | TuneIn

Announcers: Andy Demetra, Randy Waters

Live Stats: Statbroadcast.com



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THE FLATS – Fresh off a home court victory over a top-25 team earlier this week, Georgia Tech opens Atlantic Coast Conference play at home Saturday afternoon, hosting No. 7 Duke at 2:15 p.m. at McCamish Pavilion.

Tech (3-2) stopped a two-game skid Tuesday night by defeating No. 21 Mississippi State, 67-59, in the ACC/SEC Challenge. The Yellow Jackets played their best defensive game of the season in shaking off losses to UMass Lowell and Cincinnati. Tech began its first season under head coach Damon Stoudamire with a pair of home court victories over Georgia Southern on Nov. 6 (84-62) and a come-from-behind 88-85 win over Howard on Nov. 9, and is 3-1 at home.

Duke (5-2) is playing its second straight true road game after falling at Arkansas, 80-75, Wednesday night in the ACC/SEC Challenge. The Blue Devils have played one other power conference team, dropping a 78-73 decision to current No. 2 Arizona at home in their second game of the season.

Saturday’s game will be televised live on the The CW (Peachtree TV in Atlanta). Radio coverage is on the Georgia Tech Sports Network by Legends Sports and flagship station 680 the Fan (680 AM/93.7 FM). The Tech broadcast is also available on the SiriusXM app and SiriusXM channel 386.

THE TIP-OFF

• Georgia Tech is playing six of its first eight games of the 2023-24 season at home. The Jackets traveled to Cincinnati last Wednesday (an 89-54 loss), and visit Georgia next Tuesday.

• Tech is looking to win its first ACC opener since the 2020-21 season, when the Yellow Jackets captured a 72-67 win at home over North Carolina. The Jackets have opened with losses to the Tar Heels each of the last two years.

• Tech opens its ACC slate against Duke for the first time since the 2011-12 season, when the Yellow Jackets took the Bue Devils to the limit in an 81-74 defeat at State Farm Arena.

• Duke is the second of two top-25 teams that Georgia Tech is facing this week. Tech scored a 67-59 win Tuesday over Mississippi State, ranked No. 21 in the Associated Press poll, No. 22 in the coaches’ rankings, while Duke is No. 7 in both. The Yellow Jackets have not faced two ranked teams this early in the season since 2020-21 (No. 20 Kentucky and No. 15 Florida State in the first five games, which the Jackets split).

• Tech is in the midst of playing four consecutive games against power conference opponents - Cincinnati (Nov. 22), Mississippi State (Nov. 28), Duke (Dec. 2) and Georgia (Dec. 5), and will face a fifth on Dec. 16 (Penn State).

• Tech is facing five guaranteed non-conference opponents that won 20 or more games in the 2022-23 season, including four that played in the post-season. Mississippi State (21-13), Penn State (23-14) and Howard (22-13) all played in the NCAA Tournament last season, while Cincinnati (23-13), a new member of the Big 12, reached the quarterfinals of the NIT. UMass Lowell (26-8) finished second in the America East Conference. The Yellow Jackets potentially could play two more 20-win teams in the Diamond Head Classic, with a possible game against Hawai’i (21-11) in the second round and TCU (22-13) in the final round.

• Tech has yet to play a game with its full complement of 13 scholarship players due to injury. Senior guard Lance Terry, Tech’s second-leading scorer last season, has been sidelined the entire season, while freshman forward Baye Ndongo missed the first three games. Sophomore forward Tafara Gapare has missed the last two games.

• Three of Tech’s four freshmen have now seen action for the Yellow Jackets. Forward Ibrahima Sacko has played in all five games, averaging 16 minutes, while forward Baye Ndongo and guard Naithan George debuted at Cincinnati and have played the last two.

• Tech’s four returning scholarship players - Miles Kelly, Lance Terry, Dallan “Deebo” Coleman and Kyle Sturdivant - accounted for 59.4 percent of the Yellow Jackets’ points and 56.5 percent of the minutes during the 2022-23 season. They collectively shot 35.6 percent from three-point range. This season the group (minus Terry) has accounted for 53.8 percent of the points and 38.6 percent of the minutes.

A&M just lost the #1 WR Cam Coleman as he decomm to Awbern. Does that put pressure on
A&M to keep Debron with $$?

I’ve confirmed reports from FSU sites that Georgia Tech DL commit Jordan Boyd is set to be in Tallahassee this weekend as Florida State takes on Virginia Tech.

Boyd camped there this summer, almost got dropped by GT, re-affirmed his commitment, and then shut things down for the most part.

He’s now assessing his options, while GT does the same. Not saying GT has leverage here (they have whatever the opposite is of that)

Let’s do this. The contact period starts in just over two hours, and multiple official visitors are set to arrive at the school in the next 18ish hours.

Expect more of the same in the coming days.

Going to get the transfer tracker officially up and running tomorrow, but wanted to get this out to y'all tonight (this morning?)

Each year we get our boy a Christmas stuffed animal/plushie/etc.

Was trying to find a GT themed Christmas one this year but no luck. Maybe a buzz with an hat or something. Anyone have any leads?

It is my understanding that there is a dead period thru the end of the month. The Tennessee State Championships start tomorrow, November 30, with the highlight game being McCallie vs Baylor, with I believe at least 11 D1 prospects playing. Local media is saying Heupel, Saban, Smart will all be in attendance. Can they actually attend a game in the dead period? I know Muschamp will be there since his son is the QB for Baylor. Anyways, should be a crowd of well over 10k in attendance at UTC's Findlay Stadium for that one. And oh, btw, Go McCallie!

I honestly hate making this thread, but with the portal open it is certainly relevant. Below is a list of guys who mostly have been in the program a while and have not cracked the 2-deep or have a clear path to playing time, making them a logical fit to test the waters in the portal. This is purely in order of jersey number. I also didn't include any true freshman, although not out of the question some of them they could feel buried as well. Again, pure speculation here just based off playing time, depth chart, RBTL from KQ/RJ:

Kenyatta W

DJ Moore

Avery Boyd (?)

Juju Lewis

Sirad Bryant

Zach Gibson (KQ mentioned the QB room for next year and didn't mention Gibson)

Jamie Felix

Khari Gee

James Blackstrain

Josh Robinson (?)

Tyson Meiguez

Noah Collins (?)

Tyler Gibson

Jason Moore

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – After leading Florida State to a perfect regular season and a spot in the 2023 ACC Football Championship game, Mike Norvell has been named the ACC Coach of the Year for the 2023 season.



Before Norvell claimed the honor this season, Florida State had claimed the award twice, most recently in 1997. While leading the Seminoles, College Football Hall of Famer Bobby Bowden won the award in both 1993 and 1997.



Heading into the ACC Championship Game on Saturday, the Seminoles are 12-0 for the fourth time in program history. Under Norvell’s watch, Florida State also posted its 10th perfect conference season, going 8-0 in league play.



The Seminoles are on an 18-game winning streak dating back to last year, the longest active streak in the ACC and the third-longest active streak in the country. The winning streak is also the second-longest in program history and third-longest in ACC history.



During its 18-game winning streak, Florida State has outscored its opponents 718-310.



FSU is also on an 11-game conference winning streak, the fifth-longest in the nation, has won nine straight at home, also the fifth-best streak in the nation, and seven straight contests on the road, tied for the fifth-longest in the nation.



Florida State leads the conference in points per game (38.8), while also allowing the lowest scoring total (16.8/game) on the season, which both rank in the top 15 nationally. Defensively, the Seminoles have allowed the fewest touchdowns among ACC teams (20) and the third-fewest yards (3,786). To date, the Seminole defense ranks inside the top 10 nationally in several categories, including total sacks and third-down conversion defense.



The Florida State defense has not allowed 30 points in a game this season, one of just four teams to do that in all of FBS this year. The 12-game streak is the longest active in the ACC and third-longest in the country.



Following a win over fifth-ranked LSU, Norvell and company joined the AP Poll top-five in week two of the 2023 season. Since then, the Seminoles have held their spot among the top five for each of the last 13 weeks of the season.



This season, Norvell has been named to the watch list for the Bear Bryant Award, while also earning a spot on the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year midseason watch list. During the 2019 season, Norvell was a finalist for the Bear Bryant Award after leading Memphis to a 12-2 season and a trip to the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic.



Norvell is just the third coach in Florida State history to lead the Seminoles to multiple 10-win seasons while tallying the 25th and 26th double-digit win totals in program history.



In the past two seasons, Florida State has produced 40 All-ACC selections, including a school-record 25 honorees in 2023. The Seminoles saw a league-high eight first-team selections, highlighted by ACC Player and Offensive Player of the Year Jordan Travis. FSU also led the ACC in second and third-team honors, with six and four, respectively.



A total of 19 of Norvell’s pupils have been selected in the last seven NFL Drafts, including first-round pick Jermaine Johnson II, who was selected 26th overall by the New York Jets in 2022.



The breakdown of the voting for the 2023 ACC Football Coach of the Year:



ACC Coach of the Year

Mike Norvell – Florida State (36)

Jeff Brohm – Louisville (16)

Dave Doeren – NC State (10)

Brent Key – Georgia Tech (2)

Went to his show at the Fox last night and one of the rungs on the stool he was sitting on broke off. He was asking the crowd if the stool was still safe to use without one of the rungs and a guy with a dwag sweatshirt on in the front row was telling him it was okay but then another person told him to just use the other stool that had water bottles on it and put the water bottles on the broken stool. Theo said “We got us an engineer in here. You must have went to Georgia Tech” the crowd cheered (after plenty of barks earlier in the show) and then Theo proceeded to roast the uga fan for telling him to sit on the broken stool 😂 It’s a great show if anyone has time tonight and there are still tickets.

We are almost there $159,045 of our $250,000 goal has been met! lets go Yellow Jacket fans. Lets get Georgia Tech NIL efforts to where they need to be.

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The way the rankings are IF
Bama Beats Ga
Michigan beats Iowa
Oregon beats Washington
FSU beats Louisville
Texas beats Oklahoma State
New top 4 has to be
1 Michigan
2 FSU
3 Oregon
4 Texas
NO SEC in playoffs
All those are very capable of happening.

5 Bama
6 Oh St
7 Ga
8 Wash

GT proved you can run the ball on ga defense. Bama has a much stronger run defense than GT so recipe is there. Committee has always said head to head matters so in the above scenario Texas has to make it over Bama right? This would truly be glorious.

ACC W's
#17 UNC > #10 Tennessee 100-92
UVA > #14 Texas A&M 59-47
GaTech > #21 Miss. St. 67-59
Clemson > #23 Alabama 85-77
Wake > Florida 82-71
BC > Vandy 80-62
Syracuse > LSU 80-57

SEC W's
Arkansas > #7 Duke 85-70
#12 Kentucky > #8 Miami 95-73
UGA > FSU 68-66 (FSU never trailed from 2 minutes into the game until 2:29 left; lead by as much as 14)
Auburn > VaTech 74-57
USC > ND 65-53
Ole Miss > NCState 72-52
Missouri > Pitt 71-64

Myles Jackson, an edge rusher/olb with 1 year to play 1. Started his career at UCLA.
25 tackles, 2 TFL, 1 sack, 1 FF in 12 games played this season.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.org) – NC State freshman wide receiver Kevin “KC” Concepcion has been voted the ACC Rookie of the Year and the Offensive Rookie of the Year for the 2023 football season, while Miami defensive lineman Rueben Bain, Jr. earned Defensive Rookie of the Year honors, announced by the conference office on Wednesday.



The honors were determined by a 65-member voting panel consisting of 51 selected media and the conference’s 14 head coaches.



Concepcion put together a freshman season for the record books. The wideout worked his way into the ACC Freshman record books, currently ranking second in touchdown receptions (10), fourth in receptions (64), and 10th in receiving yards (767). The freshman sensation also broke NC State’s freshman records for receptions and receiving touchdowns and is eyeing down the yardage record of 853 held by Kelvin Harmon.



Not only did Concepcion shine among ACC players, but the Charlotte, North Carolina, native leads all FBS freshman receivers in both receptions and receiving yards. Concepcion is the first true freshman in NC State history to post two 100-plus yard receiving games in a season and have at least eight touchdown receptions in a season.



Concepcion has been named a semifinalist for the Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year Award, presented annually to the outstanding freshman player in college football.



This season, Concepcion was named the ACC Rookie of the Week four times and the Receiver of the Week once.



Bain recorded at least one tackle in 11 games through the regular season for the Hurricanes. In back-to-back weeks in October, Bain recorded 15 total tackles and four sacks in ACC play, including a career-high eight stops against Clemson. One week later, Bain logged a career-high 2.5 tackles-for-loss in the Canes' win over Virginia. The freshman earned back-to-back ACC Defensive Lineman of the Week honors for the strong showings.



Bain is one of just 11 players and the only freshman in the nation to have multiple individual performances of at least two sacks this year.



Throughout his freshman campaign, Bain has totaled a team-best 7.5 sacks, good for a fourth-place tie in the ACC, and 9.5 tackles-for-loss. His 7.5 sacks are tied for the most among all freshmen in FBS. Bain is also tied for the Miami lead with a pair of forced fumbles.



Bain helped anchor the stingy front line for the Hurricanes, which has given up the second-fewest rushing yards among ACC teams. Miami finished the regular season ranked 12th nationally in run defense, allowing just 97.1 yards per game on the ground.



Much like Concepcion, Bain finds himself on the list of semifinalists for the Shaun Alexander Award. Bain added an ACC Rookie of the Week honor to his trophy case on Oct. 23 to sit alongside the pair of Defensive Lineman of the Week accolades.



A complete breakdown of the 2023 ACC Football Rookie of the Year voting:



Rookie of the Year

Kevin “KC” Concepcion – NC State (44)

Rueben Baine, Jr. – Miami (12)

Eric Singleton, Jr. – Georgia Tech (4)

Anthony Colandrea – Virginia (2)

Khalil Barnes – Clemson (2)



Offensive Rookie of the Year

Kevin “KC” Concepcion – NC State (54)

Eric Singleton, Jr. – Georgia Tech (5)

Anthony Colandrea – Virginia (4)

Francis Mauigoa – Miami (1)



Defensive Rookie of the Year

Rueben Bain, Jr. - Miami (31)

Khalil Barnes – Clemson (14)

T.J. Parker – Clemson (8)

Samuel Okunlola – Pitt (4)

Kam Robinson – Virginia (4)

Conrad Hussey – Florida State (3)

What's the rule on number of practices leading up to the bowl game?

THE FLATS – Highlighted by second-team safety Jaylon King (La Vergne, Tenn./Ensworth) and third-team running back Jamal Haynes (Loganville, Ga./Grayson H.S.), seven Georgia Tech football student-athletes earned a total of eight 2023 all-Atlantic Coast Conference honors, which were announced on Tuesday.



In addition to King and Haynes, quarterback Haynes King (Longview, Texas/Longview H.S.), wide receiver Eric Singleton, Jr. (Douglasville, Ga./Alexander H.S.), offensive guard Joe Fusile (Richmond Hill, Ga./Richmond Hill H.S.), offensive tackle Jordan Williams (Gainesville, Ga./Gainesville H.S.) and defensive tackle Zeek Biggers (Salisbury, N.C./West Rowan H.S.) all received honorable mention all-conference recognition, as did Haynes as an all-purpose back.



Coming back from a leg injury that cost him the final seven games of the 2022 season, Jaylon King intercepted four passes and recovered two fumbles for the Yellow Jackets in 2023. His four interceptions are tied for third in the ACC and 20th nationally, while his two fumble recoveries are good a tie for second in the conference and 17th in the nation. His six total takeaways are tied for tops in the ACC while his 12 passes defended rank third in the league. He also ranks third on the team at Georgia Tech with 65 tackles and has blocked a kick.



In his first season as a running back after being converted from wide receiver during the offseason, Haynes ranks fifth in the ACC in rushing yards (931), is tied for sixth in the conference with seven rushing touchdowns and his 6.0 yards per carry rank third in the league. He is the first Yellow Jacket with three 100-yard rushing games in a season since current San Francisco 49er Jordan Mason in 2019 and needs just 69 yards in Tech’s upcoming bowl game to become the program’s first 1,000-yard rusher since QB TaQuon Marshall and RB KirVonte Benson in 2017.



With 2,755 passing yards, 648 rushing yards, 26 touchdown passes and nine touchdown runs, Haynes King is one of only two players in the nation with at least 2,700 passing yards, 600 rushing yards, 25 touchdown passes and five touchdown runs this season (joining LSU’s Jayden Daniels), and one of only six ACC players to achieve those numbers in a regular season since 2000 (joining North Carolina’s Drake Maye – 2022, Louisville’s Lamar Jackson – 2016 and 2017, Wake Forest’s John Wolford – 2017, Virginia Tech’s Jerod Evans – 2016 and Clemson’s Deshaun Watson – 2015).



Singleton Jr. leads all freshmen (true or redshirt) nationally with 64.2 receiving yards per game and ranks second among true freshmen nationally with six touchdown receptions. His 706 receiving yards and six touchdown catches both rank among the top 10 overall in the ACC, while his six TD receptions are just one shy of the Georgia Tech freshman record of seven, held by Calvin Johnson (2004) and Ahmarean Brown (2019).



Fusile and Williams help anchor a Georgia Tech offensive front that paved the way for the Yellow Jackets to lead the ACC in rushing offense (197.1 ypg – 16th nationally) and rank second in the conference in fewest sacks allowed (1.25 pg – 20th nationally).



The 6-foot-6, 333-pound Biggers stuffed the stat sheet with 35 tackles, four tackles for loss, a sack, three pass breakups, a fumble recovery and a blocked kick from his defensive tackle position.



In addition to being voted third-team all-ACC as a running back, Haynes earned honorable mention as an all-purpose back thanks to ranking fifth in the conference with 1,129 total yards from scrimmage (931 rushing, 151 receiving) and tied for the 15th in the league with eight total touchdowns (seven rushing, one receiving).



Georgia Tech’s eight all-ACC honors are its most in a season since it had 14 all-conference honorees in 2014.